samm Posted May 24, 2008 Posted May 24, 2008 I should have been born five years earlier or so... Anyway: I've seen Iron Man lately and actually consider it to be an entertaining movie despite my general dislike for super-hero stuff. Citizen of a country with a racist, hypocritical majority
BicycleOfDeath Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 I watched Indiana Jones: The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull I have to say that as a movie it was entertaining and I liked it. Aside from that, it felt quite a bit more exaggerated than the other movies and that disappointed me. That's not to say the other movies weren't "super hero-ish" but IJ4 was highly more-so than the original trilogy. I grew up on Indiana Jones, though. I'd go see it again. Stand Your Convictions and You Will Walk Alone.
astr0creep Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Indy 4 Made me want to watch the originals again... to stop the pain. George did it AGAIN! Another childhood memory raped. First, although bringing back Marion was a good idea, Karen Allen had what... 3 lines in Indy 4 and I REALLY missed her drinking ways. She was smiling WAY TOO MUCH. The quicksand scene though was very entertaining. Second, all the rumors are true, about where the skulls are from and about who Shia's character is. I won't go any further into this because: Third, the entire mystery/suspense package is revealed within the intro sequence, about where the "story" is going, and as soon as Indy rolls out of that fridge, the rest of the film is a series of action scenes with nothing holding it all together because the entire plot is EASILY figured out, especially after the trailers... I found the CGI stuff overall pretty transparent(a good thing), except for a jungle pursuit scene where some major flaws show the use of George's toys a bit too much. Aside from Harrison, who is very dissapointing, the performance of the actors were very good. I was quite surprised with Shia LaBoeuf and as usual, Cate Blanchett is awesome to watch even though her character is no Elsa Schneider... Oh and the ending is completely horrible in every way. 6/10 (for an Indy movie, from a fan who regularly watches the originals, this is a terrible score) http://entertainmentandbeyond.blogspot.com/
Pope Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 all I have to say is: lamest artifact ever and no sidekick will ever match Sean Connery or John Rhys-Davies
astr0creep Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 all I have to say is: lamest artifact ever and no sidekick will ever match Sean Connery or John Rhys-Davies The exclusion of JRD is truly sacriligious. I know he had some contractual constraints(I hope it wasn't Dungeon Siege...) but we've waited 19 years so one or two more to accomodate the gentle giant wouldn't have hurt. It may also have given them time to do more rewrites which, as hard as it is to believe, the movie needed. Also, I really think that actors meddling in scripts is a bad idea... http://entertainmentandbeyond.blogspot.com/
Pope Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 LOL "nuking the fridge" is becoming the new "jumping the shark" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/board/nest/107043505
Blarghagh Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Not really. That's just fanboys overreacting. The movie was actually quite fun to watch, despite its flaws.
Blarghagh Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 (edited) Because aliens are less farfetched than ghosts out of a golden box melting faces? I mean, I'm disappointed that all Spielberg and Lucas managed to come up with is aliens again, but in the context of this series it wasn't even a stretch. Edited May 25, 2008 by TrueNeutral
Pidesco Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 As far as I can recall, Temple of Doom and The Last Crusade weren't particularly well received at the time of release, so I'm guessing all the complaints about Crystal skull will fade away and everyone will like it as much as the rest of the series. As for Rhys-Davies not appearing, he wasn't in Temple of Doom either, so I don't see what's sacrilegious about it. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian touristI am Dan Quayle of the Romans.I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.Heja Sverige!!Everyone should cuffawkle more.The wrench is your friend.
ghosta Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Because aliens are less farfetched than ghosts out of a golden box melting faces? I mean, I'm disappointed that all Spielberg and Lucas managed to come up with is aliens again, but in the context of this series it wasn't even a stretch. well that's Spielberg's style. I really enjoyed the movie. I try to enjoy movies not critises them. I also rented To Catch a Thief a classic Hitchcok mystery film Master of the Flying Guillotine great martial arts film featuring one of the baddest weppons ever seen and a turnament of martial styles. Your not all ways being honest when your telling the truth. Everything slows down when water's around.
Blarghagh Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Well, I know it's Spielberg's style, but he's done it so often and he's done just as well without them.
WILL THE ALMIGHTY Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Indiana 4 Pretty damn bad movie, actually. As usual the ending is composed of the bad guy/girl getting what she wants and dieing in the process, all they added was E.T. The plot was ridiculously easy to guess, and the action wasn't all that worth it either. Don't bother. "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
astr0creep Posted May 26, 2008 Posted May 26, 2008 As far as I can recall, Temple of Doom and The Last Crusade weren't particularly well received at the time of release, so I'm guessing all the complaints about Crystal skull will fade away and everyone will like it as much as the rest of the series. As for Rhys-Davies not appearing, he wasn't in Temple of Doom either, so I don't see what's sacrilegious about it. Which is why ToD is regarded as the least appealing of all four Indy films. That, and no other reasons whatsoever. http://entertainmentandbeyond.blogspot.com/
Sand Posted May 26, 2008 Posted May 26, 2008 I like Temple of Doom most of all. Heart ripping cultists that burn their still living victims with magma gets me every time. Crystal Skull is midly entertaining and worth the $5 I spent on it. George Lucas is like Bioware. Just as Bioware does with their games, Georgie-boy delivers a formulaic movie that is entertaining to the masses but not innovative nor risky within the genre. There are far far worse movies and their are far far better ones as well, but it has that fine niche of being a good popcorn movie and that is good enough for me. Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand"
Pidesco Posted May 26, 2008 Posted May 26, 2008 Temple of Doom is much better than The Last Crusade. @Sand: The failure in that logic is that while Bioware makes competent if uninspired games, Lucas has been part of some truly atrocious pieces of film making. Like Howard the Freaking Duck, or The Phantom Menace. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian touristI am Dan Quayle of the Romans.I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.Heja Sverige!!Everyone should cuffawkle more.The wrench is your friend.
ghosta Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 (edited) As far as I can recall, Temple of Doom and The Last Crusade weren't particularly well received at the time of release, so I'm guessing all the complaints about Crystal skull will fade away and everyone will like it as much as the rest of the series. As for Rhys-Davies not appearing, he wasn't in Temple of Doom either, so I don't see what's sacrilegious about it. Which is why ToD is regarded as the least appealing of all four Indy films. That, and no other reasons whatsoever. No it's the most underrated and unknown one of all. My favorite is the Last Crusade for some reason maybe because I like Sean Connery's performance. Edited May 27, 2008 by ghosta Your not all ways being honest when your telling the truth. Everything slows down when water's around.
Sand Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 Temple of Doom is much better than The Last Crusade. @Sand: The failure in that logic is that while Bioware makes competent if uninspired games, Lucas has been part of some truly atrocious pieces of film making. Like Howard the Freaking Duck, or The Phantom Menace. Neverwinter Nights 1 was Bioware's Howard the Duck, and KotOR was their Phantom Menace. Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand"
Xard Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 Temple of Doom is much better than The Last Crusade. WHAT lolno How can it be a no ob build. It has PROVEN effective. I dare you to show your builds and I will tear you apart in an arugment about how these builds will won them. - OverPowered Godzilla (OPG)
Pidesco Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 lolyes? "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian touristI am Dan Quayle of the Romans.I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.Heja Sverige!!Everyone should cuffawkle more.The wrench is your friend.
Sand Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 Yes it was. Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand"
Blarghagh Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 No it wasn't. It was parts of two good movies that should never be mixed smushed into one whole.
qt3.14159 Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 Well, I *meant* to go see Indy this weekend... but I didn't make it. I will say that my favorite Indy movie is the Last Crusade. Something about the on screen chemistry between the entire troupe is just fantastic. Anyhow, what I did see this weekend was Speed Racer at the IMAX. I'd seen it once and couldn't pass up the chance to see the IMAX version. I have to say, I liked it even better the 2nd time. I was hyper all day, looking for my jump-jack button on drive home and I'm still humming the theme song 3 days later.... :D Anybody here catch that? All I understood was 'very'.
Xard Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 lolyes? Explain yourself. You and Sand has been first persons ever to prefer Temple over Crusade as far as my experience shows. It is also the most critically slacked movie of three and no wonder Third one has Sean Connery as Indy's dad. That alone makes it better than stupid CGI-fest that was Temple of Doom How can it be a no ob build. It has PROVEN effective. I dare you to show your builds and I will tear you apart in an arugment about how these builds will won them. - OverPowered Godzilla (OPG)
Blarghagh Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 CGI in Temple of Doom? I see a lot of superimposing, stunt doubles, fast cuts, stop-motion and all kinds of other special effects, but definately not Computer Generated Imagery.
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