So my friend and I got all psyched up and we went to see the movie at the 12:01am showing (that's right, midnight.) The first thing that was obnoxious - the theater was packed full of high school kids that were loud and annoying. The guy that sat down next to me, turned to his friends (the whole row behind us) and told them that he was late because he was pooping. Seriously. Wha's the deal with parents these days. I don't think i would have been allowed to go see a movie, on a school night, at midnight. I probably wouldn't have even asked because i knew the answer. They were loud and obnoxious and obviously die hard fans of the trilogy.
The movie was a big fat disappointment. I don't even think it is worthy of the Indiana Jones title. It was so bad, so unbelieveable, and so corny. i think George Lucas has lost his mind, already talking aboout a story line for the next one. I love all of the Indiana Jones movies, the last crusade is my favorite. Being the last of the three and, in my opinion, the best of the three i thought the 4th installment should be good if it kept with the trend. But it wasn't. There was one snake joke - which i think was the best part of the movie. You know, sometimes when you leave a movie, everyone loved it sooo much that there is clapping and cheering and the room is full of big fat happiness? Not the case here - when the credits started, there was this weird silence. Like no one was ready to admit how much it sucked. They were trying to let it sink in, just incase they missed some small tidbit of a redeeming quality for the movie. Once you got to the parking lot, people were saying it sucked. I will say that you have to see it just to know how bad it was but i am in no way recommending it as a good or even decent movie. And i don't give refunds because i'm telling you right now, it's bad.
I have this mental list of movies that i would like to see in a theater, if ever given the opportunity - and the Indiana Jones movies are on that list - Just not this one! To summarize in one sentence - this new installment of Indiana Jones was like watching a really long X-files episode that had an Indiana Jones cameo.
But - this video is really funny - http://gizmodo.com/392495/indiana-jones-theme-secret-lyrics-uncovered
Poor Harrison Ford, I never thought he was an overly attractive man but he looked all worn down and tired. Harrison Ford looked like thanksgiving leftovers, 3 weeks old,
overheated in a microwave. And his voice sounded like it was digitally
enhanced and then dubbed over (especially evident in the first 15
minutes.) His clothes kinda looked like they were too big - it looked like he was draped in an indiana jones costume that was too big for him. (kinda like one of those generic kids halloween costumes that come in 3 generic sizes with a big plastic mask with eye holes.)
Cate Blanchet was awesome - you can't blame her for wanting to be in an
Indiana Jones movie and working with Lucas and Speilberg - but didn't
she also think it was shit when she read the script!
And what the hell is the deal with the animal jokes? The groundhogs and the monkeys? At one point I thought Shia was Tarzan.
Oh Well. So much for my big exciting midnight viewing of Indiana Jones. At least the video at Gizmodo is funny. (http://gizmodo.com/392495/indiana-jones-theme-secret-lyrics-uncovered)
BTW: what the heck was the deal with the large ants!? are those real?!?!?
*********** Funny enough, i just found this article SAYING THE SAME THING!!! *************
http://io9.com/392616/indiana-jones-delivers-the-best-x+files-movie-of-summer
It's not necessarily a good sign when you can only describe the latest
entry in one summer franchise, Indiana Jones, by reference to another
franchise, X-Files. that is also pumping out a summer movie. And yet
the whole time I was watching Steven Spielberg's serviceable little
action flick, full of Harrison Ford's trademark lopsided smile (still
cute) and jungle chases (still pulptastic), all I could think about was
how this was the movie X-Files: I Want to Believe should be.
It had exotic locales, new agey aliens, marvelously bad pseudo-science,
and a plucky male-female team at its heart. I mean, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is X-Files with monkey jokes instead of paraphilias. But is that a good thing? Weirdly, yes.
***** if you want to read the rest of the article, go to the webpage. ******
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