You do know that I was only joking when I said “W” would be balanced?

Niall

thanks for coming out. This movie was not impressive at all, the CGI parts were dumb, the giant ants, aliens, c’mon it was not much like an indiana Jones movie.

Yeah Steven, its not out over here yet… I’m looking forward to Spaced,!!!!!!

Oh, and I agree, I doubt Stone’s movie will be balanced. Bush will get demonised or derided. Poor thing!

It’s late. I’m going to sleep now…

Still, I think the sendoff they gave her was anticlimactic. If anything, the Indiana Jones villains have all met fairly dramatic ends. This one, kinda felt like a slightly different variation of the end met by Marcus Brody in Crusade.

I mean, have her brain expand outside her skull from the knowledge she was getting, or something, and haver her expire from having her brain exposed. It sounds silly, but at least it’s different. (This is the series that pulled a man’s heart out of his chest, after all.)

That said, if it was produced with better writing, consistent cinematography and a streamlined screenplay, then yes, it would have made a fine sequel to Raiders, I think.

(If we could go back in time)
How cool would this film be as a sequel to “Raiders?”

Vic,

Ouch. I guess it really doesn’t have much replay value. Though I could still watch the A-bomb scene and the entire first act unto itself again. It’s just when it gets to the movie proper that it flags – with intermittent moments that remind us of the better installments.

In all seriousness, there was a much better movie buried (pun not intended) in the final result. Aliens, Russians, ancient civilizations, etc. The way Spalko sets up the threat she poses if she gets ahold of the power she seeks is downright creepy and very effective.

It just doesn’t translate to the rest of the film for me, and the payoff – where the villain buys the farm, doesn’t really indicate or carry through on the earlier menace (it wasn’t even as dramatically impressive as similar scenes in the earlier films were – not even Crusade and nothing has yet touched the opening of the Ark for climactic finishes). Why, for example, did the reconfigured alien vaporize Spalko? How was placing the skull on the skeleton going to achieve her earlier goal of “turning you into us, from the inside out”? It was never clearly understood, partly because the film gets bogged down in too much unnecessary exposition. Just tell us the skull(s) posess this frightening power and get on with the chase – that’s what these movies boil down to.

Like most good recipes and art, simplicity will get you everywhere, overcomplicating things only tampers with the good ingredients you started out with.

These movies are supposed to be simple and effective. I can guess who’s responsible for most of the flaws.

I know I’m coming off like a hater, but I couldn’t hate it – there were some genuinely great moments in there. Overall, I enjoyed my time spent, but it was frustrating seeing so much unused and wasted potential given the overall elements involved and performances rendered (which I enjoyed for the most part). The cinematography was inconsistent – sometimes it was brilliant (the A-bomb scene and opening third of the film) but by the end it seemed lazy, just placing the camera in any old corner). Even John Williams seemed to be on recycling duty – I can’t even remember if there was a distinct theme for this film besides the ususal Indiana Jones theme, though I can recall the specific Grail theme from Crusade, the Slave March, Willie’s and Short Round’s theme from Temple of Doom.

So much potential, so much that could have been.

If this was going to be made at all, it should have been made shortly after Crusade, when all involved still had their minds set squarely in the genre.

Vic

Daniel, what I meant was the film prob (wouldn’t be balanced), because I’m sure Stone isn’t going to show Bush praying to Morlock at the Bohemian Grove or being told what to do by his lucifarian dad. If it shows him at a Skull and Bones meeting with John Carrey I would be surprised.

Naw prob the worst thing will see is that he cant read, has 8th grade word comprehension skills, does coke, binges on whiskey and get pissed off everytime Chaney listens in on his calls with dad.

Sure hope they get the “mission acomplished” banner in there right at the end! That would be a nice touch

A balenced film on bush, might be worse…. I have no sympathy (for the devil)!

I’ve lost all respect for it and his presidency. I only hope the worst for him…:-)

Ding Dong the Price Narnia is dead! Haahaa! Well practically.
Iron Man is only 3 mil behind Narnias weekend gross at 20mil. If Iron Man keeps this up it might still be in the theaters at the time TDK comes out??

Wow Indy is really blowing away everything. Its going to.be interesting to see the drop off next weekend. Even thought it was ok, I’m still going to get the dvd when it comes out. I didn’t see any problems with the CGI?…

BTW, I read that the Simon Pegg show “Spaced” will be coming out soon on dvd!!!!
I’m glad cause I allmost bought a bootleg of it at the Grand Slam…..

Rock on Niall!

Vic

The Pegg and Frost movie sounds right up their alley, could have been an offshoot of their tv show Spaced. I do hope the director is right. Edgar Wright knows how to handle them, I don’t want some big shot come in and try to change them.