November 19, 2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Should I see it?
100% no.
100% no.
This is so bad it made me pine for the days of Temple of Doom. At least with Temple of Doom it was likely Spielberg didn’t realize he was making crap.
They open with Indiana Jones at Area 51 with an alien body and it actually gets dumber from there. This is a remarkably bad movie on all accounts. If George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford sat down and decided to create the worst cinematic abomination possible just to see if they could get away with it, they would probably end up making something superior to this horrid mess.
This isn’t the worst movie I have ever seen but it is probably the most insulting one I’ve ever laid eyes on. You have Spielberg, Lucas, Ford and screenwriter David Koepp revisiting their classic character. They have the resources of the whole industry at their fingertips along with an excited (or at least curious) fan base. What do they do? They churn out the most vapid, tensionless heap possible and slap the Indiana Jones soundtrack over the top. Remember in Raiders of the Lost Ark when Indiana Jones gets on top of that submarine and then somehow rides it across the globe to the Nazis’ secret lair? Remember how you had to ignore that tugging thought “Geez, wouldn’t a submarine be underwater that whole time? How did he survive? You can hide out in a sub”? This movie is two hours of moments like that.
There has been chatter than there may be another Indiana Jones movie in the works. Maybe next time they’ll name it Indiana Jones and the Realm of Lost Credibility.
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May 20, 2008
Movie Trailer: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Short Round is the prototype of Jar Jar Binks.
What do you do when you create one of the best films in history? Jettison everything people loved about your film and replace it with an emotionally retarded love story, comical chase sequences, with everything topped off with a scene of a guy getting his heart torn out.
That last point is what makes this one of the more important movies in cinematic history. Its not because it shows George Lucas' inclination to utterly decimate every positive thing he has ever done, but rather the reaction to the violent imagery in this film. The violence in this film (along with that in Red Dawn) lead to a great deal of concern among parents and eventually the government. To stave off any governmental intrusion into the workings of Hollywood, the MPAA released the PG-13 Rating. This was meant to be a middle ground between PG (family friendly) and Rated-R (adults only) movies. The result of this rating has been a blurring of the lines between what is for adults and what children should see. This is known as "ratings creep", which means filmmakers have been able to, over time, push content that was once allowed in Rated-R movies into movies that can be seen by kids. And we wonder why the culture has gotten so coarse so quickly.
Back to the movie - it stinks, it stunk when it was released, it still stinks today. Don't believe me, check out the trailer, it stinks too.
What do you do when you create one of the best films in history? Jettison everything people loved about your film and replace it with an emotionally retarded love story, comical chase sequences, with everything topped off with a scene of a guy getting his heart torn out.
That last point is what makes this one of the more important movies in cinematic history. Its not because it shows George Lucas' inclination to utterly decimate every positive thing he has ever done, but rather the reaction to the violent imagery in this film. The violence in this film (along with that in Red Dawn) lead to a great deal of concern among parents and eventually the government. To stave off any governmental intrusion into the workings of Hollywood, the MPAA released the PG-13 Rating. This was meant to be a middle ground between PG (family friendly) and Rated-R (adults only) movies. The result of this rating has been a blurring of the lines between what is for adults and what children should see. This is known as "ratings creep", which means filmmakers have been able to, over time, push content that was once allowed in Rated-R movies into movies that can be seen by kids. And we wonder why the culture has gotten so coarse so quickly.
Back to the movie - it stinks, it stunk when it was released, it still stinks today. Don't believe me, check out the trailer, it stinks too.
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