Indiana Jones and the blah blah Fail *SPOILERS*

Glad I'm not the only one who thought it was pap... Apart from the completely implausible events, cheesey moments etc, there was something else I can't quite put my finger on... Almost as if the "movie" is rather just a series of interconnected ott action sequences bolted together. It felt very rushed in my opinion.

Same goes for the script. The dialogue is woeful. The plot is non-existent (how many times can someone change sides in a film?). There were parts when I thought the cast were actually cringing, delivering their lines. In fact, it reminded me of the famous Harrison Ford quote on Lucas's Star Wars script - "You might be able to write this ****, but you sure as hell can't say it".

Maybe that's the problem with it - it just smacks of Lucas' insanity. For example, did they need to beat us over the head with 1950s references? Yes George, we get it, Indy is older. I mean, what was the point of the McCarthyism reference at the start?? Why bring it up to just forget about it??

And of course, there's the ******* fridge debacle. And the Tarzan swinging (seems like a running joke in Lucas' movies - remember Chewbacca?). And the monkeys. And the freaking CGI gophers... WTF???

Bah. I'm too angry to type now :D
 
even though it was WAYYY ott i still really enjoyed it, apart from the fridge scene, i mean...NOT A SCRATCH?!?!? lol
 
Went to see it last night, it was pretty much as i expected typical indy film. Silly stunts, cheesey moments, plot holes and a daft storyline with a "silly" ending, exactly what i want from an Indy film! Its not going to win best film but like the other 3 indy films it was fun film even with its faults. Must admit i didnt enjoy it as much as the last one but i first saw that 19 years ago, when i was much younger and easily pleased lol, still prefered it to Temple of Doom though. Only one thing during the film i kept wanting to play Uncharted especially in the jungle and at the temple.
 
Yeap I thought it was a cool kind of alien story line. The guy from the Transformers movie wasn't overly annoying which was the biggest surprise.

The flying saucer at the end was hilarious though lol
 
If spielberk decides to make another, hope he learns...

But I think Shia did a better job than Harrison.. despite that tarzan scene.
 
atpbx said:
Ford didnt do all his own stunts.

In temple of doom he didnt do any as he wasnt even in the same city as the film crew, he put his back out when they shot the scenes on the elephants.

He had to go to the manchester united Doctors as he couldnt find anybody in london with the bottle to treat him because they were worried about being sued.
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he actually did it when he threw a guy over his shoulder in the bedroom scene :p 6 weeks later he was back on set though
 
Phoenix211 said:
he actually did it when he threw a guy over his shoulder in the bedroom scene :p 6 weeks later he was back on set though
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Yes. Harrison Ford seriously hurt his back during the filming of Temple of Doom and had to leave the production for a number of weeks while stuntman (and longtime Ford double) Vic Armstrong took his place for many of the action sequences. Fortunately, at that time, Armstrong was a close look-alike to Harrison Ford, so the switch went quite unnoticed for these scenes. Ford himself was added in later for close-ups and anything else that was needed. That isn't to say Harrison didn't do any filming, but a small section of the movie was filmed with somebody else playing Indy when he was having surgery performed on his back.

acording to an interview with ford (in empire a couple of months ago) he did it on the elephant.
 
atpbx said:
Yes. Harrison Ford seriously hurt his back during the filming of Temple of Doom and had to leave the production for a number of weeks while stuntman (and longtime Ford double) Vic Armstrong took his place for many of the action sequences. Fortunately, at that time, Armstrong was a close look-alike to Harrison Ford, so the switch went quite unnoticed for these scenes. Ford himself was added in later for close-ups and anything else that was needed. That isn't to say Harrison didn't do any filming, but a small section of the movie was filmed with somebody else playing Indy when he was having surgery performed on his back.

acording to an interview with ford (in empire a couple of months ago) he did it on the elephant.
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hmm, according to Spielberg in empire this month it was the bedroom scene! ford mentioned about the elephants being annoying and really hard to ride. think they have bad memories?
 
The thing people have to remember is that IT'S A FILM.

I know, the fridge scene was OTT, and the "tarzan" bit was pathetic, but you have to remember.. the amount of bullets fired in the warehouse scene alone would have killed him anyway. Not to mention the fact that he's absolutely battered by that big russian guy and would probably be knocked out or concussed by 1 of the many fights.

As for the aliens.. if you're willing to believe that a man in a leather jacket can do these things, then it surely isn't beyond the realm of imagination ;)
 
People are saying that it was over the top because of aliens, lets recap the other films. Angel ghosts coming from a gold box and melting everyone that looks at it, and some old knight locked in a cave for a few thousand years because he has eternal life. :rolleyes:

Lets say you ask a person on the street what is more believable

1) 5,000 year old knight with eternal life
2) Crazy skull angle ghosts
3) Aliens


By the way I loved the film its was a Indiana Jones movie nothing more nothing less. Roll on number 5 :D
 
Willis said:
People are saying that it was over the top because of aliens, lets recap the other films. Angel ghosts coming from a gold box and melting everyone that looks at it, and some old knight locked in a cave for a few thousand years because he has eternal life. :rolleyes:

Lets say you ask a person on the street what is more believable

1) 5,000 year old knight with eternal life
2) Crazy skull angle ghosts
3) Aliens


By the way I loved the film its was a Indiana Jones movie nothing more nothing less. Roll on number 5 :D
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I've been reading the negative comments about this film but as a fan of the Indy films I stayed opened minded and tonight I watched it, your post is EXACTLY what I was going to post.

The only problem this film had was trying to live up to 20+ years of nostalgia, no matter how good it was or wasn't it's never going to be good as your childhood memories.

And those that keep saying 'Oh it was good until aliens came into the plot', surely the whole alien thing was obvious in the first scenes with area 51 etc?

Thumbs up from me for this film.
 
Green_Giant said:
Glad I'm not the only one who thought it was pap... Apart from the completely implausible events, cheesey moments etc, there was something else I can't quite put my finger on... Almost as if the "movie" is rather just a series of interconnected ott action sequences bolted together. It felt very rushed in my opinion.
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That was what i thought, waaaaaaay too much cgi in the film aswell
 
Willis said:
People are saying that it was over the top because of aliens, lets recap the other films. Angel ghosts coming from a gold box and melting everyone that looks at it, and some old knight locked in a cave for a few thousand years because he has eternal life. :rolleyes:

Lets say you ask a person on the street what is more believable

1) 5,000 year old knight with eternal life
2) Crazy skull angle ghosts
3) Aliens


By the way I loved the film its was a Indiana Jones movie nothing more nothing less. Roll on number 5 :D
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I'm not saying it was crap because of Aliens alone but I was expecting another holy relic film rather than this.

It just seemed a big leap from what they'd shown us in the first three films, in a bad way.

Also, how did Oxley know they were inter-dimensional aliens and why did they burn that woman alive?

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Given what we'd seen in the first three films, aliens just felt way out of context.

All the cheese and completely ridiculous actions scenes, as well as the aliens, made it feel like the worse in the series.

That said there were those moments that reminded me of the old Dr Jones.
 
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I went to see it tonight and on entering the cinema I expected to see an over the top Indiana Jones adventure and thats exactly what I saw. I thought it was pretty good.

Sure, hiding from a nuke in a fridge and getting thrown for miles, smashing and bouncing along the floor is ridiculous! But you have to agree that it was fun.

I think nowadays people are always expecting films to have a serious, believable aspect to them, which is a shame.

I would recommend it for sure.

Cheers.
 
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