Yes, I just wrote a little review for movietickets.com Here's my
thoughts
For those of us die hard Lucas and Spielberg fans, I gotta say how
disappointed I was.
What was good:
Choreography of stunts; stunts (stuntmen executing them)
The set dressings/props. From the 50's sets and attire to the
tombs/treasure room and temples, great work by all the dressers, prop
makers, modelers and costumers.
Shia LeBeouf I was not sure of till this movie. I thought he was
surprisingly good.
Controlled special effects were good and used in right places
(seemlessly(..
What was not good:
Cate Blanchett fan ... but not here. She overacted.
Harrison Ford seemed at time disinterested or like his heart wasn't
into it. Not all scenes but some.
Lack of good use of Ray Winstone. He's better suited as a villain or a
larger role.
TOO much action; I'd like to have had a minute or two in the film to
calm down (to appreciate the action just seen; to calm before being
taken up again).
Didn't like the sci-fi theme part (a different choice of artifact
would've been better). OR better use of the theme in a positive "light
shedding moment for humanity" would've been good.
It was soooo PREDICTABLE.
Karen Allen was useless again (I know she said she wasn't, but she was
still whiny)
Sadly missing Sean Connery but I see why he stayed away.
Lastly, the audience has grown up in the past 20 years and though we
forgive movies for scenes that can't actually be without death
occurring, we can only take sooo much. There were just too many scenes
where death would occur in real life. I can take a couple times but
not a couple dozen... it was over the top (refrigerator anyone?)."
SPOILER>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
SPOILER>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I definitely like the metaphor of passing the hat at the end but where
Indy took the hat back (although Ford said hes not do another, I feel
like it keeps fans hoping or that its quite possible a tie-in where
his dad dies, Harrison can die too and Shia will take over).
I TOTALLY thought the refrigerator scene as well as many others were
yeah right. Nobody could survive that and even if he did survive,
hed have radiation poisoning as he was soooo close and no way he got
out in a few seconds or minutes
MAJOR SPOILER>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I didnt think Indy should get married; he should be like Bond; just
allude to getting married or shacking up.
Overall, I didnt care for it so much. I think I am still partial to
Temple of Doom more than that one and I didnt care for Temple of
Doom. My favorite was Last Crusade then Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Id have to see Indy 4 again on DVD to see if I like it better than
Temple of Doom but I doubt it.
On Sun, 25 May 2008 14:22:53 -0700 (PDT), chip1057
Post by chip1057Hey Sue,
Have you seen the new movie? What's your opinion on it?
Chip
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