TV/Movies Megathread

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Only the original for me.  Last Crusade is ok, Temple is awful.  It, along with Jedi, is the start of Lucas indulging in his worst impulses.

I thought Spielberg had the conn for the Indy movies.

[lustindarkness]

I like them all, you people are way too bored.

[Ideologue]

I just can't get past how annoying I find the woman in Temple of Doom.

Apparently, Spielberg didn't mind the actress' annoyingly whiny voice - he married her. 

I married Karen Allen.

[frunk]

I thought Spielberg had the conn for the Indy movies.

Script by Lucas.  The script is the problem in Temple.  It's well directed, and (apart from Capshaw) well acted.

[CountDeMoney]

Money is being ridiculous again.

Temple is an adventure in the best tradition of Kiplingesque globetrotting and swashbuckling action, mysterious and exotic in subcontinent romanticism.

Crusade relies on cookie cutter bad guys, subpar CGI, a hurried plot with no time for development or urgency, unnecessary slapstick comedy that devalues Indy's persona, reduces the very support characters that gave Raiders depth--Sallah and Brodie--to shallow comedic sidekicks while apeing previously successful sequences with shittier versions.  Rats instead of bugs!  A slow ass tank instead of trucks!

It's a fucking embarrassment to the franchise.  It's Superman III and IV rolled up together in a sandwich of stupid. 

[CountDeMoney]

I understand that Spielbergs goal with Raiders was gritty realism, but he just wanted to loosen up a bit in the sequels.

With Last Crusade, he wanted to cash in on the same schtick that made Star Trek IV: The Voyage To A Wider Audience so successful.

[Ideologue]

I understand that Spielbergs goal with Raiders was gritty realism, but he just wanted to loosen up a bit in the sequels.

With Last Crusade, he wanted to cash in on the same schtick that made Star Trek IV: The Voyage To A Wider Audience so successful.

I was being super sarcastic.

Crusade's great. You'd just outgrown it. You were, what, 30 when it came out?

[Sheilbh]

Crusade's always been my favourite. I think because it was the first Indy film I saw and it was wonderful.

[lustindarkness]

So, what about Crystal Skull?






:popcorn:

[celedhring]

So, what about Crystal Skull?






:popcorn:

I queued 4 hours at the Ziegfield to see it on opening day. I should've known better.

[Sheilbh]

So, what about Crystal Skull?






:popcorn:

I didn't hate it as much as everyone else did.

It annoyed me though because I basically thought everything about it was fine. Except for the main plot which was about fucking alien skulls

[Syt]

That's enough out of you Last Crusade fanboi fags.

It's very mediocre. Though I think it's a toss up between Crusade and Temple. Temple would win if it weren't for the Goonie and Screamie McScreampants.

[lustindarkness]

So, what about Crystal Skull?






:popcorn:

I queued 4 hours at the Ziegfield to see it on opening day. I should've known better.

[crazy canuck]

Saw the Grand Budapest Hotel over the weekend.  What a great movie.  I hope it did well at the box office so more movies like it will be made.

[celedhring]

So, what about Crystal Skull?






:popcorn:

It annoyed me though because I basically thought everything about it was fine. Except for the main plot which was about fucking alien skulls

I didn't hate it as much as everyone else did.

I didn't mind that, to be honest. Another judeo-christian artifact would have been sort of overkill, so the whole Von Däniken angle was kinda cool. But I admit that I'm sucker for flicks with aliens in them.

The thing that grated me the most is the fact that once they go to the temple, Indy does absolutely nothing, nothing. We have an entire third act where Indiana Jones - the quintessential adventure hero - just stays in the sidelines while others solve the puzzles and the commie bitch kills herself*. At least in Crusade it's him who beats the puzzles and then the Nazi kills himself.

*Which is a trite trope already. It was cool in Raiders, but they have gone to that well too many times in the saga.