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Post by Battlechantress on Aug 8, 2010 22:22:44 GMT 1
Or the early ones, I should say, and all I can think when I watch "Temple of Doom" is:
1. Holy sh*t, they made this for kids?
2. Kate Capshaw should've been eaten by the crocs after screaming so dang much!
I can't even stand the thought of watching the last one ("Crystal Skull"). I wonder if Cate Blanchett is furiously trying to delete that mess off of her resume.
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Post by Mister Buch on Aug 8, 2010 22:35:14 GMT 1
I always used to think of Temple of Doom as my favourite of the three, until I re-watched them this year. I do like that it begins with a Chinese-translated performance of Anything Goes, though! That's how every movie should start! And some of the set-pieces are fantastic.
Crystal Skull... the movie's not bad, I say. But not good. Surprising to see Blanchett in a movie like that, but I can imagine it would be damn difficult to say no to a job offer like that!
I hope to God they don't make any more.
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Post by jklinders on Aug 8, 2010 22:41:18 GMT 1
I was not aware the Indiana Jones movies were "kids movies". I saw them as adventure movies which kind of crosses all age lines. Could care less about ratings as age is really just a number and how you can handle content in a movie has more to do with the ability to process the difference between fantasy and reality than age.
Almost every movie that had a female exposed to danger in the 80s had the female screaming her lungs out. Case in point the first Micheal Keaton Batman movie. Seriously Kim Basinger should have asked for extra pay in that flick. I doubt she was able to speak for a year after all the screaming she did in that movie.
I watched Crystal Skull. it is no less believable than the other "Indy" movies. If you can accept Indy jumping out of a plane using a life raft as a parachute than nothing in Crystal Skull was all that bad. Same kind of escapist adventure action, older actor.
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Post by Battlechantress on Aug 8, 2010 22:46:13 GMT 1
I was fine with it until the ending. And every time Shia LeBeouf (however you spell it) opened his damned smug mouth.
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Post by Mister Buch on Aug 8, 2010 23:09:17 GMT 1
It's French for 'Where's the Beef?' I watched Crystal Skull. it is no less believable than the other "Indy" movies. Whooooooah there, JK. Whoah there. Whoah. I've always said - you cannot imply the co-existence of A) The Ark of the Covenant, B) voodo dolls, C) The Holy Grail and D) Goddamn inter-dimensional space aliens. I was fine with the first three, but space aliens was too much! You can't have Jesus Christ and space aliens in the same universe. No. Also - Shia LaBeouff. He ruins everything he touches.
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Post by jklinders on Aug 8, 2010 23:26:20 GMT 1
It's French for 'Where's the Beef?' I watched Crystal Skull. it is no less believable than the other "Indy" movies. Whooooooah there, JK. Whoah there. Whoah. I've always said - you cannot imply the co-existence of A) The Ark of the Covenant, B) voodo dolls, C) The Holy Grail and D) Goddamn inter-dimensional space aliens. I was fine with the first three, but space aliens was too much! You can't have Jesus Christ and space aliens in the same universe. No. Also - Shia LaBeouff. He ruins everything he touches. I hate to do this to you Buch but you forced my hand. Also you are forcing me to use the Vatican as an authority on something. I'll get over it and forgive you...eventually. ;D www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/13/2742484.htm
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Post by Mister Buch on Aug 8, 2010 23:32:00 GMT 1
Seems like the Vatican has somewhat lost track of its original mission statement...
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Post by jklinders on Aug 8, 2010 23:44:59 GMT 1
Very sorry I exposed you to that,*twirls mustache evilly* you do realize I had no choice yes? More like it is only a matter of time before another garden type world is discovered even at a distance. They either admit the possibility or lose what little relevance they have left.
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Post by Mr. Glow on Aug 9, 2010 0:58:28 GMT 1
Crystal Skull was terrible, Communists, Aliens, and worst of all Shia LeBeouf! None of those things have any place in the Indiana Jones universe! It didn't help that they couldn't get back any of the recuring cast. like Salah as well.
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Post by Battlechantress on Aug 9, 2010 0:59:46 GMT 1
What's worse, it's implied at the ending of "Crystal Skull" that Shia is going to be the next Indy. Honestly, I'd rather they just quit making the movies now.
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Post by Mister Buch on Aug 22, 2010 13:35:16 GMT 1
The idea of Shia La freaking Beouff taking the mantle of Indiana Jones absolutely horrified me. I actually cheered when Harrison Ford took the hat back off him.
If that happens, it will be a very sad day for Indy fans.
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Post by Clint Johnston on Aug 23, 2010 7:34:05 GMT 1
To be fair, The only reason we got aliens was because that was the only way George Lucas was going to give his permission for the character to be used. Apparently Spielberg and Ford tried to talk him out of it, but no luck.
As for Shia Labeouf, I didn't mind him too much, given they continue the 40's serial vein of the original.
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Post by Mister Buch on Aug 23, 2010 17:12:18 GMT 1
To be fair, The only reason we got aliens was because that was the only way George Lucas was going to give his permission for the character to be used. Apparently Spielberg and Ford tried to talk him out of it, but no luck. Really? That's a sad thing. Steven Spielberg needs permission from the man behind 'Attack of the Clones' to sequel his own movie.
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Post by jklinders on Aug 23, 2010 22:22:32 GMT 1
*Shrugs* Doesn't a great deal of Spielburg's affiliation come from different branches of Lucas' studios? Lucas Light and Magic or whatever. Anyone silly enough to think he can write while putting out work like the Star Wars prequels has GOT to have a God complex. So maybe if you use his studios he gets to pee in your work. He doesn't see so much as a contractual requirement as a privilege. ;D
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Post by Battlechantress on Aug 23, 2010 22:39:09 GMT 1
I think Lucas did a lot more than piss in that movie....
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