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Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2008, 01:42:05 PM »
That interrogation has come to be one of the subtle highlights of the movie for me, because it's one of the few instances where it fills in the blanks of Indy's life since Last Crusade without sounding obviously expository. I like the thought of Indy having fought in WWII and gone on a bunch of missions for the U.S. as a spy or whatever. I'd expect nothing less of him- he hates Nazis, after all. It's a cool, effortless way of assuring me that Indy has indeed stayed a badass since we last went on the road with him.
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Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2008, 02:59:49 PM »


Oh, and Spielberg finally nails an ending – more than that the beginning shot is hilarious as the Paramount logo (vintage 1981) literally fades into a mole hill.  Giving an initial wink to just have fun and go with it.  I’ll recommend the same.


When I saw the Mole come out of the hill I was waiting for "I'm Alright" to start playing. 

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Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2008, 03:18:26 PM »
I think it's a steady downward progression from 1-4.  There's a real hard edge to Raiders that gets softer and softer as the films go along.  Spielberg and Lucas, in their "entertainment" films grew less and less adult as they got older.  Chasing ET money I guess.
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Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
« Reply #13 on: May 22, 2008, 03:26:09 PM »
Not sure I'd agree in terms of the hard edge. Temple is a pretty violent and terrifying film, more so than Raiders. Last Crusade and Crystal Skull are very much on the same level I think, though there is very little violence in the latter.
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Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
« Reply #14 on: May 22, 2008, 03:30:26 PM »
Temple also has Short Round, Kate Capeshaw and an army of kids dragging the tone of the thing down.

And I'm not really talking about violence, more with the tone of the film, the way the story is told.
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Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
« Reply #15 on: May 22, 2008, 03:36:24 PM »
Best part was the whole "Greasers!" bit.

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Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
« Reply #16 on: May 22, 2008, 03:39:44 PM »
Fair enough, but I'll stick with my assessment of 3+4. The grail thing might make for a more serious tone (and the Brotherhood aswell), but it's also much campier than Crystal Skull. Sallah and Marcus a pretty much reduced to comic relief in a film that also has stupid Nazis and the banter between the Henrys. Plus, rats are not really dangerous animals whereas I wouldn't mess with the Ants in 4.
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Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
« Reply #17 on: May 22, 2008, 04:45:45 PM »
Well, at least there were no cute animals in Last Crusade.  And it had a little sex in it.
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Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
« Reply #18 on: May 22, 2008, 11:44:17 PM »
You can totally nitpick this movie apart. Have fun with that. I had fun watching the actual movie. Yeah, the monkey thing was ridiculous but it was 30 seconds at the most and I just laughed through it. I think the whole space thing make sense when you look at it from the Sputnik perspective. This was really just an extension of that whole space-race idea. I really enjoyed the whole thing
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Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
« Reply #19 on: May 23, 2008, 08:06:03 AM »
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