<![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4' - Defamer Comments]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4' - Defamer Comments]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> Just got back from seeing it. I have to say I really resent the 'if you like the franchise, you'll like this movie and if you didn't, you won't' business I'm hearing. I loved loved loved these movies, I grew up watching them fondly and was frankly pretty devastated this was such a mess. I won't bother waiting for the 4 movie dvd set like I was going to. Anytime George Lucas says "I want to make a movie" in the future, everyone should just smile, nod, and give him some Legos to play with. I feel like they took a rejected script for X-Files 2, put in some Indy references to make it seem legit, and this is what happened. I did get a certain level of satisfaction with Shia getting whacked in the nether regions repeatedly. Oh and anybody else really glad it's so easy to survive a nuclear blast? Fall-out shelter, schmall-out shelter.

MissingMoya

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> The Indiana Jones series has officially Nuked the Fridge.

Benny

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> Was I the only one who thought the trailer for the next Mummy sequel looked more Indy than Indy?

Gyrus

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> Liked: Elvis monkeys, Commie-eating ants, flying refrigerator, silhouette of Indy with hat (liked it even better when it was in The Comancheros, and the silhouette was John Wayne's);
Disliked: Stupid saucer, glowering alien, script, lack of Blanchette macking on Ford, and pretty much 2/3 of the film.

regisgoat

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> I loved raiders when it first came out. i watch whenever it is on t.v. i liked the last crusade. but this one just didnt feel right, you know. maybe im getting too old for indy. the pg rating toned down some of the violence. and the action scenes just were not up to previous indy movies imo.

Clint_HollyWood

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> @cinerama: Replace "cell phone" with "skull" and I'm right there with you.

I'm totally psyched for this movie. Maybe I have blinders on but it seems to me like people who like the series like it, and people who are iffy on most of the series don't like it.

nick_r

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> I'm so glad I wasn't at Cannes.

People "live blogging" on cell phones or other devices during a film festival showing?

The next person I catch texting during a film will have to pick up their 117 pieces of cell phone when the lights come back up.

cinerama

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> @fembot: Raiders of the Lost Ark is timeless. It's about as close to perfect as Hollywood got in the '80s.

I remember really loving Last Crusade, but it's true I haven't seen it since I was 12. Temple of Doom, meh. Nightmares, though, seriously. For weeks.

STV

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> @fembot: Are you comparing The Goonies to the Star Wars prequels? ...Man that's harsh. Goonies is awesome. And they start work on that sequel this summer with Meryl Streep. Yes, I'm serious.

Hey, so I'm sort of a big kid, but I love this stuff. Temple of Doom is the worst of the Indy bunch for sure, but I like it as part of the series, as it gives it a feel like the old serials it was imitating. It's the extended adventures of Indy Jones, but it's not the main event.

And it has the mine car chase, which is amazing, and which would never happen in today's movies. It'd be a CG mine car with CGI people in it, and it would be doing back-flips, talking in jive and urinating on John Turturro.

Benny

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> I mean - it has a kid as the supporting cast - if that's not a jar-jar binks/ goonies ...

fembot

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> @majikthise:
the last couple weekends cable has been playing the first three indy movies over and over - so I watched them again - and realized they are pretty lame once you are older than twelve.. #2 is definately the ewoks of the bunch..

fembot

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> @Mswhiskers: Uh, no. But I'm looking forward to it now!

Benny

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> Did you see a lady in a brown suit get off the plane,
after Indy's plane lands in Mexico?

Mswhiskers

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> i want a promotional whip.

A-ron

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> @TurdBlossom: named after the family's pet no? wasn't "indy" the nickname of the pet given to him by his father henry sr?

bess marvin, girl detective

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> @OldTowneTavern: clearly you haven't been watching the bring it on series

bess marvin, girl detective

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> @OldTowneTavern: Replace that with "the Frank Darabont script that was turned down" and I'd agree.

TheStarterWife

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> I would love to read the Lawrence Kasdan screenplay that was turned down. I can hear the decision making process now: "Larry, you've written legendary things for us, of course you can't write this one."

OldTowneTavern

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> @Benny: the recent storytelling of both uncles makes me reconsider their oeurve and think that they were much better as businessmen than they ever were as tellers of tales.

Juancho

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> @Benny: "The original trilogy really is pretty amazing" . . i really disliked the 2nd movie. i've watched the other two over and over. if the 4th one is even a tiny bit better than the 2nd one, i'll be satisfied.

majikthise

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> @OldTowneTavern: Hmmm. I guess you're right. But if that same uncle was once upon a time one of the greatest storytellers in the world, and if by giving him a pass now you were effectively enabling him to continue the debasement of his earlier masterpieces and standing, not to mention arguably hurting world culture in the process by praising mediocrity... would you still do it?

Benny

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> @Benny: It's like a family reunion where your elderly uncle tells you the same story you've heard since you were in garanimals. You don't say "that story sucks and you don't tell it anywhere near as good as you used to." You're just grateful the old man is still holding up.

OldTowneTavern

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> I still can't get over Indy's son is nicknamed "Mutt" WTF?

TurdBlossom

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> Have you noticed that many of the positive reviews for this film are kind of apologising for it? There's a lot of "How could it ever compare to the original?" and "It was only ever meant to be a fun, entertaining pop corn movie" being thrown around. ...It's sad. The original trilogy really is pretty amazing and it would be such an undignified end if this movie is the train wreck a lot of people are saying it is. I'm yet to see it and I hope it's great, but the idea of UFO's and CGI all over the place (not to mention CGI monkeys) is pretty discouraging.

When is someone going to make a classic, all practical effects adventure movie again? ...It's sad.

Benny

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> Come on. It's the fourth installment. What fourth installment of anything is any good? (And please, spare me the "technically, the Original Star Wars is the fourth in the series" jazz).

OldTowneTavern

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> This is what I get for living in a fly-over state.

Juancho

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> "Cactus is an interesting plant variant in the jungle." LMAO!!

majikthise

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> You know, seeing as I really hate noisy, muddled-plot, unnecessary sequels in summer, I think I finally just tipped over into "I'm gonna skip this movie completely" land.

Sleepyhead

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> @STV:
then i take back my previous statement.

however, i remain stalwart about drinking until the future arrives.

mitchel_stevens

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> @Seth: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Ahem. I mean, yeah. The screening I should have begged someone for a plus-one for.

TheStarterWife

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> @heidiho: As it should be! No I went to the 10 a.m., "FIRST!!!" losers' screening.

Seth

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> Seth, were you at the 4 p.m. showing? Your name was the first on the press list, ha.

I thought maybe I just dozed off or something, but I, too, had no idea what was going on about halfway through to the end. Just... why? Why were they doing what they were doing? The alien plot was lame. I was waiting for E.T. to come onscreen. However, I reminded myself not to think too much and I enjoyed it. Iron Man kicked its ass, though.

dollywould

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> No, Mr. Stevens. IW live-blogged the film. We chatted about it after viewing it. We have no interest in or plans for SMS reviews.

STV

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> ha! i'll wait until someone uploads this to surfthechannel. i just saw raiders (for the first time!) yesterday and it was fun. 80s fun a.k.a. silly fun a.k.a. the kind of fun action movies don't have nowadays.

i'd still ride shia though

bess marvin, girl detective

]]> <![CDATA[Even Hours of Instant Messaging Can't Help Us Make Sense of 'Indiana Jones 4']]> i don't know what's worse. you had the same idea as indiewire.

or that text-reviews will be the future.

sigh. and i can't even drink until 7pm.

mitchel_stevens

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