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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (pg. 7)
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by enydo
I honestly had a really good time with it, guess I was alone on that front. :( |
Despite the paradox: I thoroughly enjoyed watching the movie (for the most part), but it wasn't really a good film (overall).
If that makes sense? |
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| enydo |
| It does. I honestly understand where you guys are coming from... I just really liked it. It wasn't an amazing movie or groundbreaking or anything like that; I just thought it was really fun and well worth the 9 bucks I paid to see it. |
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| Ang ' ela_ie |
| You all went to see it on opening night? :wtf: |
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| Spike |
| Id just like to say the movie was not bad as so many of you are quick to lay judgment on. Rather, the pacing was off. Instead of the up and down that we are used to seeing in better movies; with an intense action sequence followed by a series of slower ones that steadily progress to build tension and anticipation.... crystal skull sort of got it right for the first half but for the second half Spielberg dropped the hammer and didnt let his foot off the gas. Other than that I believe it was truthful and faithful to the originals. |
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| Alex |
It was crap.
But someone pleeeeeeeeease turn the part where Laboeuf tosses the snake away into a GIF.
Indie: "GET THAT THING OUTTA HERE"
Labouef: *Launches massive snake into woods*
Godly. |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Spike
Id just like to say the movie was not bad as so many of you are quick to lay judgment on. Rather, the pacing was off. Instead of the up and down that we are used to seeing in better movies; with an intense action sequence followed by a series of slower ones that steadily progress to build tension and anticipation.... crystal skull sort of got it right for the first half but for the second half Spielberg dropped the hammer and didnt let his foot off the gas. Other than that I believe it was truthful and faithful to the originals. |
The movie is as bad as anyone thinks it is because taste in movies (or anything else) is 100% subjective.
I thought it was utter - another George Lucas film with horrible dialog, gratuitous and disgusting use of CG, and a plot that was maybe one of the worst pieces of garbage since Epic Movie.
And for a movie that seemed to take such pains to look like there was more detail in it than actually exists in the real world, the Crystal Skull itself was one of the most horribly made props I have ever seen in a movie. I've seen high school plays with better props.
If it really was "truthful and faithful to the originals" (whatever that means), I'm really glad I haven't wasted my time on them. |
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| hectorc |
| Supposedly there were no CGI parts. All the special effects were done the like the originals. |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by hectorc
Supposedly there were no CGI parts. All the special effects were done the like the originals. |
I don't believe that for even a minute (and I don't think anyone who's even seen a trailer for the movie would either). :stongue: |
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| Clovis |
First Indiana Jones was the bomb.com. Karen Allen ftw
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| RJT |
She looks way old now. And she was a whore in the years between them (at least that's basically what they say in the new movie - or I mean, that's the way I saw it).
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| enydo |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
I don't believe that for even a minute (and I don't think anyone who's even seen a trailer for the movie would either). :stongue: |
Haha, yeah there was pretty gratuitous use of CGI. |
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| RJT |
I think one of the things that's most disappointing about George Lucas' modern projects is his reliance on new technology to create detailed environments for relatively less money than it cost him to have models, sets, and props built for his older films.
Part of what made the original Star Wars trilogy so appealing (and though I haven't seen the old IJ movies, I definitely know how they looked visually) was the attention to detail - they made the most fantastic of sets look like they could actually exist in the world as we know it.
In the new SW Trilogy and this IJ film, the environments are so artificial and sterile that they've lost all of that personality that really made Lucas' brilliance.
It's pretty bad when what is supposed to be mid-1950's America looks more like a cartoon version of reality than how any of these period pieces looked 10 years or so ago. |
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