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Ginose
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Posted: May 27, 2008 at 10:24pm
But that was just t he problem, man. It DIDN'T feellike the old ones. The ending being the prime example of this... the last 30 minutes felt like an action-cartoon rather than an action, pulp comic-book which is what, I had always taken, Lucas had originally intended. To make movie hero similar to the comic heroes he knew when he was young. This felt more like... well... to be so blunt it may seem rude, a final cash-in on the loyalties of fans l ike me.
When put on par with the rest of the series, the acting in this film is just dreadful, that may have been a huge thorn in my side. When I saw Ford and Blanchett in the opening scenes I was hoping to God this was some kind of movie inside of a movie and that they were purposely being poor actors. I couldn't keep my jaw from the floor as I watched the movie go on... it was like a train-wreck... a colorful trainwreck and the only victim was one of my all-time favorite movie heroes...
I'm just really hoping this is where it ends... I don't know if I can take it again... I really don't...
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Kari Byron's Sex Cyborg
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Posted: June 2, 2008 at 10:30pm
I am not a big fan of action/adventure films, nor would I say that I am a big fan of this series; hell, I just watched the original and third entry for the first time last night. (I thought the original was okay but felt that the third was incredible.) Before then, I had recently seen The Temple of Doom by chance and loved it. I never really intended to see any others, but last week I was invited to see The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull for free and didn't pass it up. Having an idea of what the series offers, I found this fourth installment to be really fun. The only thing I felt itchy about during the film was Ford's acting; although, Indiana Jones has been through a lot in the past and is in his mid-60s now, so how much can you expect from his personality at this age.
Walking out of the theater at the end of this movie, I heard people grumble over the ending and silly remarks like, \"You're telling me that out of all that ammunition fired, not a single bullet hit him?!\" I was strongly tempted to slap a couple of people on my way out (that's mainly why I don't enjoy going to theaters). After just getting through Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade, I'm astonished at some of the comments I have come across. Like Billy Ray said, \"For a fan of the first three films to find this film terrible, to me, is just impossible.\" I guess these people need help to recognize what the others offered and see how this film did the same (storywise and actionwise).
8.5/10
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Tristan
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Posted: October 16, 2008 at 12:06am
I grew up on these movies. These and Star Wars were my most watched movies as a kid. And now this? I'm sorry, but what the fuck are they thinking? This was uncomfortably bad. 5 minutes in I felt bad for Lucas, Spielberg and Ford. I just wanted to walk up to them and let them know they said all they needed to say with the first 3. Leave well enough alone, and stop fucking up a classic series of films. The first 3 are classics in my opinion. This? This was a fucking sacrilege. Shia The Beef was terrible - as always - and Ford didn't seem to have any energy or enthusiasm whatsoever. I think South Park said it best - Lucas and Spielberg really did rape Indiana Jones for all it had.
1/10, and that's only because I can't bear to give this a big fat 0.
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George Snow
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Posted: October 16, 2008 at 1:09am
I love all the Indy movies. I went in with high action expectations, and predictable story. That's what I got, and I enjoyed it.
To date myself (but this is pretty cool) The Clash played at Bonds Casino on Broadway. They were suppose to play 8 nights, but by overpacking the place opening night (it was crammed) they ended up having to either cancel the remaining 7 shows or make up extra nights for all the extra tickets sold. They ended up playing 16 shows. On the Sundays they did a matinee and then an evening performance. I went to the matinee and had hours before the evening performance, so I went to the movies to see Raiders of the Lost Ark. That's when there were still huge screens in some theatres.
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Chad
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Posted: October 24, 2008 at 1:21pm
I'm sort of in the middle here... there were some things that I just couldn't stand about this film, but at the same time, there were some things that I loved. I had no problems with LaBeouf's acting abilities, but I didn't like how the character was handled; we all know that they're setting him up to potentially carry on the series and that this was a bit of a \"passing of the torch\" affair, but they just didn't make his character look credible enough to shine Jones' shoes, much less pick up the whip and don the hat in his own film. I also didn't like the heavy (and I mean HEAVY) use of CGI - there were more than a couple of scenes that almost looked cartoonish courtesy of Lucas.
Still, these were minor gripes. I'll admit that I groaned and expected the worst when I saw how old Ford looked when the movie began, but that slipped away during the first action sequence. Overall, better than Temple of Doom and not as good as the other two flicks in the series, but still enjoyable. 8/10.
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Lucid Dreams
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Posted: May 30, 2010 at 10:10pm
Well you all know how I love to be the middle man of things and I didn't find this movie to be as horrible as everyone claimed it to be. I will say that there are a few scenes in this movie that made me want to puke, like when one of our heros swings across the jungle with a certain fury animal. 6/10
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Andy van Heel
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Posted: January 23, 2012 at 11:06am
Worst movie ever. I am a big big fan of the previous movies. I loved every one of them and saw them to many time to be considered a cool guy... But this. First of all, he turned my favorite hero of all time (I wanted to bé Indiana Jones. I am 31 right now, and I still want to be him) into a CIA-cop!!!!!!!! That's the wordt kind! Bad storyline, bad everything. Spielberg and Lucas raped my all time hero, they took something from me and can never give it back. Even I feel violated...
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