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saw6436 · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Daejeon, ROK

It sucked. I actually fell asleep for a minute.

Kimchi Cowboy · Joined: 17 Sep 2006

NOT as bad as people are making out. Better than Crusade. Quite far-fetched, even for Indy standards, but a more worthy farewell than Crusade.

By the way, did anyone else catch the Korean writing on the wall in the sanitorium?

Hank the Iconoclast · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Location: Busan

I thought it was good. However, I found it weaker than the first three by a fair margin.

Nomadder · Joined: 16 May 2008

Pretty lame.

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It wouldn't surprise me if Spielberg has a shrine dedicated to aliens somewhere in his mansion. Close Encounters, E.T., A.I., this one. (not too mention War of the Worlds) Sorry. I'm just not digging the whole 'Indiana Jones and the Flying Saucer' bs.

Not as bad as Lucas when he revisited his big trilogy though. <shudder>
At least that's something.

The movie does make me think of a 'cougar' though. Trying really hard to look younger and more attractive than she really is.
Not Ford mind you, but the film itself. Ford's like John Wayne man. Age doesn't take anything away from him.

In the future I'd like to see a fresh take on Indiana Jones. Why not turn it into a James Bond type deal. You know? New director, new actor?

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

It was a fun movie, but come on -

surviving a nuclear blast in a lead lined refrigerator?

the greaser kid swinging through the jungle like tarzan?

interdimensional aliens?

postfundie · Joined: 28 May 2004

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

buster brown · Joined: 26 Aug 2005 Location: Seoul

postfundie and SuperHero nailed it. This was a disappointment, to say the least. I didn't have a problem with the supernatural aspects, so many of those are expected and make the story interesting. My main complaints were with the action scenes. I'll break down some of my major complaints below:

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In all of the other Indiana Jones movies, the action sequences were far-fetched, but somewhat in the realm of possibility. In this episode, it started for me when he cut open the shotgun shells and the buckshot pellets were attracted to the magnetic box--buckshot are made from lead, not steel. Then, the nuclear blast refrigerator that was flung several hundred meters but the door didn't pop open until Indy emerged unscathed on the ground. In the jungle chase/fight scene, why did the Russians have that tree-cutting/road-making machine out front in the first place? After it was blown up and disabled, the jeeps and trucks kept driving for quite a few more kilometers, seemingly on a two-lane road at times! What about the ride over the waterfalls? I could have bought it if they had tried to sell it a little harder...it just seemed like they had all fallen out of a rowboat on a pond and climbed back in. I could go on and I'm sure there are other things I've forgotten to mention (Tarzan vine-swinging moving faster than racing jeeps!!!).

I'm sure I could go back to other Indiana Jones movies and find scenes that were totally unbelievable, but this one was full of them. Again, I expect to see some things that are unlikely and even unbelievable...it's a movie after all. However, this one didn't come close to measuring up to the previous three Indy movies, IMO.

captain kirk · Joined: 29 Jan 2003

itaewonguy · Joined: 25 Mar 2003

havent seen it, but I do remember hearing all about it the past 10 years people always asking lucus when is the next indie etc.. he would always say when the right script comes along.
Ford and spielberg said the same things in their interviews over the past 10 years.. when the right script comes we would jump in ! but so far nothing decent has turned up, the scripts we have seen for 4 were not to standard!
this is the best they could come up with????
everyone is saying its crap!! DAMN!!!
sad thing is you know its not a money driven movie! because those guys are loaded! they did it for the love of the character.. guess they loved the script..

TexasPete · Joined: 24 May 2006 Location: Koreatown

For the people who say they loved it, i wonder if they saw the same movie i did. I think i could have suspended my disbelief through much of the movie if not for some jarringly god-awful special effects. Shia being Tarzan? WTF! Monkey-ewoks? Gimme a break. Surviving the waterfalls? Good grief. An archaeologist so wantonly destroying artifacts? Yowzers (although this is probably more my age/experience/knowledge showing than anything else). The nuclear blast?

There were parts of it that were definitely enjoyable, but i guess this is kind of a warning sign that i'm getting older and that you can't really go back to that point in time again when Indy was your hero and the stunts were amazing instead ridiculous or unbelievable.

In any case, ILM could have done MUCH better with the effects in the jungle scenes. OR, after rendering it, they should have realized that if you can't make it look good, don't put it in there. Iron Man's effects were much better than in Indy 4. One would think that this being Lucas' and Spielberg's baby, ILM would have done their absolute best. I suspect that perhaps the difference is Favreau's idea of what CGI should be/do vs. Lucas'/Spielberg's vision of CGI with Lucas sharing more of the blame in this regard than Spielberg. To me, the stuff in Last Crusade, Temple of Doom and Raiders of the Lost Ark looked much better than what a lot of the stuff i saw in Indy 4. I guess that's my biggest gripe with Indy 4--the fx.

However, the good was definitely Harrison Ford--it's great seeing him in the role again and actually see him acting and having fun on screen. He's been rather lifeless recently and it's good to see he's still got it.

TexasPete · Joined: 24 May 2006 Location: Koreatown

And one final thing--Communists as bad guys in the Indy series are not nearly as good as the Nazis.

djsmnc · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Dave's ESL Cafe

It's a movie for Chrissake. Not only that, it's a family-ish Hollywood blockbuster made by Spielberg and Lucas in the next millenium.

It was definitely full of some cheesiness, but decent enough to enjoy with the understanding that there probably won't be anymore with Harrison Ford.

nateium · Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Location: Seoul

cazzy3 · Joined: 07 May 2008 Location: kangwon-do

horrible movie!!! spot on about the unrealistic scenes. i can take one, two, or three possible 'no way that could happen' but it seemed to be every two seconds in this film. it was completely trite and repetitive....indiana is in a predicament...gonna die...escapes...commies follow him...catch up....indiana is in a predicament... gonna die...

big disappointment!!!