Theatrical Review of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Let's face it, the movie was really awful. Sure the beginning was up to par for Indiana Jones, but once the bomb went off...well, let just say that was that. Lucas and Spielberg need to learn that CG monkey's are not the answer to a movie's problems..Its a great script and using terrific actors to their full potential. Time to get back back to basics and stop ruining their legacies.

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[Post edited by tylerdurden on May 25, 2008]

yeah this movie sucked! i was gonna buy the blu ray set when they came out but i think ill just keep my dvd set without the 4th film, wow!!!!!!! lucas, spelberg, and harrison ford, never thought that combo would ever make something this bad

tylerdurden,

Does the word "spoilers" mean anything to you, or were you purposely trying to ruin the movie for people who haven't seen it?

John

It was a good movie, not like the original three, but decent enough. I would give it a B-. I wasn't really into the skull story, I have a hard time believing thats the best script they had.

Now, in fairness to the new "Indy," I liked it more than I expected I would and, apparently, a little more than Jason did.

No, it isn't the old "Indy," but who among us is the same person we used to be? The new film does its best to reference not just the older "Indy" films but as many cultural icons of the fifties as possible--thus, the inclusion of flying saucers and aliens, very big deals in the movies and in the general culture of the 1950s.

But, no, the new movie doesn't quite capture the magic of the first movies, despite the actors' best intentions. I blame a script that doesn't establish relationships well enough and goes for too much spectacle and chases, especially at the end. If "Raiders" is a 10/10, "Crusade" is a 9/10, and "Doom" is an 8/10, I'd give "Indy 4" a 7/10. Still, that's pretty close to the 6/10 Jason gave it, so maybe we're not so far apart after all.

John

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[Post edited by John J. Puccio on May 26, 2008]

If Crusade is a "9/10" then Eddie is going to be named "People's" Sexiest Man next year.

Seriously, it's a really bad movie. It's the Phantom Menace of the franchise.

Temple of Doom gets short shrift though - darn good popcorn flick.

I was planning to see Crystal Skull this week but now I hear it has cute CGI animals in it. WTF?

The fourth installment of the whip-cracking professor's exploits, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," grossed an estimated $101 million from Friday to Sunday, plus $25 million from its opening Thursday.

That would put it behind only "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," which had a Friday-through-Monday total of $139.8 million, in the pantheon of Memorial Day weekend blockbusters.

"This is the definition of a summer movie from two of the architects of the summer movie season — George Lucas and Steven Spielberg," he said. "These guys have it down to a science and audiences want to go along for that ride."

The first three Indy movies took in $1.2 billion worldwide.

Disney's action sequel, "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian," slipped to second place with $23 million, for a total of $91.1 million over two weeks. The company expected the movie to continue to play well as school lets out.

Marvel Studios' "Iron Man" clinched another $20.1 million, bringing its domestic total to $252.3 million. A sequel is set for release in 2010.

Fox senior vice president Bert Livingstone said high gas prices were encouraging people to see movies rather than take long trips away from home.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080525/ap_en_mo/box_office_ylt=Ajx.Mfd63bnqB0vfE1_TJYpxFb8C

Deleted since Tyler was nice enough to remove his spoilers.

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[Post edited by Tim Raynor on May 28, 2008]