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After the Eurovision viewing party ended we all went our separate ways and the gf and I went to go see the new Indiana Jones movie with my family. Dinner and a movie. Sort of like a nice wholesome family involved date or something. lol.
Anyway. Here is my short spoiler filled review of the movie.
That was a capslock overload, wasn't it?
But about the movie. I loved it to pieces. The action sequences were fantastically fun and Harrison Ford kicked much ass. I even liked Shia LeBeouf who was quite charming first as a greaser sidekick then as Indy's long lost son. Karen Allen was just as great as she was in the first movie, utterly spunky and hilarious. It was typical Indiana Jones, good humor and good action. Cate Blanchett was fabulous as the bad guy Irina who was a bit wacky with the whole psychic powers deal. But her sword fight with Shia was excellent. Much love for that.
Then there's the plot... well, more specifically the plot device the movie revolves around. The crystal skull that they have to return to the lost kingdom? Ehrm. Okay.
Supposedly the crystal skull is an alien skull and the Russians are after the corpse of an alien that crash landed in Nevada and they make Indy find it in Area 51 where it's hidden away. About that scene, I did fangirl squee a bit when they showed the Ark of the Covenent. That rocked so much. But Area 51 and alien psychic power filled skulls? Does not rock. Neither does dead alien autopsies. This is Dale Gribble shit, people.
It's cracked out.
Especially since all of the other movies dealt with religious mythology. Why the fuck get aliens involved? Okay, granted, in the movie you go on the theory the aliens were worshipped by the Incans or whoever those ancient people in the jungle were but it's not an established religion.
The movie is like Indiana Jones and The Cult of Scientology or Indiana Jones and the Travels of Xenu or something. Totally lame. Particularly when there's so much fucking Christian mythology to work with. Or hell, even Buddhist! Or Shinto! You haven't done those religions yet. Why not give them a whirl instead of using aliens?
And that's my review. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is an excellent movie, that is clever, funny, filled with great action and great acting performances and rocks its socks off except for the stupid the aliens.
Anyway. Here is my short spoiler filled review of the movie.
That was a capslock overload, wasn't it?
But about the movie. I loved it to pieces. The action sequences were fantastically fun and Harrison Ford kicked much ass. I even liked Shia LeBeouf who was quite charming first as a greaser sidekick then as Indy's long lost son. Karen Allen was just as great as she was in the first movie, utterly spunky and hilarious. It was typical Indiana Jones, good humor and good action. Cate Blanchett was fabulous as the bad guy Irina who was a bit wacky with the whole psychic powers deal. But her sword fight with Shia was excellent. Much love for that.
Then there's the plot... well, more specifically the plot device the movie revolves around. The crystal skull that they have to return to the lost kingdom? Ehrm. Okay.
Supposedly the crystal skull is an alien skull and the Russians are after the corpse of an alien that crash landed in Nevada and they make Indy find it in Area 51 where it's hidden away. About that scene, I did fangirl squee a bit when they showed the Ark of the Covenent. That rocked so much. But Area 51 and alien psychic power filled skulls? Does not rock. Neither does dead alien autopsies. This is Dale Gribble shit, people.
It's cracked out.
Especially since all of the other movies dealt with religious mythology. Why the fuck get aliens involved? Okay, granted, in the movie you go on the theory the aliens were worshipped by the Incans or whoever those ancient people in the jungle were but it's not an established religion.
The movie is like Indiana Jones and The Cult of Scientology or Indiana Jones and the Travels of Xenu or something. Totally lame. Particularly when there's so much fucking Christian mythology to work with. Or hell, even Buddhist! Or Shinto! You haven't done those religions yet. Why not give them a whirl instead of using aliens?
And that's my review. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is an excellent movie, that is clever, funny, filled with great action and great acting performances and rocks its socks off except for the stupid the aliens.
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I did think that their incorporation of the Nazca head-binding thing and the idea of the lost city of El Dorado to be quite good, but...to find that it was all aliens? It's too damn simple. They could've done a more stargate-y thing instead of that weird fake saucer and the temple destruction.
>.> I also saw a preview of the next Mummy movie...hm...Shih Huang Ti played by Jet Lee should be uh..interesting to watch.
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Today I saw Indy 4 for the fourth time...
It's so terribly lame and the alien thing is a bit of a joke but I absolutely loved it anyway. Even though everyone is going on about the aliens, I kinda like it. It's so ridiculous a storyline that it actually turns out to be be quite fun and not to be taken seriously. Like all the Indy movies.
I used to love Indy. I've had an obsession ever since I first saw it as a kid. Up until I was about 16/17, I always wanted to become an archaeologist like Indy. I even did a couple of short courses on it. So to me, going to the cinema and watching it makes me feel like a kid again. It's awesome. I like how pretty much the whole cinema audience is the same. We were all lapping it up, laughing and cheering Indy on.