So I'm a pretty cynical guy. I'm very jaded with hollywood, and big hollywood blockbuster movies. When I heard their was a new Indian Jones coming out, I just rolled my eyes and thought *what is harrison ford, like 65 or something? Give me a break".


Well, then I saw the trailer


Indian Jones teaser trailer

and I morphed into a little kid again, just grinning and tingly with excitement. I love that movies can do that, can transform me and take me for a few moments back to my youth and I hope this movie delivers. After my star wars experience, I'm skeptical, but... hope springs eternal.



And I love Cate Blanchett in the "She wolf of the SS" role... mmm if there's one thing hotter than Nazi Dominatrix villains, it's Soviet Dominatrix villains

If Frank Caliendo is not in this movie, then I won't see it.

I'm pretty sure he is, he does a hilarious Stalin

I had the exact same thoughts when I first heard about this movie. Infact the same thoughts were also true to Rambo. But after seeing the trailer all that excitement comes back, what a great looking throwback to the originals.

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I am so going to see this....Growing up I had seen star wars....but when I saw Indiana Jones...I knew I wanted a whip and a sweet leather jacket

It took me a few years to know I wanted a whip and a sweet leather jacket

I'm disappointed that this movie won't bring me a whole new crop of Sean Connery quotes to annoy my friends with, but I still can't wait to go see it.

HF is one lucky old bastard.


This movie will rock, obv.

Which would you rather, date Emma for one year or be close friends with Shia for the rest of your life?

Oh my God. That is like asking a mother which of her children she would choose if she could only save one.

I cannot choose.

Pussy.

Er, I'm calling you a pussy, not necessarily saying that you should choose the pussy. Even though you probably should. Then again, being friend with a movie star could get you tons of tail. Not necessarily British, though. But maybe.

My head says Shia. But my heart, my heart says Emma.

So if you made me, I'd rather live one year with Emma, than all the years of my life without her.

EMMA.

THAT IS my final answer.

Ooh, I'm sorry. The correct answer was Shia. Shia.

Moops? Its a misprint!

Sorry, but there it is. Right here. Moops!

Ya i cant wait for this movie, HF still looks good in this role, should be entertaining to say the least

shia looks like a crotchety old man there.

'bring me my brisquets'


/postwhereIpossiblymadeuptwowords

QFT.


Still my fave: Loshersh alwaysh talk about their besht.

while winnsh go home an fush the pram queen

I really can't wait until this movie comes out on blueray hd. They are proably going to have to air brush HF frame by frame, otherwise, he's gonna like like he's 105 in HD.

I liked the movie a lot.

although it had some EXTREMELY cheesy parts: like Shia swinging with the monkeys and the alien ship taking off.

Other than that I highly enjoyed it, and I recommend to at least rent it.

shia was awesome. i liked the movie. it was fun.

There are precious few things that could get me in that theater. Unfortunately one of them is peer pressure, so I'll probably have to see it tomorrow.

I've heard only bad things.

It was alright. The dialogue was o.k. but the end was lame, and I have always saved a special spot in my dark parts for movies that screw up endings.

Shia's role was just silly and pointless, not because it was supposed to be but because he can't act. He came off as none of the things he was supposed to be, and if I ever meet him I will punch him in the nuts.

It's on like Donkey Kong.

I haven't seen it yet, but a friend who's opinion I respect and is also a fan of the movies sent me this review this morning:

Wow, I went and saw Indiana Jones last night. I think I would rather watch an indepth documentary about people taking dumps on each other than ever looking at that film again. I swear, at some point George Lucas went completely mad, but because he made so much money off of Star Wars he can do whatever he wants. Madness.

It wasn't a bad experience. Not as good as the other three obviously.

Cate Blanchette is good. By good I mean I want to do dirty things to the naughty soviet. Also she plays the villainess role well.

I wanted to see Treebeard/Gimli/Professor Maximillian Arturo. Too bad he wasn't there.

I thought the whole aliens thing was quite stupid until I realized a couple seconds later that this was the same guy that dealt with the Holy Grail, the Ark of the Covenant, and a little asian kid.

He was "the Jew".
Spielberg is probably the most openly ethnocentric Hollywood director there is. He is to Jews what Spike Lee is to blacks.

Bring it on, bitch.

But seriously, any limitations in Shia's performance we're dialogue related. 'Eagle Eye' is gonna kick some serious monk ass.

It was gimmicky. Look at the greaser comb his hair, wheeee. The whole role was dumb. Every movie I see with this schlub it's "wait till the next movie". At some point Luke Perry stopped getting work, you know what I am saying?

I have absolutely no idea what you are saying. Have you seen Disturbia? Transformers?

You know what, fuck you, hater. When Shia wins his Oscar I am going to laugh in your face.

I've never seen the orginial movies, but I saw this and it was decent. I won't see it again, but I'm happy that I did see it. I don't know if they did it in the other ones, but a lot of the things in the movie just couldn't happen. How do all of those soviets shoot at Jones for about half an hour and miss just because he is running?

The only part I really liked, and this is just because I'm a Star Wars fan, is when Jones said, "I have a bad feeling about this."

Now I have cereal on my keyboard. Thanks a bunch.

First of all, wow. wow wow wow. Are you just really young or something?

You must've not seen many 80s action movies because bad guys always miss. This was an 80s action-adventure series so continuing with that kind of thing makes sense. It's a tradition many if not most action movies continue to this day.

Not to mention, it would have been a pretty short movie if they hit him.

I just mentioned it, didn't I?

It wasn't the best of the series obviously.

But it held to Indana Jones form. (Maybe except the silly ending.) But weren't they all quite a stretch, so I kind of forgave it.

I'm glad they didn't try to modernize it. It is what it is, and from someone who loves the original 3, I enjoyed watching it.

Ditto to all of that...very good movie, exactly what I expected, except for maybe the aliens. But if an ark can suck your soul out, and a cup can age you 10000 years in 5 seconds, fuck it, why not.

...and your face can melt off.



I just watched Raiders of the Lost Ark for the first time.

Mel Gibson dodges about 19 million bullets in Lethal Weapon. True story.


Also he gets shot a few times.

My brain just blew up.

I saw it tonight, and I'm pretty disappointed. I liked it, but it only got a pass because of nostalgia. The story ended EXACTLY like the first X-Files movie. That shouldn't have happened. It was cheesy and dumb. Also, I'm pretty disappointed by all the CGI crap. The cool thing about Indiana Jones was always how they did all the stunts and nothing was "fake". The car chase through the Amazon was ruined for me when Shia was standing up and they started CGI'ing everything. I wanted to leave. Also the swinging in the tree with the monkeys.... awful. Groundhogs at the beginning... stupid and pointless. I guess I'm pissed off, and yet somehow was entertained.


One more thought. It's pretty clear that they wanted things to be open to keep the series going with Shia. With him almost trying on the hat at the end. But since Harrison took the hat back, maybe one more with Harrison? Then pass the torch... er hat... to Shia. I would bet some money on this happening.

From what i read and i wished i saved where i read this at but HF said he would do another one and then shia would take over after that since he is apparently signed on to 3 movies this being the first.

I heard Lucas and Spielberg have talked to Shia about continuing the franchise with out Harrison Ford.

It might work, but they'll need a kickass script.

The swinging from vines w/monkeys was the only part that really made me say, oh come ON. But you can't let that ruin an entire movie. I could've done with a slightly less drastic ending too, but again, I didn't let it bother me too much because the rest of the movie was pretty entertaining and true to form. Most of the CGI I thought was done pretty well and non-invasive.

And it won't be called Indiana Jones, but Mutt.

I cant tell whether this is a joke or not, so I'll assume it isnt.

It will still be an Indiana Jones movie. That name means alot.

Just saw it today. first off, I enjoyed the groundhogs. why not.

the vine swinging was WAY over the top but Indiana Jones has never been about complete believability. Whatever. I thought the rest was fine although I will be having nightmares about ants for a while. Story was interesting although not as compelling as the lost ark (great cameo!) or the holy grail. Some back story on the "inter-dimensional" (how did oxley know that anyway?) aliens would have hit the spot.

I enjoyed Shia Leboof as always. Harrison Ford is a classic and Cate Blanchett was surprisingly decent as the female baddie who respects Dr. Jones' awesomeness despite herself.

frankly, this movie gets a huge boost just from the theme song. chills!

all in all, this movie was a bit over the top and bit lacking in the plot department but it still did the job. I would rank it #3 in the series....comfortably ahead of Temple of Doom (which I just never liked).....and, of course, woefully behind raiders and last crusade. Really, if this movie has a fatal flaw, it is that movies 1 and 3 in this series were so amazing that this one pales by comparison. whatever....go see it you will have a good couple hours at worst.

edit: better movie: last crusade or raiders of the lost ark? discuss.

Although I disliked Temple of Doom I would suggest you watch it again, because I think it's better than Crystal Skull.


1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (barely over.....)
2. Last Crusade (very awesome story)
























































3. Temple of Doom
4. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull