Indiana Jones and the Thread of Doom

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Jason1

Man, im really thinking about going to a Midnight showing tonight, but I doubt I can get anyone to go with me...I might just wait until Saturday afternoon. We will see.

Wait. When is this movie out?
I thought the midnight showings were from Thurs to Friday night.

[Jason1]

Originally Posted by BreakABone

Wait. When is this movie out?
I thought the midnight showings were from Thurs to Friday night.

Nope, the Movie releases May 22, which is tomorrow. A few theatres around here are having a midnight showing Tonight, which I guess is technically 12:01AM Thursday, May 22nd.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Jason1

Nope, the Movie releases May 22, which is tomorrow. A few theatres around here are having a midnight showing Tonight, which I guess is technically 12:01AM Thursday, May 22nd.

O ok that makes sense I guess.

Anyhow, I am gonna end up watching the movies in a truly bizarre order.

Since I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark recently. I decided to start with Temple of Doom. Follow it up with the Lost Crusade and come full circle with Raiders.

Temple was a weird movie I guess. Short Round and Willie I personally found annoying most of the time. They had some redeeming moments, but all Short Rounds whining was kind of annoying. I also tend not to like many movies with like voodoo and stuff. To me this was Indy's er Live and Let Die movie.

I did kind of enjoy the very long escape scene at the end. And the fight on the bridge was sweet.

[KillerGremlin]

Ebert has gotten a lot nicer with his movie reviews in his older age. He's still a good critic, but I think he gives out some generous scores.

As for the trilogy, Raiders of the Lost Ark is by far the best film. The Last Crusade is good too, it has a nice balance of silliness, cheesiness, and action. Temple of Doom is the oddball out, and I'll be the first to admit that it's not my favorite movie in the series. But it's not bad.

Personally, I expect the new movie to be big budget special effects with tons of over-the-top lines and a bunch of reference to the old films. Seeing that I'm a huge fan of the original trilogy, it probably won't bother me.

[Jason1]

Okay I just got back from watching it. It was good, not great, somewhat predictable, but the action was awsome as usual. Spielberg is the greatest filmmaker of our generation, for sure. In the end, it certaintly didnt dissapoint. It just didnt completley blow me away.

It was 250 times better than Ironman.

[KillerGremlin]

Originally Posted by Jason1

Spielberg is the greatest filmmaker of our generation, for sure.

epic meh

[Jason1]

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

epic meh

Hes made too many awsome movies. Sure there have been a few stinkers in there, but they are very few indeed.

[KillerGremlin]

So he has a lot of awesome movies...and he does...but a lot of movies that are awesome might not trump someone who has 1 or 2 movies that are awesome. I agree, he's made some really good movies. I don't hold him as high as you do, but I am somewhat playing devil's advocate.

[BreakABone]

I don't know if would consider him the best of our generation, but eh.

Maybe a spinoff thread?

[KillerGremlin]

Best Director/Producer? That would be a tough thread to work with, you would probably have to give a gateway of 20 years for most of the directors out there. Plus, I'm not really up on what is "my generation." I think the whole generation thing has kind of gone away with time, at least I don't sit around comparing generations. I guess I look at decades...is a decade a generation?

[GameMaster]

Originally Posted by Jason1

Okay I just got back from watching it. It was good, not great, somewhat predictable, but the action was awsome as usual. Spielberg is the greatest filmmaker of our generation, for sure. In the end, it certaintly didnt dissapoint. It just didnt completley blow me away.

It was 250 times better than Ironman.

How well does 'Mutt' fit in? I mean, does he just come as an annoying prick? Or does he truly integrate with the story and the Indy universe? Was the ending left open for another story or is there a solid, conclusion?

[Jason1]

Originally Posted by GameMaster

How well does 'Mutt' fit in? I mean, does he just come as an annoying prick? Or does he truly integrate with the story and the Indy universe? Was the ending left open for another story or is there a solid, conclusion?

Ah, Mutt wasnt that bad...I'll admit Im not a Shia fan.

As for the conclusion, it hints at something, then hints at something else...you just have to watch it to see what I mean. I mean sure, the conclusion is solid, it could end forever this way, but it also hints at a sequal. But not necissairly...its complicated...

But, I recently read that George Lucas will only do a sequal if he can "think up a good macguffin" or whatever they call the main item that drives the plot. Lucas is way too picky, he's the reason it took so long to get released, he kept rejecting the scripts. Spielberg would like the script, and Lucas kept rejecting it.

[GameMaster]

I heard it was Spielberg and Ford who kept rejecting the scripts because Lucas' initial draft was way too ridiculous and far out for them. *shrugs*

Anyways, your review is enough to convince me to go see this. I just wonder what you would have given it on a scale of 1-10.

[BreakABone]

Ok I JUST finished the Last Crusade.

Now that was a bonafide awesome movie. It was just like one really long chase scene which was awesome.

I loved the dynamic between Indy and his dad and the story was pretty cool.

Now I'm Jonesing for me more.

[KillerGremlin]

I saw the new Indy film, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It was okay. It was high on the CGI and low on the story. And it felt tired. It wasn't anywhere near as mysterious and exciting as Raiders of the Lost Ark. But, it was a pretty decent extension to the original three films, and it was a good summer blockbuster.