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Indy Jones thread: Why so much hate for Crystal Skulls?
Posted on 7/2/23 at 11:11 pm
Posted on 7/2/23 at 11:11 pm
I grew up with the franchise. Saw Raiders at the theater when it was first released. Now it goes without saying that Raiders and Last Crusade are obviously the best but don’t understand the hate for Crystal Skulls. Yes it is cheesier than the aforementioned 2 best but so was Temple Of Doom. After such a long break, I was excited to see another Indy Jones movie. I thought Ford was still fairly realistic in the physical aspects of the movie. I really liked the character that Shia Lebeof played. I thought the chemistry between him and Ford was really good. I liked that they brought Marion back. I actually thought it was a great opportunity for a passing of the torch of the Indy character to Lebeouf. Yes the Alien but was a little cheesy along with the surviving the nuke in the fridge but all of the movies has certain scenes that were like that. In Raiders, why were there pythons down in the room with the Ark. why were there so many snakes period. What would they have lived on. Who cares, it was fun. That’s kind of how I viewed Crystal Skull. It was still a fun movie.
I haven’t seen Dial if Destiny yet but based on what I’ve said here, if you have seen it, do you think I will enjoy it?
I haven’t seen Dial if Destiny yet but based on what I’ve said here, if you have seen it, do you think I will enjoy it?
This post was edited on 7/3/23 at 5:48 pm
Posted on 7/2/23 at 11:18 pm to Kingshakabooboo
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Why so much hate for Crystal Skulls?
was too woke, they used a tranny skull
Posted on 7/2/23 at 11:22 pm to Kingshakabooboo
Crystal Skull was more of an Indy movie than the new one but Spielberg was still in his minority report phase so the movie looked like shite plus the alien angle, like time travel, is just a stupid idea for Indiana Jones. The writing was shite too, the scenes didn’t make any sense and there was no gravity to anything. Nothing stopped long enough for drama or tension to sink in, it was just one thing happening on top of another. Bad movie but better than Dial.
Posted on 7/2/23 at 11:34 pm to Kingshakabooboo
You saw that scene where Shia is swinging on vines with monkeys right? Where he caught up with motor vehicles? A guy in a greaser outfit swinging on vines through the jungle with monkeys? You saw that scene?
Posted on 7/2/23 at 11:41 pm to AtticusOSullivan
The ants behaved curiously too. BTW man eating ants? The old Indi movies had myths but it didn’t have imaginary animals. The crocodiles didn’t fly in Temple of Doom for example.
Posted on 7/2/23 at 11:41 pm to Kingshakabooboo
Godawful CGI
terrible villains... trying to set the girl up as a mind reader at the beginning and then just give up on that
awful dialogue/line reads
Indy making terrible decisions
I honestly have no problem with using aliens in the climax...but the way they did it was so bad.
It just didn't feel like an Indiana Jones movie.
terrible villains... trying to set the girl up as a mind reader at the beginning and then just give up on that
awful dialogue/line reads
Indy making terrible decisions
I honestly have no problem with using aliens in the climax...but the way they did it was so bad.
It just didn't feel like an Indiana Jones movie.
Posted on 7/2/23 at 11:47 pm to saintsfan92612
Raiders was made on a $20mil dollar budget and it looked so much better. These movies don’t need CGI or green screen.
This post was edited on 7/2/23 at 11:48 pm
Posted on 7/2/23 at 11:50 pm to Kingshakabooboo
Its got some stupid moments but its mostly entertaining. Not up to first three obviously but I don't mind it.
Posted on 7/3/23 at 1:29 am to Kingshakabooboo
It just didn't have the charm of the other 3 movies. Trying to setup Shia to take over was a terrible idea. Most importantly you saw this scene right?
I get that these movies have crazy scenes but a fridge can save a person from a nuclear blast?
I get that these movies have crazy scenes but a fridge can save a person from a nuclear blast?
Posted on 7/3/23 at 4:39 am to Kingshakabooboo
I’m not saying it’s aliens, but it’s aliens.
Posted on 7/3/23 at 5:44 am to Kingshakabooboo
Glad to be your 10th downvote
Posted on 7/3/23 at 5:52 am to Kingshakabooboo
It's a bad, bad movie that I tried to avoid, but was a captive audience on an international flight.
Crystal Skull is just awful. Utterly awful.
Crystal Skull is just awful. Utterly awful.
Posted on 7/3/23 at 6:47 am to AtticusOSullivan
I have never seen a more ridiculous scene ever. Also how the frick was he a “greaser” who never used grease in his hair?
To answer the OP , the movie was a disaster. Blanchett horrible Russian accent. Indy’s friend who did so many double crosses it never made sense. An Alien artifact that he was to find. Then surviving the nuclear test in a refrigerator was just dumb.
To answer the OP , the movie was a disaster. Blanchett horrible Russian accent. Indy’s friend who did so many double crosses it never made sense. An Alien artifact that he was to find. Then surviving the nuclear test in a refrigerator was just dumb.
Posted on 7/3/23 at 7:31 am to Madking
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BTW man eating ants? The old Indi movies had myths but it didn’t have imaginary animals
The ants, “siafu”, actually exist. While not as big or voracious as those in Crystal Skull, the are real and can pick a carcass clean relatively quickly. Also, have you never read “Finnegan and the ants”? Good story. About killer ants.
Posted on 7/3/23 at 7:34 am to bcoop199
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I get that these movies have crazy scenes but a fridge can save a person from a nuclear blast?
That’s way dumber than pouring water on someone and healing a gut shot from a pistol.
Posted on 7/3/23 at 8:30 am to LuckySo-n-So
or using a liferaft to survive a fall from an airplane
Posted on 7/3/23 at 8:50 am to Kingshakabooboo
The writing was aggressively stupid, the new characters were awful and the lore that it's based on is a bullshite grift from the 19th century that people either don't know enough about or don't care about, or both. It was also a CGI mess from beginning to end.
Basically, it was Indy and the Ancient Aliens.
Basically, it was Indy and the Ancient Aliens.
This post was edited on 7/3/23 at 8:53 am
Posted on 7/3/23 at 9:23 am to blueboy
The scene where Marion drives a vehicle off a cliff, into the top of a tree, which bends and drops them seamlessly into the river killed me.
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