New Indiana Jones Grievances
05.30.08
I can be a critical bastard when it comes to movies. Even on fantastical movies like Indiana Jones, I have a hard time letting st00pid stuff go. If they’re gonna make me stop enjoying the movie, and think to myself “That was the most ridiculous idea ever. Way to go speilberg”. Then its a crappy movie.
My opinion has been, that The Last Crusade, and Raiders of the Lost Arc, were both great movies! Temple of Doom, kinda weaksauce.
This will be a spoiler for some of you who haven’t seen the movie, but here are my points of beef with it.
The Beef
- Shia LaBeouf. Do I need to say more?
- Indy surviving a direct nuke by hiding in the frigidaire in the kitchen, and then being blown hundreds of feet in the air and completely out of town. I mean… it could happen, right?
- Shia LaBeouf covering hundreds of acres by swinging from jungle vines like Tarzan with a flock of spider monkeys doing his bidding and attacking the enemy. I guess I did need to say more…
- Their little car-boat going off of 3 ginormous waterfalls, and only capsizing on the third one. Somehow they managed to stay mostly in the boat after the first two. No, I know… it makes sense.
- Aliens. Now, I know the world of Indy is magical, with ancient artifacts and legends being true… but did they have to bring highly-magnetic aliens into this?
- Shia LaBeouf being Indy’s bastard son. Dang it. I sense an atrocious new series starting to form.
- Did I mention Shia LaBeouf was in this movie? I know! It’s ridiculous!
And I’m sure I left out a few other freaking ridiculous parts, but it was hard to keep track of them all. Anyways, sorry for being the big party pooper on this movie…
Eh, I wasn’t that impressed either, it was mostly the fridge thing and the aliens that killed it for me.
# May 30th, 2008 at 10:18 amI thought it was a GREAT movie. Got my monies worth. The alien thing was a bit much, but if they had to include it, they did it well. It’s entertainment for crying out loud. That’s Hollywood. I’d see it again
# May 30th, 2008 at 1:22 pmDW - Oh, I agree that it’s entertainment. I’m just arguing that its not GOOD entertainment as the majority of people are preaching it up to be.
It easily falls short of the originals.
# May 30th, 2008 at 2:12 pmWas such a disappointment to see, especially after all the anticipation of its arrival! Had it been just a movie completely on its own merit it would’ve been fine. It was just NOT Indiana Jones. What is with Hollywood and having to screw up a good thing?!?
# June 2nd, 2008 at 3:41 pmlike i told a friend, The Arc of the Covanent and the holy grail are okay but aliens are going a bit too far
# June 2nd, 2008 at 4:18 pmI knew it was ruined for me when the shot from the shotshell was magnetically attracted to the mystery box in the warehouse. Ok, maybe it’s steel shot. In the 1940’s? Doubtful. The fridge surviving the nuke sealed the deal for me and after that I was just figuring up what else I could have done with that $20.00.
# June 3rd, 2008 at 2:09 pm