Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
"There's just something missing from this film," I said to Rome Girl. "I'm not sure what it is - because all the parts are there. It just doesn't come together."
"I don't know what it is either," she said. "But it's something. It's like it's not scrappy enough."
In some ways I feel like Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a video game trying to be a movie. It's not an awful film. There's nothing on the level of Jar Jar Binks, but it still just didn't "feel" like an Indiana Jones film to me.
There are things to like - the sword fight on the trucks, the giant ants, the escape scene at Area 51 - but there was also just a lot of pointless shit.
1. It would have been a lot cooler if they didn't telegraph the alien shit from the start of the film and let that be more of a "gotcha."
2. Ditto with the "surprise" about the kid he's traveling with.
3. How exactly do you get a giant intergalactic magnet on a plane without fucking up the plane and crashing?
4. On that point - ever notice that the skull only has magnetic properties when it's convenient for the plot?
5. What the fuck is up with the hedgehogs in the first 20 minutes of the film?
6. I feel like the film was really slow paced, which is odd since it was just a series of action sequences back to back.
7. Why do they establish at the start of the film that Kate Blanchette has telekinetic abilities and then never have her use them for anything?
8. "Knowledge was their treasure." Fuck you, whoever wrote that line.
9. I've now decided that deep down in his miserable heart, George Lucas truly believes that all bad guys have terrible aim.
10. They must have had all the money in the world to make this thing - so why use really, really crappy CGI graphics. Are stunt men really that expensive?
"I don't know what it is either," she said. "But it's something. It's like it's not scrappy enough."
In some ways I feel like Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a video game trying to be a movie. It's not an awful film. There's nothing on the level of Jar Jar Binks, but it still just didn't "feel" like an Indiana Jones film to me.
There are things to like - the sword fight on the trucks, the giant ants, the escape scene at Area 51 - but there was also just a lot of pointless shit.
1. It would have been a lot cooler if they didn't telegraph the alien shit from the start of the film and let that be more of a "gotcha."
2. Ditto with the "surprise" about the kid he's traveling with.
3. How exactly do you get a giant intergalactic magnet on a plane without fucking up the plane and crashing?
4. On that point - ever notice that the skull only has magnetic properties when it's convenient for the plot?
5. What the fuck is up with the hedgehogs in the first 20 minutes of the film?
6. I feel like the film was really slow paced, which is odd since it was just a series of action sequences back to back.
7. Why do they establish at the start of the film that Kate Blanchette has telekinetic abilities and then never have her use them for anything?
8. "Knowledge was their treasure." Fuck you, whoever wrote that line.
9. I've now decided that deep down in his miserable heart, George Lucas truly believes that all bad guys have terrible aim.
10. They must have had all the money in the world to make this thing - so why use really, really crappy CGI graphics. Are stunt men really that expensive?