Indiana Jones and the KotCS: Impressions

Yes, the red ants in these movies DO actually exist in south america and in real life. They travel in huge swarms and can pick apart entire cows -- and in rare cases, humans -- in mere minutes.
 
The chick from the first movie is still hot, if not hotter.
 
Nah I didnt really find any of the girls in the films largely attractive, the austrain chick was alright and the evil ukrainian women from this one had amazing eyes, but thats about it.
 
Jerry_111 said:
Yes, the red ants in these movies DO actually exist in south america and in real life. They travel in huge swarms and can pick apart entire cows -- and in rare cases, humans -- in mere minutes.
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Did a search for info on red ants (fire ants) and bullet ants, and neither of these species are anywhere near as deadly as the ones portrayed in the movie, period.
 
Remus said:
Did a search for info on red ants (fire ants) and bullet ants, and neither of these species are anywhere near as deadly as the ones portrayed in the movie, period.
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well duh. Why are people nit-picking about ants when there's the most ridiculous, over the top, retarded, I-would-fire-the-writer-if-he-brought-me-this, nuclear bomb scene?
 
xcellerate said:
well duh. Why are people nit-picking about ants when there's the most ridiculous, over the top, retarded, I-would-fire-the-writer-if-he-brought-me-this, nuclear bomb scene?
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What the Indiana Jones surviving a nuke in a fridge scene?

Well... eh

Thing is even if by some miracle he managed to survive the initial blast by hiding in a fridge (which I assume was made out of lead), he still would have received a lethal dose of radiation when getting out of it. Especially since he was damn close to the mushroom cloud.

But whatever, the movie is filled with wtf scenes so...
 
It was a nice movie, but when I watched it I was extremely nervous about something that I had to do after the movie, and the movie didn't ever really make me forget about that... Unlike the other Indiana Jones movies and the Han Solo side-stories in Star Wars, I always sighed in relief when watching those.
 
I enjoyed it very much. It may not be the best in the series but it's of the same caliber and contains the spirit of the previous movies. People are bitching and whining about how unrealistic some of the sequences were. If you want realism, go watch Schindler's List. When was Indiana Jones ever realistic?
CGI is pretty standard these days and it's used in most movies regardless of the genre. So, get used to it. Sure, the movie probably would've been better if everybody returned from The Last Crusade. But one guy is dead, one retired and the other one couldn't fit in into the schedule.
So, we got this instead. Which is pretty good.
 
TwwIX said:
I enjoyed it very much. It may not be the best in the series but it's of the same caliber and contains the spirit of the previous movies. People are bitching and whining about how unrealistic some of the sequences were. If you want realism, go watch Schindler's List. When was Indiana Jones ever realistic?
CGI is pretty standard these days and it's used in most movies regardless of the genre. So, get used to it. Sure, the movie probably would've been better if everybody returned from The Last Crusade. But one guy is dead, one retired and the other one couldn't fit in into the schedule.
So, we got this instead. Which is pretty good.
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Actually, Schindler's List is NOT realistic AT ****ING ALL. But other than that, your point is correct.
 
The movie was just dumb. It was awful. It lacked all the redeeming qualities of the originals.

And no, it wasn't because it wasn't realistic. It was because it was bad. The dialog was abysmal. Most of the one-liners and banter between characters was embarrassing. The action was absurd. Not because it was unrealistic, but because it was ****ing stupid. It was a kiddified, pussified, watered down Indiana Jones for a new generation. This is the result of tons of focus groups, family demographics, and George Lucas.

I actually didn't even mind the alien plot that much. But like everything else in the movie, they pushed it to the point of absurdity. The goddamn skull got more character development than Indy.
 
lame-o said:
Actually, Schindler's List is NOT realistic AT ****ING ALL. But other than that, your point is correct.
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Of course it is. After all, the holocaust is one of the better works of fiction.
 
Saw it last night.

8/10 - Highly enjoyable and fun movie. I think people expected this to be something more than it is. It is an adventure/action flick, and it did deliver. I agree with you that the ending and the nuking part were ridiculous and a bit silly, but it still felt very much in the spirit of India Jones.
 
TwwIX said:
Of course it is. After all, the holocaust is one of the better works of fiction.
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Well then you obviously don't understand what the holocaust actually was. 1000x more horrific and brutal than what that movie shows. Schindler's List is a nice drama, but in no way does it accurately portray what happened in those camps (although it is the movie which comes closest to fully portraying it). It was made so the whole family could watch.
 
Jerry_111 said:
Yes, the red ants in these movies DO actually exist in south america and in real life. They travel in huge swarms and can pick apart entire cows -- and in rare cases, humans -- in mere minutes.
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The sort of ants pictured in this movie neither live in South America, nor eat humans:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorylus
Remus said:
What the Indiana Jones surviving a nuke in a fridge scene?

Well... eh

Thing is even if by some miracle he managed to survive the initial blast by hiding in a fridge (which I assume was made out of lead), he still would have received a lethal dose of radiation when getting out of it. Especially since he was damn close to the mushroom cloud.

But whatever, the movie is filled with wtf scenes so...
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Yeah, it said the refrigerator was made of lead. Still impossible, though.
 
Umm, so if i buy a lead coated fridge, i would have a cheap nuclear bomb proof shelter. Let see those terrorist get me now.
 
I really want to read through this topic, but I fear the prospect of spoilers.

Is it safe to do so? I also just wanna say that I've had no problem with the sci-fi elements. I think it's perfectly acceptable pulp material, considering a lot of the other crazy stuff that happens in the films. I don't know why some people have been so bugged about it. :|
 
I prefered the camera work of the original films; Up close and personal
 
Remus said:
Well, have you seen it or not?
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No, I haven't seen it. But when information from the script started coming out, a lot of people seemed to detest the idea of including sci-fi elements, as if out of principle.

All I'm saying is that if you can accept face-melting arks, it's not not much of a stretch to accept this. And it's not like they're gonna start shooting laser pistols and dogfighting with jetpacks.

...They don't do that, right?
 
Absinthe said:
No, I haven't seen it. But when information from the script started coming out, a lot of people seemed to detest the idea of including sci-fi elements, as if out of principle.

All I'm saying is that if you can accept face-melting arks, why not this?
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Well, I for one prefer biblical and hindu myths to aliens and flying saucers. I think it suits Indy better.
 
The Monkey said:
Well, I for one prefer biblical and hindu myths to aliens and flying saucers. I think it suits Indy better.
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I could deal with the old fantasy myths in the old films. The religion and and power of the artefacts, which allowed a knight to survive thousands of years etc. Those actually suited the film and fit in well. But this film takes it way too far. I agree with what The Monkey said.
 
Absinthe said:
Damn you.
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Sorry if I spoiled it, dude, but I did put it in tags.
PimpinPenguin said:
After seeing this, i feel disappointed, it's not a bad film, but it's lost a lot of the Indiana Jones charm.
For starters everything Spielberg said before the film was a lie, that he said there would not be alot of CGI in in, yeah right this had more CGI than the last 3 films put together. The characters were extremely bad, the Russain girl was not very menacing or intimidating. You never felt she was a threat to Indy. She was always behind him. Bring back the Nazis .
That Ray Winstons character was confusing and underdeveloped : "I am on your side, no wait I am a traitor, oh wait I am CIA, never mind I am a traitor again". WTF? An example of a good traitor was Dr. Elsa Schneider in the Last Crusade.

I must say i don't mind some off the stupidity in Indy films ,the Jungle chase for example i could live with, even the Nuke in the fridge, but that was pushing it.But Shia swinging on vines catching up with the Russians with pack of monkeys and the Ants please. In the audience all i was hearing were howls of disbelieve and "Yeah right" at loads of these stupid parts.
And the Aliens sealed it's fate. It was Lucas Star Wars combined with Spielbergs "Alien Propaganda" which has no place in an Indy film, the ending was awful, with the Skull turning into what ET?

Final thoughts are this is what you get when you add a forth onto a trilogy, it just can't live up to them. Just like Die Hard 4. And you can see this film has some modern influence with the now Hollywood standard let''s shove loads of CGI in it. I just hope there is not another,please don't destroy this classic.
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You copied the better part of that post from an IMDb review.
 
Absinthe it depends on your definition of spoilers but if I were you I wouldn't read this thread.

Just go see it! Also, no jetpacks or laser rifles, thank god.
 
I can see some cheesy tv series coming out under it, like that terminator: sarah connor cronicles, I mean what on EARTH were they thinking when producing that.
 
Shift said:
I can see some cheesy tv series coming out under it, like that terminator: sarah connor cronicles, I mean what on EARTH were they thinking when producing that.
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But there already is a tv series, the adventures of the young Indiana Jones or something like that.
 
A new TV show would rock actually, if it was done properly. Like 24 eps to build up to the discovery of some huge artifact, rather than the young indy show which was mosty self-contained episodes, X-files S1 style, if I remember correctly.

5/10 for the movie.

Pretty lame overall, considering I watched Temple of Doom a few weeks ago and thought that it wouldn't be hard to create a better Indy movie. This movie just makes me appreciate how good the original trilogy were.

It didn't have any of the magic the previous movies had. I think it fell into the same trap as National Treasure and The Da Vinci code. Too many random things written down on paper with Indy translating them then giving us some backstory and expecting us to remember it all and actually give a shit. Show don't tell. Too many pointless action scenes too.

It didn't seem like Ford acted like Indiana Jones either, maybe that was the script's fault.
 
I really want to watch Young Indiana Jones, but apparently George Lucas ****ed up the DVDs.
 
Shift said:
OH DEAR GOD.
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Saw it a while back, and it was actually pretty entertaining. The only stupid thing about it was that Indy just happened to be in the right place at the right time to meet pretty much every influential historical figure in that particular time period...:sleep:
 
8/10

Honestly too much cgi?? Look at the older films... I really dont get why people have such a problem with "too much" cgi in movies these days. And thats not certainly what made the Star Wars prequels so mediocre... It was the story.

The point is this movie is a blast to watch, though its not as great as Last Crusade. I wish they could make an action sequence that tops the tank one, but thats unlikely it seems. That is hands down the best one in the series. I mean whats more cooler than Indy on a horse with his revolver galloping towards the tank and taking shots at the nazis general? Awesome.

I can already see myself watching this movie more than Temple of Doom. Though I wish there was a little more character development between Mutt, Marion, and Indy. Then the other complaint is it just seemed to end too soon. But thats where the movies and games come in for me. Sadly I still need to beat Fate of Atlantis.

This one is a fast paced thrill ride with hardly any time to take a breather. I think it excellently pays homage to classic 50's sci fi films and creates this unique feeling compared to the other three. I can't wait to own it on DVD.
 
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