No no no. What you mean is: So aliens were too much but the ark killing nazis and melting a guy's face off and a guy ripping someones heart out with his bare hands and the magical rejuvinating cup of Jesus wasn't?xmetatr0nx said:
why was crystal skull sooo bad?
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I'm 18, and I never watched the original trilogy of Indy movies until after I saw Crystal Skull. Let me summarize my complaints:
-Story was terrible.
-CGI was overused to the extreme.
-Shia Lebeuof.
-Plot twist was awful.
-Some of the scenes made me cringe.. The monkey scene, anyone?
And that.
-Story was terrible.
-CGI was overused to the extreme.
-Shia Lebeuof.
-Plot twist was awful.
-Some of the scenes made me cringe.. The monkey scene, anyone?
Nmil-ek said:[http://img40.imageshack.us/i/nukethefridge.jpg/]
Enough said.
And that.
I think it's creating a plothole. If we are to believe that the Nazi's died because of a holy christian relic, how can there be Aliens?xmetatr0nx said:
It was a good film up untill the fucking space ship and the interdimensional portal. It made you think old Lucas is going a bit senial.
Well if it's not from this planet then it is alien to us and seen as it was our film then they would be considered aliens.Macgyvercas said:
so complaints boil down to shia laboeuf, the fridge and overuse of cgi?
surely that's not enough for anyone to consider it franchise rape?
i do agree though, that fridge scene was god awful
but i dont see how anyone can complain about teh story, the aliens were barely in it and it was more of an excuse for an adventure (like the originals, i didnt even know their story until i watched them for like the fifth time)
surely that's not enough for anyone to consider it franchise rape?
i do agree though, that fridge scene was god awful
but i dont see how anyone can complain about teh story, the aliens were barely in it and it was more of an excuse for an adventure (like the originals, i didnt even know their story until i watched them for like the fifth time)
don't lynch me for saying it but i have to, the jones films have forever been about historical legends; the last crusade was about the holy grail, the raiders of the lost ark was about the covanat of the ark, the temple of doom was about....well a temple of doom, but it was human artifacts and human history exept the temple which was qusi history, but when did we switch from hitorical action to scfi?
Bad humor
Too many lame one-liners
Fridge
The guy that changed sides about 100 times thoughout that whole movie.
Getting help from intellegent primeapes?
Also, the tone was much more desolate. While the other three movies felt empty in terms of characters from time to time, the heroes would be in or near cities/large camps from time to time. In Crustal Skull, almost the entire movies takes place in desolate locations with the exception of the city tip to find that son whos name I forgot. It just felt more depressing. This was really bad because you only had three heroes, all of which were not funny.
Too many lame one-liners
Fridge
The guy that changed sides about 100 times thoughout that whole movie.
Getting help from intellegent primeapes?
Also, the tone was much more desolate. While the other three movies felt empty in terms of characters from time to time, the heroes would be in or near cities/large camps from time to time. In Crustal Skull, almost the entire movies takes place in desolate locations with the exception of the city tip to find that son whos name I forgot. It just felt more depressing. This was really bad because you only had three heroes, all of which were not funny.
I find that it's better to think of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as a parody of Indiana Jones rather than a sequel.
I'm inclined to agree with this chap. Indiana Jones was based many a time on historical, religious material. Although to some, this may seem more far-fetched than aliens, at the time it was largely praised.masterchevyman said:
Also, the fridge. And Shia LaBeouf.
One TINY problem with your thesis on Indy 4's unrealistic nature:Ridonculous_Ninja said:I didn't hate the movie, but this.Nmil-ek said:[http://img40.imageshack.us/i/nukethefridge.jpg/]
Enough said.
SO MUCH THIS!
THIS TIMES 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000!
Lead cannot stop the heat of the sun caused by a nuke! >.<
Plus the impact would shatter every bone in his body. Both impacts actually, the one that sent him flying, and the sudden stop when he landed.
Ark of the Covenant Firin' it's Lazah
actually it's a bit different than that, it's more of a "i want my childhood back when i watched it and you didn't give it to me"Spektre41 said:
i didn't expect my childhood to return magically, even tho out of anyone who complains i DID grow up watching those movie, they came out in theatres when i was a kid, rather than most who complain that weren't even tears in their dad's eyes when the movies came out
The Fridge and the Flying Saucer were my only problems, I didn't really mind Shia LaBeouf in it and the rest was good, I enjoyed the movie myself. It wasn't brilliant, but if you thought it would be after the Star Wars prequel then you need a slap and a stern talking to.
i am ninja is right D<Nmil-ek said:[http://img40.imageshack.us/i/nukethefridge.jpg/]
Enough said.
its not the same! i don't want to see aliens i wanted a sort of funny tomb raider without the summing up with bloody shia le boff (what ever) =/.....T_T it was all pretty predictable after that bit
bad boy hates dad
dad meets mom
bad boy starts to act like his daddy
....ya know blah blah yakk yakk
So many people are bashing movies for petty things these days. Who cares if you couldn't really survive a nuke in a fridge... who cares Shia LaBouf is a bad actor (it's not an award winning movie lol) who cares that the ending sucked... It was a GOOD movie overall. Different doesn't mean crappy.
As I came in the theater and the movie started, I noticed an awful smell I couldn't identify. It filled the air and laced itself into every nostril like an evil little parasite. But it was an Indy movie so I resolved myself to ignore the stench and watch and try to like it.
Indiana comes on, he looks older and tired-er. The scenes and his acting seem more like he's doing a high school play of an Indiana Jones movie, but whatever, we'll run with it.
There's a really solid little moment of genuine sadness while he laments the loss of his dad and Marcus, and you can really feel his loneliness.
Shia LaBeouf shows up and the movie starts to feel more like Temple of Doom than either of the two ACTUAL Indiana films. Goofy, childish, absurd. None of the depth and heart and wonder and sincerity of Raiders and Last Crusade. Just pointless, mindless, meaningless action, and not even GOOD action besides.
A couple of the chase scenes work okay. The nameless thug getting eaten by ants is pretty vivid.
And then the aliens show up and I finally identify the smell: the pungent stench of post-Phantom-Menace George Lucas.
No, the aliens are no more absurd than a holy relic shooting lasers and melting faces, but they're a totally different flavor. They're science fiction, while Indiana Jones has always been about history, mysticism, and religion. I've always liked the struggle between Indy's personal lack of a connection with any kind of god, and all the real religious supernatural things he sees.
So yes, my primary argument basically boils down to: It Messed With My Childhood. But I have two counter-counter-arguments. 1) So what? Don't YOU get angry when people mess with the things you love? and 2) Even by itself the film is bad.
Note that I hate Temple of Doom with the depths of my soul. Short Round is by far the worst anything in everything ever. I'd rather have Crystal Skull playing on repeat on the insides of my eyelids for the rest of my life than watch even one minute of that cinematic abortion.
TLDR version: i liek bawls LOL
Indiana comes on, he looks older and tired-er. The scenes and his acting seem more like he's doing a high school play of an Indiana Jones movie, but whatever, we'll run with it.
There's a really solid little moment of genuine sadness while he laments the loss of his dad and Marcus, and you can really feel his loneliness.
Shia LaBeouf shows up and the movie starts to feel more like Temple of Doom than either of the two ACTUAL Indiana films. Goofy, childish, absurd. None of the depth and heart and wonder and sincerity of Raiders and Last Crusade. Just pointless, mindless, meaningless action, and not even GOOD action besides.
A couple of the chase scenes work okay. The nameless thug getting eaten by ants is pretty vivid.
And then the aliens show up and I finally identify the smell: the pungent stench of post-Phantom-Menace George Lucas.
No, the aliens are no more absurd than a holy relic shooting lasers and melting faces, but they're a totally different flavor. They're science fiction, while Indiana Jones has always been about history, mysticism, and religion. I've always liked the struggle between Indy's personal lack of a connection with any kind of god, and all the real religious supernatural things he sees.
So yes, my primary argument basically boils down to: It Messed With My Childhood. But I have two counter-counter-arguments. 1) So what? Don't YOU get angry when people mess with the things you love? and 2) Even by itself the film is bad.
Note that I hate Temple of Doom with the depths of my soul. Short Round is by far the worst anything in everything ever. I'd rather have Crystal Skull playing on repeat on the insides of my eyelids for the rest of my life than watch even one minute of that cinematic abortion.
TLDR version: i liek bawls LOL