why was crystal skull sooo bad?

[Zombie_Fish]

everyone seems to hate the film so much but if you watch the originals, you see they're pretty similar

That is why it is hated. They haven't changed the films a bit, which isn't a bad thing, but the audience have changed with it. It's like Yahtzee said in his joke Duke Nuk'em Forever review, that Duke's persona wouldn't work in a much more serious society like the one we live in now.

One of the main reasons why it was so popular with the critics was that it kept to the classic Indie traits, and that this was what they expected from the movie. But after 20 years, an audience has changed in tastes, so when they saw that the film hadn't changed, they criticized it a lot more seriously than they would've the other three films. So it got more hate as a result.

but if theyd gone and changed it, fans would complain that it didnt stay true to the originals

That is what has happened with Transformers. People complained that Michael Bay changed the film too much from the original show and lost original fans as a result. Unfortunately there's only so many people you can please at once, and that is where companies come across a problem because then they must basically just half their potential audience. Michael Bay decided to go for the new, young audience possibly seeing Transformers for the first time, whilst Stephen Spielberg decided to go for the classic fans.

but face it - if it had come out 20 years ago, people would have loved it
a good film like indianna jones is always a good film, to think that we should judge films to a different standard now is ridiculous

I know that it's unfair to change the standards on what is and isn't a good film, but one of the biggest things an industry needs to look into is its target market (who they're going to sell their product to). The problem is though that a target market's wants and demand changes all the time, and this is something companies must take into consideration. I know it is ridiculous to judge something to a different standard now but it is the basics of running a business: Know your intended user, and adapt to fit the user's needs.

This happens in any industry as well, not just the film one. People may think of it as unfair that we don't like Mirror's Edge because of the lack of head bobbing yet this wasn't even thought of 20 years ago.

But you can also think of it this way: If I'm right and standards do change, then this not very serious standard that was big in the 80s could come back, and the film could be accepted then for what it is, and believed to be a good film.

 

[Castigar0]

lol, that bit in the movie was unbelievable, how can anyone survive the blast and radiation and the impact of hitting the ground in a fridge

 

[ragamuffingirl]

It seemed like people went into the movie thinking it would fail. I personally loved it, refrigerator and all.