There was no heart. No soul. It was just a film. It wasn't an adventure. I didn't have that excitement I had when I saw, when I see, the other movies. At two hours and 15 minutes, I would say there is about 15 to 20 good minutes in this movie. The rest is drivel.
Again, I don't want to get too far into spoiler territory but I will say that the climax of this movie is so ridiculously stupid that I wanted to weep. I wanted to scream at the screen: What the hell is this?! What have you done?!
The bottom line is that it is a silly, pointless movie from a bad script and a terrible story with brief moments of goodness thrown in. Lucas isn't responsible for ruining the franchise, not for lack of trying, but he did deal it a good blow to the gut.
The film has made over $150 million dollars domestic already and by the time you are reading this will probably surpass $300 million worldwide. It is certainly successful, meaning that we'll get a fifth Indiana Jones as originally planned back in the '80s. I can only hope Lucas is satisfied and we can get a real Indiana Jones movie.
My nine-year-old self survived Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, albeit barely, and despite it all, I can't wait for Indy to get back on the screen. I just hope we get the movie that Indiana Jones deserves.
Article comments
1 - ILoz Zoc
You bring up much of what I found lacking in the movie. The CGI also gave it a "neat" look, and neat and Indiana Jones don't quite fit together. The script framework is good, keeping in step with the time period, but you're right about the scaling of events and Jones being shoehorned into them. The climax was anticlimactic and just happened. No suspense at all.
Spielberg's direction seemed casual, possible due to all the CGI action, and you zeroed in on the main flaw, there's no adventure. It just all happens. But the cemetery scene is good, the chases fun, and seeing Ford handle the role again is priceless. I also would love to see more about the war adventures he received lots of medals for, as alluded to in the film.
Lucas does seem to have a knack for killing a good script. Hopefully he'll butt out of the next one enough to let a solid movie happen.
2 - ANGEL BURGOS OLIVEROS
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