Comments | molokov_au: You gotta get out of the library

molokov_au

You gotta get out of the library

May 28, 2008 13:12

URGA MOTW

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullGU City stuffed up... we showed up for their advertised 6.50pm session (as per their website last Thursday) to find out it was now a private session and the next one would be at 8.40pm. So we jumped in a taxi and went to Wallis Piccadilly for the 7pm session instead ( Read more... )

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Comments 4

reverancepavane May 28 2008, 04:11:10 UTC

I have to admit it kept breaking the fourth wall for me, which vastly diminished my enjoyment. I kept on thinking "well, there's the videogame and there is the amusement ride." I think the major reason for this was the almost complete lack of interpersonal interaction between the characters something which the pulp genre relies heavily on. Admittedly it wasn't always the case the bar scene was a perfect example of what made the Indie trilogy so much fun. And in the end, it was just one big long chase scene. No real suspense; no real nastiness on the part of the bad guys (this was why the Nazi's made excellent pulp villians they dressed well and nobody will admit to liking them).
Perfect for the videogame tie-in.
And the overt superheroics (the fridge, the falls, the overt acceptance of superpowers) didn't help either.

h_u_m_p_y May 28 2008, 09:47:51 UTC

The only thing in the slightest bit interesting about this film is why we all feel the urge to queue up and part with our hard earned dosh only to let Uncle George the Bullfrog *once again* rape our childhood memories in the eye socket.

starfirephoenix May 28 2008, 12:21:30 UTC

In total agreement with you there. Its really upsetting to see just how many people seem to hate this movie with a passion. It's not meant to be believable it's meant to be fun, I wish they'd just enjoy it dammit!!!

reverancepavane May 28 2008, 15:29:50 UTC

Probably because the first three films set such a high bar. After all, Raiders is arguably the seminal film that reinvented the pulp genre for a modern audience. And the second and third maintained the level of quality set by the first.
And it's not necessarily a matter of believability that is invoking much of the criticism, but rather the fundamental emptiness of the plot. It's mostly one big chase with a CGI reveal at the end. And while there are excellent moments in that journey, there is little catharsis to be gained by the audience by the end, which leaves much of the audience feeling subtly shorted (and thus vaguely disappointed with the movie as a whole). And in attempting to find a source for their disappointment they look back at the film and start finding the bits they liked and the bits they don't, which is indicative of a failure of the film as a whole.
It probably would have been vastly improved if more time had been taken for personal interactions between the characters, so that there had of been more audience ( ... )