26th
Sleep didn’t help, the movie still sucks.
In the COUNTLESS reactions I’ve read on Facebook, talking to friends, and just getting general reactions from my fellow movie-goers when leaving the theater, I have to say that there’s no denying it. It’s not just me. The new Indy is no good. I initially felt like I might not have given it a fair shake: I’m older, I’m too familiar with Harrison Ford’s career now, I’m distracted by Shia Leboeuf’s hair. Turns out while all of those things are probably true, it doesn’t change the overall elements of the film that were just NOT good.
Cate, what were you THINKING?? Aliens, really? And the jokes weren’t bad Indy jokes (puns and innuendos), they were BAD Indy jokes, as in, not even INDY would’ve thought they were clever.
The bow-tie look that used to be kinda sophisticated and buttoned up on our young, sweaty Indy, has now managed to just age him even more. Don’t get me wrong, Mr. Ford is still a beautiful man, but now he looks more like a professor and less like a womanizing archaeologist.
Shia doesn’t look like Indiana Jones. I would’ve gone with an actor who had more of a young Han Solo look… Really this stuff is just the tip of the iceberg of what was annoying to me about the film, but there’s so much more.
SPOILER ALERT:
The plot seemed like they were trying to throw EVERY element into the film:
politics - communism
history - bomb-testing
supernatural - aliens and saucers, Area 51
legends - skull
father/son - Indy, he’s your SON
lost love - Mom’s still single, waiting and in love
knowledge is power - you’re going back to school, son
WTF… someone should remind the fellas that for all the special effects, continuity, and big named stars, it won’t be worth anything if the movie sucks.
The one moment that reminded me I was even WATCHING an Indiana Jones movie was the quicksand/snake scene. Certainly not worth $14, but maybe we can keep our fingers crossed for the next Back to the Future.
