Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal… Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008 Directed by Steven Spielberg
Synopsis
The adventure continues . . .
During the Cold War, Soviet agents watch Professor Henry Jones when a young man brings him a coded message from an aged, demented colleague, Henry Oxley. Led by the brilliant Irina Spalko, the Soviets tail Jones and the young man, Mutt, to Peru. With Oxley's code, they find a legendary skull made of a single piece of quartz. If Jones can deliver the skull to its rightful place, all may be well; but if Irina takes it to its origin, she'll gain powers that could endanger the West. Aging professor and young buck join forces with a woman from Jones's past to face the dangers of the jungle, Russia, and the supernatural.
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Gripping drama about a dementing geriatric Archeologist who thinks he's having an adventure while in reality he's being spoon fed porridge.
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So this is the film people claim is one of the worst to come out in not only the last decade, but ever? The film that shit on it's entire franchise?
It's actually not that bad.Yeah, yeah, I know. It gets a bad rep for doing some stupid shit and it indeed does do some stupid shit. The thing with the aliens was fucking stupid. I think we can all agree aliens have no place in an Indiana Jones film. But really, when you think about it, is it really THAT bad? Not the aliens, that is THAT bad, but the whole film. If this film had no aliens, do you think you may have enjoyed this a little…
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I debated long and hard whether I should re-watch Kingdom of the Crystal Skull during my Indiana Jones marathon as it seemed wrong to end on such a soul crushing sour note. However, having avoided watching it again since seeing it in the theatre I decided to give it one last try, and maybe with exceedingly low expectations I might even enjoy it. Unfortunately, no matter how lenient and kind I want to be, there is no way I could possibly enjoy this poorly conceived and belated sequel that only tarnishes the memory of the films that went before it.
Before this review descends into a negative rant it is only fair that I compliment the film’s few positive attributes.…
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This movie went full retard.
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Pretty much the 2001 of shit cinema. Like 2001 my mind is blown. Not by how epically awesome this film is but by how epically terrible the whole film is. There isn't one moment in this film when I thought to myself "wow this is cool". You'd think after 19 years they would of come up with something at least watchable. I avoided this until now as I hadn't heard a single positive thing about it and I really wish I'd never watched this piece of shit. It saddens me that this film made close to $800 million dollars worldwide.
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It seems the deck has been stacked against "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" since its release 19 years after "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." Pilloried by critics and fans of the Indiana Jones series, the film has developed a reputation for being a lackluster and unnecessary closing chapter of the franchise. The film may have its share of issues, but is not as bad as its reputation might have viewers believe.
Coming nearly two decades after the last entry in the series, this film suffers in comparison to the previous Indiana Jones adventures. It uses the same formula as the others, but the formula's execution feels rote and ragged here. The set-pieces range from exhilarating…
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Alright, lets finish what I have started. This is a huge guilty pleasure. Some of the characters (Labeouf and Winstone) here are so unlikeable and it looks like they rather care less about what they are doing in this film. Some other characters (Ford, Blanchett and Allen) are all great in their roles. Blanchett is not the best villain but she is good. I know not that much people liked her. It has a very strange ending to the franchise that I was questioning after watching it. Overall its very good entry into the series.
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Odio a Spielberg. Y a Shia LaBeouf. Y Lucas también tiene algo que ver con este ENGENDRO del mal.
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They say time heals all wounds, but the cut left from Kingdom of the Crystal Skull still feels rather fresh. Five years on however, it isn't the catastrophe my fragile mind remembers and there is actually much to enjoy. Ford is effortlessly charming and still every bit the leading man, Spielberg still directs the action supremely, and Janusz Kaminski's cinematography is utterly gorgeous. It's such a shame though that these elements are overshadowed by CGI gophers, CGI ants, CGI monkeys and the fucking fridge bit.
The motorcycle sequence is still great though.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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The ridiculousness of this line pretty much sums up our feelings for Steven Spielberg's 2008 film, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" — it's nonsensical, silly, and surreal sci-fi mumbo jumbo that amounts to nothing. That being said, the long-awaited return to Indiana Jones and his adventures still manages to take the viewers on a wild ride, even if it steers off course most of the time. Join us — Pete Wright and Andy Nelson — on this week's episode of Movies We Like as we finish off Indiana Jones with what most people consider the worst of the series.
We talk about the addition to the cinematic lexicon that Spielberg created with nuking the fridge, something…
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They should have let this franchise alone. Harrison Ford is too old for this shit!
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Shia LaBeouf is a robot. I'm sure of it.
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I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this - especially since I will always carry the memory of seeing this on opening day while I was on holiday in Cork, Ireland and the Italian tourists sitting down the row from me who kept clapping and yelling "Good Time! Good Time!" during the action sequences.
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No it's not as good as the originals, but it's not that awful either...until the last 20 minutes