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Indiana Jones 4

posted by Extortioner @ 8:56pm, Sunday 25 May 2008.

So I went to see the new Indiana Jones this friday (was soo excited :D) and I just loved it.
In my eyes the people that complain about it either:

• Expected too much out of it
• Didn't get the subtle references to the other movies or the series
• Should've gone to see whatever Disney movie is playing

It's easily the third-best in the series (yes, it's still better then the Temple of Doom, which wasn't the worst movie ever but wasn't really what IJ is meant to be) which is saying alot after 19 years of absence.

The best review I've seen online (and most of them are just shit people comparing apples to oranges) is this one, from an IGN user comment by "CaptainWicket":

Wow, I can't remember the last movie that received such mixed reactions.

I'll admit, at first I was slightly disappointed with the ending. But ever since I left the theater after the midnight showing, I've been wanting to see it again, which just shows to me that it will probably have the same level of re-watchability as the originals. The sense of adventure that made the originals so compelling is still there in Kingdom.

Yes, there are a few cheesy/outlandish moments, but didn't all of the originals tooω If you first watched them when you were very young like I did, you may not have realized the unlikelihood of a mine cart flying off the tracks and back on again, or people surviving a freefall from a plane in an inflatable raft. But that's kind of the whole idea; Indy movies are supposed to mimic B-movies of the decades they take place in.

And yes, Kingdom used a little more CG then I would have liked, but at least it didn't go completely overboard like the new Star Wars movies. There were still a lot a real sets and real stunts (I don't know about you, but I wanted to cheer when Indy climbed out of the car window onto the back of a moving motorbike, totally CG-less). Not to mention, some of the special effects in the originals looked equally as cheesy as the CG bits in Kingdom. The lead antagonists getting their head exploded and face melted, although more interesting to watch than CG, still probably elicited some groans from audience members in 1981.

In short, I think Kingdom did all of the important things right, and I can't wait to see it again.

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