TheCC Staff
05-27-2008, 09:19 PM
It’s Not the Years, It’s the Mileage
by Alan Noah (http://alannoah.com)
*SPOILER ALERT*
May 27th, 2008 - I really wanted to love this movie, I really did. I admit that when I first heard they were making a fourth Indy movie, I groaned. "It was perfect as a trilogy! Crusade ended beautifully! Why go back to it?" But over time, my opinion was swayed, in part by the great success of fellow "what took them so long" sequels like Live Free or Die Hard and Rocky Balboa, which were both thoroughly enjoyable and true to their original films. But more than that, being a fan, I was excited to see Indiana Jones in another adventure. All I wanted was for this movie to be fun. And giving credit where credit is due, it was fun. It just wasn’t AS fun as it could have been.
I've read the fanboy gripes about the movie, and for the most part, I disagree with their complaints. Aliens in the plot were not that surprising if you (obsessively) studied the trailer and noticed the shot of a crate marked "Roswell, 1947." Besides, it makes sense in the spirit of all of the films - the legends and beliefs about powers outside of our normal understanding are true. Besides, I remember hearing/reading about how ancient cultures may have been visited by aliens, and that’s how “primitive” societies were able to build such wonders as the Mayan temples. If one accepts the power of the Ark of the Covenant, Sankara stones, and the Holy Grail, accepting that aliens exist isn’t that much of a stretch.
Click Here To Read The Whole Review (http://thecomiccollective.com/Movies-TV/Reviews/2008/May/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Kingdom_of_the_Crystal_Skull/)
by Alan Noah (http://alannoah.com)
*SPOILER ALERT*
May 27th, 2008 - I really wanted to love this movie, I really did. I admit that when I first heard they were making a fourth Indy movie, I groaned. "It was perfect as a trilogy! Crusade ended beautifully! Why go back to it?" But over time, my opinion was swayed, in part by the great success of fellow "what took them so long" sequels like Live Free or Die Hard and Rocky Balboa, which were both thoroughly enjoyable and true to their original films. But more than that, being a fan, I was excited to see Indiana Jones in another adventure. All I wanted was for this movie to be fun. And giving credit where credit is due, it was fun. It just wasn’t AS fun as it could have been.
I've read the fanboy gripes about the movie, and for the most part, I disagree with their complaints. Aliens in the plot were not that surprising if you (obsessively) studied the trailer and noticed the shot of a crate marked "Roswell, 1947." Besides, it makes sense in the spirit of all of the films - the legends and beliefs about powers outside of our normal understanding are true. Besides, I remember hearing/reading about how ancient cultures may have been visited by aliens, and that’s how “primitive” societies were able to build such wonders as the Mayan temples. If one accepts the power of the Ark of the Covenant, Sankara stones, and the Holy Grail, accepting that aliens exist isn’t that much of a stretch.
Click Here To Read The Whole Review (http://thecomiccollective.com/Movies-TV/Reviews/2008/May/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Kingdom_of_the_Crystal_Skull/)