Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - possible spoilers now....

[Meds]

You can't have three characters who are on Indy's side. If Mac was with him as well then the characters of Mutt and Marion would be weakened. I like the twist with Mac, lets face it once the skull is returned and the next part happens (trying to be spoiler free here) it can't get any more unrealistic can it. I really enjoyed the film but that bit and the monkeys were a bit "Lucas rubbish."

[iceman]

I Liked the movie, but found the ending to be a little disappointing, Liked the story, but thought the ending could have been done a little better, It just seemed to end rather abruptly to me, It reminded me allot of how Steven Kings movies tend to end.

Don't get me wrong, I Liked the movie, but after all the build up to he end, I just expected something a little more satisfying, It just left me wanting something more as it seemed to lack something

[Geekyfanboy]

Just got back from seeing Indy... I loved every minute of it from the beginning to very last frame of film.. WOW what a AWESOME wild ride.

[Jen]

This is a great picture from behind the scenes while making the movie.  Check out George's shirt.

More pics are here:
http://movies.yahoo.com/summer-movies/Indiana-Jones-Kingdom-of-the-Crystal-Skull/1808404510/photos/269

LOL, I wore my Han Shot First shirt to see Indy on Sunday night. :D
I enjoyed the movie. The action was WONDERFUL... The special effects were great! And it was awesome to see Indy back in the saddle again. I cheered when Marion showed up and I really liked the Mud character. The only things that bothered me were the HORRIBLE historical inaccuracies. As an art student who voluntarily took archaeology and anthropology as my electives in college every semester and eats up every documentary on the Incas, Mayans and Aztecs... this movie featured one glaring mistake after another with regards to the cultures and the regions they inhabited. It wouldn't have been that difficult to get those details right... especially since Indy is an ARCHAEOLOGIST. Regardless, it was still fun and I tried to push that all out of my mind and enjoy the film. I LOVED the motorcycle fight scene. GO INDY!

[Rico]

I know what you mean Jen.  Since I'm a scientist I have to sort of turn off those parts of my brain when I see these movies.  But I had a big smile watching Indy again and that other stuff just sort of falls away.  But I did sort of chuckle during the "big bomb" part.  Not really sure why they even needed that scene.  Anyway, still a great time at the movies!

[Darth Gaos]

I thought the whole atomic bomb/doomtown was cool.  Sure, it was WAY beyond the bounds of reality but I think that, along with the whole "red scare" scenes were more to show the signs of the times than anything else.  Although I think 1957 was the tail end of the "Red Scare", the paranoia wasn't quite as bad as it was in the early 50's when you had the Iron Curtain come down,  the Rosenburgs, Senator McCarthy and things like that. \

I though it was great that Indy was an OSS agent during the war...it strangely fit.

[X]

Thanks for all of the great reviews guys. Between the ones here and other places I visit, I'm thinking I might better hold off until DVD. Maybe it's a bit of Lucas paranoia because of my experiences with Phantom Menace, but when I hear reviews like it was good but ... I tend to get hesitant and wonder if it's the movie that was good or the nostalgia that makes it seem that way.

[Bryancd]

I'm going to see it tomorrow night with my uncle and brother back in CT. From what I have seen and read, I think it will be ok. I was listening to ExtraLife yesterday and Scott Johnson really didn't like it much. Randy Johnson though it was good and he said something I realized I was 100% my opinion about all these movies. They are all good flicks BUT for me Raiders is so far and away superior to the rest I will never feel the same way about the others. I'm not so much a fan of the franchise, I am a huge fan of the first movie. When I get a Blue-Ray player, the only film I will buy would be Raiders.

[Jen]

Don't miss out on seeing it in the theater with other fans. I'm glad I saw it in the theater... it would lose something if I saw it for the first time at home.

Thanks for all of the great reviews guys. Between the ones here and other places I visit, I'm thinking I might better hold off until DVD. Maybe it's a bit of Lucas paranoia because of my experiences with Phantom Menace, but when I hear reviews like it was good but ... I tend to get hesitant and wonder if it's the movie that was good or the nostalgia that makes it seem that way.

[jedijeff]

Thanks for all of the great reviews guys. Between the ones here and other places I visit, I'm thinking I might better hold off until DVD. Maybe it's a bit of Lucas paranoia because of my experiences with Phantom Menace, but when I hear reviews like it was good but ... I tend to get hesitant and wonder if it's the movie that was good or the nostalgia that makes it seem that way.

I think just about any movie is going to have but... , as nothing is ever perfect. I do not disagree that this movie does have some Nostalgia going for it, but past that it is a movie that is a lot of fun to watch like the other Indy Movies. I guess as well for me, I still value the movie going experience, as good as Home Theatres get, I still think that the Big screen is the best place for these types of Movies. Call me a fanboy :) , but I certainly was never traumatized by the Phantom Menace, as as everyone has pointed out it has it flaws, does that make it not good? I don't think so (but that is just my opinion). I guess I can just only speak for myself, but If I think a movie of this type is something I would like to see in the Theatre, then I would rather take that gamble and see it, then to see it later on a smaller screen and regret that I never went.

[Rico]

I have said many times before, I'm a big fan of seeing movies in the theater.  I used to go almost every week.  Now I mainly go to those films that for me have something more to offer in the theater experience.  Cool effects and some audience reaction moments are some aspects of that.  I also really hate spoilers and knowing too much before I see a movie.  I think it really clouds your viewpoint not to mention spoil much of the suspense and surprise of the movie.

Anyway, everyone has to make up their own mind of course.  But seeing a new Indiana Jones film after almost 20 years in the theater was not even a question for me.

[Meds]

I've had my moans about people irritating me in the cinema, BUT and i do mean this you cannot beat seeing a film in the cinema. And films like this should  be seen at the flicks.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Thanks for all of the great reviews guys. Between the ones here and other places I visit, I'm thinking I might better hold off until DVD. Maybe it's a bit of Lucas paranoia because of my experiences with Phantom Menace, but when I hear reviews like it was good but ... I tend to get hesitant and wonder if it's the movie that was good or the nostalgia that makes it seem that way.

It to me was worth it Just X.  Even though the movie was kinda weak towards the end, (yea, ik, this has beaten on a lot) it was WELL worth going to at 12:01am in the morning on Wednesday.  And I was kinda against it in the first place.  (Friend convinced me).  So take a friend or someone to go and see it. 

King

[Darth Gaos]

I'm going to see it tomorrow night with my uncle and brother back in CT. From what I have seen and read, I think it will be ok. I was listening to ExtraLife yesterday and Scott Johnson really didn't like it much. Randy Johnson though it was good and he said something I realized I was 100% my opinion about all these movies. They are all good flicks BUT for me Raiders is so far and away superior to the rest I will never feel the same way about the others. I'm not so much a fan of the franchise, I am a huge fan of the first movie. When I get a Blue-Ray player, the only film I will buy would be Raiders.

Yeah Scott beat up on it pretty bad.  So much so in fact that I actually fast-forwarded through parts of the podcast because he became a bit...redundant I guess toward the end until Randy came on.  I was shocked that he thought Shia was one of the strong points of the movie considering how much they seem to revile him.

Again, while I thought a few parts of the film were a bit...meh.  Overall I thought it was a fun summer movie and unlike some when the series comes to Blu-Ray I will gladly fork over the cash for all 4 movies.

[Dan M]

I was watching Temple of Doom today.  People love this movie.  Not everyone, surely, but I see a lot of people ranking it as the second best Indy film.

However, the film's beginning includes these "highlights"

• the movie starts out with an extended song-and-dance production number
• has Indy drink a drink offered to him by a guy who just threatened his life
• introduces a cute kid sidekick
• has two pilots abandon their plane to kill a sleeping Indy (instead of just killing the sleeping Indy)
• has Indy survive jumping from a plane by landing in a rubber raft
• then has Indy somehow survive a ridiculously long fall into a river in that same raft

All in the first 10-15 minutes!

If KotCS had started out similarly, the Internet would have cracked in half with fanboy hysteria, all whining how Lucas/Spielberg had completely lost it.

Speaking of Lucas/Spielberg, I love how everyone who hates the movie blames George, as if they know exactly which ideas in this collaborative effort had to have originated from him.  He's in a can't-win situation.  He won't get any credit, and he gets the lion's share of the blame.  I'd feel bad for him, if he wasn't a billionaire.  :)