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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 03:59 PM
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So I rented the new Indiana Jones movie.
Holy crap, that movie stunk.

I'd like to be able to find something I can compliment it on:

plot
writing
dialogue
casting
pacing
performances
special effects
action sequences
score
previews before the movie
font in the credits...

Nope. It all sucked.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 04:01 PM
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1. For once I agree with you about something.
The only thing that could have possibly improved that movie would have been commentary from joel and the 'bots.
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Rambis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 04:05 PM
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2. 8 year old son loved it
Edited on Fri Oct-24-08 04:05 PM by Rambis
It was painfully dull and it reminded me of Tom Cruise getting blown onto the hood of a train in some movie? Special effects really need to be renamed impossible bullshit or something?
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 05:20 PM
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8. the cgi sequences would have been better if they had just made sense.
If they had just been logically consistent and not had so many continuity errors it would have gone a long way. I mean, that King Kong remake had lots of CGI in jungle action sequences, and that was actually entertaining.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 04:27 PM
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3. Did it at least have a decent John Williams orchestral score?
:P
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 04:49 PM
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5. It had the original Indiana Jones theme music.
But the score, say, during the action sequences was dull and lifeless. It made the already dull and lifeless action all the more painful to watch.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 05:33 PM
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9. Man, what a waste.
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IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 04:47 PM
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4. hey. nt.
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Pale Blue Dot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 04:53 PM
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6. Yes.
Not to mention all of the deus ex machina woo-woo crap.

Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg said, before this was in production, that they were waiting for a good script. They should have kept waiting.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 04:55 PM
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7. That and Ford being too old for the role were the least of the problems.
I thought Ford's age and the flying saucers would be the biggest problem with the film, but that seemed minor to just plain crappy movie making.

It's like they didn't even try to make a good picture.
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Lucian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 05:34 PM
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10. I actually walked out of the theater when I went to it.
I can't believe I paid to see that crap.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 05:52 PM
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11. none of them looked like they wanted to be there and Shia LaBeouf dressed up
like Marlon Brando, that was the sign i should have gotten up and left.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 05:54 PM
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12. At every point in the movie where the writers, director, and actors
Edited on Fri Oct-24-08 05:57 PM by DS1
had a choice to make, they all made the worst one possible. It was unrelentingly bad. It should be shown in film school as to what not to do.
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 06:04 PM
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13. That movie was stuck in 1985. n/t
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 07:00 PM
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14. Yeah, those credit fonts were *the worst*
Who the hell uses Tahoma bold these days?
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 07:39 PM
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15. I think they tried to cram 3 movies into one
and didn't do enough to develop any of the three.
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Starry Messenger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 08:14 PM
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16. It opened up a new universe of suck.
Awful. We saw it in a theater, too. I tried to suspend final judgment until the Shia LaBeof George of the Jungle sequence. And then I was very angry. And stayed angry for the rest of the movie.
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 11:46 PM
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18. oh god, that was awful!
I saw it on a plane flight recently and was appalled!
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 09:16 PM
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17. Agreed.
Nothing like "The Temple of Doom."
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Stump Donating Member (808 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 09:20 AM
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19. I fell asleep in the movies watching this one...
my wife was pissed anfter I drug her to this shit and went to sleep.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 09:56 AM
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20. What a cynical, formulaic multi-million dollar waste.
Edited on Sat Oct-25-08 09:57 AM by MilesColtrane
There wasn't one second in which I wasn't aware that I was watching a movie.

It had nothing.

(I won't hold it against Cate Blanchett though. I still like her.)
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 10:25 AM
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21. Thanks for the review.
I didn't know if I should rent it or not.I'll pass.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 10:33 AM
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22. I was rooting for the Ants to eat the entire cast...
:hi:

RL
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 11:39 AM
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25. AND crew!
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 11:52 AM
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27. ...and then go after their families.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 02:03 PM
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28. and their neighbors for good measure...
eom

RL
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 02:21 PM
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29. and, the ants
Were out of place - Siafu, also known as driver ants, are only found in Africa. They were in South America at the time. They were also too big to be siafu - however, siafu (collectively) can be extremely dangerous.
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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 10:40 AM
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23. Pretty much our reaction
And we BOUGHT a copy, figuring even if it wasn't much good, it would at least round out the Indiana Jones movies on the shelf. We regretted buying it after we watched it. Never have so many special effects supported so little plot.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 11:32 AM
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24. Yeah. I think in this case, CGI stands for Crap Generated Intentionally.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 11:40 AM
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26. Ouch.
Can't imagine having paid for the thing. I downloaded it and I wanted my electrons back.
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