DarthSydodyas
rusting
A day before I went to see Indy4, I dream about it (without even reading much on the film beforehand). I dreamt about the very thing the skulls related to at the end of the film. Freaky. 
Indiana Jones 4
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CyberRose
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I don't care what anyone says about this film I loved it!!
It's more like a homage to Indiana Jones rather than fitting neatly in the style of the previous ones, but still very good
I've heard people say it was too far fetched, but have they not seen the ending to ROTLA ffs?!
Others say there's too many Indy clichés, but let's face it, isn't that the reason we're all off to see it in the first place??
It's more like a homage to Indiana Jones rather than fitting neatly in the style of the previous ones, but still very good
I've heard people say it was too far fetched, but have they not seen the ending to ROTLA ffs?!
Others say there's too many Indy clichés, but let's face it, isn't that the reason we're all off to see it in the first place??
Wookey
Muppet is not a slur
OK, this is the best post I have *ever* read on Urban. Good on you Wookey
You have superlative taste.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
That's a good point cyberrose. Apart from the kiddles who don't know any better, the majority of people seeing it are nostalgia tourists, trying to recapture something from long ago and feel part of something – or some such sociological bollocks.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
You have superlative taste.
Indeed
I've decided Mr Paw can go on his own. I've never been a massive fan of the IJ franchise anyway, and I'm sure he'll enjoy it more without me tutting all the way through just to annoy him
I'll stay in with my pyjamas, a blanket, and finish reading my book
He's still coming to see Sex and the City with me later this week though
I've decided Mr Paw can go on his own.
He's still coming to see Sex and the City with me later this week though
Hey! Play fair, woman! Enforced Sex and the City viewing comes damn close to a crime against humanity.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Chairman Meow
Perth, WA
I am being dragged to see SATC by well meaning girlfriends who think I am getting too reclusive. I know I am going to HATE it.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Hey yourself mister. Mr Paw is willingly coming along to see it with me, as is dillinger4. Men like to like the things I like.
i've talked with 3 people who saw IJ4 and all of them said it was bad...they couldn't even follow the story
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
It'll be interesting to see what Mr Paw thought – since he's a self-styled cultural connoisseur.
It'll be interesting to see what Mr Paw thought – since he's a self-styled cultural connoisseur.
ask him
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Its not that complicated. Some bits appear to make no sense, but the plot is there to facillitate ancient templage and excellently ridiculous chase scenes.
The fight with the chief baddie's main henchman is utterly ludicrous.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
He's just phoned, having just got out of the cinema.
His verdict: "a bag of shit", "I was actually bored", "it was ... I was ... it ... I'm actually incredulous".
i'll wait until it comes out on DVD....and even then i may not waste my time
He's just phoned, having just got out of the cinema.
His verdict: "a bag of shit", "I was actually bored", "it was ... I was ... it ... I'm actually incredulous".
see!
Lemon Eddy
Disliked by dwyer
Oh yes indeedy. Never been a huge fan of his, but damn if he didn't just own that roll. His throwaway deliver of lines was just spot on.
"Come on, we both know this isn't the worst thing you've caught me doing."
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
see!
I told him so. That'll teach him. Etc.
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
We went tonight and thought it was excellent fun. Big bangs, riding over waterfalls, funny tricks with the gunpowder (and yes, gunpowder's not magnetic, and neither's gold - that point was actually made in the film itself), cool aliens, sweet old people love story - it was totally enjoyable.
Our cinema was packed (which is nice - it's a small independant cinema and that film's probably been part of the reason why it can afford to show so many independant films), and the queue for the ladies' loos ended up singing the theme tune together.
My nine-year-old followed the plot; I'm really not sure how anyone managed to get lost by it.
I found the whole thing quite uplifting, and none of you sadbastard critics are going to change that.
Yeah. It could almost go on the 'unexpectedly moving moments in films' thread.
It's prompted a renewed discussion (between me and my daughter) about nuclear weapons, how bad they are, and how unlikely you would be to survive just by hiding in a lead-lined fridge.
Our cinema was packed (which is nice - it's a small independant cinema and that film's probably been part of the reason why it can afford to show so many independant films), and the queue for the ladies' loos ended up singing the theme tune together.
My nine-year-old followed the plot; I'm really not sure how anyone managed to get lost by it.
I found the whole thing quite uplifting, and none of you sadbastard critics are going to change that.
Yeah. It could almost go on the 'unexpectedly moving moments in films' thread.
It's prompted a renewed discussion (between me and my daughter) about nuclear weapons, how bad they are, and how unlikely you would be to survive just by hiding in a lead-lined fridge.
Fictionist
Serving Eargasms....
I think that is what made it work so well, the imagery is so well done (insofar as I would imagine it might actually look like that) that it really conveyed the power of what had been unleashed - which was quite a change from the moments immediately preceeding it with Indy climbing in to the refridgerator (people were laughing in the cinema at this point).
It will stay with me for a long time.
Thats because you *are* that stereotype... You're trying to spend time critiquing a film that shows a man surviving a nuclear bomb test in a fridge... Its fine family fun on a wet Bank Holiday. Ready anything heavy into it is pointless. I could mention the plot relies on a deus ex, and is heavily sign-posted from the first minutes but it would picky. All the other Indy films have farily obvious plots so its not a new thing...
Its an action film... The last Indy films and silly, over-the-top action sequences and ropey believability. But when most people here saw they where 12 so they didn't pretend to be Barry Normon.
Sorry, Jaed. There is good shit and bad shit, often within the same canon.
Good shit:
Old star wars films
Die Hard
Terminator 1 and 2
Predator
Bad shit:
New star wars films
Die Hard 4
Aliens vs Predator
Awful, dreadful, abysmal shit:
Spawn
Lost In Space
Shakespeare In Love
Closer
(Well, to be honest, Shakespeare in love probably falls under the remit of being a 'bad good film', one which has pretensions to being something arty and great but is in fact fucking wank. Closer also comes under that one. But I put it here just to be irritating)
Good shit:
Old star wars films
Die Hard
Terminator 1 and 2
Predator
Bad shit:
New star wars films
Die Hard 4
Aliens vs Predator
Awful, dreadful, abysmal shit:
Spawn
Lost In Space
Shakespeare In Love
Closer
(Well, to be honest, Shakespeare in love probably falls under the remit of being a 'bad good film', one which has pretensions to being something arty and great but is in fact fucking wank. Closer also comes under that one. But I put it here just to be irritating)
I think the point is that something has to be good within itself. It's all very well saying "Well it's just entertainment" but if we used that as measurement, we could let anything off the hook, including the very worst Steven Seagal films and whatever. As Wookey said, there's good, well made 'entertainment' fluff, and there's bad versions of same.
Disjecta Membra
cashing reality checks but cant even pay atention.
I was never expecting this film to be any good (maybe slightly amusing) but this thread really has put me off, why do I still have to watch it 
and I'll probably even watch a dodgy cam.
and I'll probably even watch a dodgy cam.Not sure why you have to classify something either "good" or "bad". Somethings are good at what they do, but won't stand up as classics. (But I've noticed that films that are official classics are usually ones that where panned at times.
Some films are to be enjoyed for what they are. Not sure why everything needs to be analyzed and critiqued all the time, especially mindless action films.
Oh, and looking at reviews of the old Indy films, they where sometimes though as silly... Ie, the dropping out of a plan in a lifeboat and surviving...
Right - but if the film isn't actually enjoyable, then the "It's just enjoyable fluff" doesn't really wash 
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
You think Terminator is shit? Even good shit? You class it alongside those other, truly shit films? Your opinion means nothing.
You think Terminator is shit? Even good shit? You class it alongside those other, truly shit films? Your opinion means nothing.
Those films (i.e. Terminator, Die Hard, old Star Wars) are trashy films, essentially, but they are just done so well that they deserve to be classed as classics.
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
Terminator is nowhere near Trashy - you can't put it in the same category as Die Hard at all. Well, you can, of course, but you shouldn't.
