While George Lucas and Steven Speilberg have been trying to keep details of the new Indiana Jones film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, close to their chests, an early negative review has appeared on Ain't it Cool news.
"This is the Indiana Movie that you were dreading," wrote a user who calls himself ShogunMaster. "I remember seeing the two trailers and though I was excited to see the old man in action again, I was kind of worried that they seemed to be missing 'something'. That something was tension. During the whole of the movie, there was not a single moment that I thought our hero Mr. Jones (actually Colonel Jones as he was a hero in WWII now) was in any sort of peril or even significant inconvenience. In most cases, you were so many steps ahead of the characters that it was really just an arduous wait for them to get through it."
You can read the rest of his scathing review on the Ain't it Cool News website, but be warned, there are major spoilers.This reminds me of waiting for the first of the last three Star Wars movies: you wait for years and years for a new movie to come out and then, when it finally arrives, not only does it fail to live up to expectations, it clouds your view of the originals because it's so bad. As you probably know, George Lucas was involved with the Star Wars movies too. In Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull he is executive producer. According to the UK's Telegraph newspaper, George Lucas originally wanted to call the movie "Indiana Jones and the Saucer Men From Mars". As you can imagine, Spielberg firmly rejected the idea.
Still, this is only one reviewer's opinion (and if anyone was looking for some global attention and wanted to sabotage Spielberg's efforts with this movie, what better way than to release the first negative review onto an expectant public?), so we're not going to know for sure until we get a larger sample. If a few more reviews in a similar vein appear over the coming weeks, it will be enough to dampen my enthusiasm considerably. However, I'll try to remain optimistic. Of course, most Indiana Jones fans will probably go and see the new movie regardless.
The comments are likely to annoy the film's director, Steven Spielberg, who is known to be very particular about how a movie is marketed and promoted before its release.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is due out on May 22 worldwide.
I'm not fussed about the new movie, as long as it is better than Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom! That was so bad in comparison to the rest. But you're right, I'll be going to see it anyway, whatever the review. It is Indiana Jones after all ;D
Here we go again, George Lucas will now kill Indiana Jones just like Star Wars. He needs to take a rest. What's with his titles lately? Star Wars:The Phantom Menace and now Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? Hope he didn't have too much say in the new film's script! (but of course I'm sure he did). :'(
This is the worst critic I've read so far: http://eattheblinds.blogspot.c...vie-i.html
with all the money that went into this movie they couldnt even do the proper fucking research on PERU. I as a peruvian citizen am outraged that they portrayed Cuzco Peru in the 1950's as a modern day mexican village....the music was mexican...couldnt they at LEAST AT LEAST get some REAL Andes music if they couldnt get the costumes right..FUCK this is sick how ignorant people can be..what the fuck!@
In the past 25 years I have never seen a movie worse than this. It is so bad in fact, that if you gave me $3,000 and a few random high school kids I could make a better movie.
DON'T SEE THIS MOVIE!!! IT IS AWFUL!!! Don't lose 2 hours of your life to this movie.
Me gusta Indiana Jones. Harrison Ford es un gran actor y ese nuevo chico seguro tambien.
I like Indiana Jones. Harrison Ford is a great actor, and that new kid, I am sure he is too.
Pero estoy tan decepcionada y ofendida por George Lucas y Steven Spielberg.
But I am so dissaponted and offended by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.
Describen al Peru, a sus ciudades y aeropuertos tan mal.
They depicted Peru, their cities and aerports so bad.
Es como mostrar la ciudad y aeropuerto mas desolada y sucia de EEUU como Nueva York.
It is like showing the most isolated and dirty city and aerport in USA like New York.
Miren la pelicula si quieren. Yo me rebelo y me rehuso. Estoy de huelga.
Watch the movie if you like. I refused. I am on strike
Ana Maldonado
There is really nowhere to start with how horribly pathetic this movie was. I couldn't get an erection for a week after seeing it. It was like the opposite of Viagra. On the opening credits I saw: Story By: George Lucas. I spent the next 5 seconds saying to myself: And? And? and when no other writer's name was mentioned I knew that that was a bad sign, and so it was. Lucas wastes the film's budget by computer animating prairie dogs and effin monkeys! South Park did the film more justice by mocking it. Lucas is a dried up oasis of creativity. It's now 2009 and I'm still haunted by the lack of deliverance from this movie. I guess Lucas was trying to make up for how bad the first three episodes of Star Wars was by putting Indy in the line of fire. I thought that Speilberg could save it, but my guess is he didn't want to waste his time making chocolate cake out of various forms of feces. Now to address the reasons. First off the acting was horrible, I blame the directing and cheesy lines. Even Ford couldn't salvage it. The plot was unintelligent and didn't go into any crucial detail. The movie paved the way so clearly where it was going it was unbearable. I agree that there was no tension in the movie whatsoever. It had that new Star Wars feel by seeming to declare boisterously, "Nothing bad can happen to us, because we're the good guys and we know it!" There was no worry from any character and when there was a hint of concern it was presented in a weak comical fashion. Especially when Speilbergs little golden boy Lebeef was in a life and death match with the bad girl, there is not an ounce of concern from his mother with the exception of, "Keep your left foot strait!". Another scene that made me choke was the atomic bomb scene. Indy thwarts being blown to kingdom come by a nuclear bomb by hiding in a effin fridge. But don't worry, it's lead lined so he can be blasted hundreds and hundreds of yards before rolling out at the last second in a safe zone with the mushroom cloud in plain view. It was more pathetic than using the raft as a parachute in Temple of Doom. Another point is that Indy is a thug. In other words he is just an action figure who doesn't figure out anything on his own. Everything was already figured out for him already and he was just there to thwart the traps. In short there are no moments where Indy has an intellectual moment that leads to the discovery of any critical clues. The scene where they discover the Crystal skull was so lame it was basically saying, "Hey, wow. What's that? A crystal skull. cool". Another weak plot point was that Indy gets betrayed by the same dude twice, twice! Oh, you are a double agent? So it's cool that you betrayed me. Indy lets this douche bag walk behind him and his family after the first betrayal. Of course this guy has a dear name for indy by calling him Jonesie and they have been through so much together. Who the hell is this guy? "Remember that one time at band camp, Jonesie?" It was so pathetic. I could go on for pages but this movie already wasted 2 hours of my time and ten bucks to boot. I felt raped like the Jones character. I can honestly say it was the worst movie I have ever seen in the theater. I disagree with Shogun saying it was better than the Quatermaine movie. Yes, that was cheesy but I believe that having liquid gold poured on you so it turns you into a golden statue is more believable than surviving a nuclear blast. I can only conclude by saying: Should have left it as a trilogy Dr. Jones!
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