Dzayson says ... This reads like a typical Harry Knowles fanboy knobjob review. If you're inclined to suck back whatever Spielberg and Lucas serve up time after time, of course you'll go bonkers for Indy 4. How many bullshit positive reviews did I read about the insufferable Star Wars Episodes II and III?

raisers stands on it's own. crusade is a good continuation. Temple is the ewoks of the series. the ugly middle child whose only highlights can be summed up with: club obi wan,mountain rafting,crushing room, rope bridge.

and the raft and bridge both still fall into that bullshit physics category.

Indy 4 has, at the very least, the advantage of not only being made by nearly the entire creative force which did the first three, but also featuring the same cast. This reason alone is enough for me to believe that Indy 4 will not disappoint. I'm not expecting the Second Coming, but I am expecting to have a smile on my face as I reconnect with an old friend. (Cue the Raiders March).

it's an episode, an instance, an excursion. but it's also an accidental journey, and that's probably why it doesn't work with the series as a whole. indy wasn't seeking this adventure, he fell into it and had to find a way out, saving people by default. plus the treasure was just crap. --the same stone that can bring bounty to a village can power a bullshit cult dunking statue and brainwash children? that's why i'm a bit worried about the crystal skull, while it's another totally fictitious treasure, at least mysterious crystal skulls do exist from south america, though not 'alien' in appearance. :/

but come on, it's still a story with really bad indian stereotypes stealing a rock and making kids mine...for what? the thugee empire will take over the world with jewels and child labor? it's weak, guys. weak.

how do i know? because i've tried to sell my old "mola ram' mcdonald's glass on ebay and no body wants that crap.

We've heard all the arguments. They don't hold up.

Verdict: Temple of Doom is a great time.

Ok, not really. It's mostly because Lucas is a douche and the story isn't set in that part of the world (same reason I guess he wasn't in ToD.)

Insert dirty joke here.

Zing!

Do you expect Speed racer to be better than Indy, or just looking forward to it more? (actually it sounds like both)

I suppose I could make a similar argument if the Wachowskis had never made Matrix Revolutions. That one was such a let down. Not necessarily as much as the SW Prequels (in aggregate), but then, my expectations for Matrix Revolutions weren't anywhere near as high was they were for the prequels pre-Phantom Menace.

this looks to follow a winning formula. no doubt people will say it's too formula- or it's like raiders crossed with crusade...who gives a fuck? heap it on.

absolutely no reason to go into this hating. not even the 'bouf can slow this down.

IMDB has some surprising stuff on him, but his last movie was foriegn in 2002, but he helped with fight choreography in x-men? wtf!

i'm 30 and i need some closure. seeing my childhood characters dealing with adventures and issues in middle age, done well, would be hilarious.

As a fellow 30yr old, I think you're onto something there. Truly.

The act of leaving.

egress, exit, exodus, going, withdrawal

death? flying saucery? i'm liking that CE3K time travel musing more and more. then the 5th indy movie could be indy being old and crotchety in the late seventies! j/k about that bit.

For years we heard this was basically the case with Indy IV, but it FINALLY got made, so don't give up hope. Then again, it remains to be seen what kind of film Indy IV will turn out to be. Although I would love to revisit the Goonies and think Zom's got a great premise for building a story around, it's probably better to leave these childhood delights in our memories (or give the film theatrical re-releases!) instead of making sequels.

I think the rumored plot behind a potential Goonies 2 was going to focus on the children of the Goonies going off on an adventure similar to their parents' original one, only the parents would then reteam to go after their kids.

I guess you could argue that just because a daughter doesn't show up in KOTCS and Mutt does (if Mutt really is his son, which I have doubts about), it doesn't preclude Indy from still having a daughter that he doesn't find out about until still later in his life. It just makes it even more unlikely to happen.

Or if it opens in an interior shot somewhere, perhaps it'll be a poignant piece of art or an old map of some sort - semi-related to the plot- that the logo will fade into.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Al dabarran

Just make sure to remove the spaces. He's got some other good scores there, too.

And bringing Short Round back would like bringing Boba Fet back.

Crystal Skull seems to be following a similar development, becoming an update/homage to 1950's anti-Commie/sci-fi flicks.

Know your pop cultural history and become a happier and more content movie geek.

TLC can't really decide what it wants to be and as a result it's an amorphous, meandering, lumbering mass of cinematic potential but very little delivery. TOD does exactly what it sets out to do from beginning to end and is much more satisfactory.

I should add that this is all relative and I still consider TLC to be miles ahead of almost all action/adventure movies made today and I do enjoy watching it - although not as much as Raiders and TOD.

And please, the Anything Goes opening is both funny and awesomely out of left field, and signifies quite nicely that this ride is going to be somewhat different than Raiders. Get over it.

Oh, and I was 17 when TOD came out.

I'm glad you've shown up though, this has been a very argument-free few days.

I recentally saw it again and loved it. Maybe it was nostalgia, or maybe it was the unwise afternoon drinking, but I really enjoyed myself. It is a good adventure film, sure it isn't as good as Raiders, but it is a thoroughly enjoyable pulp story.

And there's nothing wrong with that.

Except maybe "NEWT IS JONES!"

Discuss.

Or is it merely that you're overjoyed that there is a detail you can use to make yourself sound smarter than you really are when discussing Indiana Jones?

"Bono estente, pussycat..."

Next.

The banquet also makes me cringe because of Capshaw's antics. In fact, it's a testament to the power of TOD that Capshaw doesn't scupper the whole film.

Nice tits though.

I just don't see how you can criticise Temple on one hand for having variety and then this one for following the formula- you're being completely contradictory.

And the stupid and childish nature of it, I feel, fits perfectly into its pulp origins. Really, is it anymore stupid than the other pulp stuff? or even Raiders?

And I didn't think the bug usage was reminiscent of snakes in Raiders, but I know you like these sort of paralells.

Jock flew Indy to the designated rendezvous point where they met up with Satipo and the crew he had hired for the expedition. You can't fly mules to an area that remote and why should Jones have to hoof it if he can afford hiring a pilot?

You should be more concerned with why a German sub sailed topside in decidedly non-German waters for so long (and to a secret naval base, no less) just so Jones could tag along.

See? All the Jones movies have these lapses in logic. Again, this is why you fail so epically in this neverending debate.