Sunday, May 25, 2008

Indian Jones

Let me begin by saying that I will not give anything away, so if you have not yet seen the new Indiana Jones movie, it is safe to continue reading this! May I begin by saying that I went into the theater expecting utter crap. This was my way of taking 311's advice "You can't be let down if you don't expect the world." I love the first three movies (well, I at least consider the second one a good 'Indy on vacation' type flick), and really was skeptical of the making of a fourth, a ridiculous 19 years after the last one.
My biggest concerns were as follows: Harrison Ford is old and, therefore, Indy will be old; Shia LaBeouf (who I think had his best role and did his best acting in Holes, and honestly just annoys me) was not only to play Indy's son but his greaser son; Sean Connery, who nearly eight years ago when talks were in full swing for this fourth installment was involved, is not back for this flick.
All I have to say after viewing the film last night is that each of those possible problems was handled extremely well and should have been the very least of my concerns! (The following is the closest I will get to a spoiler, just in case any of you really want to have no idea about the movie). All I will say is that during the first 1/2 or 3/4 of the movie I was pleasantly surprised and then I had to pinch myself b/c I thought I was back in Idaho with Aaron and Lane watching the 2 hour SciFi network "documentary" on the crystal skulls.

4 comments:

newby said...

great review, molly, without getting into details. i was also worried about everything you covered. good to see i shouldn't be. i've been hearing mixed reviews here via the kids' families--mostly, better than "temple" but not quite equal to "raiders" or "last crusade."

PBN said...

Molly,

That show on the Crystal Skulls was awesome!

Question: is the "Indian Jones" heading a typo? or was it tailored to fit the Fremont theme?

Mo said...

Wow...that was a total typo! (I'm reaching the point where the thesis is becoming a parasite to my brain)

RustLover said...

I second the review! We were talking about it today on the Forest. Overall it was satisfying to have a few homages to the oldies, and there were a few good-enough one-liners. Definitely had it strength at the beginning, though.