Being a huge fan of the indiana jones series I was both excited and nervous about this 4th installment. Excited because of all the stuff I had heard from Spielberg, Ford etc about how it would be made in the same spirit as the first three, with old school stunts, no CGI, and a fantastic script that had taken 10 years to perfect. Nervous because of the law of diminishing returns, with Last Crusade not as good as TOD and that film not being as good as Raiders.
Well unfortunately I was right to be nervous as this film is a major disappointment. If it were any other film it would be so-so, but as its an Indiana Jones film, I'd have to class it as pretty bad.
It doesn't start off too bad, with a chase through Area 51 (the final resting place of the Ark of the Covenant from Raiders), with the villains of the piece being the Russians replacing the Nazis. From there on however it goes downhill, with terrible ideas coming thick and fast. How bad are these ideas?
Surviving a nuclear bomb by hiding in a fridge?! CGI gophers! Shia Lebouef as Marlon Brando wannabe Mutt Williams who has a connection to Indy, only people with single digit IQ will not be able to guess what that connection is.
And this is only the first half of the movie the second half gets worse.
More CGI with Mutt swinging through the trees with an army of monkeys! Comedy blows to the groin, over and over again! Yet more CGI in the form of killer ants!
Following on from this is the most over the top ludicrous ending that you will ever see that provoked groans from the whole cinema at the screening where I saw the film.
I know people will say that its meant to be a B movie homage, but here's the fact if you spend a hundred million dollars plus on a film it Isn't a B movie.
Also if you spend that much make sure some of it goes on a script.
Well unfortunately I was right to be nervous as this film is a major disappointment. If it were any other film it would be so-so, but as its an Indiana Jones film, I'd have to class it as pretty bad.
It doesn't start off too bad, with a chase through Area 51 (the final resting place of the Ark of the Covenant from Raiders), with the villains of the piece being the Russians replacing the Nazis. From there on however it goes downhill, with terrible ideas coming thick and fast. How bad are these ideas?
Surviving a nuclear bomb by hiding in a fridge?! CGI gophers! Shia Lebouef as Marlon Brando wannabe Mutt Williams who has a connection to Indy, only people with single digit IQ will not be able to guess what that connection is.
And this is only the first half of the movie the second half gets worse.
More CGI with Mutt swinging through the trees with an army of monkeys! Comedy blows to the groin, over and over again! Yet more CGI in the form of killer ants!
Following on from this is the most over the top ludicrous ending that you will ever see that provoked groans from the whole cinema at the screening where I saw the film.
I know people will say that its meant to be a B movie homage, but here's the fact if you spend a hundred million dollars plus on a film it Isn't a B movie.
Also if you spend that much make sure some of it goes on a script.
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