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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 10/14/2008 Run time: 122 minutes Rating: Pg13
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Nearly 20 years after riding his last Crusade, Harrison Ford makes a welcome return as archaeologist/relic hunter Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, an action-packed fourth installment that's, in a nutshell, less memorable than the first three but great nostalgia for fans of the series. Producer George Lucas and screenwriter David Koepp (War of the Worlds) set the film during the cold war, as the Soviets--replacing Nazis as Indy's villains of choice and led by a sword-wielding Cate Blanchett with black bob and sunglasses--are in pursuit of a crystal skull, which has mystical powers related to a city of gold. After escaping from them in a spectacular opening action sequence, Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young greaser (Shia LaBeouf) whose friend--and Indy's colleague--Professor Oxley (John Hurt) has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's whereabouts. Whatever secrets the skull holds are tertiary; its reveal is the weakest part of the movie, as the CGI effects that inevitably accompany it feel jarring next to the boulder-rolling world of Indy audiences knew and loved. There's plenty of comedy, delightful stunts--ants play a deadly role here--and the return of Raiders love interest Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood, once shrill but now softened, giving her ex-love bemused glances and eye-rolls as he huffs his way to save the day. Which brings us to Ford: bullwhip still in hand, he's a little creakier, a lot grayer, but still twice the action hero of anyone in film today. With all the anticipation and hype leading up to the film's release, perhaps no reunion is sweeter than that of Ford with the role that fits him as snugly as that fedora hat. --Ellen A. Kim
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Only good reviews get published here. Just curious. Hum, stange. The movie itself was not that good, but Amazon.com was. I submitted a review about a pillow I bought from Amazon.com, it was a negative review (said it was new, but it was used, dirty, etc), and it never got published here.
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Not bad, not what it used to be
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In my opinion the supernatural has taken over. The enemy blatantly displays more-than-human abilities which borders on the banal to me and the endgame is more than over the top, instead of merely being an apotheosis of the quest that runs through the movie. Fun and with an enourmous wink woven through it all. Special effects and action scenes never make up for a loss of that. It was this humanity that made the movies so great. In the past Indy had adventures with a supernatural edge; the basics were always human in nature. in the lead. I wouldn't mind seeing another one, but this time with Indy jr.
Maybe something like young Indy Jones series, only with a bigger budget and better story. I liked the movie, but it wasn't nowhere near the quality of the Indy's of the past. Ford put on his hat again, holstered his guns and grabbed his whip along. After so many years Mr. But the action was good.
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I guess it didn't live up to their expectations based on the previous movies. So stop hating. Well, I was never an Indiana fan and I never watched any of the previous movies. At least, not all the way through. The alien thing was kinda weird but it didn't stop me from liking the movie. I don't get why people are so hard on this movie. So this was really my first movie to the series and I thought it was a lot of fun.
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I thought I would like it more when I owned it... wrong.
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I really wanted to like this movie since I still have fond memories of seeing the first three in the theaters as a kid. I'm a big Star Wars fan, and Episodes 1-3, for the most part, did.
This one, with it's over the top plot, bad acting by Cate Blanchett, and low marks on the believability scale, just doesn't fit in with the other three Jones movies. He wanted to be old enough so the memory of it probably wouldn't last too long.
Some movies, especially those recently revisited by Lucas, grow on me over time. Until then, it'll be on the shelf collecting dust.
No wonder Harrison Ford held off on making this one for so long. Maybe my son will like it someday since it's really a kid's movie.
Still the same bad plot and horrible ending. It just could have been so much better.
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