minstrel wrote:caruso_stalker217 wrote:minstrel wrote:The opening scene is the opposite of brilliant. We poisoned you, Indy, and now you have to chase all over the place to get the antidote! I felt so sorry for Harrison Ford when I saw this scene in the theater. Spielberg must have been saying "OK, Harrison, you've just been poisoned, so you're getting sicker and sicker and are about to die, but as you get sicker, you do more and more heroic action-hero things! It'll be great!" It was utterly unbelievable. I HATE that opening sequence. The opening of Raiders is the height of believability compared to this (and I LOVE the opening of Raiders!). And then when Ford finally drinks the antidote, it works immediately and everything is just fine again. Blah. I don't buy it for a second. I HATE HATE HATE the opening of Temple. Come on, guys, is this crap the best you can do?
The fact that you're complaining about this tells me you've missed the point of this film entirely.
What, precisely, is the point of this film? Other than to grab more money from Raiders fans?
Don't fall into the trap of defending garbage by saying "But it's MEANT to be garbage! It's OUTSTANDING garbage! It's the best garbage EVAR!" It's garbage - get over it.
I'd say the point of the film is to emulate and pay homage to the old serials, as RAIDERS did. Instead of the globe-trotting Nazi-punching thing, though, we get the forbidden fortress devil-worshipping evil ritual stuff. I think it's very well-made and does exactly what it sets out to do. Some people find it annoying and don't like it, I understand. But I don't look at this film and see a cash grab. And I definitely don't think it's garbage or is meant to be or should be excused for being that.
I don't much care for THE LAST CRUSADE, but I wouldn't call it garbage either. Boring, yes. Garbage, no.
CRYSTAL SKULL is another story.