deckard24 said:Right!
What the hell happened to it being tonally the closest to Raiders? I had a feeling this was how it was gonna play out. I'm still excited, but I knew with the introduction of LaBeouf and the angle they seem to be going in, that KotCS would be closer to LC. There will never be another film like Raiders, it was a one time deal!
You state it right there. That's where I'm coming from. Lucas most recent work has been atrocious. I still have some faith in Spielberg, but when they told us we'd get Raiders and the producer now tells us we'll get Crusade I can't say I like the direction we're headed. It smells of fluffy action-comedy all the way.Major West said:Not sure I get where where you are coming from. The only reason summer Blockbusters are forgettable is because for the last ten years or more they have all been bad films.
This is why I still have some hope for the movie.Don't forget, Lucas and Spielberg created the summer blockbuster genre, with Jaws, Star Wars, ET and Raiders. They ARE the genre. Have faith.
Good points, and I like where you're coming from! LC is my least favorite of the 3 films, but not a terrible movie. There are lots of great moments in it. So if they could take those and run with them, as well as combine the best elements of Raiders and add something new and fresh, we'd be in for a treat! I know it can't be entirely brand new, since there needs to be some continuity with the other films. But, I'd still like to see something we haven't seen, and not just a rehash of the other films. One of my biggest gripes about LC, was that it felt like a repeat of Raiders with over-the-top slapstick.commontone said:Just because Marshall suddenly has this opinion, it doesn't mean Koepp and Lucas have changed their minds. I wouldn't take it to heart too much.
In my opinion, Raiders could have used a bit more "fun banter." It was pretty dry that way. But I also think LC took it to a slapstick level at times that was a little much.
Maybe KotCS will be the best of both worlds, as people have said. More wit and banter than Raiders, but not as cartoonish as LC. That would be perfect IMO.
DaveTheHutt said:Oh, lord! You've got to love all these "Oooh, I'm getting a bad feeling - look at the expressions on Indy and Marion's faces. Marion looks like she's on a school run" type comments.
No-one here knows the context of this scene (and I reckon it is a scene, not a posed shot) so no-one can judge if their expressions (which it's hard to get the full nuance of anyway, given the image's low resolution) are 'right' or not.
A lot of people seem to be assuming this is from the middle of an action scene, and everyone should be grimacing and gurning. But the presence of the RPG doesn't necessarily mean that. Maybe this is a 'planning' scene, with everyone deciding what to do next. Maybe the truck's at a standstill hence Marion's relaxed control of the wheel.
We don't know one way or another, so let's not wet our knickers just yet, eh?
jasperjones said:I rate the tank chase as one of my favourite action sequences of all time. Indy's jump from the horse to the tank is classic!
JerryKing said:When asked where this movie sits tonally with the rest of the series, Marshall said: "I would say it's closest to the third one (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade)"...