If there's one person I don't blame for Crystal Skull's shortcomings it's Shia Labeouf.
He did a great job, performance-wise. And the last thing you do when you're 20 years old and hired by Steven Spielberg to play the son of Indiana Jones is to critizice how weak huge parts of the script are and how it lacks those amazing cliffhanger situations of the previous three installments.
That's why I feel a bit sorry for him having to defend the film against those relatively lame "Tarzan" and "fridge" accusations in a most recent mtv interview. (Although I couldn't help but laugh and wonder a bit about the nature of the interview.)
Of course, he's right. That statement is as professional as only a 22-year old actor who has been in the business for over a decade could issue it. But in the end it's more fullfilling to be part of a classic film that inspires millions of people as well as other filmmakers than one that was just the box office hit of 2008. (Of course I don't know how Crystal Skull will evolve in the cultural conscience in the next ten, twenty, thirty years. I might be very wrong.)
I still find it too unfortunate that those marginal things (concerning the film's plausability and level of silliness) have become the mainstream complaints about KOTCS.
That's mostly because one day I'd love Spielberg to adress the actual problems (as I see them and as they're discussed on this board by some people) of Crystal Skull. I wanna know how he honestly views the aspects some of us regard as failed parts of the film.
I gotta go now. Please remain civil and on-topic.
He did a great job, performance-wise. And the last thing you do when you're 20 years old and hired by Steven Spielberg to play the son of Indiana Jones is to critizice how weak huge parts of the script are and how it lacks those amazing cliffhanger situations of the previous three installments.
That's why I feel a bit sorry for him having to defend the film against those relatively lame "Tarzan" and "fridge" accusations in a most recent mtv interview. (Although I couldn't help but laugh and wonder a bit about the nature of the interview.)
"I think that Steven [Spielberg], George [Lucas] and Harrison [Ford] are the only fans that I care about. ... If they're happy with the movie, then my job is done," LaBeouf said. "And they're happy with the movie."
Of course, he's right. That statement is as professional as only a 22-year old actor who has been in the business for over a decade could issue it. But in the end it's more fullfilling to be part of a classic film that inspires millions of people as well as other filmmakers than one that was just the box office hit of 2008. (Of course I don't know how Crystal Skull will evolve in the cultural conscience in the next ten, twenty, thirty years. I might be very wrong.)
I still find it too unfortunate that those marginal things (concerning the film's plausability and level of silliness) have become the mainstream complaints about KOTCS.
That's mostly because one day I'd love Spielberg to adress the actual problems (as I see them and as they're discussed on this board by some people) of Crystal Skull. I wanna know how he honestly views the aspects some of us regard as failed parts of the film.
I gotta go now. Please remain civil and on-topic.