Dr.Jonesy said:It had plenty of action. Just as much as 'Last Crusade'. I'm not going on a RottenTomatoes review hunt just so I can prove to you that it was said. Sorry, it's not worth it to me. But here's the action pieces for the 3 sequels just so you can compare!
Temple of Doom
-Club Obi Wan Fight
-Fight in Indy's room
-Thugee Fight
-Mine Cart Chase
-Bridge Scene
Last Crusade
-Train Chase
-Ship Fight(Coronado)
-Boat Chase
-Bike Chase
-Plane Chase
-Tank Fight
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
-Warehouse Chase
-Diner Fight
-MotorCycle Chase
-Cemetary Guard Fight
-Jungle Chase
-Ants/Dovchenko
Do you fault 'Temple of Doom' for not having as much action?
Originally Posted by Dr.Jonesy
Do you fault 'Temple of Doom' for not having as much action?
Originally Posted by Mungi
I actually saw a video at YouTube where a film critic was speaking right after the premiere in Cannes. He said there was too much action, too much fun. He said it was a sequence of special effects and stunts, without any story or characters - he said that's not what people go into theaters for.
LaBeouf said that after several bad encounters, the two began to hate each other. Then due to a bad joke, they got into a fight. LaBeouf claims that he ended up victorious in the brawl and that Hardy "never did that roughhouse stuff with me again."
Skull already did that one, eh?The Man said:Nobody dies during the action sequences. Just like The A-Team...
Rocket Surgeon said:Skull already did that one, eh?
Rocket Surgeon said:Skull already did that one, eh?
...and earned that PG-13 by being a bit more graphic.Montana Smith said:They saved all the deaths for the end. Should've spread them out to increase the threat/danger level.
Col. Detritch said:To reiterate what has already been said, we (and I speak mainly for myself here) don't do that with ToD because, quite frankly, it has the most action orientated plot of any of the Indy movies and presents said action in rapid succession akin only to a blitzkrieg. Have you seen the first 20 minutes and the last 30 minutes of that film.
Regardless to anyone's opinions on the quantity of action in KotCS, this "critic" obviously doesn't understand the concept and/or spirit of the franchise: a 1930s-serial-esque, punch-'em-up, popcorn-adventure movie. Pure escapism, and if they want to throw a bit of emotion into it (ala LC), there's nothing wrong with that.
But now to the actual point of this thread; the WORST thing to do for an Indy film IMO would be to (please read the following in a sarcastic way): Start off with a fan-fic script in which every character possible makes a cameo. That's right all your favorites like Shorty, Willie, Sallah, Marcus, Henry Sr, Cap. Katanga, Mac and the Grail Knight return to tarnish your memories of them. 'But wait, aren't Henry, Mac and Marcus dead?' you say... in 1945 they're not. And with the power of CGI we can make Harrison look young again making this prequel possible. So in #5 Indy and his greatly extended crew are going after the legendary Atlantis... sayonara beloved and established Extended Universe story Fate of Atlantis. The bad guys are of course Nazis who want to find Atlantis to save the Third Reich, but in a delicious twist, it never becomes even remotely clear as to how in the hell this would work. So after a long and relatively uneventful quest (including an extended sequence in which Indy and Henry quietly read-up on Atlantis in a library - with no characteristic confrontation) the Nazis are killed off in cliche and uninspired ways and Indy and his crew all ride a single sea turtle to safety. The End
The truly horrible thing about your most recent Horrible Idea is that the lyrics for "Crazy" don't fit what you're describing.Indy's brother said:Crazy by Patsy Cline begins to play,