The Man said:Hating this movie? "Not as easy as it used to be."
A casually entertaining, even endearing disappointment.
Wish I could expand further, but I'm due back in the 'Films' folder...
You're killin' me...
The Man said:Hating this movie? "Not as easy as it used to be."
A casually entertaining, even endearing disappointment.
Wish I could expand further, but I'm due back in the 'Films' folder...
Attila the Professor said:You're killin' me...
The Man said:Hating this movie? "Not as easy as it used to be."
A casually entertaining, even endearing disappointment.
Darth Vile said:I find that as time passes, whilst some of the squandered opportunities seem more apparent, I find that there is actually more to like about the movie...
Evidenced solely by Attila's annecdote: reads like a few members here...The Man said:A casually entertaining, even endearing disappointment.
Still can't break the chains...shame that.The Man said:Wish I could expand further, but I'm due back in the 'Films' folder...
Lovely...but superficial. Come on...you can do it.The Man said:Agreed. More to like, though not less to find bothersome.
Why don't you just be 'a Man' and do it then? It would be refreshing to see you discuss Indy in a way that goes beyond your usual, stupid sex jokes.The Man said:Wish I could expand further, but I'm due back in the 'Films' folder...
Rocket Surgeon said:Lovely...but superficial. Come on...you can do it.
Attila the Professor said:I'd love to see it.
I disagree, Attila. What excites The Man are tasteless jokes about Mutt being gay, Marion's incestual relationship with Mutt, Indy's paedophilia with Short Round, etc. Do you really want to promote a pervert's musings about Indy 5?Attila the Professor said:*You'd also be a welcome presence in the Indy V tables, as your penchant for keeping track of movies in production and nearing release would suggest you likely have some definite ideas about what would excite you about a fifth film.
Right. You'll "get there" after www.aintitcool.com goes on strike...The Man said:I'll get there...
Stoo said:I disagree, Attila. What excites The Man are tasteless jokes about Mutt being gay, Marion's incestual relationship with Mutt, Indy's paedophilia with Short Round, etc. Do you really want to promote a pervert's musings about Indy 5?
Stoo said:What do I love about "Crystal Skull"? The magnetic aspect of the alien corpse in the opening sequence.
Attila the Professor said:I love the sequence in Spalko's tent. The dialogue is all-around solid, the set dressing is evocative, the scientists and cameras are in keeping with the detailed grace notes of the earlier films (and harken specifically back to the filming of the opening of the Ark), and Indy looking at the skull has some legitimate tension involved.
The Man's sexually perverse & deviant angle was very clear much earlier...Attila the Professor said:Well, the second of those is invited by the actor himself.
Attila, your optimism is admirable but this guy is nothing more than a movie fan who likes Indy (rather than an Indy fan who likes movies). Can he rise above his cheap, POSEUR, locker-room humour? Only time will tell...Attila the Professor said:While I'm on board with your distaste for these framings of the films' content, I think that's far from the whole of what he has to offer. Same goes for the (admittedly excessive) updates on other films. I don't see any need to be reductionist about what some folks here have to offer; the only point such dismissiveness can possibly prove is your own. Unless you're trying to spur others to be better by your own discouragement.
Indeed, the magnetic properties were not consistent during the latter parts of the film but the idea of it was something that I really gravitated to. The way the magnetics were used in the wareshouse were some of the few moments that made me sit up straight in my seat and say, "Now, this is good!"Attila the Professor said:That was cool. I know there was a lot of discussion awhile back about this being inconsistent, since we didn't see much of the magnetic properties in the latter portions of the film, past the discovery of the skull. That's one of those details I'm less inclined to care about, but something does at least feel off about it.
The tent scene was well done...especially the limited dialogue with Mac and the shot of the silohuettes of Indy & Spalko through the mosquito netting. I was truly entranced by the staring-into-the-skull bit (partly due to the haunting J.Williams score). Sucked me right in...Attila the Professor said:I love the sequence in Spalko's tent. The dialogue is all-around solid, the set dressing is evocative, the scientists and cameras are in keeping with the detailed grace notes of the earlier films (and harken specifically back to the filming of the opening of the Ark), and Indy looking at the skull has some legitimate tension involved.
Stoo said:The Man's sexually perverse & deviant angle was very clear much earlier...
Stoo said:The tent scene was well done...especially the shot of the silhouettes of Indy & Spalko through the mosquito netting.
Hey, there's a time and place for everything including locker room humor...and not all of it is cheap!Stoo said:Can he rise above his cheap, POSEUR, locker-room humour?
Write what you like, but I still don't think Bradley Cooper would make a good Indy!Stoo said:Some people cannot seperate an actor from the character they portray and have a built-in like/hatred towards them. ...but goofballs like, The Man, had no love for Mutt simply because he was played by an actor who they already hated.
Whoa-ho Ho! Thats why all those bullets didn't hit anyone! Still, they needed a brief, "wipe the bullets off the skull" insert.Stoo said:Indeed, the magnetic properties were not consistent during the latter parts of the film but the idea of it was something that I really gravitated to.
Rocket Surgeon said:Whoa-ho Ho! Thats why all those bullets didn't hit anyone! Still, they needed a brief, "wipe the bullets off the skull" insert.
Eh...maybe "magnetism" is the best term our simian minds can ascribe to the phenom...Montana Smith said:A neat idea but not for lead or copper-jacketed bullets. (Maybe George and Steve did something right in KOTCS?)
Rocket Surgeon said:Eh...maybe "magnetism" is the best term our simian minds can ascribe to the phenom...
Montana Smith said:Animal attraction then. All brutal and sweaty like Spalko and Indy... The Indy 4 love story that was just too hot to be told.
Rocket Surgeon said:I get the whole Cate Blanchet thing but that wig was horrible!
Good thing that Smurp Thread was closed...
Rule 34 was it?
Ooof!Montana Smith said:I've seen fan fiction that also takes account of Rule 35...