Indiana Jones movie..............

[Trainwreck2100]

that with the monkeys was stupid as , but it was still an alright movie. Nowhere near TLC or ROTLA, but better than most movies.

[balli]

I'm beginning to wonder if Spielberg is capable, at this point in his career, of making a movie that doesn't have a "That's So ing Stupid" scene.

Not in his blockbusters anyway. It seems like he can't say no to bigger and badder to the point that bigger and badder just becomes as you described, "that's so ing stupid."


In fact I've never really liked much of Spielberg's blockbuster that much. He's a much better director IMO when he's using subject matter that he's forced to take seriously. (See Amistad, Schindler, Munich, even Catch Me if You Can)

[G-Nob]

It was either that or face the blast, for all we know he could still die from Radiation poisoning. Also the er drank from the Holy Grail......so he can't die. (Which of course doesn't explain why his dad died.)

You are so right about that. I didn't think about his dad and the holy grail. Man, that just exposes that BS movie even more!

[Trainwreck2100]

It was either that or face the blast, for all we know he could still die from Radiation poisoning. Also the er drank from the Holy Grail......so he can't die. (Which of course doesn't explain why his dad died.)

You had to stay in the temple and guard the grail to be immortal. that is what the knight calls "The price of immortality"

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Not in his blockbusters anyway. It seems like he can't say no to bigger and badder to the point that bigger and badder just becomes as you described, "that's so ing stupid."


In fact I've never really liked much of Spielberg's blockbuster that much. He's a much better director IMO when he's using subject matter that he's forced to take seriously. (See Amistad, Schindler, Munich, even Catch Me if You Can)

Clearly you've never seen the director's cut of Saving Private Ryan where Captain Miller stops the tank on the bridge by plugging its barrel with his finger.

[Trainwreck2100]

And the fridge scene was in the script two rewrites ago

[ATRAIN]

You had to stay in the temple and guard the grail to be immortal. that is what the knight calls "The price of immortality"

Damn I need to watch that again.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

I thought the knight said that the line about the price of immortality after he told them they couldn't take the grail past the Great Seal, as in the "price of immortality" was undertaking the journey to get to the temple, although Trainwreck's explanation would make a lot more sense in general.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Hmmm, one theory on IMDB's little FAQ page is that you would need to continue to drink from the grail to prolong a live indefinitely, thus why the two brothers who left the grail behind died at some point while the third was still alive some 500 years later. So the "price of immortality" would be having to stay in the temple since the grail has to stay there. So Trainwreck's explanation is more or less correct.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Anyways, seriously? A ing fridge?

[Trainwreck2100]

Hmmm, one theory on IMDB's little FAQ page is that you would need to continue to drink from the grail to prolong a live indefinitely, thus why the two brothers who left the grail behind died at some point while the third was still alive some 500 years later. So the "price of immortality" would be having to stay in the temple since the grail has to stay there. So peewee's explanation is more or less correct.

When did peewee say this?

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

When did peewee say this?

My bad. I haven't been sleeping well lately. The brain's a little fried. My apologies Trainwreck. I'll edit it now.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Anyways, seriously? A ing fridge?

seriously

[Spurminator]

Did anyone else think Cate Blanchett was horrible? I thought she was Razzie bad in this. It was like she thought she was in a Rocky & Bullwinkle sequel.

[Trainwreck2100]

My bad. I haven't been sleeping well lately. The brain's a little fried. My apologies Trainwreck. I'll edit it now.

You mistook me for peewee

[peewee's lovechild]

Just shut the up already! you're making an ass of yourself.

I'm letting my Christian feelings get hurt? I'm the biggest ing atheist that you'll ever find. I don't have ANY christian feelings to get hurt. Just because you can't fathom how someone can't like this movie, don't start making up.

Karen Allen can't act, and she never could. The key word here is face time peewee. On the first movie, she was easy to look at. Now, she's got nothing.

and let me just @ you comparing the atomic blast fridge scene with the Hitler's autograph scene. The latter had no ing purpose whatsoever except maybe to overkill the idea that Indy is ing indestructible. The Hitler scene at least was humorous. I don't mind the science fiction aspect of the Indy movies, and my main beef with "The kingdom of the skulls" isn't the aliens.

Let me ask you something, when you saw the way the fridge flew and crash landed, bouncing several ing times, did you not think to yourself "am I supposed to believe someone can survive that ?" If you didn't, then I'd imagine you'd be alright with Spielberg trying to convince you that Indiana Jones could suddenly sprout wings and escape danger flying...

Indiana Jones was always meant to be just an ordinary man, with an extraordinary set of brass balls, a brilliant mind, and a load of luck. The luck aspect was always the comedic relief of the movie (ex. The Hitler autograph scene). Everything else served to help you identify with Indy. In this movie, the bull aspect got out of hand.

Seriously, if the Tarzan scene didn't make you uncomfortable in your seat, as if to say "what the is this?" I don't know what to say to you.

The fact that you believe any movie of this type is based on realism is absolutely laughable.

You brought up the luck factor, but it doesn't seem to matter to you in this new movie.

You say Karen Allen can't act and that she ruined this new movie. I counter with the fact that she has way more face time in ROTLA, and you say that she was at least good to look at. There is no logic there.

So, once again, maybe Lucas and Spielberg should issue out an apology for not going down the Judeo-Christian theme again.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

You mistook me for peewee

Like I said, fried brain. The last time I was talking any movie with anyone here was about the Hulk with peewee. Geez, I don't get this upset when my wife calls me "Manu" while we're having sex.

[peewee's lovechild]

It was either that or face the blast, for all we know he could still die from Radiation poisoning. Also the er drank from the Holy Grail......so he can't die. (Which of course doesn't explain why his dad died.)

Good point there, ATRAIN.

Since everyone loved that movie so much, it could serve to explain why he's still verile at that age.

[peewee's lovechild]

I learned the hard way too. If you disagree with Peewee about a movie, or more aptly put, if he disagrees with you- watch your back, because he doesn't mind acting like a totally ed asshat about it.

Bourne Series = Batman Begins, according to this bag.

[peewee's lovechild]

You had to stay in the temple and guard the grail to be immortal. that is what the knight calls "The price of immortality"

Good one.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

The fact that you believe any movie of this type is based on realism is absolutely laughable.

You brought up the luck factor, but it doesn't seem to matter to you in this new movie.

You say Karen Allen can't act and that she ruined this new movie. I counter with the fact that she has way more face time in ROTLA, and you say that she was at least good to look at. There is no logic there.

So, once again, maybe Lucas and Spielberg should issue out an apology for not going down the Judeo-Christian theme again.

I can't seem to pinpoint whether its logic you lack, or reading comprehension...

[Trainwreck2100]

How are aliens any different than a box full of ghosts killing everything?

[balli]

Bourne Series = Batman Begins, according to this bag.

Y'know what. you Peewee. You still don't get it. I had the gall to compare the camera work during the fight scenes in Batman to the fights in Bourne and you literally flipped the out on me. And I wasn't even talking to you in the first place. Then I found several movie reviews that said the exact same thing I did, some from newspapers, one from Variety online, several from websites devoted to reviewing movies, some from -gasp- bloggers.

See: http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/show...5&postcount=16
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/show...5&postcount=13
And it really doesn't matter if I was right or wrong (although I already proved (twice) that I was in fact right, while you, in fact, were wrong). Again, the issue isn't Batman, it's why you chose to be such a ing sucker about Batman? And even though I've asked why several times now, you still don't have any answers about it besides resorting to calling me a . I think you're basically a conceited ing got that doesn't have a leg or logic to stand on. You can suck a you ing arrogant piece of .

[peewee's lovechild]

I can't seem to pinpoint whether its logic you lack, or reading comprehension...

You mean logic like saying that Karen Allen can't act and she ed up the new Indy movie, but at the same time you love Raiders of the Lost Ark even though she has way more face time in that same movie?

Is that the kind of logic you're talking about?

[peewee's lovechild]

Y'know what. you Peewee. You still don't get it. I had the gall to compare the camera work during the fight scenes in Batman to the fights in Bourne and you literally flipped the out on me. And I wasn't even talking to you in the first place. Then I found several movie reviews that said the exact same thing I did, some from newspapers, one from Variety online, several from websites devoted to reviewing movies, some from -gasp- bloggers.

See: http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/show...5&postcount=16
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/show...5&postcount=13
And it really doesn't matter if I was right or wrong (although I already proved (twice) that I was in fact right, while you, in fact, were wrong). Again, the issue isn't Batman, it's why you chose to be such a ing sucker about Batman? And even though I've asked why several times now, you still don't have any answers about it besides resorting to calling me a . I think you're basically a conceited ing got that doesn't have a leg or logic to stand on. You can suck a you ing arrogant piece of .

You're a bag.