I saw it screened this morning at 10. Seemed like Paramount was having screenings all day. And the Cannes debut was today.
I think Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is the best 126 minutes you'll spend at the movies this year. If the Academy was in the sort of freewheeling mood that permitted LOTR:The Return of the King to win the Oscar, Indy could take Best Picture and there'd be nothing but smiles all around. Same for Harrison Ford as Best Actor.
Concerns about the use of CG or the Mutt Williams character prove groundless; Shia is charming and although CGI has generally sucked all the gee how'd they do that? right out of the movies, in this case, though several effects are clearly computer-generated (their sheer scale means there'd be no other way to do them), you'll be so tickled with what the filmmakers chose to do that you won't think much about how it was done. Karen Allen has terrific chemistry with Ford, and it's really beginning to seem that Cate Blanchett can do anything.
I can't wait to see it again.
I think Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is the best 126 minutes you'll spend at the movies this year. If the Academy was in the sort of freewheeling mood that permitted LOTR:The Return of the King to win the Oscar, Indy could take Best Picture and there'd be nothing but smiles all around. Same for Harrison Ford as Best Actor.
Concerns about the use of CG or the Mutt Williams character prove groundless; Shia is charming and although CGI has generally sucked all the gee how'd they do that? right out of the movies, in this case, though several effects are clearly computer-generated (their sheer scale means there'd be no other way to do them), you'll be so tickled with what the filmmakers chose to do that you won't think much about how it was done. Karen Allen has terrific chemistry with Ford, and it's really beginning to seem that Cate Blanchett can do anything.
I can't wait to see it again.