I agree with jaws and some of the other members here. Personally, i liked the first hour too. The gophers/prairy dogs were lame. I liked the first gopher though, cause it was an inside joke for indy fans.
Liked the first action scene where we figure out that his best friend is a traitor. Gives the story more depth. Too bad the character loses every bit of sympathy in the rest of the movie. Badly written. I also liked the ark cameo and the fact that indy gets old and doesn't make his swing. We also see indy get hurt. His foe is younger and stronger which promises a good fight later on.
Next up the hated nuke scene. I loved it and here is why: i thought it was a moment when spielberg said, he it's just a movie. Enjoy it. Yeah it was over the top and the gopher was bull***, but it is the beginning of an adventure which litterly begins with a bang
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Then comes the unfolding of the story and enjoyed the action scene and it was followed by a great indy scolar moment. The scene where indy discovers the nazga lines is great. Really liked the chemistry here and the 'what are you, like 80?
Then they go to peru, still enjoying and on to the graveyard. I find the guardians hard to believe here and they felt out of place. Ever wondering the graveyard waiting for that one adventurer coming for the skull? Yeah right, guess they were on strike when oxley came.
Next i enjoyed the tombscenee. Nice interactions.
Then when they get captured, things turn from bad to worst. Lame jokes, weak plots, sorry to cause i liked the character of marion, she was demented. Everything was a joke and taken lightly. Deaththreats from russians, smile, he's our son, smileee, escape from russions, smilllleeeee, my son almost gets killer by a russian swordmaster, GD smile!!!!
Have to say that the action scene was awesomeeee. Spielberg at his best. Yes the cgi was not that great but the can direct action. To bad indy was a cameo in his own movie and that there was no real danger. Oh and don't get me started on the tarzanscene. Just don't! Don't want to talk about, cause i hated every second off it.
Then the antscene. I liked it. There was a lot to like here. Too bad they ruined the scene with the part that the ants formed some stairs to get to spalko. That was not normal flesheating behavior
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Then the drops from waterfalls were pretty silly. I liked the temple scenes, but the appearance of the guys coming out of the walls was stupid. The rest felt like an indy movie.
Overall the movie was ok, but like jaws said, the middle was pretty bad. I liked the alien story because i've seen a lot documentarys about these things. Like the egyptians and ufos. I think the movie was better on paper, cause the idea itself was good. They just shouldn't have shown the grey alien. Just the skeletons was enough. It was a mystery and kept me wondering what would they look like, until that image was ruined by a standard design.
The movie wasn't as bad as a lot people say. It has it moments, but after 20 years people expected more. Same with star wars. We had a lot of time of imagining things and they were not happening. Liked the third one though but that is another book of text
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Best,
Robert
I saw it too, but it wasn't JAWS. I don't remember it too well -- except the Orca tipping the iceberg so Harris would slide down into his mouth... and Bo Derek... and that horrible superimposed shot of the whale breaching that was overused.
