Indiana Jones - WTF???
WARNING - THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS ABOUT THE MOVIE, SO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS, DON'T READ ANY FURTHER!!!
I know my blog is about celebrities, and I am definitely not a movie reviewer, but I needed to get some more opinions on this movie. So guys, I am asking for you help, give me your thoughts on the new movie. Did you like it? Why or why not?
I have never seen an Indiana Jones movie before last night and thought I might as well start now, mostly because people have raved about them for years. So off I toddled to the theatre with my sister and a friend, got my frozen coke and popcorn and sat back to enjoy what was sure to be the start of my own love affair with Indy. But alas, it was not to be.
The cinema was full, the usual pre-movie soundtrack of people munching on popcorn or rustling bags of lollies accompanied by the occasional slurp of coke. The anticipation in the cinema was high, I could feel it, and I too was excited.
The movie begins and all is promising. The action is set in a top secret army base and already Indy has been caught, how will he manage to escape this time? He finds what he is told to and we see that it is a mummified object, fits well with the archeology theme, but the fact that the mummy was wrapped in duct tape worries me a little, but I go with it, because after all, it is an Indiana Jones movie.
The movie progresses and builds up a fascinating storyline. It's funny and action packed and I want more. I am sitting on the edge of my seat when the story starts to reach its climax. My fellow cinema goers are deadly silent. Not a peep out of any of them. Everyone is engrossed in the storyline. We all know that the conclusion, the big secret is going to blow our minds.
And that it does, but not the way I'd hoped. They decided that the best way to sum up a story about a lost city made of gold and the power to rule it and to access the technology was to say that it was aliens.
That's right - Aliens.
Are you freaking kidding me? I was so disappointed. I thought that is was lazy and that Indy fans everywhere deserved my better then a half assed ending where everything is blamed on the aliens. Where is the brilliance in that?
I stared at the screen is disbelief when the portal to another dimension opened, sucked up the Russians, when the bad lady's eyes caught on fire and when the flying saucer emerged from the ruins of an ancient city.
Absolutely ridiculous.
I was devastated and am sure that I will not be watching and more of the films now. This was a chance for the franchise to gain a whole new legion of much younger fans, but it fell so short of the mark that I am still shaking my head is disbelief. Aliens?
And don't even get me started on the giant ants that eat people.
So what are your thoughts on the movie, do you agree with me, or did I miss the point entirely, is the brilliance of the idea so amazing that it just went straight over my head?
I know my blog is about celebrities, and I am definitely not a movie reviewer, but I needed to get some more opinions on this movie. So guys, I am asking for you help, give me your thoughts on the new movie. Did you like it? Why or why not?
I have never seen an Indiana Jones movie before last night and thought I might as well start now, mostly because people have raved about them for years. So off I toddled to the theatre with my sister and a friend, got my frozen coke and popcorn and sat back to enjoy what was sure to be the start of my own love affair with Indy. But alas, it was not to be.
The cinema was full, the usual pre-movie soundtrack of people munching on popcorn or rustling bags of lollies accompanied by the occasional slurp of coke. The anticipation in the cinema was high, I could feel it, and I too was excited.
The movie begins and all is promising. The action is set in a top secret army base and already Indy has been caught, how will he manage to escape this time? He finds what he is told to and we see that it is a mummified object, fits well with the archeology theme, but the fact that the mummy was wrapped in duct tape worries me a little, but I go with it, because after all, it is an Indiana Jones movie.
The movie progresses and builds up a fascinating storyline. It's funny and action packed and I want more. I am sitting on the edge of my seat when the story starts to reach its climax. My fellow cinema goers are deadly silent. Not a peep out of any of them. Everyone is engrossed in the storyline. We all know that the conclusion, the big secret is going to blow our minds.
And that it does, but not the way I'd hoped. They decided that the best way to sum up a story about a lost city made of gold and the power to rule it and to access the technology was to say that it was aliens.
That's right - Aliens.
Are you freaking kidding me? I was so disappointed. I thought that is was lazy and that Indy fans everywhere deserved my better then a half assed ending where everything is blamed on the aliens. Where is the brilliance in that?
I stared at the screen is disbelief when the portal to another dimension opened, sucked up the Russians, when the bad lady's eyes caught on fire and when the flying saucer emerged from the ruins of an ancient city.
Absolutely ridiculous.
I was devastated and am sure that I will not be watching and more of the films now. This was a chance for the franchise to gain a whole new legion of much younger fans, but it fell so short of the mark that I am still shaking my head is disbelief. Aliens?
And don't even get me started on the giant ants that eat people.
So what are your thoughts on the movie, do you agree with me, or did I miss the point entirely, is the brilliance of the idea so amazing that it just went straight over my head?
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Thanks for stopping by. I'm glad it's not just me then.
I read a heap of reviews before seeing it and saw that most of them were raving about it.
But now, in hindsight, I see that it was the reviewers who are likely to get monetary kickbacks if they publicly praise the movie who "loved it".
I too could love just about anything if I were being paid to do it.
Cheers,
Bec