Reviews

Indy 4 was barely an average movie. It was trying too hard to be Indiana Jones. Here is my rant bullet point style:

Most of those cute little references didn't work for me.

Indy looking at that mole or whatever which are so blatantly CGI and unnecessary! (especially seeing as it opened with one- what the hell were they thinking!) This is Indy Jones after 19 years, and what do we get....some crappy animation right at the start! Don't they understand this is Indy after such a long time and people were anticipating this like hell- they should have had a better opening than that.

I want scenic shots, I want the Indy music I want something that anticipates nicely from the get go that Indy is back...not wondering if I have stumbled into some advance screening of Kung Fu Panda or something.

It is just as bad as putting Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars The bantering didn't seem natural.

The part where Cate Blanchett put the Crystal Skull back on the aliens head or whatever where she just falls done and looks like she is having some sort of fit looked totally retarded.

John Hurt who is a seasoned actor had a stupid role which was just annoying.

The comedy of the snake being thrown at Indy was amusing, however the argument between Marion and Jones before this was pretty crap.

The wedding ending seemed like a bit of a joke. Like it was some sort of weird parody. OK the hat blowing to Shia only for Indy to pick it up to create that ambiguity of 'What's next' was OK.

George Lucas and Jeff Nathanson pull your heads in and stop ruining important material for the fans.

Im not saying i expected this to be Raiders, however this should have been a 4/5 movie at least.....unfortunately it was quite average.

Steven Spielberg said this one was for the fans. And he was right- the fans are the only ones trying as hard as they can to find the bits and pieces in this mess to make it pass as an average movie because they don't want to accept that Indy comes back after 19 years with this crappy effort.

Indiana 4 never had that "Kick ass Indy is back" moment I was waiting for.

Good points -Some good lines "Er...big ants...run!" Lines like this worked. Lines like "I have a bad feeling about this" "Damn I thought that was closer" and "Not as easy as it used to be" did not hit. There has to be a way to do this backwards referencing without the lines being as forced or brimming with cheddar cheese.

-Liked the references with Sean Connery's picture ( I liked the extra shot of Indy pausing to look at the photo and the shot of his picture transitioning to the train station scene) and the other old friend, i forget his name, the one the statue's head fell off of. (Marco?) -Good suspension of disbelief that Indy is younger like in the old school days when you just see his back/outline of his hat in shadows etc.

-Even though the CGI was overused, I did like the part at the end with Indy standing back to us facing this huge UFO. Crazy but cool.

Overall though, could I stand up and cheer in the cinema proclaiming "Hell yeah Indy is BACK!" Absolutely not.

Thanks George for bringing back Indy mostly ruined. What is next on your table of destruction? Oh yes, that Star Wars animation. Nice times.

-James.

OK, thought id give this a watch on its opening day in Australia, today.

The start of the movie was good for a psychological point of view- him talking to mannequin's and so badly wanting one to talk..OK fair enough, him killing his dog-yes,pretty bad. But people were right when they said the moment it got bad was when his dog dies...yeah, boom bring in 2 people- i wanted more hard-core reactions for living in isolation in 3 years and then coming into human contact, not stupid lines like "I was saving that bacon"!

It got worse: Bob Marley reference- pointless. God reference- just as bad. Then, to crown it off- the butterfly reference at the end- i am sick of Hollywood movies spelling out these metaphors to the point where it is insulting as they take us for people that can't put 2 and 2 together- which reminds me of that scene in Home Alone where Joe Pieci's (sp?) character comes into the house and they put that twinkling tooth animation in there...ah, yes, we get the point- he was the same guy as before!

If that wasn't worse enough the writers wrote themselves into a hole at the very end, as with the characters-

1) There is room for you in here Will- yeah, don't bother going in there with them 2)Will has more experience surviving rather than her and the kid- he should have stayed there to protect them 3)He blows himself up..ahh yeah i see how that would have destroyed all those other infected people in the room 4) The writers cut to the end scene which don't even show how the hell the 2 characters get out of that crazy situation with many, many infected people coming to get them. 5) Didn't like the idea of the cure.

Overall- good at the start, but waaaay too big crash at the end! 6/10

Well, this movie wasn't too bad.

The reason I rate this about a 7, was, as mentioned, it was decent movie, kept my attention enough to care about the outcome of our main characters here...BUT...and it is quite a big but, i guessed the twist in the movie so when it was revealed in the movie with all the music etc i was like "Yeah...I knew that" Bit of an anti-climax there.

This aside there were some pretty funny and decent lines and seeing Clive and Jennifer banter on the train was amusing.

Worthy seeing? Yes. Just not one for the DVD collection for me. Some people are voting this a 10, come on guys, save that rating for the excellent movies.

7/10.

Aw yeah, this is an excellent movie, nothing less.

Guys, see this movie if you like time travel/ambiguity/a nice mystery/thriller, one of those movies where you can see all the pieces fall into place in a perfect jigsaw puzzle. If you want a concrete structure, best to avoid, because you will label it as crap because it is not your type of movie. But yeah, for sure, if you like movies such as Memento or The Machinist, give this one a go. The scenes where Willis and Stowe are watching an olden day movie commenting that every time you watch certain movies it seems different because you are different- commenting on the way the audience of this actual movie feel themselves, is mastery! Then, to change their looks, they put on different clothing which makes them look like the characters in the movie they were just watching.

Go see this guys!

Liked the first one, second one was awesome too, but after hearing comments from someone that "It sucks...it is like a kids movie, don't go see it", i didn't end up seeing this one until now. And now I can understand why.

Deep down I kept on ignoring the little bits and pieces of the movie that just didn't feel right, all the crappy acting scenes, all the clichés in between...hoping that some scene in the movie can make it decent again.

However, there is a scene in the movie where this cheesy music comes on when young Spidey is trying to act "cool" and get the attention of women, and a following scene where he tries to make MJ jealous, that threw that chance out the window and pulverized it.

Overall, disappointing. The only reason this gets 4/10 is for the action sequences.

Not recommended.

Reading all the comments after picking this DVD up at the rental store, I was looking forward to a high quality movie representation of the drug scene in America. Overall, however, i was left with a feeling of "Is that all?" It all comes down to the final scene where Michael Douglas' character is giving his speech to the support group, and, just like another person has suggested here, it was just too much, too cheesy, and too cliché.

Having said that Michael Douglas fills his role well and Benicio Del Toro was nice to watch.

Worth seeing once perhaps but this one was definitely over-rated 6/10.