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gaporter said:
WITNESS ME!
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gaporter said:
Watched Galaxy Quest for the first time last night; what a wonderful movie. The cast is incredible, the tributes to/spoofs of Star Trek are both hilarious and kind of touching in their own way, and even when you remove the parody element, it's a surprisingly legit sci-fi adventure flick in its own right, with effects and creature designs that have held up very well.
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Oh man, what a treat this movie is. I think most Trekkies admit it’s a top five Star Trek film.

I miss Alan Rickman so much, and Enrico Colantoni deserved an Oscar nom.
 
hot take, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is like 70% a very fun Indy film, which is good enough for me. I also really appreciate how much it just *looks* like a proper sequel.

Also Cate is hoooooooooot
 
kvetcha said:
hot take, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is like 70% a very fun Indy film, which is good enough for me. I also really appreciate how much it just *looks* like a proper sequel.

Also Cate is hoooooooooot
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A least 20% of where Crystal Skull faulters has to do with it’s over reliance on CGI. I hate those damn CGI monkeys. It’s the same problem I had with Disney’s Jungle Cruise and will probably be the reason I won’t go see the new Indiana Jones in the theater.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
A least 20% of where Crystal Skull faulters has to do with it’s over reliance on CGI. I hate those damn CGI monkeys. It’s the same problem I had with Disney’s Jungle Cruise and will probably be the reason I won’t go see the new Indiana Jones in the theater.
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I think:

1) the lore behind the Crystal Skull and its eventual conclusion feels half-assed, which makes the story overall feel less grounded/intriguing than we’ve come to expect. I like the *conceit* but the fact that the writers can’t even be bothered to care means it lacks a sense of deep historical mystery. Spielberg and David Koepp also reportedly disliked the MacGuffin, so we’ll lay that one at Lucas’ feet.

2) it is occasionally about 20% too silly.

3) Cate’s demise needed to be 50% gnarlier.

But much of the movie looks beautiful and feels tonally of a piece with the other films. I guess I was expecting something that felt wildly different from its predecessors, but instead was pleased by how handily Ford picked up the character, and how confident Spielberg’s direction was, and how next-level good the production design was.

It’s the weakest of the four, I think, but absolutely has its pleasures.
 
kvetcha said:
I think:

1) the lore behind the Crystal Skull and its eventual conclusion feels half-assed, which makes the story overall feel less grounded/intriguing than we’ve come to expect. I like the *conceit* but the fact that the writers can’t even be bothered to care means it lacks a sense of deep historical mystery. Spielberg and David Koepp also reportedly disliked the MacGuffin, so we’ll lay that one at Lucas’ feet.

2) it is occasionally about 20% too silly.

3) Cate’s demise needed to be 50% gnarlier.

But much of the movie looks beautiful and feels tonally of a piece with the other films. I guess I was expecting something that felt wildly different from its predecessors, but instead was pleased by how handily Ford picked up the character, and how confident Spielberg’s direction was, and how next-level good the production design was.

It’s the weakest of the four, I think, but absolutely has its pleasures.
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I love the Indiana Jones character so if Crystal Skull were on TNT on a Sunday afternoon and I was flipping through, I would stop and watch it but I would never seek it out like with the prior three films. The weak spot in the original run was Temple of Doom and understandably so. It’s slightly less enthralling than the two stories where he’s battling the Nazis for ancient biblical relics. The macguffin in Temple of Doom was some lucky magic rocks so I would say it is probably a bit comparable to Crystal Skull in that regard. I still prefer Temple Of Doom more overall but that might be my nostalgia talking, Temple Of Doom was one of the first couple VHS tapes we owned (the other being Ghostbusters) so we watch it it a lot in my house growing up.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
I love the Indiana Jones character so if Crystal Skull were on TNT on a Sunday afternoon and I was flipping through, I would stop and watch it but I would never seek it out like with the prior three films. The weak spot in the original run was Temple of Doom and understandably so. It’s slightly less enthralling than the two stories where he’s battling the Nazis for ancient biblical relics. The macguffin in Temple of Doom was some lucky magic rocks so I would say it is probably a bit comparable to Crystal Skull in that regard. I still prefer Temple Of Doom more overall but that might be my nostalgia talking, Temple Of Doom was one of the first couple VHS tapes we owned (the other being Ghostbusters) so we watch it it a lot in my house growing up.
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Either way, I’m weirdly more interested in seeing Dial of Destiny now, even though Crystal Skull was basically an obligation watch!
 
kvetcha said:
I might try to catch an evening showing this week. Guess we'll see; the next few weeks are gonna be rata-tat-tat in terms of huge theatrical releases.
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Yeah, Mission Impossible, Oppenheimer, and Barbie. I think Disney has been the issue (for whatever reason) this summer. I had read somewhere that a good chunk of their summer releases have underperformed and since they control so much of the blockbuster landscape it hurts the industry a lot more when they fail. It’s mainly the fact they if a movie doesn’t clear a billion dollars worldwide it’s considered a failure.

They need to make more non-blockbusters. Hopefully this type of underperformance will give Disney a bit of a wake-up call.
 
kvetcha said:
Either way, I’m weirdly more interested in seeing Dial of Destiny now, even though Crystal Skull was basically an obligation watch!
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
It had a rough weekend at the box office. I almost wanna go see it in the theater now since by next weekend it will likely be mostly empty seats.
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I saw Dial of Destiny yesterday and was pretty much grinning ear to ear the entire time. IMO it's definitely worth a watch at the theater.
 
kvetcha said:
I've heard varying opinions on it, but in a way that piques my interest.
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The part that got me is that I beleive it takes place on the late 1960s which feels too modern for Indy but if you do a comp between when Raiders was released in the early 80s and that movies setting in the mid 30s, there is a similar gap in time.
 
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