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Yeah, that was just a little bit weird.

About the crystal being non-magnetic, they pointed that out during the movie, as I recall, when they said that gold also was non-magnetic.

Yes: this is true. They did point it out.

I might actually watch it later, though it looks like it follows very closely with the structures of the originals.

I saw this movie about a week ago, and honestly, I didn't like it. I don't think it was Harrison Ford's fault that the movie was crap, it was George Lucas. Lucas was just sad that Star Wars was over so he had to ruin the Indiana Jones movie with space and alien crap. I mean, what was that bullshit? Why couldn't it be like all the other movies before, all that Temple of Doom and mummies and junk. Sorry, but the movie could've been so much better.

patience_isnt wrote:I saw this movie about a week ago, and honestly, I didn't like it. I don't think it was Harrison Ford's fault that the movie was crap, it was George Lucas. Lucas was just sad that Star Wars was over so he had to ruin the Indiana Jones movie with space and alien crap. I mean, what was that bullshit? Why couldn't it be like all the other movies before, all that Temple of Doom and mummies and junk. Sorry, but the movie could've been so much better.

You're going to make yourself very unpopular if your reviews of others' work is like this. You're probably right about why Lucas wanted to do it, but keep in mind that he would not have been able to do it if everyone else hadn't agreed to it. My mother described it perfectly: like visiting an old friend. In a lot of ways, that was all it was supposed to be. And believe it or not, it does follow the same patterns as the other movies in a way.

Very true my friend.

It wasn't bad. Though there were parts (or at least, one part in particular) that stretched my imagination more than an Indiana Jones film should (and which, surprisingly, wasn't the last but one scene). I found being thrown miles up in the air by a nuclear blast in a fridge, to land on your head and roll out perfectly in one piece just a little to unbelievable, and it's only point seemed to be for the spectacle. Having said that, I did actually like the rest of the film - it didn't have quite the same feel as the originals, but it's been nineteen years, so I didn't expect it to.

I thought it was actually a pretty good movie, but it was weird. Especially the psyco sword lady. It was cool, but I thooght it was wierd because it was about aliens, and the ending(which I won't give away) was really weird too. I like d Mutt, though. He was cool. My dad thought he was gonna put the hat on and then they would make a fifth movie about mutt.

I thought it was ridiculous. There were too much flaws to see past, like when he threw the metallic dust to find the box and the arbitrary magnetism which seemed to attract objects whenever it wanted instead of being a constant force. The russian lady's accent was also too bad to be believeable. But what really made my jaw drop and my head hurt with that painful feeling of just having got a little more stupid from watching it was the ants. And... Aliens?! Jesus cried when this movie was made. 3/10... and that's because I like Indiana Jones.

I'm torn in my opinion of this movie. It was classic Indy fun, but at the same time, there was stuff that just drove me crazy.

I was annoyed by all the "cheap shots" of humor that seemed to be in it, but also, having watched the original Indies, there were plenty of those in the originals too. The two scenes that really drove me crazy were the monkey scene and the sword fighting on the cars. Those two scenes really were just too far out there for me to believe. (the fridge was interesting as well - I mean, not a scratch?) That and the fact that while certain things in the warehouse were being attracted to the box, the soldiers' guns (you know, that right next(!!!) to the box weren't being pulled to it. The actors weren't even pretending that they were putting any effort into holding the guns away from the magnetic force that is supposedly strong enough to pull metal particles to it from an entire warehouse away.

All in all, this did feel like an Indy movie to me. I was so happy that Indy took his hat back. When that scene happened, I was seriously screaming internally. Had they actually let Mutt take it, I would have thrashed this movie all kinds of directions, but they didn't. The hint was already bad enough. I hope that they don't make a fifth movie about Mutt. I like Shia LaBeouf and all, but Harrison Ford will always be Indiana Jones.

And, geez, why couldn't the aliens be from outer space after all? Why in another dimension? Gack...

I think Harrison Ford looks pretty good for his age


I was really surprised by this film, I just went to see it with my friends on a whim 'cause I wanted out the house.



I would recommend it.