SPOILER ALERT
SPOILER ALERT
Ok, I am not planning on spoiling a lot of "Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (misnomer) but It's hard to talk about why this movie failed and succeeded without talking about some things plot-wise.
Firstly, I love the 1950's era the movie takes place in. I love how everything was wrong with society, from MacCarthy trials to the Cold War and yet the public spent their nights watching "Leave it to Beaver." Indiana Jones is older and grayer and expect a bunch of "heartfelt" a.k.a. "fucking depressing" moments when he thinks on who he has lost in his life. Harrison Ford is great. What else is there to say about the man? He's Indiana Jones. Cate Blanchette(sp?) is the nemesis role in this movie, and thankfully does not have any sort of romantic involvement with Indy. I'm kind of scatter brained right now so I apologize if this is not in any kind of order. ACTION SEQUENCES:
First and second action sequences were fucking awesome. Third was actually filmed in CT (I remember when they were casting for extras). Fourth(?) was a jungle chase that was extremely long and pretty good except for an odd "Tarzan"-esque sequence. Big Ants are Big.
QUESTION:
How do spiders get into EVERY ruin?
There are always webs. How do they get in there?
THE END:
Like eating a large helping of cotton candy, you enjoy the ride but when you get to the end you think "I feel like vomiting".
Worst ending to a movie in a long time. And I mean that for the end of the ruins sequence and the very last shots as well.
Oy.
Movie:
****/*****
Ending:
*/*****
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