Really? You think?
Disney is admitting that maybe releasing Prince Caspian the week after Iron Man and the week before Indiana Jones might not have been a good idea.
I think Iron Man surprised everyone, I guess. Indy, with name recognition and the hype machine, was going to do as well as it did, though. And releasing Caspian less than a week before Indy was NOT a good idea.
~ Ben
Showing posts with label indiana jones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label indiana jones. Show all posts
May 24, 2008
Indiana Jones and the Capitalist Pig Propaganda Machine
This . . .
Or this . . .
You decide . . .
Seems the Communists are none-too-happy about their portrayal in the latest Indiana Jones movie.
Best quote of the story: "It's rubbish ... In 1957 the communists did not run with crystal skulls throughout the U.S. Why should we agree to that sort of lie and let the West trick our youth?"
Oh. They didn't? Darn it all, I was tricked!
My question: does the Russian Communist party REALLY think their youth are THAT gullible?
And the Russian Communist party is calling Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Lost Skull propaganda.
Uh, hello, pot? The kettle called. He's upset that you're calling him black.
Wow.
~ Ben
* The Communist Propaganda poster says, "It's hard to feed so many mouths."
May 22, 2008
Nano Film Review #12 -- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Lost Skull
Hm.
Yes.
So I went to the midnight show. For Narnia, I felt old. I did not go to the MIDNIGHT show, I went to the NOON show. Weak!
This time I powered through. I'd never seen Indy on the big screen. This was my chance.
My thoughts on the film? It was good. It was a good Indiana Jones movie. Lots of action. Funny one liners. A few references to George Lucas movies (American Graffiti and Star Wars both come to mind -- watch for a classic Harrison Ford line). Absurd getaways. Classic cliffhanger serial style. Fun. It was by the numbers. If I were to rate all the Indiana Jones movies (like a good geek does), this would come third.
Shia Lebeouf wasn't bad. His character actually had some genuine emotional moments, and while he wasn't a buffoon he was impulsive and caused problems. That worked for me. It was fun to see Karen Allen return as Indy's old flame from the first movie, and it seemed like she had more to do in this one. Marcus Brody gets in a good shot at stopping the bad guys without even really being in the film. And Harrison Ford, well, I've never not liked him in a movie.
But overall, the movie felt flat. And I can't place my finger on why. I don't think it was the climax (for those haters of the climax, remember that a 500 year old knight showed up at the end of the third movie). It might have been the exposition that was horribly spelled out at the end (really, that was the best you could do to explain things to the audience that they'd mostly figured out already?). It just felt like they were going through the motions.
So . . . overall, a fun movie. But little more than that.
Ah, but . . . the denouement got me worried for a moment. It was a nice moment, and then something happened that you just about cringe for, but in true Indiana Jones fashion, at the last second Indy swoops in and saves the day. Or moment. Or whatever.
~ Ben
SPOILER (although if you know anything about the movie, you already know about this):
Indiana Jones and Han Solo are now part of the same universe. My theory about the movie linking the two was correct.
Kingdom of the lost Skull features aliens who look like the aliens in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind was followed by a "sort of" sequel in E.T. (To me, E.T. was the sequel to Close Encounters, if not literally than "spiritually".)
E.T.-like creatures were in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
And Han Solo is in the Star Wars universe.
A stretch? Heck yeah! But a little fun, if lame.
Yes.
So I went to the midnight show. For Narnia, I felt old. I did not go to the MIDNIGHT show, I went to the NOON show. Weak!
This time I powered through. I'd never seen Indy on the big screen. This was my chance.
My thoughts on the film? It was good. It was a good Indiana Jones movie. Lots of action. Funny one liners. A few references to George Lucas movies (American Graffiti and Star Wars both come to mind -- watch for a classic Harrison Ford line). Absurd getaways. Classic cliffhanger serial style. Fun. It was by the numbers. If I were to rate all the Indiana Jones movies (like a good geek does), this would come third.
Shia Lebeouf wasn't bad. His character actually had some genuine emotional moments, and while he wasn't a buffoon he was impulsive and caused problems. That worked for me. It was fun to see Karen Allen return as Indy's old flame from the first movie, and it seemed like she had more to do in this one. Marcus Brody gets in a good shot at stopping the bad guys without even really being in the film. And Harrison Ford, well, I've never not liked him in a movie.
But overall, the movie felt flat. And I can't place my finger on why. I don't think it was the climax (for those haters of the climax, remember that a 500 year old knight showed up at the end of the third movie). It might have been the exposition that was horribly spelled out at the end (really, that was the best you could do to explain things to the audience that they'd mostly figured out already?). It just felt like they were going through the motions.
So . . . overall, a fun movie. But little more than that.
Ah, but . . . the denouement got me worried for a moment. It was a nice moment, and then something happened that you just about cringe for, but in true Indiana Jones fashion, at the last second Indy swoops in and saves the day. Or moment. Or whatever.
~ Ben
SPOILER (although if you know anything about the movie, you already know about this):
Indiana Jones and Han Solo are now part of the same universe. My theory about the movie linking the two was correct.
Kingdom of the lost Skull features aliens who look like the aliens in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind was followed by a "sort of" sequel in E.T. (To me, E.T. was the sequel to Close Encounters, if not literally than "spiritually".)
E.T.-like creatures were in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
And Han Solo is in the Star Wars universe.
A stretch? Heck yeah! But a little fun, if lame.
May 16, 2008
Nano Film Review #11 -- Prince Caspian
I'm just going to cut to the chase:
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian was amazing.
It was more intense than the first film, and younger children may be disturbed by that. Violence has series consequences in this movie. So do mistakes. And our four heroes make some serious mistakes.
But the movie itself is beautiful. And the themes and messages in the movie, well, they're there if you're looking for them.
I was a little worried about this movie, though. The first one was, to me, really well done. All the things I like about the first movie were in this one, only better. (I am hoping for an extended edition, though.)
So, Speed Racer is going to be kicked to the curb by Narnia. Too bad, I liked Speed Racer. It'll be interesting to see how Iron Man holds up this weekend. People are predicting Narnia to knock it out of the top slot. Next weekend sees the new Indiana Jones movie. How will the Narnians fare against the man with the whip?
~ Ben
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)