What was so bad about Indiana Jones 4
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You cannot survive a Nuclear Blast hiding in a fucking fridge. Old Indie isn't has appealing has young indie(For extremely obvious reasons. He just looks like an old man barely keeping up). The story is stupid.
More than enough reasons for me to hate it.
More than enough reasons for me to hate it.
You can't age incredibly fast by drinking the wrong mug. You can't heal any wound with water from the holy grail. Indy has never been too keen on realism has he?AndyFromMonday said:
OT: I thought it was a good movie, people just always moan about any attempt to continue and old film because they don't want their precious, precious memories ruined, they'd rather just sit and watch the old film over and over again.
I think it's mostly because all the fun went out of it. I predicted pretty closely everything the characters did or said before they did so. EVERY. SINGLE. THING. It's a bit like the difference between NBA Jam (and NBA Jam '95) and NBA Street #whatever-they're-on-now. The original(s) were fresh, funny, and honestly entertaining. The long-awaited sequel? Exactly the same thing but with slightly better graphics and no gameplay improvements. So yeah, a bit of a let-down.
Other than being unbelievable, predictable and down right ridiculous at points? No, it was fine.
Seriously, what a load of nonsense, a typical showing of the way Hollywood is going, unnecessary sequels with bigger budgets and a greater reliance on special effects than good story telling to sell it's self.
Seriously, what a load of nonsense, a typical showing of the way Hollywood is going, unnecessary sequels with bigger budgets and a greater reliance on special effects than good story telling to sell it's self.
Ditto on Temple of Doom, however, Indy 4 was still a massive disappointment.Larmo said:
Let's keep the nuked fridge out, and you still have:
- Aliens that seemed pretty Spielbergian-Generic and led to a weak conclusion in comparison to the last crusade.
- CGI Critters used for bad comedy
- Bad CGI and unconvincing Stunts throughout
- Boring sideplot about Indy and his "family"
- Ray Winstone was...WTF?
And...well, probably more.
In the end, Crystal Skull wasn't THAT bad, and i enjoyed myself at times...but it wasn't even CLOSE to the greatness of a Raiders of the Lost Ark OR The Last Crusade (and not as iconic as Temple of Doom), and that alone makes Indy 4 the worst thing of all: a movie that feels completely unnecessary.
THANK YOU.WrongSprite said:
Geez.
The fourth Indy film was right in-line with what Indy always was: A tribute to the 1940s over-the-top all American action hero.
I can't believe people get upset over aliens. What about...
The ark causing people's heads to melt or explode?
The grail causing people to age?
People getting their heart ripped out and they are still alive?
Falling from a plane in a rubber raft and then landing perfectly fine on a mountainside before falling off a waterfall and surviving (Landing upright, of course)?
Bladed booby traps in an ancient temple that still work?
Glowing rocks that get super hot when chanted over?
A special blood drink that brainwashes you?
Voodoo Dolls?
An incredibly impossible mine-cart ride?
Bullet wounds washing away with water?
A knight from the middle ages still alive thanks to a magic cup?
Hiding on board a small Nazi sub without being noticed while it travels the ocean?
The ark shooting lighting and releasing ghosts that kill people who look at it?
But no! ALIENS is too far.
Please. I enjoyed the 4th Indy film very much. A great addition to the series.
Oh, of course. Indie movies never aimed for realism. It seems that they did aim for stupidity with 4.WrongSprite said:
There's a fine line between fantasy and stupidity. Surviving a nuclear blast by hiding in a fridge crosses the line of stupidity by a whole damn mile.
Aliens, really Aliens? Why do I feel like George Lucas and Steven Speilberg just give the fans the middle finger with that one.
Also I wasn't aware that you could survive a nuclear blast by hiding inside a fridge, I must remember that one. *Extreme Saracasm was used here*
Also I wasn't aware that you could survive a nuclear blast by hiding inside a fridge, I must remember that one. *Extreme Saracasm was used here*
I have to agree with the "Too much bad CGI" comment.
I actually don't mind the fridge bit. It's ridiculous, but so is jumping out of a plane in a raft.
But the fight sequence thru the jungle on the jeeps/trucks just had WAY too much bad CGI work, and Shia LeBoeuf swinging through the trees with monkeys....words cannot describe how LAME that was.
Still, i didn't mind the aliens as much as some other folks. This Indy seemed to be more a tribute to the 50's then it was the 30's, and the 50's were ripe with classic science fiction and alien sightings. I kinda dig what Lucas was aiming for there.
I actually don't mind the fridge bit. It's ridiculous, but so is jumping out of a plane in a raft.
But the fight sequence thru the jungle on the jeeps/trucks just had WAY too much bad CGI work, and Shia LeBoeuf swinging through the trees with monkeys....words cannot describe how LAME that was.
Still, i didn't mind the aliens as much as some other folks. This Indy seemed to be more a tribute to the 50's then it was the 30's, and the 50's were ripe with classic science fiction and alien sightings. I kinda dig what Lucas was aiming for there.