I enjoyed it and the audience I saw it with loved it. Yes, it had its flaws, but to see a hero lead that's over 60? That alone kicks ass.
Toochis ----- Original Message ---- From: Tom Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 8:12:44 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Indiana Jones - SPOILER ALERT well we can find flaes in almost all films... But this one was nice in the fact that It was a good picture in many ways... and it was a picture that was a family film... and good old Fun... and sure there were some parts where one might say what were they thinking there,,, well but heres the truly funny part.... the film has many real things in it that are true.... yep.. the whole Mind telepathy was and is true.. they use futurists and I forget the name But they use telepathy to spot where people are and the government has sponcered it for years,, and also.. the whole alien thing.... If you read and watch all the UFO and reports from the government and all its been said that for years they were reverse engineering the devises.. there was crytal skulls found in peru... and there was a plot by Germany to get religous relics as they thought they had powers.. Like they had the spear that pierced Christ.. there was a book on the Nazi war relics.... and it had that,,,, so waht Spielberg has done is show us some very deep connections that appear whimsical in the format he did.. but are really centered on many facts and research... hes expeosed to SETI and Friedman and many many facts that common folk think is fables... But as they say TRUTH is stranger than FICTION/// Its just that when you hear a smart college proffesor explain quantum physics or I like to talk about what if i suggessted we string wires from house to house all over the world... Most would consider YOU NUTS... thats because creative people use whats known as the THIRD eye... its like they can IMagine the possibilitie outside the box of normal comprehension... thats why they invent or create... its like they get tapped into the what could be logic... In that and Einstein touched on that as does Phsisit Leiberman in his Book the GOD particle.. is that we are able to be in diferant spaces and dimentions and that ties in neaatly with Heaven and life and future eternity... and thats why this space thing and aliens and mental enegy of positive vs Bad all makes scientific sense in a peculier way. However when someone like spielberg trie to even touch on it... it comes off as unbelievable and trite. at the same time I think as a filmmaker he uses formulas that cause adrenilin like Bugs , snakes, fear of heights and all that.. which is just good old showmanship... Its a movie meant to bring some excitement and fun and scares and laughs.. thats all... and it was presented in a manner that also touched on some actual facts as strange as they may appear... even Jurrassic park almost wrote the book on the DNA reseach that is happening as they did find tissue of froze mammoths,, remember the HG well stuff was concisered sci fi too yet artificial intellegence is almost here as the asnimov ROBOT from Honda is showing.... dsonesheets wrote: Me too. Honestly I didn't think this even deserved to be included in the Indiana Jones canon. Temple of Doom blew this one away. I don't care if this thing is going to make thee hundred million bones. The original trilogy should have been kept holy by using one of Indy's favorite lines: "They all belong in a museum!" They should have been left alone. Now we have to allow this fourth film to taint the brilliance of the first three. SPOILERS BELOW! Ok, first thing, which is also the WORST thing. Aliens. Come on Steven, couldn't think of anything else up to Indy's standards of archaeology? Second thing. What the heck was up with Mac (Ray Winstone's character)? First he's a good guy, one of Indy's best mates. Well, nope, he's a bad guy. Then, oh wait a minute, he's really a good guy again. Whoops, fooled you again, he's really, really a bad guy. Then he dies. Should have made that last item first. What a joke. Third. Harrison had none of the gusto he once had. Blame it on his age, but he was trying to make it look easy, and instead made it look hard. His lines were delivered with none of the flair of the previous films. The physicality of the first three films were part of what made Indy Indy. Period. This movie didn't have it. You could almost pick out his stunt double, because they used him about a hundred times. Fourth. Shia Lebeouf. What was his role exactly? Apart from being named "Mutt", and who's character is a mutt with no real pedigree. Is this the guy that's supposed to pick up Indy's hat at the end and be our new friendly neighborhood archaeologist? I'll pass thank you very much. Fifth thing that should have put as number two: Indy survives a nuclear blast by hiding in a refrigerator. What!?!? Was this an attempt at a gritty Jason Bourne 'do what it takes to survive' moment? Lastly. How about a coherent script. First it's a warehouse raid, then a nuke going off, then back to school, throw in Jim Broadbent to replace Denholm Elliot (RIP), then Indy gets fired, meets up with the son he never knew he had, finds a rickity, insane John Hurt, throw in a chase with cars and a mutant army of man-eating red ants, which culminates in a crystal skull that is really an alien, who finally meets up with (sorry, "Returns" to) his six buddies who then fly their spaceship back to Mars. Wish I would have saved my seven bucks, and imagined a movie far better than this grab for a little extra franchise payout. Had to rinse out the aftertaste of this one. On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 5:00 PM, channinglylethomson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Saw it yesterday. Thought it was a real dud! Channing Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. 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