well PUT David ... its a piece of entertainment and it did the Job...
IMHO.. interesting its the only film that people have talked about in
seceral years. and as far as standing up to our memeories.. Most things dont
as we usually remember much grander experiances..
and fact is times change,, as styles, Jokes, and people also..
the package they offered tied many elements together including some
sentimentality thats been lacking in many recent pictures,, It was nice
to just have some simple entertainment without a large entwined
twisted story.... yet in away the actual story leaves alot to the
imagination.
David Kusumoto wrote:
** I want to thank all of the critics and other people who got a
chance to see this film before I did.
** As a result of the "apparent" consensus view that the new Indiana
Jones movie is "not good" -- we went to a sold-out showing this
afternoon with very low expectations. The result was an experience
that was in fact -- for us -- pretty darn good. It has some pacing
issues -- but nit-pickers using yardsticks similar to what they'd
apply to a "serious picture" -- should NOT see this film. I agree
it's pointless to apply deep logic to an action-adventure franchise
that's comparable to James Bond. This is a popcorn experience that
holds together pretty well. In fact, if I have any criticism, it's
that it feels a little slow in spots.
** However, the action sequences are marvelous and all the gripes
about the CGI and the "fake looking" jungles and what not -- honestly,
I don't think the average person cares -- AS LONG as he or she feels
engaged. I think many saw the "paranormal / sci-fi" angle coming a
mile away. I agree the actors are going through the motions -- but I
was not expecting -- nor wanted -- anything out of the Lee Strasberg
school of acting anyway. I was led to believe the wonderful Karen
Allen was only a small part of this film. True, she has very few
lines -- but she has a LOT of screen time and I loved it. She looks
much older, yet still has that magnetic radiance that made me love her
in "Animal House" -- and in the first Indy picture in 1981.
** What caught me off guard was the very last scene in the film. I
won't give it away but will say it's a crowd pleaser. While many will
feel it's cornball as all get out, I did not see it coming and felt it
was appropriate sentimentalism for a picture like this. It worked
marvelously and had us smiling as we walked out of the theater.
** Finally, I think there will always be a great reservoir of
resentment that makes it almost "fashionably cool to hate Spielberg."
Some will never concede he's good at anything except making money --
and feel they must always qualify their praise -- that is, if must
give him a prop for anything he does well – they take something away
that has the sum effect of leaving people the impression that he is
the purist definition of being "overrated" and/or the personification
of "mediocrity" in Hollywood. The new Lucas/Spielberg effort was
about an "8" on a 1-10 scale -- and thank goodness -- it was NOT the
"Phantom Menace" disappointment I feared. It will be forgotten in a
few months -- but it accomplishes what it sets out to do. More
wonderful -- was seeing hundreds of children in the audience, many
with their parents, thoroughly engrossed with the film. I always love
to see this. Not every scene must be filled with breath-taking
action. There was even applause as the end credits rolled. Most
important, I did not feel that my money -- or more important, my time
-- were ripped off.
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