Indiana Jones 4
May. 23rd, 2008 08:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
x_erikah_xFirst a general view without spoilers.
I watched Indy and I really liked. I know some people won't like as much, but I'm a geek and the movie, even with a few exaggerations (but that's normal), is a lot of fun! I won't spoil the fun, but there are some references for the previous films, Raiders in particular. Also, to follow the tradition of having loads of creepy things, snakes, bugs or rats, this one is not different. *shivers* I won't tell what it is, you'll have to find out yourselves, just be prepared, because it is creepy *shivers again*. The film doesn't stop, and even with some silly parts it's very cool.
It also has the typical amount of whump, though none of the comfort. Actually I got jealous of Shia, because he was more whumped than Indy.
Also, the sequences shot in Brazil are stunning! Funny that they shot the waterfalls that are way down in our map, and put them way up in the Amazon.... (and thus inventing a whole new geography...).
There's also a surprise thrown in the middle.
Now on to spoilers.
First, if you haven't seen the film, what the hell are you doing reading this? GO SEE IT! NOW!
I thought the plot was a bit different than the usual. While I expected something related more to religion, surprise came with so much fiction was put in. It felt like Indy meets Close Encounters of the Third Kind. And I love it! I had to hold myself not to shout 'ASGARDS' in the middle of the film, lol.
At first I though the sequence of the beginning wasn't be related to the plot, but they are, and so the film starts right on the heart of matter with the typical amount of running, explosions, chases, whump and whip. Area 51, lol! I got the glimpse of the Ark there xD. Though older, Harrison Ford still has a lot of stunts and almost feels like the old days.
Shia was a very good choice and I also loved his character. And don't think I missed the passing of the torch there at the end. The poor boy takes a while to adapt to the older man's way of work, but when he does he's, well, a mini Indy, appropriate that it only happens after he learns about his origin. That wasn't a surprise for me, because I had read a stupid review that spoiled me. And btw, I keep on reading, Mutt is his son. I gap stupidly at the damn thing thinking, wow thanks very much for the info. I had to content myself with the general Whoa! from the audience to fake my surprise.
How much I loved the part in which Indy enters the university library on the bike! I imagine the reaction I would have if suddenly my professor entered in the middle of my studies, in the back of a bike destroying tables and nearly hitting half of the students there, lol. Like Mutt asks at one point: "And you're a PROFESSOR!?"
I didn't like that they killed Indy's father, but I guess that was the solution; it would be too difficult to include him in the film and continue pretending he's Ford's father...
Ooooh, the giant ants! I think Spielberg and Lucas outdid themselves with this one. And they put in a fist fight for poor old Indy in the middle of them! The poor guy that lost. *shivers at the memory* The reaction I had was physical, because, ants? Giant ones? Entering inside his mouth and dragging his body down? OMFG! I had to hold myself not to turn away. Also, scorpions there at the tomb. Lol, It's not dancing time."
That's pretty much what I remember at the moment. I think I'll see it again on Sat or Sunday.
I watched Indy and I really liked. I know some people won't like as much, but I'm a geek and the movie, even with a few exaggerations (but that's normal), is a lot of fun! I won't spoil the fun, but there are some references for the previous films, Raiders in particular. Also, to follow the tradition of having loads of creepy things, snakes, bugs or rats, this one is not different. *shivers* I won't tell what it is, you'll have to find out yourselves, just be prepared, because it is creepy *shivers again*. The film doesn't stop, and even with some silly parts it's very cool.
It also has the typical amount of whump, though none of the comfort. Actually I got jealous of Shia, because he was more whumped than Indy.
Also, the sequences shot in Brazil are stunning! Funny that they shot the waterfalls that are way down in our map, and put them way up in the Amazon.... (and thus inventing a whole new geography...).
There's also a surprise thrown in the middle.
Now on to spoilers.
First, if you haven't seen the film, what the hell are you doing reading this? GO SEE IT! NOW!
I thought the plot was a bit different than the usual. While I expected something related more to religion, surprise came with so much fiction was put in. It felt like Indy meets Close Encounters of the Third Kind. And I love it! I had to hold myself not to shout 'ASGARDS' in the middle of the film, lol.
At first I though the sequence of the beginning wasn't be related to the plot, but they are, and so the film starts right on the heart of matter with the typical amount of running, explosions, chases, whump and whip. Area 51, lol! I got the glimpse of the Ark there xD. Though older, Harrison Ford still has a lot of stunts and almost feels like the old days.
Shia was a very good choice and I also loved his character. And don't think I missed the passing of the torch there at the end. The poor boy takes a while to adapt to the older man's way of work, but when he does he's, well, a mini Indy, appropriate that it only happens after he learns about his origin. That wasn't a surprise for me, because I had read a stupid review that spoiled me. And btw, I keep on reading, Mutt is his son. I gap stupidly at the damn thing thinking, wow thanks very much for the info. I had to content myself with the general Whoa! from the audience to fake my surprise.
How much I loved the part in which Indy enters the university library on the bike! I imagine the reaction I would have if suddenly my professor entered in the middle of my studies, in the back of a bike destroying tables and nearly hitting half of the students there, lol. Like Mutt asks at one point: "And you're a PROFESSOR!?"
I didn't like that they killed Indy's father, but I guess that was the solution; it would be too difficult to include him in the film and continue pretending he's Ford's father...
Ooooh, the giant ants! I think Spielberg and Lucas outdid themselves with this one. And they put in a fist fight for poor old Indy in the middle of them! The poor guy that lost. *shivers at the memory* The reaction I had was physical, because, ants? Giant ones? Entering inside his mouth and dragging his body down? OMFG! I had to hold myself not to turn away. Also, scorpions there at the tomb. Lol, It's not dancing time."
That's pretty much what I remember at the moment. I think I'll see it again on Sat or Sunday.
