Pureauthor said:
The sort of people that would complain about this really shouldn't be watching Indiana Jones movies in the first place.
I mean, I understand people badmouthing the monkey/vines scene, but this? This?
It doesn't surprise me at all. People don't understand the concept of "suspension of disbelief", and how there is actually a real, documented line for people. The general rule is, people can be led to accept any number of unrealities... but the proportionate amount of people who will swallow the presented world shrinks the more you introduce the ridiculous.
Indiana 1-3 all had plenty of hijinks, but they knew the line. Raiders drew the line at the opening of the ark scene; everything else shambled beneath its line of plausibility, and the result was a fantastic sendup to 30s serials. Doom was the closest to Crystal Skulls in this scenario, and it's no surprise it's the least liked of the old prequels. Crusaders was a bit more reserved in this regard.
The movie asks us to take a bunch of things, and it keeps throwing them out there.
- Abuse of CGI in every turn
- Nuclear Explosion w/ Lead-lined Refridgerator
- Monkeys/Vines
- Ants
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- Weaker script than previous films; less cohesiveness
- etc
The more you add, the more absurd it gets, the harder it is to appreciate what they're trying to do. As a personal matter, I'm really getting furious with Hollywood's move to completely replace real sets and stuntwork with green screens and computer hackery. I have no problem with CG as an art form, but Indiana Jones is precisely the type of series it should NOT be abused in. Here, we see just what this latest movement can destroy.
As I said, I still have some level of fun with this movie but it is dramatically inferior to the previous entries.