MightyHedgehog
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There are plenty of reasonable people in this thread. This topic seems pretty civil...for GAF, anyway.
Amir0x said:We're not here to kill those who liked it.
I wonder why every thread, it's like those on the dislike side and those on the like side cannot coexist. What happened to people having dissenting opinions, debating with passion and then realizing at the end of the day that we can't change each other's positions?
Every time any thread, why I or someone else is criticizing some film or game, it's like the people who love it are reading their kryptonite. Vice versa too!
Solo said:How could Spielberg even fit in another Indy in the next 5 years or so? He seems to be booked solid.
Solo said:How could Spielberg even fit in another Indy in the next 5 years or so? He seems to be booked solid (on more interesting projects, too). Looking forward to him finally making that Lincoln movie. Its been on the backburner for like a decade now. Hell, even Tintin makes me excited in ways another Indy can't.
Mifune said:Why are you confusing bad storytelling with lack of realism? The two have nothing to do with each other. The problem with Crystal Skull wasn't the fact that it was outlandish or unbelievable; it's that it was a semi-interesting story poorly told.
I feel like a great movie could have been made with this premise. Koepp let us down. As did Spielberg and Lucas for going ahead with this script.
This is the guy who often directs 2 pictures a year (JP and Schindler's List in 93, WotW and Munich in 2005...etc)Solo said:How could Spielberg even fit in another Indy in the next 5 years or so? He seems to be booked solid (on more interesting projects, too). Looking forward to him finally making that Lincoln movie. Its been on the backburner for like a decade now. Hell, even Tintin makes me excited in ways another Indy can't.
Cheebs said:This is the guy who often directs 2 pictures a year (JP and Schindler's List in 93, WotW and Munich in 2005...etc)
Lucas already says he has an idea for the plot of Indy V and is going to run it by Spielberg & Ford so I guess it has already startedScullibundo said:But he only does that when both pictures have already had at least a couple years of prep time already.
Cheebs said:Lucas already says he has an idea for the plot of Indy V and is going to run it by Spielberg & Ford so I guess it has already started
Well then he comes Indy V staring a 81 year old Harrison Ford!Scullibundo said:Lucas had the plot for KotCS back in '91
Cheebs said:This is the guy who often directs 2 pictures a year (JP and Schindler's List in 93, WotW and Munich in 2005...etc)
I may be a Indy fanboy but I right now am more excited about Lincoln than the possibility from Indy 5. I am so glad Chicago Seven fell apart, I had no interest in it.Solo said:Which he usually follows up with 3-4 years of no output whatsoever. I prefer my Spielberg to have something out at least every second year.
It's his next scheduled film after Lincoln right now.Scullibundo said:I hear that. Chicago Seven never really interested me.
Here's a better question: When the fuck is Spielberg going to do Interstellar?
border said:Was there any reason why the alien things killed the Russian chick? In all the previous movies there was a reason for the villain to bite it -- they violated the rules laid forth by some sort of mystical artifact. In this movie it seems like they killed her just because they are douchebags. Kind of stupid I think.
border said:Was there any reason why the alien things killed the Russian chick? In all the previous movies there was a reason for the villain to bite it -- they violated the rules laid forth by some sort of mystical artifact. In this movie it seems like they killed her just because they are douchebags. Kind of stupid I think.
Foreign Jackass said:Spielberg doing a biopic is about the least interesting thing I could see him doing. Same goes with Scorsese. God I hate biopics.
Solo said:I agree by and large about biopics, but I loved The Aviator, so Im torn.
Solo said:Fair enough. The other reason I want to see this particular biopic as that Roosevelt led a really interesting life.
Gangs is out on BD next month, looking forward to it.
Scullibundo said:The Aviator shits all over Gangs of New York. I would even go as far to say The Aviator is leagues ahead of The Departed. It just seemed to me that Scorsese took a whole lot more time and care to The Aviator, but then he always did love the golden age.
Edit: I'm guessing it was just me, but when I saw that shot of Indy standing infront of the mushroom cloud I really wanted to see a Spielberg-helmed T4.
Solo said:Its funny you should say that because The Aviator was about as far from a personal, pet project for Scorsese as you can get. Like on The Departed, he was a hired gun for The Aviator. Hell, Mann was set to direct until the 11th hour.
Solo said:Its funny you should say that because The Aviator was about as far from a personal, pet project for Scorsese as you can get. Like on The Departed, he was a hired gun for The Aviator. Hell, Mann was set to direct until the 11th hour.
Scullibundo said:Yes and no. Scorsese had always said he wanted to do a piece of the golden era of Hollywood, which is why we get a lot more exposition on that in the first half of the film. I know he also spent the latter half of a year not only going over the story with Leo, nailing down the character of Hughes; but going over the look he wanted with the art director. I'd say it was a project that whilst not originally envisioned as his, was injected with his own personality well before the cameras rolled.
Solo said:Dont get me wrong - the final product is very much Scorsese. Im just saying that it wasnt his baby. But things like the different color palettes for the different eras, the tracking shots, the scenes with Howard locked in the projection room - all classic Scorsese.
Ive always wondered how Mann's version would have been (Mann is another of my favorites).
He needs to skip all his current projects and do Interstellar. Who cares about mo-capped Tintin? Something I've also realized, his real-world dramas always frustrate me immensely with their sentimentalized politics, so I can't see myself ultimately liking Lincoln.Cheebs said:It's his next scheduled film after Lincoln right now.
I am hyped about that one. Chris Nolan's brother who wrote Memento and The Dark Knight is doing the script.
The original three were supposed to have the same feel as Republic serials. This new one is supposed to have the feel of 1950s B movies. Some of you are elevating the Indy movies to something they never were. If you want a more serious Indy you're actually going to have to look towards the Young Indiana Jones tv series.SantaC said:Indiana Jones is not just some B movie franchise, it's suppose to the pinnacle of adventure flicks; and on that level it fails horribly.
neight said:The original three were supposed to have the same feel as Republic serials. This new one is supposed to have the feel of 1950s B movies. Some of you are elevating the Indy movies to something they never were. If you want a more serious Indy you're actually going to have to look towards the Young Indiana Jones tv series.
neight said:The original three were supposed to have the same feel as Republic serials. This new one is supposed to have the feel of 1950s B movies. Some of you are elevating the Indy movies to something they never were. If you want a more serious Indy you're actually going to have to look towards the Young Indiana Jones tv series.