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wolfsbride) wrote2010-01-08 11:59 pm
wolfsbride) wrote2010-01-08 11:59 pm
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Day 8 - Kingdom of the CGI Monkeys???
Okay, so as I mentioned, yesterday I bought a box set of Indiana Jones. Having heard SO much about movie number four, I decided to start with that one. Here are some random thoughts I had as I was watching. Wouldn't call it a review. For fun, you can try to figure out what scenes I'm talking about.
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1. When the movie opened with what I'm pretty sure was a CGI ground hog, I knew instantly not to have any great expectations. So I think that helped in terms of not being horribly disappointed. This was confirmed when I saw that George 'I Can't Afford A Decent Toupee' Lucas had written the story. I seriously think the toupee glue has seeped into his brain and that's why he writes such hideous things.
2. Why are all the guards outside just waiting to get shot???? That's terribly handy but I would have thought at least three of the five guards would have stayed in the little house. Probably would have only extended their lives by a few minutes, but they might have been able to get a warning off or something. I dunno.
3. OH MY GOSH!!! THE HAT!!! HOW DARE YOU TREAT THE SACRED HAT THUSLY! :-D Can you tell I love Indy's fedora?
4. I'm not sure why they chose to shoot the beginning of the scene from above. It's not like we don't KNOW it's Indiana they've pulled out of the trunk. Also, heh. I like how when they pull Indy out, fifteen guys with guns move in.
5. Nice silhouette. Also, nice yelling. In Russian, I guess.
6. Are we supposed to know the guy with Indy? Will have to look it up.
7. Hey look! It's a villian! The head villain. Kinda looks like she moonlights as a dominatrix.
8. Yawn. Now I'm bored. Stop talking lady and do something! Why do villains feel the need to blah blah blah their life story?!??!?! Note to self: If I ever become a villain, will quickly beat the information out of the hero. Will not pause to reminisce about how I became a villain. He's not my best friend. He doesn't need to know such things.
9. Oh my! She's psychic? Or just psycho?
10. Hmm... Is it just me or is the inside of the warehouse CGI?
11. Nice trick with the gun powder. I wonder if that actually works.
12. Grouchy barking orders Indy is hot.
13. Heh. I liked that the guy's glasses zipped off.
14. Head Villain has a nice expression on her face.
15. Blink.. where was he hiding the bull whip??? And wouldn't they have frisked him down before dumping him in the trunk?
16. Okay, Indy's chubby friend.. hold the gun like you mean it.
17. Indy using his bull whip and falling into the front of the truck and then into the truck and then out of the truck and... Very confusing stunt work. Will have to go back and re watch that part to figure out what the heck is going on.
18. Uhoh. Countdowns are never good!
19. Wow what a way to die. Fricassee communists.
20. Nice bomb effect. A bit too clean though I would have thought. And really.. would hiding in the fridge have helped??? I’d have thought the fridge would have melted along with everything else
21. Damn gophers!
22. What the heck???? Should he even BE that close to a mushroom cloud???? It looks like it’s just over there from him.
23. AHAHHAHAHAHA!!! DECONTAMINATION!
24. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I love that he has Sean Connery’s picture there. I wonder if they had to pay Mr Connery 50,000 for that :) And aww. Indy looks so sad staring at his dad’s picture.
25. Okay wot? Was Shia trying to impersonate Marlon Brando or something????
26. Nice car/motorcycle chase.
27. Were we really all better dead than red? I dunno. I kinda like life, thanks.
28. INDY’S HANDS ON MUTTS WAIST AND MUTT BEING ALL WHEE BACK AT INDY.
29. HAHHAHAHA!!! NICE LECTURE IN THE LIBRARY INDY
30. HAHAHAHAHA POOR INDY. 80 INDEED. You're asking for a spanking, Mr Mutt Williams
31. Living dead indeed. Looks like the cast leftover from a cheap martial arts movie.
32. I sure wouldn’t be reaching into any strange holes.
33. Shades of the scorpion king. Also, aren't all scorpions poisonous? Or at least their bites are horribly painful?
34. Hm... Archeology was obviously a lot LESS careful in the olden days.
35. Hahaha oops! It appears we were followed!
At this point I stopped making notes, since I was running out of time. However, just one more. WHEN DID SHIA BECOME TARZAN????
In conclusion, it really wasn't as bad as I had expected it to be from what I had heard about it. It wasn't MIND NUMBINGLY dreadful. But neither was it excellent. It was definitely the WORSE of the lot mind you, but it did have it's charming moments and overall it could have been much much worse. It could have been Howard the Duck.
For starters, it should have been half an hour shorter. And while I really liked seeing Indy in his academia role with the grabbing at books and figuring stuff out and whatnots, I really wished they'd have picked something other than aliens to cap his career off with. In my mind, Indiana Jones should have gone out in a FIERY BLAZE OF NAZI KILLING GLORY. Not... marriage.
****
1. When the movie opened with what I'm pretty sure was a CGI ground hog, I knew instantly not to have any great expectations. So I think that helped in terms of not being horribly disappointed. This was confirmed when I saw that George 'I Can't Afford A Decent Toupee' Lucas had written the story. I seriously think the toupee glue has seeped into his brain and that's why he writes such hideous things.
2. Why are all the guards outside just waiting to get shot???? That's terribly handy but I would have thought at least three of the five guards would have stayed in the little house. Probably would have only extended their lives by a few minutes, but they might have been able to get a warning off or something. I dunno.
3. OH MY GOSH!!! THE HAT!!! HOW DARE YOU TREAT THE SACRED HAT THUSLY! :-D Can you tell I love Indy's fedora?
4. I'm not sure why they chose to shoot the beginning of the scene from above. It's not like we don't KNOW it's Indiana they've pulled out of the trunk. Also, heh. I like how when they pull Indy out, fifteen guys with guns move in.
5. Nice silhouette. Also, nice yelling. In Russian, I guess.
6. Are we supposed to know the guy with Indy? Will have to look it up.
7. Hey look! It's a villian! The head villain. Kinda looks like she moonlights as a dominatrix.
8. Yawn. Now I'm bored. Stop talking lady and do something! Why do villains feel the need to blah blah blah their life story?!??!?! Note to self: If I ever become a villain, will quickly beat the information out of the hero. Will not pause to reminisce about how I became a villain. He's not my best friend. He doesn't need to know such things.
9. Oh my! She's psychic? Or just psycho?
10. Hmm... Is it just me or is the inside of the warehouse CGI?
11. Nice trick with the gun powder. I wonder if that actually works.
12. Grouchy barking orders Indy is hot.
13. Heh. I liked that the guy's glasses zipped off.
14. Head Villain has a nice expression on her face.
15. Blink.. where was he hiding the bull whip??? And wouldn't they have frisked him down before dumping him in the trunk?
16. Okay, Indy's chubby friend.. hold the gun like you mean it.
17. Indy using his bull whip and falling into the front of the truck and then into the truck and then out of the truck and... Very confusing stunt work. Will have to go back and re watch that part to figure out what the heck is going on.
18. Uhoh. Countdowns are never good!
19. Wow what a way to die. Fricassee communists.
20. Nice bomb effect. A bit too clean though I would have thought. And really.. would hiding in the fridge have helped??? I’d have thought the fridge would have melted along with everything else
21. Damn gophers!
22. What the heck???? Should he even BE that close to a mushroom cloud???? It looks like it’s just over there from him.
23. AHAHHAHAHAHA!!! DECONTAMINATION!
24. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I love that he has Sean Connery’s picture there. I wonder if they had to pay Mr Connery 50,000 for that :) And aww. Indy looks so sad staring at his dad’s picture.
25. Okay wot? Was Shia trying to impersonate Marlon Brando or something????
26. Nice car/motorcycle chase.
27. Were we really all better dead than red? I dunno. I kinda like life, thanks.
28. INDY’S HANDS ON MUTTS WAIST AND MUTT BEING ALL WHEE BACK AT INDY.
29. HAHHAHAHA!!! NICE LECTURE IN THE LIBRARY INDY
30. HAHAHAHAHA POOR INDY. 80 INDEED. You're asking for a spanking, Mr Mutt Williams
31. Living dead indeed. Looks like the cast leftover from a cheap martial arts movie.
32. I sure wouldn’t be reaching into any strange holes.
33. Shades of the scorpion king. Also, aren't all scorpions poisonous? Or at least their bites are horribly painful?
34. Hm... Archeology was obviously a lot LESS careful in the olden days.
35. Hahaha oops! It appears we were followed!
At this point I stopped making notes, since I was running out of time. However, just one more. WHEN DID SHIA BECOME TARZAN????
In conclusion, it really wasn't as bad as I had expected it to be from what I had heard about it. It wasn't MIND NUMBINGLY dreadful. But neither was it excellent. It was definitely the WORSE of the lot mind you, but it did have it's charming moments and overall it could have been much much worse. It could have been Howard the Duck.
For starters, it should have been half an hour shorter. And while I really liked seeing Indy in his academia role with the grabbing at books and figuring stuff out and whatnots, I really wished they'd have picked something other than aliens to cap his career off with. In my mind, Indiana Jones should have gone out in a FIERY BLAZE OF NAZI KILLING GLORY. Not... marriage.