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Quick Review: Indiana Jones…Kingdom…Crystal Skull

Started by Anthony · 10 months ago

Maybe my expectations were too high.  Maybe I let all the hype and buzz around the movie get to me.  Maybe it was remembering how the previous movies made me feel.  Maybe it was nostalgia.  Maybe it was Lucas and Spielberg together again.   I ... Continue reading »

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  • Obsidian

    1 year ago

    I think they suffered from the same problem Phantom Menance had, impossible for it to live up to the hype. People wanted to be transported back to the "good old days" of the first three films. The problem is that the good old day where never as good as we remember them. If raiders where to come out now it would be a marginal hit.
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  • Beezy

    1 year ago

    The problem with the film is that the storyline is not challenging to comtemporary audiences. How maany times has the whole " Area 51, frozen alien in the desert," cliche been exhaustively played out in the movies and on television.

    How many different ways can "Thevin' Stealberg," portray an alien with an oblong head...Close Encounters, E.T. Why borrow from a genre he benchmarked many years ago?
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