Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

NOTE: NO SPOILERS

Wow, finally got to see Indiana Jones IV. Now there is a one movie that should have never have been made! It was beyond horrible, Harrison Ford, seemed to be just reading his lines, Steven Spielberg's name is no longer synonymous with modern high end special effects, since they all were right out of the 1980's. The only part that saw a modern computer was close ups of Ford's face where it was obvious they had retouched it, but not the other parts in the scene behind him.

The plot, writing, timing, editing, were all off, and hodge-podge at best. In the three previous movies we could suspend disbelief a wee bit on how Indy would get out of a situation, but not this time! They didn't even try to give us a plausible reason for him staying alive through some of the stunts and situations.

The only good thing I can say about the movie, is the current trend of "fore head to lower neck" style of close up wasn't used. For those that don't know, this is used by lazy film makers. It allows for no background work or scene set up needing to be done, since the actor's head fills the screen.

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