A simple question.

[triedunture]

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull:

What the fuck was that movie about?

Discuss.

Comments

[jane-hidell.livejournal.com]

It was all about selling DVDs of the first three movies, as people would remember how good those were and be desperate to cram that version of Indiana Jones back into their psyches.

Or it was about monkeys idk.

[triedunture.livejournal.com]

Yeah, why the eff did the Amazon monkeys suddenly decide to attack the Russians?

NATURE. UR DOIN IT WRONG.

[podfic-lover.livejournal.com]

I had the feeling, the authors had watched too much X-Files and not realised that these times were over.

I only hope they don't try to sell us Indi Junior adventures. It can go only down further.

[triedunture.livejournal.com]

Do you remember the Young Indiana Jones tv show from back in the day? It was put in the Saturday evening time slot to kill it dead several times over, but it was fun. Cute. Smart. Not...like this.

[podfic-lover.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah! I even had a little crush on Sean Patrick Flanery. *facepalm*

But Shia LaBeouf's awful Marlon Brando imitation was just creepy! If they want to rejuvenate the films they should stay in Indi's time line. Otherwise we have an Indi Junior fighting against vietcong or meeting hippies during woodstock.

And the marriage at the end? WTF, I so can't see that end well. It's completely out of character.

[triedunture.livejournal.com]

AGREED. Indy is not the marrying type. No one woman can keep him in line; he's a rebel!

[podfic-lover.livejournal.com]

*nods emphatically*

And we love him like that! With such a guy you can be best friends, flirt and even have sex, but you never should try to bind him to you. That's the end of this friendship.

[cadeira.livejournal.com]

You obviously underestimate the cultural significance of Shia LaBeouf´s badly coiffed hair, Cate Blanchett´s plain depiction of a badly written sowjet mentalist and the question "How long will it take until they actually confirm in dialogue that they are father and son and will it be funny?"
(90 minutes after 80 % of the audience had figured it out and "No!")

And don´t you see the value in the expansion of your personal horizon by the knowledge that fridges save you from being affected by nuclear explosions?

The returning hat was my highlight...

[triedunture.livejournal.com]

At the point that he survived being thrown several kilometers in an unpadded fridge during a nuclear blast, I threw my hands up in the air and said: "FINE. YOU'RE A CRAP MOVIE. I GIVE UP TRYING TO UNDERSTAND YOU."

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

I think someone on my flist has started using "nuked the fridge" as a synonym for "jumped the shark".

[hwshipper.livejournal.com]

It was about Harrison Ford presumably needing to top up his pension fund.

[euclase.livejournal.com]

It was about dogs!

[triedunture.livejournal.com]

...I don't remember seeing any dogs.

Oh. I see now.

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

Ensuring Harrison Ford has enough in his pension fund?

/eta: great minds, hwshipper *blush*

[triedunture.livejournal.com]

Lolz, he IS old. Everyone agrees!

[theempress14.livejournal.com]

I think is was about....

IT'S THE FIFTIES! IT'S THE FIFTIES! HEY HEY! GUYS! DID YOU SEE THE GREASERS AND THE ELVIS MUSIC!? BECAUSE IT'S THE FIFTIES NOW!

Then- Cate Blanchett looking badass, Indy and Mutt having this creepy sexual tension even though EVERYONE in the audience already knows they're related, and finally George Lucas and Steven Speilburg not being able to keep there xenophobia in check. You two have a separate franchise for that.

[triedunture.livejournal.com]

I NO RITE.

Where are all these ancient Central Americans coming from!? Popping up out of nowhere!

[narfistic.livejournal.com]

It's funny you should ask. My six-year-old asked me that exact question a couple of days ago, and I was unable to answer him. (My first attempt, "it is about Indiana Jones" was scornfully rejected.) I ended up realizing i don't remember any of it. Except the motorcycle which they packed and brought on the ship, but which was never used. Or did I dream that part?

I think south park pretty much had it right.

[chance-harper.livejournal.com]

The episode is "the China Problem"
About half the episode is about the boys seeing the movie and doing something about it.
The other half Carman and Butters infiltrate PF Changs to find out what China is up to.

Please to enjoy.

The movie was about Lucas and Speilburg raping my childhood hero.