tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post2771782230867028853..comments2024-03-07T18:38:58.284-08:00Comments on kidchamp dot net: laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03429404210444847213noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-30511088816261970152008-05-27T12:46:59.000-07:002008-05-27T12:46:59.000-07:00See, I loved it, and I was expecting to hate it. ...See, I loved it, and I was expecting to hate it. I mean, the alien stuff was awful, but it was short, and I could ignore it. David liked it too, and we're usually the super critical movie duo. For the record, I love all the Indiana Jones movies (formulas and all) and I still watch them. So, I think I sort of watched it with my 10 year old hat on, but that doesn't stop the hating (see: Star Wars 1-3).<br /><br />I just thought it was a good formulaic Indiana Jones movie, with stupid stupid Aliens. I was calling stuff before it happened mind you "Snakes! We need snakes!" but as it goes with Indiana Jones, I was delighted each time a formula delivered.<br /><br />And it's good to see Hollywood showing us that you can still rock (hard) at 65. No one has mentioned much about how great that was, or how great it was to see a bad *ss, sexy, 50ish heroine.Megnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-52236923264857343592008-05-27T12:48:11.000-07:002008-05-27T12:48:11.000-07:00And to Joe, Indy never gets hit with machine gun f...And to Joe, Indy never gets hit with machine gun fire. It's just part of the deal.Megnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-6348805352775917772008-05-27T16:05:39.000-07:002008-05-27T16:05:39.000-07:00Doug and I saw it yesterday afternoon using ticket...Doug and I saw it yesterday afternoon using tickets I'd only paid $6.50 for...I'm not sure I'd use a word as hardline as 'execrable', but we were both pretty disappointed. We were pissed that we'd bothered to stand in a line for 1/2 hour and glad we hadn't paid full price. And whereas I gladly would (and do) watch the earlier movies again, I won't bother with this one. (We had actually watched 'Temple of Doom' last week, since I'd never seen it, and even that was better, Capshaw-screaming and all. The whole alien thing was just a bad idea.<br /><br />Harrison Ford looked old (hell, he is old), and when they showed the photograph of Sean Connery on his desk early on it only emphasized how much sexier S.C. is at an even older age.<br />I'm with you on the motorcycle chase (and have always loved the basket scene in 'Raiders')....but, hey, you started out early with this stuff, Lau: you saw 'Raiders' at a drive in when you were 2.Manoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-8841227352685696972008-05-27T17:16:50.000-07:002008-05-27T17:16:50.000-07:00I attended a midnight screening last wednesday and...I attended a midnight screening last wednesday and will admit that i was pretty disappointed with the film. the first 30-45 minutes were entertaining, sure, but i thought the only new scene that felt like the old movies was the nuclear testing site sequence with the refrigerator hide-out. i read an article or two that mentioned how audiences should be more understanding of the plot line -- why should nazis and the power of God be more believable than KGB agents and aliens? -- but i'm just not convinced. however, it is nice to know that alien mind power burns the ocular cavities first, just like the man upstairs. <br /><br />my favorite part of the evening was easily when a friend of mine, dressed in a full indiana jones costume, stood up at the end of the movie and said "what the f*ck was THAT?"<br /><br />also: i am embarassed that i share a birthday with shia labeouf. but since i was born first and thus closer to when the original movies were released, i win.babyjonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-47502901725316923372008-05-27T17:49:02.000-07:002008-05-27T17:49:02.000-07:00"sexy stalinist kneecaps"
Musta been so..."sexy stalinist kneecaps"<br /><br />Musta been some awe-inspiring kneecaps. Alluring, yet brutal. So: lotsa tar, and stragetically placed feathers?tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-41629595135803572232008-05-27T23:03:38.000-07:002008-05-27T23:03:38.000-07:00i've heard so many bad reviews by now that i&#...i've heard so many bad reviews by now that i'm saving my $11 for gas money! perhaps when it comes to video i'll netflix it...saranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-78659875796359689472008-05-28T07:03:12.000-07:002008-05-28T07:03:12.000-07:00ah, sara, but that's one thing about indiana j...ah, sara, but that's one thing about <i>indiana jones</i> movies that can never change, quality control be damned: they should always be seen on the big screen! i almost never shell out for seeing something in the theater, and i'd have plunked down for this one even if...if...it starred mischa barton. or audrey hepburn. together, even!<br /><br />@tom: no, but i'm confident she could've rocked that look, too. as the fug girls noted the other day re: <a href="http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/2008/05/indiana-jones-k.html" rel="nofollow">her questionable appearance at the indy premiere</a>, [S]he's standing there quietly transcending it, like she does with everything she wears: "Yeah, I'm awesome-looking. And talented. I could be wearing a mother'f'ing disco bathrobe and it wouldn't matter. Wait, I am? Whatever. Have you <i>seen</i> my skin?"laurennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-23642693638401666912008-05-29T02:15:33.000-07:002008-05-29T02:15:33.000-07:00Best part about seeing the movie was knowing what ...Best part about seeing the movie was knowing what these two little kids were talking about on the bus the next day:<br /><br />brother (about 9 years old): "I thought the aliens were pretty unbelievable as a plot twist, but you know, they pulled it off. They really pulled it off."<br /><br />sister (about 10): "Yeah."<br /><br />And I did like Karen Allen. But I would happily trade every single real Indiana Jones movie for this remake:<br /><br />http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/news/2007/05/diy_raiders<br /><br />made by actual kids in the 80's shot in order so you see them grow up over the course of the movie oh man it is so great! I saw it at a film festival here in SF, filmmakers in person, and smiled so hard the whole time that my face hurt.Hannahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-44109833147714470102008-05-31T02:39:45.000-07:002008-05-31T02:39:45.000-07:00Thought it was third-best in the Indiana Jones pan...Thought it was third-best in the Indiana Jones pantheon, if only because time, subsequent viewings, and 80's-kid nostalgia blind us to how cheesy Temple of Doom really was.<br /><br />I'd blame Lucas for most of the failings of this one, more than Spielberg. Lucas shared the story credits with Jeff Nathanson (of Rush Hour 2 & 3 and Speed 2 fame!) and that's where I thought the movie was weakest (he was also on as exec producer, with Spielberg minion Kathleen Kennedy). David Koepp's screenplay, as far as went for technical execution, was adequate, if not stellar. Despite that, the movie did a reasonably creditable job of wrapping up the franchise (bringing the father-son theme from the last movie full circle, and having Indiana finally make an honest woman out of Marion three movies later, I thought were decent touches).<br /><br />It's the basic story, which ripped-off every 1950s (nuclear paranoia! McCarthyism! Rebel without a clue!) and aliens (Chariot of the Gods! Stargate!) formula that Lucas could sneak past the legal department, that had me imagining the pitch-meeting while the movie was playing. Spielberg may have gotten the popcorn butter-flavoring in his veins ever since inventing the weekend blockbuster with Jaws in 1975, but subsequent outings have earned him his spurs many times over (Schindler's List and Private Ryan are a little too grim to make the point, but even ET and Minority Report engaged enough gray matter to be memorable). Lucas' high water mark was Star Wars in 1977, when he was still just a scrappy tech-geek and Nor-Cal quasi-indie oddball with a new and unproven idea that caught on. The following decades have not spoken as well of George's creative talents, the last 3 Star Wars movies offered as evidence, and have given the impression that he's engaged in nothing so much as a long-running quest to license more and more toys, which is, after all, how he got rich off of Star Wars in the first place.tangodeltagolfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-28837260180763497072008-06-03T15:00:24.000-07:002008-06-03T15:00:24.000-07:00Hi, you seem awesome. But no RSS feed? What am I...Hi, you seem awesome. But no RSS feed? What am I going to do?Amandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-9585066626693326562008-06-03T20:47:38.000-07:002008-06-03T20:47:38.000-07:00@Amanda: ...be heartened by the fact that i just n...@Amanda: ...be heartened by the fact that i just now sprouted a feed (upper right, below ye olde champ status log)? no, i'm getting ahead of myself; i probably added that code all wrong. hey, internets: if i did that right and it...feeds you at some point, let me know so i can congratulate myself!laurennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-78014764725688608262008-06-03T23:44:32.000-07:002008-06-03T23:44:32.000-07:00check! it works like a ... champ! congratulations!...check! it works like a ... champ! congratulations!saranoreply@blogger.com