With childlike mentality this movie insults its viewers with a never ending barrage of implausible situations and CGI overload. Add to this a script that would have been rejected by even the makers of the 'Spy Kid' movies and you have a true recipe for disaster.
At first, I thought the over-the-top action scenes were just a way to pay homage to silent films or at least some kind of inside joke. Sadly, I soon began to realize the joke was on me. The film makers actually thought this train wreck unfolding on the screen in front of me was "entertainment".
The parallels that will be made between this movie and the Phantom Menace will be endless. No doubt fans of both franchises will debate about which film let them down the most. As for my opinion, at least the Phantom Menace had the lightsaber scenes. What did this film have? Shia LaBeouf swinging on some vine like Tarzan with his monkey friends. Oh yeah, that was really cool. I mean come on even a Disney production would have left that scene on the cutting room floor.
Come to think of it maybe this film really is supposed to be a joke. Maybe this is all some kind of sick, twisted Lucas/Spielberg experiment. I can just see them now, sitting on some remote island sipping martinis and laughing about how gullible and stupid the American public is for actually paying money to see this inexcusable pile of garbage.
My prediction is that this film will make a load of money but still be considered a cinematic failure. It won't happen at first. People will not be able accept or grasp that the film they just saw could have actually been that bad, that Spielberg could have allowed such a thing to happen or that an Indiana Jones movie could sink to such lows.
However, once the dust settles, once the charm of seeing Indiana Jones back again wears off, the true quality of this film will become apparent. Sadly, it is about as good as 'Battlefield Earth'.
A sad end to a great series.
At first, I thought the over-the-top action scenes were just a way to pay homage to silent films or at least some kind of inside joke. Sadly, I soon began to realize the joke was on me. The film makers actually thought this train wreck unfolding on the screen in front of me was "entertainment".
The parallels that will be made between this movie and the Phantom Menace will be endless. No doubt fans of both franchises will debate about which film let them down the most. As for my opinion, at least the Phantom Menace had the lightsaber scenes. What did this film have? Shia LaBeouf swinging on some vine like Tarzan with his monkey friends. Oh yeah, that was really cool. I mean come on even a Disney production would have left that scene on the cutting room floor.
Come to think of it maybe this film really is supposed to be a joke. Maybe this is all some kind of sick, twisted Lucas/Spielberg experiment. I can just see them now, sitting on some remote island sipping martinis and laughing about how gullible and stupid the American public is for actually paying money to see this inexcusable pile of garbage.
My prediction is that this film will make a load of money but still be considered a cinematic failure. It won't happen at first. People will not be able accept or grasp that the film they just saw could have actually been that bad, that Spielberg could have allowed such a thing to happen or that an Indiana Jones movie could sink to such lows.
However, once the dust settles, once the charm of seeing Indiana Jones back again wears off, the true quality of this film will become apparent. Sadly, it is about as good as 'Battlefield Earth'.
A sad end to a great series.
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