Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull #3

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Op zondag 18 mei 2008 19:39 schreef speknek het volgende:
63% op rottentomatoes.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/indiana_jones_4/

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Screen Daily: It is exactly the kind of crowd-pleasing spectacle that the film needed to deliver in order to prove that Indy can still cut the mustard in the age of Bond and Bourne.

Variety: With an energy and enthusiasm bespeaking years of pent-up desire to get back to this sort of fun filmmaking, Spielberg sets the period spirit with a rock 'n' roll-fueled drag race and, with the characters' entry into the legendary Hangar 51, intimations of an other-worldly presence. As the aging issue is tossed off with a joke or two, the sixtysomething hero quickly proves that the passage of time will not be an inhibiting factor all these years later, as Indy trades smart remarks with the formidable Soviet officer Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett) before jumping into action the equal of any of the great setpieces the entire series has previously offered. Technically, film is every bit as accomplished as one expects from Spielberg and the series. Of the director's key original collaborators, editor Michael Kahn and composer John Williams return in full form.

Times Online: Never, I repeat never, underestimate the extraordinary imagination of Steven Spielberg. The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is an Olympic odyssey to discover El Dorado and the secrets of an ancient civilisation, and all the most beloved Indy challenges and horrors are conjured up like black magic. Spielberg’s most remarkable achievement is to retain most of the old-fashioned virtues of the original franchise. He is light on the digital buttons, and the swashbuckling is truly great. Harrison Ford, amazingly enough, performs most of his utterly barmy stunts; the actor is in damn good shape for a 65-year-old professor. The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is, quite simply, exquisite nonsense. Welcome back Indy. Lord knows we’ve missed you.

Time Magazine: There's a moment in the film where Mutt sees Indy negotiate some really cool bit of action, and the kid can't help mouth a "Wow." That's the right response to this inevitable summer blockbuster. Lucas, Spielberg and Ford ain't the Over the Hill Gang yet.

Empire Online: More will be revealed in Empire's official review, which we'll post in the morning, but for now, it's safe to say that Indy tamed Cannes, an obstinate crowd at the best of times. the biggest surprise is the look of Indy 4. Beautifully shot by Janusz Kaminszki, the style here is pastel-hued 50s, and the structure of the film follows suit. As promised by Lucas and Spielberg, the film has followed Indy into a new decade, with the Cold War on the rise, the American public looking for “Commies in their soup”, and the nuclear family becoming the norm (a gag the film literally riffs on). Gone is the pulpy Republic serial looks of the originals, in their place a sophisticate, brightly lit sheen, with nods to 50s films as diverse as The Wrong Man and Vertigo. Older readers might go so far as to liken it, in look, to the adventures that Fritz Lang made when he went back to work Germany in the late 50s: The Tiger Of Eschnapur and The Indian Tomb. So what to give away? Well, let's not talk about specifics, but the rate of beats, and they come thick and fast.

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Op zaterdag 17 mei 2008 21:32 schreef JOO het volgende:
FOXNews.com caught up with George Lucas at Cannes who had a lot to say about the new Indy film and its future.
"I haven’t even told Steven or Harrison this," he said. "I have an idea to make Shia [LaBeouf] the lead character next time and have Harrison [Ford] come back like Sean Connery did in the last movie. I can see it working out."

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Op maandag 19 mei 2008 09:27 schreef Sequencial het volgende:

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Op maandag 19 mei 2008 10:21 schreef Hankster het volgende:

Kom op hé, het is nog maar een eventueel ideetje dat misschien ooit eens uitgewerkt kan worden

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Na de eerste voorstelling van de film in Cannes werd geapplaudisseerd en verschenen al snel positieve kritieken.

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Op maandag 19 mei 2008 10:54 schreef Adidah het volgende:
Ik kan niet wachten . Jammer dat er nooit een verfilming is gekomen van Indiana Jones and The Faith of Atlantis, geweldig spel was dat.

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Op maandag 19 mei 2008 13:18 schreef Jeeh het volgende:

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Fate of Atlantis Maar ik geef je volkomen gelijk, zou het ook graag verfilmd zien.

Ben echt heel blij verrast dat hij in Cannes zo goed is ontvangen Hoewel maar weinigen hem echt geniaal vinden, krijgt hij toch overwegend positief commentaar. De Rotten Tomatoes score staat nu op 73%, wat zeker niet verkeerd is.

Damn, nog 1 nachtje slapen

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met Richard Dean Anderson, Brian Blessed en Sophie Ward

Een archeoloog, leermeester van MacGyver, is op het spoor van de toorts van de waarheid, een verloren schat van Atlantis. De archeologische vereniging wil echter niet garant staan voor onderzoek naar mytische steden en heroverweegt zelfs zijn aanstelling. Hij vraagt MacGyver daarom om mee te gaan op expeditie naar de Balkan, waar op dat moment een burgeroorlog woedt

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Op zondag 18 mei 2008 19:35 schreef Timo20 het volgende:
Courtesy of the magnificent BBC

Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford's dashing hero, was infamously named after George Lucas's pet dog. And there were rumours that the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - the fourth movie of the film franchise - was the runt of the litter.


So it came as a surprise to many people in Cannes that the film was so entertaining.
Swashes were buckled, rips were roared and sticks were slapped.

All the classic ingredients are thrown into the mix - murky temples with devilish contraptions, ancient pictographs scrawled on walls, and horrible creepy-crawlies scurrying over the imperilled heroine.
Director Steven Spielberg has largely jettisoned computer generated effects (much to the chagrin of tech freak Lucas) with the result that the film's action sequences have a visceral, physical quality you rarely find in modern-day blockbusters.

As ever, Spielberg brings both humour and visual flair to sequences where other films are happy to provide mere spectacle.

But this is no Phantom Menace or Godfather III. The quality control has been maintained, despite the 19-year wait.

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Op maandag 19 mei 2008 13:59 schreef Zhenar het volgende:

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Twighlight
Toen moest je nog zorgen dat je fysiek aan zo'n cd kwam via een vriendje oid
En daar stonden altijd alleen de versies op zonder filmpjes en stemmen
Gelukkig had FoA filmpjes noch stemmen, dus had je die gewoon compleet Die heb ik zelf volgens mij ook gewoon met floppy’s gekopieerd. De nostalgie