Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull Discussion Thread (Spoilers)

[scubasteve]

I must admit... the mushroom cloud shot was pretty badass. Glad I got to see it on the big screen. Reason enough not to wait for the rental

 

[Kabukiman]

Blame Alfred Hitchcock

Damn you, Hitchock!!!!

 

[Trevolver]

Okay guys...it's time to lose all faith in this kid's judgment....I saw Indy again today with my Mom and brother....and I gotta say, I feel like I REALLY shortchanged a great movie.

I couldn't be MORE happy to feel so wrong about it. I guess I'm not cut out for midnight showings, or something...today, I had so much fun with it. There are plenty of scenes that work beautifully in this movie.

It gets better as you give it more viewings, obviously . I'm thinking in a week or so I'll have to go out and see it again. There's too much that's great about it to condemn it for what's funky.

You know, I dunno if this is my imagination or not, but the first viewing I watched, the film was shown with digital projectors, and it seemed SO clean and un-lived-in. The second viewing today was shown on traditional projectors, and it had a beautiful grainy quality with little pops. It felt just right. and the sound was so much bigger.

huh....who knew?! This Indy fan nearly wants to shed a tear...
Trev

 

[DarkArtist81]

That's awesome to hear, Trev. I was so sad that you didn't enjoy it the first time bro, I was hoping you'd give it a second chance. Glad you liked it the second time. I'm really excited to see it again myself. Peeked in a few times at work today to catch a few scenes.

 

[Bannister]

If I have to read or hear the word "McGuffin" one more time, I'm going to ^^^^ing puke.

I've never even heard that term before, the new Indy flick comes out and suddenly everyone's a ^^^^ing expert.

Whatever you do, don't ever start a thread asking what was in the briefcase in Pulp Fiction.

 

[Ven]

had to be a spielberg film to have aliens in it..

 

[Ven]

it was an amazing movie though.. loved it... tahst why I'm buying the SST figure now... pudgy sculpt and all.

 

[Bannister]

I agree with Dave in that it is no better or worse than any of the sequels. I watched all 3 on Thursday and saw Crystal Skull on Friday. Enjoyed it. Nothing can compete with Raiders, though. I just love that movie.

 

[Bannister]

had to be a spielberg film to have aliens in it..

People act like all his movies have aliens. I am still pissed none showed up in Schindler's List.

 

[Ven]

I really REALLY loved this film.. it was great man.. I felt like a kid watch'n ol' indy on his amazing adventures.. yes I did wear a leather jacket to watch it.

 

[Kabukiman]

I agree with the multiple viewing assessment that's been goin' round, but I wouldn't expect all of the haters to come to. Sometimes a hater is just a hater.

I almost went for a 3rd viewing tonight, but figured I wouldn't push it

I wish there was a digital screen 'round me. The one thing I hate about going to the movie theater is thinking how much better it's going to look at home.

 

[Ven]

I don't know what you guys are talking about.. I loved it on the first viewing.. I loved raiders.. I liked last crusade.. everything felt so fresh and new to me.. and I'm so glad they didn't leave it ambiguous that shia was his kid, like superman returns.. I hated that part..I like the fact that they came out and said it. I loved the humor, action, and everything that came with the movie.

 

[The Ringer]

I agree with the multiple viewing assessment that's been goin' round, but I wouldn't expect all of the haters to come to. Sometimes a hater is just a hater.

I almost went for a 3rd viewing tonight, but figured I wouldn't push it

I wish there was a digital screen 'round me. The one thing I hate about going to the movie theater is thinking how much better it's going to look at home.

I can't wait to view this at home come christmas time!

 

[William Shatners Toupee]

Just saw it tonight and really liked it. :chew :chew

 

[IrishJedi]

Okay guys...it's time to lose all faith in this kid's judgment....I saw Indy again today with my Mom and brother....and I gotta say, I feel like I REALLY shortchanged a great movie.

I couldn't be MORE happy to feel so wrong about it. I guess I'm not cut out for midnight showings, or something...today, I had so much fun with it. There are plenty of scenes that work beautifully in this movie.

It gets better as you give it more viewings, obviously . I'm thinking in a week or so I'll have to go out and see it again. There's too much that's great about it to condemn it for what's funky.

huh....who knew?! This Indy fan nearly wants to shed a tear...
Trev

And so it has begun...

 

[Agent0028]

What the heck is a McGuffin anyways? I've never heard the term before either.

 

[DarkArtist81]

What the heck is a McGuffin anyways? I've never heard the term before either.

It's basically an item in a film that is an object of great importance, but it really doesn't matter in the end.. it's not what the story itself is really about. Here is the Wiki note on it...

A MacGuffin (sometimes McGuffin) is a plot device that motivates the characters or advances the story, but the details of which are of little or no importance otherwise.

The element that distinguishes a MacGuffin from other types of plot devices is that it is not important what the object specifically is. Anything that serves as a motivation will do. The MacGuffin might even be ambiguous. Its importance is accepted by the story's characters, but it does not actually have any effect on the story. It can be generic or left open to interpretation.

The MacGuffin is common in films, especially thrillers. Commonly, though not always, the MacGuffin is the central focus of the film in the first act, and later declines in importance as the struggles and motivations of characters play out. Sometimes the MacGuffin is all but forgotten by the end of the film.

The director and producer Alfred Hitchcock popularized both the term "MacGuffin" and the technique. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, Hitchcock explained the term in a 1939 lecture at Columbia University: "[We] have a name in the studio, and we call it the 'MacGuffin.' It is the mechanical element that usually crops up in any story. In crook stories it is almost always the necklace and in spy stories it is most always the papers."

Interviewed in 1966 by François Truffaut, Alfred Hitchcock illustrated the term "MacGuffin" with this story:

"It might be a Scottish name, taken from a story about two men in a train. One man says, 'What's that package up there in the baggage rack?' And the other answers, 'Oh that's a McGuffin.' The first one asks 'What's a McGuffin?' 'Well' the other man says, 'It's an apparatus for trapping lions in the Scottish Highlands.' The first man says, 'But there are no lions in the Scottish Highlands,' and the other one answers 'Well, then that's no McGuffin!' So you see, a McGuffin is nothing at all."

 

[tomandshell]

 

[DarkArtist81]

GOOD one Tom... I seriously, no joke... spit up my beer..

 

[tomandshell]

The best thing about them is that you can sometimes get two of them for only $3.