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

[Kratos]

In all I think it was an Excellent film and it is receiving a lot of negative response for nothing.
I think that if Sean Connery was to make an Appearance in the film it would of been at the end as 'The Gift' to Indy

 

[RoboDad]

No way, dude. The Fridge saving him is the 1950s Cold War equivalent of surviving a plane jump on an inflatable rubber raft. Once you get used to it, it's just good fun and 100% Indy.

Perfectly said. I am really having a hard time understanding how people are complaining with such vitriol about the Doom Town sequence, and (apparently) giving the airplane raft jump a pass. One is just as far-fetched as the other, and both are quintessential Indy.

 

[DarthNeil]

I enjoyed the fridge sequence...

This all reminds me when I saw Batman Forever in the theatre (the one and only time ). I'm sitting there throughout the movie there are the usual reactions and then when Val Kilmer's Batman jumps off the roof leaving Nicole Kidman's psychiatrist alone the guy in front of me lets out a disgusted "as if"... It's a guy dressing up like a giant bat and you're just not buying the believeability NOW???

Indy's a fictional character guys who should have already died twenty times+... He's not human... He exists in Lucas, Spielberg, and Ford's imagination--- and if you're lucky, in your heart.

 

[BadMoon]

LOL! A woman I work with just came in this morning to tell us her Indy story. She took her 6 year old to go see it. He started crying at the beginning because he said Indy was old. They didn't even make it half way through the movie because he was horrified. :chew

 

[DarthNeil]

In all I think it was an Excellent film and it is receiving a lot of negative response for nothing.
I think that if Sean Connery was to make an Appearance in the film it would of been at the end as 'The Gift' to Indy

I like that idea... It would have been a really nice approach. Shame he wasn't in it.

 

[zoid2323]

LOL! A woman I work with just came in this morning to tell us her Indy story. She took her 6 year old to go see it. He started crying at the beginning because he said Indy was old. They didn't even make it half way through the movie because he was horrified. :chew

Ouch now thats kinda funny.

 

[BadMoon]

Ouch now thats kinda funny.

She said she was so mad. They bought popcorn and hotdogs and all the fixings only to have him throw a fit.

 

[DarthNeil]

LOL! A woman I work with just came in this morning to tell us her Indy story. She took her 6 year old to go see it. He started crying at the beginning because he said Indy was old. They didn't even make it half way through the movie because he was horrified. :chew

Just to mention the flip side (although that anecdote is pretty funny) my eldest daughter's godparents' son (confusing enough?... call him my defacto godson) has been introduced to Indy (after I got him obsessed with SW much to his mother's delight) through KOTCS and he flipped out. He's six as well and now he wants to watch them all with his dad and he's buying up the toys at the same rate that I got him hooked on the SW stuff...

 

[BadMoon]

Just to mention the flip side (although that anecdote is pretty funny) my eldest daughter's godparents' son (confusing enough?... call him my defacto godson) has been introduced to Indy (after I got him obsessed with SW much to his mother's delight) through KOTCS and he flipped out. He's six as well and now he wants to watch them all with his dad and he's buying up the toys at the same rate that I got him hooked on the SW stuff...

Cool! That will be the fun part if I ever do have kids. Making them sit down and watch all this good stuff.

 

[DarthNeil]

Cool! That will be the fun part if I ever do have kids. Making them sit down and watch all this good stuff.

I've got two daughters so it looks like the majority of my collection which I was saving to be played with is going to be used for tea parties instead of fighting off the evil Empire or an army of Nazis.

Of course my two-year old loves R2-D2 so you never know...

 

[IrishJedi]

LOL! A woman I work with just came in this morning to tell us her Indy story. She took her 6 year old to go see it. He started crying at the beginning because he said Indy was old. They didn't even make it half way through the movie because he was horrified. :chew

Six years old??? That kid is a preened wuss and needs some tough love.

 

[miles]

My six year old loved it!!

 

[RoboDad]

LOL! A woman I work with just came in this morning to tell us her Indy story. She took her 6 year old to go see it. He started crying at the beginning because he said Indy was old. They didn't even make it half way through the movie because he was horrified. :chew

I'm not doubting you, but I find that story more than a little hard to believe. I think your coworker may be trying to be funny (and failing pretty badly). If it is true, that kid definitely needs some tough love.

 

[screamingmetal]

LOL! A woman I work with just came in this morning to tell us her Indy story. She took her 6 year old to go see it. He started crying at the beginning because he said Indy was old. They didn't even make it half way through the movie because he was horrified. :chew

I believe you, there was a boy about 6 that was squirming in the seat in front of me, his mom had to take him out of the theater to calm him down about 30 min. in. He was going off at the Walle and Kung Fu Panda trailers prior to it, and I think he was a little disappointed to not be seeing those at the moment.

 

[BadMoon]

I believe you, there was a boy about 6 that was squirming in the seat in front of me, his mom had to take him out of the theater to calm him down about 30 min. in. He was going off at the Walle and Kung Fu Panda trailers prior to it, and I think he was a little disappointed to not be seeing those at the moment.

Thats the tough part about kids. They are weird. LOL! You never know what they are going to like until they try it. You can and up pissing a lot of money away.

 

[IrishJedi]

Or more people could just raise their boys as boys and not girls.

 

[Agent0028]

Perfectly said. I am really having a hard time understanding how people are complaining with such vitriol about the Doom Town sequence, and (apparently) giving the airplane raft jump a pass. One is just as far-fetched as the other, and both are quintessential Indy.

I don't know why surviving an atomic blast in a fridge is harder for me to swallow than jumping out of the plane with a raft.

 

[The Josh]

The point is though you ain't gonna live through either most likely.

 

[Agent0028]

I know the point is that you're not going to live through either, but some improbable escapes from death are more enjoyable than others.

 

[The Josh]

Well, that may be true but I enjoyed both.