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

[dwing]

I have 3 kids 10,7 and 5. All three loved the movie. My daughter(5) covered her eyes at the ant sceen and that was it. I actually make my boys go out and kill little animals just so they aren't emasculated by todays society. If that was my kid I would have told him to shut up or I would give him something to cry about.

 

[BadMoon]

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

I wouldn't exactly go that far when talking about a 6 year old boy.

 

[IrishJedi]

Well, people can raise their own kids however they choose, of course. But as a father of three I think 6 years old is far too old to be carrying on like that at a movie... especially to the point where you have to leave the theater.

I have a 5 year old boy and he only acted like that when he was 1-3 and then quickly learned that it's unacceptable and only babies should behave like babies. Hell, my girls weren't even like that at age 6.

 

[BadMoon]

Well, people can raise their own kids however they choose, of course. But as a father of three I think 6 years old is far too old to be carrying on like that at a movie... especially to the point where you have to leave the theater.

I have a 5 year old boy and he only acted like that when he was 1-3 and then quickly learned that it's unacceptable and only babies should behave like babies. Hell, my girls weren't even like that at age 6.

I can't comment to that extent as I am not a parent. I do remember my dad taking me to Jedi when I was 3 and I didn't make a peep. Today though parents from what I see are not allowed to talk to their kids let alone punish them. God forbid they spank them and teach them what is what. But that is a whole different discussion and one I will not get into.

 

[IrishJedi]

I hear ya on that one.

 

[tomandshell]

I am not really into spanking my kids much--and definitely not in public. But I can keep them quiet at the movies, and they know what is expected of them. All three of them sat through Indy without being a distraction to the other people in the theater. There's nothing worse than somebody who brings their kid(s) to the movies and doesn't keep them quiet.

 

[The Josh]

Opening night when I went to see Indy some lady during the previews had to take her baby out cause it started crying. I was happy because it didn't ruin the movie but was like who in the hell brings a baby to a movie.

 

[BadMoon]

Opening night when I went to see Indy some lady during the previews had to take her baby out cause it started crying. I was happy because it didn't ruin the movie but was like who in the hell brings a baby to a movie.

I can give you a perfect example. As some of you know my wife and I love Disney and go whenever we can. However, we can never understand the parents that lug their kids around the whole vacation. They are always screaming and throwing fits. It is not the kids faults. They are young and tired. I am not talking about 10 year olds. I am talking about the people running around with New York accents and have their kids in strollers because it is the in thing to do. Kinda like Paris Hilton walking around with her dog in a bag. I say let your kids grow up before you take them. Infants don't work at Disney. Not only are you annoying but your kids are too!

 

[RoboDad]

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.

Whether one scenario is more enjoyable to you isn't the issue. I don't have any problem with that. People have different likes and dislikes.

But they some people are talking, it seems as if they think it actually would be possible to survive that raft jump from the plane. The reality is that both scenarios would leave anyone other than Indy as a none-too-attractive corpse. But both were pretty well done for my taste, because both were done as sly parodies of the kind of thing that was common in the 'B' movies from their respective eras.

The serials of the 30's often had people surviving falls that no mere mortal could really survive, and many a sci-fi film from the 50's had their heroes survive 'atomic' detonations with nothing more than a few scratches and a slightly rumpled suit.

 

[Darth Cruel]

These movies are all about impossible escapes from death's maw. I shouldn't have listened to the people who hated it. It was not a GREAT movie. But it was fun. I liked it and will add it to the DVD collection when it becomes available in that format.

 

[DarthNeil]

I have 3 kids 10,7 and 5. All three loved the movie. My daughter(5) covered her eyes at the ant sceen and that was it. I actually make my boys go out and kill little animals just so they aren't emasculated by todays society. If that was my kid I would have told him to shut up or I would give him something to cry about.

That kind of freaks me out... Hopefully there won't be a progression from puppies and kittens to people like most homicidal lunatics.

 

[Agent0028]

Whether one scenario is more enjoyable to you isn't the issue. I don't have any problem with that. People have different likes and dislikes.

But they some people are talking, it seems as if they think it actually would be possible to survive that raft jump from the plane. The reality is that both scenarios would leave anyone other than Indy as a none-too-attractive corpse. But both were pretty well done for my taste, because both were done as sly parodies of the kind of thing that was common in the 'B' movies from their respective eras.

The serials of the 30's often had people surviving falls that no mere mortal could really survive, and many a sci-fi film from the 50's had their heroes survive 'atomic' detonations with nothing more than a few scratches and a slightly rumpled suit.

Well yeah that's just silly. Although I suppose in some ways I think that you're more likely to survive the raft outta the airplane bit better than the atomic bomb in the fridge bit. Don't ask me why, because I have no clue, I know it's crazy. But then for me the atomic bomb isn't a scene I hate or anything, its just my most disliked part in the movie (of which there were only two or three). And at least I'm consistent in a way, I didn't mind the waterfall sequence, I enjoyed that whole bit.

 

[Darklord Dave]

I have more of a problem with the raft jump than the atomic fridge, but that's just me.

In fact when I first saw KotCS I was thinking when he got in the fridge, "well, it might protect him from the blast, but when he gets out he'll die from the radiation." The fact that it blew out of the town got around that little problem.

On the 2nd viewing I was thinking - "why is Indy's fridge the only appliance to be blown out of town?" It might have been better to have large debris raining down around Indy's landing site.

 

[Bannister]

Opening night when I went to see Indy some lady during the previews had to take her baby out cause it started crying. I was happy because it didn't ruin the movie but was like who in the hell brings a baby to a movie.

I still love the time I saw From Hell and the person in front of me had a baby that started crying. The best part was they stood up trying to calm the baby down before they gave up and left. Thank god the theatre had nice stadium seating.

 

[The Josh]

That would be funny and pissing me off at the same time. I know when I have kids or at least I pray I'm not as clueless as some parents out there.

 

[Bannister]

That would be funny and pissing me off at the same time. I know when I have kids or at least I pray I'm not as clueless as some parents out there.

Another time was when I saw Ocean's Eleven. There was this little kid just running around the theatre most of the movie. I got free tickets out of that one.

 

[The Josh]

Nice!

 

[Bannister]

Oh yeah and there was the time I saw Pan's Labyrinth in the 18 and over only screen. This couple had a baby that luckily behaved. I did ask one of the guys at the customer service desk why am I paying extra for an 18 and over screen if you are going to let people bring babies in. He said, well if the baby starts crying they can leave. I was like, dude that defeats the whole ^^^^ing purpose of having a screen that is 18 and over only. Boggles my ^^^^ing mind.

 

[Agent0028]

I have more of a problem with the raft jump than the atomic fridge, but that's just me.

In fact when I first saw KotCS I was thinking when he got in the fridge, "well, it might protect him from the blast, but when he gets out he'll die from the radiation." The fact that it blew out of the town got around that little problem.

On the 2nd viewing I was thinking - "why is Indy's fridge the only appliance to be blown out of town?" It might have been better to have large debris raining down around Indy's landing site.

Funny, that was my reaction too, except I didn't like it being blown out of the town.

 

[The Josh]

Oh yeah and there was the time I saw Pan's Labyrinth in the 18 and over only screen. This couple had a baby that luckily behaved. I did ask one of the guys at the customer service desk why am I paying extra for an 18 and over screen if you are going to let people bring babies in. He said, well if the baby starts crying they can leave. I was like, dude that defeats the whole ^^^^ing purpose of having a screen that is 18 and over only. Boggles my ^^^^ing mind.

Yeah, thats a serious WTF moment. Totally defeats the purpose and shots the lack of intelligence on the viewer/theaters part.