Comments on: Indiana Jones and the great divide

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of Fabian Perez The Extraordinary Art - Robert Bane Fine Art — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:11:55 +0000

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By: gwennyth

gwennyth — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:22:25 +0000

I'm surprised stephen sommers isn't suing lucas, koepp, and nathanson-

bugs engulfing a body? check
pyramid in a forgotton valley? check
temple that collapses? check
...in a swirl of CG? check
...taking the whole hidden valley with it? check
Escaping at the top of a shaft that has filled with water? check
mercenary who only looks out for money? check
..who never gets past the room of relics? check
..who dies during the temple's collapse because of his greed? check
relic that keeps away the bugs? check
..and the 'natives'? check
...and activates something in the pyramid? check
father, mother, son, all in the pyramid? check
jungle fight with darts? check
...and swinging vines? check

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:38:20 +0000

Since when have movies stopped being entertainment for people? Some of these posts seem to treat the Indy films as some sort of life-or-death tipping point!

These are fantastic rollercoaster rides; when I heard the whip crack and saw the fedora, I was 12 years old again! Many thanks to Spielberg, Lucas and Ford for bringing Indy back.

Those of you who are so twisted up in the mythology of Indy, Star Wars and the like, to declare war over a film are nuts. Take your "creative differences" and stow them in an unmarked crate in a New Mexican warehouse. Leave the rest of us out of it.

By: Gino M.

Gino M. — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:27:16 +0000

The movie was a dissapointment to me. The best parts though were the nuclear testing scene –awsome and the opening sequence with the car scene, and the waterfalls. The whole aliens and flying saucer theme was horrible. 90% of the film was an insult to my intelligence. Advanced species comeing to earth in the distant past teaching humans agriculture, canal contolling waterways, come on! This reminds me of Chariots of the Gods! Also–why would an advanced species look so much like us in terms of being bipedal,upright, 2 eyes , one mouth, carbon based....it doesnt add up. The chances that a species would evolve similar to humans is 1 in a 100 billion.
Anothe BIG flaw-having a lil bit of knowledge about ancient Mesoamerica. (it so happens to be my "area of interest"). The film showed the Aztec calender stone no fewer than 3 times throughout the film. ( it is from early 16th century) a few minutes later we see structures from classical Mayan , 200 BC , followed by Late Mayan /Toltec figures. It truly was annoying. And why the heck would they be located in the middle of the amazon jungle???!!!
In Nazca, again the builing on the hill was Mayan –not South American –no resemblence of Nazca or any other South American cultures. Yes in did get the fact that these "aliens" collected artwork –that explains what we saw in the structures, but not the structures themselves. Its like saying the empire state building in NY was built by trhe early dutch settlers or that the Capitol Building in DC was built by the ancient Romans. (get my drift). Its stupid and again i say its an insult to one's intelligence. Does anyone else see this? Please respond to this , i would love to hear feedback.

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:03:57 +0000

The recent Indiana Jones movie is simply subconsciously preparing the masses for the inevitable return of the alien beings who not only jumpstarted our technology, but actually created us through genetic engineering ("created in God's – read ETs – image"). Kudos to the visionaries Lucas and Spielberg.

By: betty

betty — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:48:23 +0000

saw the movie Sunday and loved it!!! Harrison Ford is as great as ever!!

By: Fred

Fred — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:45:34 +0000

Lets face it Lucas has Aliens on the brain. I enjoyed the movie and my son, whose 10, loved it. We both agreed however that the whole alien slant was a bit much. Lucas would have been better served if he had stayed with the real life mythology of the crystal skulls.

The thing about the previous films was how they took real stories and myths and made them into an entertaining adventure. If Lucas had done the same here and left the Alien angle to the sci fi films this would have seriously rocked as another Indiana Jones film.

I liked it and, unlike many others, I think that Shia could carry on the series. As long as he has better scripts and they get back to archeology and leave the aliens where they belong. On X-Files.

As far as ranking it goes it ranks dead last among the indiana Jones films but still entertaining none the less.

By: AJ

AJ — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:35:09 +0000

The movie was a disappointment full stop, I am ashamed to admit that Phantom Menace was better.

By: NY Johnny

NY Johnny — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:14:16 +0000

I grew up living for all things Star Wars and Indiana Jones...they were the closest things to magic I've ever experienced. But I wish Lucas would just retire and count his money. While I really enjoyed the film, the parts that irked me have George written all over them. I pray he does not move ahead with his "Son of Indy" iplans, or he will ruin the franchise for me as surely as he has ruined Star Wars

By: Tara

Tara — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:01:59 +0000

I was extremely dissapointed with this movie. I had high expectations for an Indy movie and it just did not stand up. I'm a sci-fi fan, don't get me wrong, love all the alien stuff too but just not in this movie. Indiana jones was more for relics of real history, not aliens. I thought the twist of it being of alien power just really ruined the movie for me. I mean, yes, it had the normal Indy action which was good. But I wish they would have left the Sci-Fi Aliens out of it. Seriously. I wanted a good ole-fashioned Indiana Jones movie, instead I got Indiana Jones vs. Martians from Mars.

And, wasn't that scene of treasure all at the end just a little to just like the scene from National Treasure?

I'm sorry, but this one will not be going into my collection.