Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull [use spoiler tags, please]

[Gemini Cricket]

Brown leather jacket -> black leather jacket


What made me laugh more than the hair combing was the Brando hat he wore when we first saw him. Oy.

[€uroMeinke]

What I liked about the comb thing was it was used as a moment of recovery - his uncoolness or embarrassing moment happens and the comb comes out as if to say, "I didn't mean it, I was just fixing my hair"

I was also delighted that they went to Peru for personal reasons - seeing Cuzco and Iquitos on the map made me squee and feel a personal connection to this fictitious character and his adventures.

[BarTopDancer]

I thought the hair combing turned into a nervous habit.

I completely loved it, hokiness and all. It's kinda like 24, you have to suspend reality. In 24 land there is never traffic. In Indy land carboats can survive 3 giant waterfalls.

I also figured that once all the knowledge was transfered from the alien she saw the truth and could no longer be of this world.

[tracilicious]

I'm still pissed about Mac's character. I was so annoyed in the beginning that Indi had a sidekick. Even moreso when we were supposed to believe that they had a long history as a team. But he was so annoying, and his character was useless. I didn't understand his motivation when he ditched the alien scene and started hunting for treasure and I couldn't have cared less when he flew off into the void. But why would he want to fly into the void? No clue! Asshole.

[Gemini Cricket]

The moral of the story: the more you know, the more likely it is that your eyes and skull will burn.

[Boss Radio]

When one considers the source material - the cliffhanger serials of the 30s, 40s and 50s - and really examines the different levels of homage both to the serials, and to itself, the film succeeds on almost every level.

Pocorn entertainment that defies every known law of gravity, physics and plausability is exactly that: entertainment.

Gene Autry battled aliens in a serial. Sherlock Holmes outsmarted Nazis, as did Batman. These movies (and Star Wars before Lucas convoluted it beyond recognition) share more in common with Flash Gordon, The Lost City, The Phantom Empire, The Lone Ranger, Frank Buck's Bring Em Back Alive, Spy Smasher, and Zombies of the Stratosphere then they do with Iron Man. As far as Raiders comparisons go, both Star Wars (77) and Raiders succeed in their first chapters because they were both "new" and both offered strong character development, which laid the groundwork for future sequels.



For me, the movie hit all of my checkpoints of greatness:

Atomic test
Area 51
Red Menace
Flying Saucer
Ancient Astronauts
Hot chick villain
Rock n' Roll youth culture
Fonzie

I entered the picture with low expectations, this being the post Phantom Menace era, and was happy.

Was it perfect? No.
Was it fun? Yes.

I could have done without the Close Encounters alien at the end, but other than that and the Tarzan/Jungle Book sequence, I was cool with it.

Since they did have a Close Encounters-shaped alien, Richard Dreyfuss should have poked his head out of the flying saucer and said "Come on, already! Let's get back to that other movie!"

[CoasterMatt]

I had a whole lotta buncha fun.

I'll be seeing it again in a few days.

[tracilicious]

But why is nobody else pissed about Mac?

[katiesue]

What about the motorcycle? Is it still somewhere in Peru? And why Mutt? Was it the dogs name?

[CoasterMatt]

Originally Posted by katiesue

What about the motorcycle? Is it still somewhere in Peru?

GC found it