Actors get old, and directors do as well, and also Spielberg doesn’t really seem to have a passion for genre films anymore. From that entire generation, only Scorsese still seems to be constantly at his A game, and still loves doing the type of films he’s always done.
Steven really picks his moments and takes the open shot. And by open shot, I mean the ones he goes out of his way to manufacture by sheer force of will and manifest destiny just so as to then be able to forcibly dunk hard on those who oppose him; take them all to behind the Jedi academy woodshed and go full dark side on their asses. Shooters gotta shoot. Spielberg on Kathleen Kennedy way back in the day saying she was the world's worst assistant, hired to keep minutes and notes and did neither, fetch coffee, not only wouldn't do that, but then go out of her way to ask whoever was the nearest person around if they could grab her a cup. And as a misguided cherry on top of this nightmare fuel sundae, she not only wouldn't record the idea sessions, but self insert herself into the brain storming proceedings
I can Understand the Flaws and Criticisms of Crystal Skull that I can Respect,however I Enjoy this Movie that’s a Good Enough Epilogue Film and Is an Underrated Movie and a Guilty Pleasure of Mine.
The movie would have redeemed itself more or less if it hadn't wrapped itself up in such a hurry -- everything up to and including the ant scene looked strong in relation to the rushed flatline of a final act.
"Come to think of it, I don't believe we ever see a human being get physically shot in this entire movie." --- Harry S. Plinkett If that's not a damning critique of a film, I don't know what is.
Except we do, multiple times. Even if the Hangar 51 guards and the Akator natives are technically mowed down offscreen, we still see a whole lot of corpses that were clearly shot, and the one Russian soldier is shot (onscreen) by Indy to escape the hangar. Also, getting eaten by ants or incinerated by a rocket is arguably more graphic than getting shot.
@Andy Howard Those army guards are shot off-screen, the one Indy actually hits that we see is in the toe as a gag, and those instances of incineration and bug attacks are cartoony, without gore, or squibs. Even the bodies we see later have no blood on them. Again, there's the illusion of violence but it's missing the grit.
@@CMontgomeryBurns09 So what if it was a gag? Indy shooting through the 4 Nazis on the tank with one shot in Last Crusade was played for laughs (as was his "don't call me Junior" rampage in the castle; it was mostly bloodless), as was his shooting the driver of Lao Che's car in Temple of Doom (complete with the Wilhelm scream; he had no gun for the rest of the movie). The only serious shootouts he was in where he always had access to a gun was in Raiders, and even then the only real grisly one was the one goon in the bar who was already on fire. The Gestapo agent was shot offscreen (you only see his shadow go down), the truck driver he shot to save Marion and accidentally blow her up wasn't all that graphic, and the swordsman was 100% played for laughs. I get what you're saying, like the Russians who fell to their deaths because of Marion whipping the tree back at them didn't get the Mola Ram treatment where the camera follows them down, but is it really necessary?
Thank you for acknowledging that the prequels are still bad! I swear I feel like I was being gaslighted by all these people saying they were good to even great! Also, Great analysis. You brought up some points I was never able to really put my finger on that makes the whole movie just horribly "off".
I don't think feelings about the prequels changed that much, just the kids who were kids when it came out grew up still loving bad movies. I watched Crystal Skull again recently. It's still terrible.
Spielberg totally whiffed and phoned in the direction for this movie. There's no attempt at style or quality. Also way too much CG. I think Lucas didn't really care either. He might have done a thumbnail of the actual script.
After watching CotCS for myself, it was as bad as people said it was. It’s wacky for sure but at least Indy was doing stuff and at least Mutt wasn’t constantly trying to act like he’s better than Indy. Plus I heard somewhere that Indy surviving the nuke in the fridge is actually a Spielberg in joke of an old draft of Back to the Future Part 3
Ive seen pretty dang good fan edits of the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. They properly color grade, removed lots of cheesy moments, and tigened up the pacing of the film. While it still suffers from bad writing like Mac being a triple agent, and no tension in the final act due to lackluster writing, I think those versions offer a much better viewing experience.
Marion should have died and Indy's friend live. That would have been a more interesting ending. Because now he is sort of forced to choose raising a kid to be like him or not like him. Or not try at all. If you want to make character growth and development, that's how you do it. Skips the stupid wedding scene too.
I enjoyed The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker. But I also think that The Last Jedi was terrible. Part of why I enjoy The Force Awakens and Rise is because I enjoyed Daisy Ridley’s performance as Rey. And in my opinion, having her as the main protagonist is the perfect counter argument to what I heard as a girl growing up/in elementary school who loves Star Wars… Which was,~*STAR WARS IS FOR BOYS AND MEN ONLY.*~ But obviously today… People would describe that as a gendered stereotype.
15:52 BRO, you just suggested Indiana Jones and the Cthulhu Monsters. "...and the Saucer Men" or "...and the Giant Ants" is right in that same wheelhouse.
I would argue that an "Interdimensional being", is by definition a form of Extraterrestrial: "of or from outside the earth or its atmosphere" In other words: thanks for the gaslighting Spielberg!
NO, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was NOT as bad as you remember. Here's the BIG NEWS to those who have very little knowledge of film making. Allow me to school you as to why the first 45or so mins are the most conceptually and visually bold in the franchise (we can have a discussion about the rest of the film)..........oh forget it, why bother?
Bro's insecure he had to bring up SW 😭.. Solo is alright, its mid not bad. TLJ is divisive not at all completely hated like this film. And TROS... Well uh it has good visuals & CG.
I appreciate how honest and fair you were to the movie because I thought going in you were going to rip it to shreds but much to my surprise you were fair. Bravo.
The fridge bit is my fave bit in any Jones flick. It's more entertaining than Temple of Doom, that entire friggin movie. And I just love the fact that Indy fanboys lost their shit over it, disrespected the franchise, don't ya know. Hilarious, soup to nuts.
Actors get old, and directors do as well, and also Spielberg doesn’t really seem to have a passion for genre films anymore. From that entire generation, only Scorsese still seems to be constantly at his A game, and still loves doing the type of films he’s always done.
That was George's idea.. gets funnier every time it's stated 🤣
Thinkin the same thing 😂
It makes me laugh no matter how many times I’ve watched this video. 😂
Steven really picks his moments and takes the open shot. And by open shot, I mean the ones he goes out of his way to manufacture by sheer force of will and manifest destiny just so as to then be able to forcibly dunk hard on those who oppose him; take them all to behind the Jedi academy woodshed and go full dark side on their asses.
Shooters gotta shoot.
Spielberg on Kathleen Kennedy way back in the day saying she was the world's worst assistant, hired to keep minutes and notes and did neither, fetch coffee, not only wouldn't do that, but then go out of her way to ask whoever was the nearest person around if they could grab her a cup. And as a misguided cherry on top of this nightmare fuel sundae, she not only wouldn't record the idea sessions, but self insert herself into the brain storming proceedings
I can Understand the Flaws and Criticisms of Crystal Skull that I can Respect,however I Enjoy this Movie that’s a Good Enough Epilogue Film and Is an Underrated Movie and a Guilty Pleasure of Mine.
I think the exact opposite. It’s no Raiders or Last Crusade but it’s better than Temple of Doom. Fight me 😂
The movie would have redeemed itself more or less if it hadn't wrapped itself up in such a hurry -- everything up to and including the ant scene looked strong in relation to the rushed flatline of a final act.
"Come to think of it, I don't believe we ever see a human being get physically shot in this entire movie." --- Harry S. Plinkett
If that's not a damning critique of a film, I don't know what is.
Except we do, multiple times. Even if the Hangar 51 guards and the Akator natives are technically mowed down offscreen, we still see a whole lot of corpses that were clearly shot, and the one Russian soldier is shot (onscreen) by Indy to escape the hangar. Also, getting eaten by ants or incinerated by a rocket is arguably more graphic than getting shot.
@Andy Howard Those army guards are shot off-screen, the one Indy actually hits that we see is in the toe as a gag, and those instances of incineration and bug attacks are cartoony, without gore, or squibs. Even the bodies we see later have no blood on them. Again, there's the illusion of violence but it's missing the grit.
@@CMontgomeryBurns09 So what if it was a gag? Indy shooting through the 4 Nazis on the tank with one shot in Last Crusade was played for laughs (as was his "don't call me Junior" rampage in the castle; it was mostly bloodless), as was his shooting the driver of Lao Che's car in Temple of Doom (complete with the Wilhelm scream; he had no gun for the rest of the movie). The only serious shootouts he was in where he always had access to a gun was in Raiders, and even then the only real grisly one was the one goon in the bar who was already on fire. The Gestapo agent was shot offscreen (you only see his shadow go down), the truck driver he shot to save Marion and accidentally blow her up wasn't all that graphic, and the swordsman was 100% played for laughs.
I get what you're saying, like the Russians who fell to their deaths because of Marion whipping the tree back at them didn't get the Mola Ram treatment where the camera follows them down, but is it really necessary?
Crystal Skull was a bigger atrocity than the prequels were.
And both of them lead to fairly decent tie-in LEGO games (‘LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game’, and ‘LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues’).
"That was George's idea." I laughed everything Spielberg said that. Very good review.
Thank you for acknowledging that the prequels are still bad! I swear I feel like I was being gaslighted by all these people saying they were good to even great!
Also,
Great analysis. You brought up some points I was never able to really put my finger on that makes the whole movie just horribly "off".
I don't think feelings about the prequels changed that much, just the kids who were kids when it came out grew up still loving bad movies.
I watched Crystal Skull again recently. It's still terrible.
Spielberg totally whiffed and phoned in the direction for this movie. There's no attempt at style or quality. Also way too much CG. I think Lucas didn't really care either. He might have done a thumbnail of the actual script.
This was actually my first Indiana jones movie and I loved it. You can imagine how absolutely blown away I was when I got to see the first one!
to be honest, they should’ve ended the trilogy with the last Crusade. There was no need to make a fourth movie and a fifth movie.
Awful movie but still miles better than the Dial of Destiny… at least Crystal Skull had some (albeit very few) redeemable qualities
I enjoyed this movie then and still do today. Come fight me!
After watching CotCS for myself, it was as bad as people said it was. It’s wacky for sure but at least Indy was doing stuff and at least Mutt wasn’t constantly trying to act like he’s better than Indy. Plus I heard somewhere that Indy surviving the nuke in the fridge is actually a Spielberg in joke of an old draft of Back to the Future Part 3
7:34 Here's my stop
That was George’s idea.
I appreciate the nuketown scene because it inspired the creation of Nuketown map in BO1
4:07 well yes they are actually. At least Raiders is one of the best movies ever made. I don’t think that’s controversial at all
Ive seen pretty dang good fan edits of the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. They properly color grade, removed lots of cheesy moments, and tigened up the pacing of the film. While it still suffers from bad writing like Mac being a triple agent, and no tension in the final act due to lackluster writing, I think those versions offer a much better viewing experience.
I enjoy all the Indy films.
it was good tho-
Absolutely
Marion should have died and Indy's friend live. That would have been a more interesting ending. Because now he is sort of forced to choose raising a kid to be like him or not like him. Or not try at all. If you want to make character growth and development, that's how you do it. Skips the stupid wedding scene too.
Indiana Jones
is like the Terminator:
we only ever needed one.
It should’ve stopped after the third movie
Yes Kingdom of the crystal skull was as good as your remembered*
Tarzan movies had a lot of quicksand.
I enjoyed The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker. But I also think that The Last Jedi was terrible. Part of why I enjoy The Force Awakens and Rise is because I enjoyed Daisy Ridley’s performance as Rey. And in my opinion, having her as the main protagonist is the perfect counter argument to what I heard as a girl growing up/in elementary school who loves Star Wars… Which was,~*STAR WARS IS FOR BOYS AND MEN ONLY.*~ But obviously today… People would describe that as a gendered stereotype.
I forgot how idiotic the quicksand scene was
15:52 BRO, you just suggested Indiana Jones and the Cthulhu Monsters. "...and the Saucer Men" or "...and the Giant Ants" is right in that same wheelhouse.
Thankfully, Dial of Destiny kills Mutt off.
I would argue that an "Interdimensional being", is by definition a form of Extraterrestrial: "of or from outside the earth or its atmosphere"
In other words: thanks for the gaslighting Spielberg!
NO, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was NOT as bad as you remember. Here's the BIG NEWS to those who have very little knowledge of film making. Allow me to school you as to why the first 45or so mins are the most conceptually and visually bold in the franchise (we can have a discussion about the rest of the film)..........oh forget it, why bother?
The movie, while having poor qualities, is redeemed by the view at 1 hour 16 minutes and 52 seconds.
It's still a masterpiece next to The Last Jedi, Solo and The Rise of Skywalker
Rise of Skywalker is surely a better movie, at least it didn't have those poor cgi vine swinging scenes....
@@hotfroganimations The rise of Skywalker is infinitely worse
@@jamescarr1265 but it's funny as fuck, yes for the wrong reasons, but still.
@@hotfroganimations it is 😭 it has possibly the worst writing in a blockbuster EVER “somehow Palpatine returned”
Bro's insecure he had to bring up SW 😭.. Solo is alright, its mid not bad. TLJ is divisive not at all completely hated like this film. And TROS... Well uh it has good visuals & CG.
I like this movie but it definitely deserves the criticism. Not hate, but fair criticism
Its actually better than I remember.
I love Indy. I fell asleep during this movie though. So bad.
This is a fantastic video. You deserve far more than twice as many subs as my non-existent YT channel.
I appreciate how honest and fair you were to the movie because I thought going in you were going to rip it to shreds but much to my surprise you were fair. Bravo.
I love the prequels, pre the popularity boost so idk man.
I wonder whose idea all this was....
Wasn't that bad really. Dial of dog shite was the terrible one
Was that George’s idea?
It us fun you can't deny that
I happened to watch this movie last nite. U r right. It still sucks!
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The fridge bit is my fave bit in any Jones flick. It's more entertaining than Temple of Doom, that entire friggin movie. And I just love the fact that Indy fanboys lost their shit over it, disrespected the franchise, don't ya know. Hilarious, soup to nuts.
love this film ♥
Nah it's great.
Cope.
I don’t think it’s the ones who recognize it’s a weak film that need to cope
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