I just saw Indy last night, and, though I will not opine in the form of a review, I do have some comments (SPOILER ALERT):
1) The plot is kind of a fusion between National Treasure 2, The Mummy, Stargate, and House II. Yes, I said House II. Of course, all of those movies owe a considerable part of their success to the Indy phenomenon.
(2) Lucky that fridge was lead-lined, huh? Even so, we watch the fridge get propelled in the air a long distance (miles?) and then bouce roughly against rock and sand. No injuries from that either? I'll let the doc answer the question of whether or not Indy's hair should have been falling out by the third act.
(3) John Hurt was real confused throughout the movie, but he had no problem following directions ("Run!") or engaging in death-defying acrobatics and other physical challenges that would have required a great deal of mental coordination. Not to mention he's an old man.
(4) I loved the bit with the giant fire ants.
(5) I didn't mind the ending much, but they should have avoided that tacky close up. It's too cartoonish to be scary. By the way, what was their beef with Indy? Indy did what they told him to do. They almost got him and his entire party killed, and I don't understand why!
(6) I fear that this movie may entirely explain the plot of LOST (Widmore did have a small part in the film...).
(7) Um, when you're sitting in a convertible, and a large military vehicle lands on top of you, you will not survive by ducking in your seat. I'm not nit-picking here: in order for us to feel that the characters are in danger, some things must at least injure them. These people are falling a hundred feet off a waterfall, and none of them are remotely hobbled. No one drowns. No one gets injured by a rock. They could have killed off Winstone or Hurt to at least show death was a possibility.
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So, of course, the sheer sudden stop after flying miles will undoubtedly bruise you at the very least. And Oxley does seem to be fit for his age (Jack LaLane could probably still kick both of our asses, John, but I see your point). And, as far as I know, fire ants aren't really carnivorous (except for the occasional cricket, per wiki). But does it matter? Indy is larger than life. Yes, some of the underlings could have been done in as well, but we still get the point.
As for the finale, how do we know the aliens were trying to kill Indy? Maybe their reward was taking him with them, to their dimension. On the other hand, Squanto and his lot helped the Pilgrims, and what did they get for their trouble? Booze and syphilis.
No, I liked the fire ant bit. I wasn't being facetious. I don't care whether they'd actually do that or not.
I don't know that they were trying to kill Indy, but we know (1) they were psychic and they chose to communicate with Indy and (2) that they were very sophisticated - They would have known that a tornado of rocks probably should kill a bunch of tiny meat bags. so why was their response so negative (that big ol' cartoon looked pissed, did't he -- he must have looked into Cate Blanchett's soul to know she was evil, right?) OK, I'm thinking about this too much.
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