Friday, May 23, 2008
Thursday, May 22, 2008
I kind of miss the Nazi's?
Keep your hair on, I don't mean it that way. Warning, warning, warning! If you haven't seen the new Indiana Jones movie, don't read any more. Spoilers ahead. You've been warned.
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You have chosen.....wisely. So today I escaped work (haha!!!) and went to see the 10am showing of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. That's right, 10am. There were about 50 other people there! Can you believe it? It felt so naughty. Yet so right. :)
I was 15 or 16 when the last Indiana Jones movie came out. WHY has it been so long? Man, I love me some Indiana Jones. Not in the way my mom does; she's got it bad for Harrison Ford, but as he's older than my dad (which seriously boggles my mind), I think it would be kind of creepy if I had the hots for him. Though I do have to say, he's aged well and Calista Flockhart is a lucky, lucky woman.
The reason I love Indiana Jones is because I love adventure. Not the Die Hard let's blow everything up adventure, but the swashbuckling, using history to solve riddles, swinging on a vine (or a whip) kind of adventure. Indiana Jones is the perfect action ADVENTURE hero. Blowing crap up and shooting people to add gratuitous violence is not adventure. Being chased through a tomb by half naked natives with spears or blow darts is adventure.
When I first learned there was going to be a new movie (and it wasn't just a rumor like the ones we've gotten the last 19 years) I was over the moon. Of course I knew Indy would be older and that is would likely be different from the original movies, but it never occured to me that there would be different villains. Yes, I know the villians in Temple of Doom weren't Nazi's (though the Chinese gangsters were pretty cool), and IMO it was the weekest of the 3 because of it. I have to give big props to Cate Blanchette on her Boris and Natasha Russian accent, but it just wasn't the same. Who knew the Ruskie's wouldn't be as interesting as the Nazi's? I actually foud myself missing the Nazi's. They were bad guys with style and a purpose. The Russians....not so much. It was just too...blah. Yeah, that's the word. Blah. Sure there were explosions and escapes and icky creatures and threats, but they just lacked the charisma the Nazi's had. Sad, isn't it?
A person who did NOT lack charisma was Harrison Ford. He brought Indy back with style. His smirk was there, as were the whip, the khaki shirt (sweat stained of course), the man bag and of coursethe Fedora. Also some kick ass moves. Damn. I lurve me some Harrison Ford. I mean Indiana Jones. Yeah, Indiana Jones. That's it. It was so awesome to see him back in the Fedora.
Karen Allen was back too! Yea! Marion! I love her! Not in that way. Shia LaBoef was pretty good with his James Dean-esque hat, motorcycle and 'tude. Indy, Marion and Mutt! Awesome! If you don't know where that storyline is heading, you do not need to see this movie. You need to rent Goonies and get a Baby Ruth because you're not ready for Indy.
All in all, I really loved this movie, because it was Indi-freaking-ana Jones, but found myself longing for the Nazi's and all their style and badass bad guyness. Ruskies? What did they do? Stare at us and make some big threats that they couldn't follow through on. I mean really, what kind of villain is that?
Dum, da, dum, dum. Da da dum. Dum, da, dum, dum, dum, da, dum, dum, dum.......
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You have chosen.....wisely. So today I escaped work (haha!!!) and went to see the 10am showing of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. That's right, 10am. There were about 50 other people there! Can you believe it? It felt so naughty. Yet so right. :)
I was 15 or 16 when the last Indiana Jones movie came out. WHY has it been so long? Man, I love me some Indiana Jones. Not in the way my mom does; she's got it bad for Harrison Ford, but as he's older than my dad (which seriously boggles my mind), I think it would be kind of creepy if I had the hots for him. Though I do have to say, he's aged well and Calista Flockhart is a lucky, lucky woman.
The reason I love Indiana Jones is because I love adventure. Not the Die Hard let's blow everything up adventure, but the swashbuckling, using history to solve riddles, swinging on a vine (or a whip) kind of adventure. Indiana Jones is the perfect action ADVENTURE hero. Blowing crap up and shooting people to add gratuitous violence is not adventure. Being chased through a tomb by half naked natives with spears or blow darts is adventure.
When I first learned there was going to be a new movie (and it wasn't just a rumor like the ones we've gotten the last 19 years) I was over the moon. Of course I knew Indy would be older and that is would likely be different from the original movies, but it never occured to me that there would be different villains. Yes, I know the villians in Temple of Doom weren't Nazi's (though the Chinese gangsters were pretty cool), and IMO it was the weekest of the 3 because of it. I have to give big props to Cate Blanchette on her Boris and Natasha Russian accent, but it just wasn't the same. Who knew the Ruskie's wouldn't be as interesting as the Nazi's? I actually foud myself missing the Nazi's. They were bad guys with style and a purpose. The Russians....not so much. It was just too...blah. Yeah, that's the word. Blah. Sure there were explosions and escapes and icky creatures and threats, but they just lacked the charisma the Nazi's had. Sad, isn't it?
A person who did NOT lack charisma was Harrison Ford. He brought Indy back with style. His smirk was there, as were the whip, the khaki shirt (sweat stained of course), the man bag and of coursethe Fedora. Also some kick ass moves. Damn. I lurve me some Harrison Ford. I mean Indiana Jones. Yeah, Indiana Jones. That's it. It was so awesome to see him back in the Fedora.
Karen Allen was back too! Yea! Marion! I love her! Not in that way. Shia LaBoef was pretty good with his James Dean-esque hat, motorcycle and 'tude. Indy, Marion and Mutt! Awesome! If you don't know where that storyline is heading, you do not need to see this movie. You need to rent Goonies and get a Baby Ruth because you're not ready for Indy.
All in all, I really loved this movie, because it was Indi-freaking-ana Jones, but found myself longing for the Nazi's and all their style and badass bad guyness. Ruskies? What did they do? Stare at us and make some big threats that they couldn't follow through on. I mean really, what kind of villain is that?
Dum, da, dum, dum. Da da dum. Dum, da, dum, dum, dum, da, dum, dum, dum.......
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