i wonder if pg-13 would have ever happened if not for spielberg
― da croupier, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 04:31 (eleven years ago) link
i don't think it would have. that's the CW, anyway. i remember the stir that poltergeist, gremlins and the temple of doom caused. not only were they pushing hard at the moment's boundaries with regard to violent, gory content, they were doing so in movies aimed explicitly at a grade-school audience. compared to raiders of the lost ark, temple of doom comes on like a kid's flick, with gaudy colors, cartoonish action and pacing, grossout gags and a preteen co-star. i remember reading speculation about the academy's apparent unwillingness to really challenge spielberg on these movies, and arguments in favor of the creation of a new rating suddenly sprang up everywhere.
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 04:40 (eleven years ago) link
it's just funny that this rating that pretty much every blockbuster has now was created just to deal with one guy's work
― da croupier, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 05:03 (eleven years ago) link
And now there are, like, three PG movies released every year.
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 05:06 (eleven years ago) link
Temple. Duh.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 11:11 (eleven years ago) link
Give Spielberg this: in two movies more than 25 years apart he finds time to treat Karen Allen like shit twice. Remarkable consistency.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 11:21 (eleven years ago) link
it is happening again
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 12:08 (eleven years ago) link
Why doesn't Indiana Jones rip out Kate Capshaw's heart during the ceremony? That always confused me.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 12:08 (eleven years ago) link
I want Lucas to insert Morbs in "Temple of Doom," ripping out everyone's heart.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 12:09 (eleven years ago) link
That's what ilx is for.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 12:36 (eleven years ago) link
Morbla Ram
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 13:33 (eleven years ago) link
He betrayed Shiva Mo Collier.
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 13:52 (eleven years ago) link
The Rolling Stones are mine, Dr. Jones!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 13:57 (eleven years ago) link
http://media.filmschoolrejects.com/images/raiders_boulder.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 13:59 (eleven years ago) link
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stone!
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 17 June 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
i can do a pretty mean sean conz just sayin guys
― brony ver (s1ocki), Sunday, 17 June 2012 00:21 (eleven years ago) link
also the hitler autograph joke is p funny
i kinda think the first 30 mins of TOD is as good/better than anything else in the series, but the rest is pretty bad
"No ticket"
― windjammer voyage (blank), Sunday, 17 June 2012 01:34 (eleven years ago) link
Superman II, The Empire Strikes Back, Aliens, Bride of -- leagues better than their predecessors.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, June 5, 2012 8:52 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Superman I is more majestic. Superman II is more fun and enjoyable but it's also more stupid and tacky.
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 17 June 2012 01:50 (eleven years ago) link
http://media.filmschoolrejects.com/images/doom_bridge.jpgFurther evidence.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, June 6, 2012 2:36 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
unfortunately no other shot in the movie is this good.
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 17 June 2012 01:53 (eleven years ago) link
needs General Zod blowing the bridge with eye lasers
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 17 June 2012 02:08 (eleven years ago) link
add 'Lover of SMART Superman Movies' to Matt Armstrong's CV
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 17 June 2012 02:20 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdNwaa7w3q8
― brödinger's cat (Pillbox), Sunday, 17 June 2012 02:35 (eleven years ago) link
That I think of "Anything Goes" as the high point of the whole series might mean I'm not riding the same wavelength as Spielberg-Lucas.
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Sunday, 17 June 2012 02:39 (eleven years ago) link
i remember the dinner scene in Temple being a word-or-mouth playground legend among elementary school kids before a lot of us got the chance to actually see the movie.
― brödinger's cat (Pillbox), Sunday, 17 June 2012 02:39 (eleven years ago) link
"I had bugs for lunch."
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Sunday, 17 June 2012 02:41 (eleven years ago) link
Seeing Temple of Doom in the cinema aged six was the most exciting experience of my life to date.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Sunday, 17 June 2012 02:48 (eleven years ago) link
I used to "kali ma" my little sister when she annoyed me, she'd run away crying, lol
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 17 June 2012 02:53 (eleven years ago) link
Kali maaaa... SHUTI DE
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Sunday, 17 June 2012 02:54 (eleven years ago) link
USA was running a marathon of all 4 movies today, was intermittently tuning into them w/ family members and mentioned that i'd encountered someone really adamant that Temple is better than Last Crusade and everyone was bewildered by the notion
― bronytheus (some dude), Sunday, 17 June 2012 02:55 (eleven years ago) link
It is clearly better.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Sunday, 17 June 2012 02:59 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe he likes older women.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 17 June 2012 03:00 (eleven years ago) link
lol @ refrigerator perry references upthread
I dunno why everyone singles the opening sequence out as evidence of Crystal Skull's awfulness. The whole nuclear test site sequence was imo the most salvageable part of the movie, whereas like the monkey chase scene or those GODDAM CHEESY LOOKING CGI ANTS, or basically any scene w/ Shia Thebeef opening his damn mouth were just like (facepalm, weeps a bit).
― brödinger's cat (Pillbox), Sunday, 17 June 2012 03:29 (eleven years ago) link
shhh, don't think about it, it's not worth the pain
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 17 June 2012 03:35 (eleven years ago) link
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Sunday, June 17, 2012 2:20 AM (54 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"less stupid" /= "SMART"
Superman has lyrical, classic images like baby Supe lifting the car, superman outrunning the train, the kansas countryside etc; II has people being thrown into pinball machines.
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 17 June 2012 05:43 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG3isfUKPb0
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 17 June 2012 07:23 (eleven years ago) link
As someone who actually likes terrible brainless action movies, Shia and The Monkeys was precisely where all of the goodwill I had towards the movie ran out and I just wanted to punch it in the dick
I enjoyed a lot of the rest of it, because I'm the type of dude who enjoyed Catwoman
― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Sunday, 17 June 2012 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
also the palpable sense of "I am some hot shit right here" exuding off of TheBeef in every single fucking frame was probably the most off-putting cinematic experience I've had aside from a little dog Transformer humping Megan Fox's leg
― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Sunday, 17 June 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 18 June 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
And here was me worried it was going to be close.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 18 June 2012 01:10 (eleven years ago) link
still too close tbh
― bronytheus (some dude), Monday, 18 June 2012 01:13 (eleven years ago) link
I brought this on myself. And now, let us never speak of Indiana Jones ever again.
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Monday, 18 June 2012 01:25 (eleven years ago) link
moranz
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Monday, 18 June 2012 03:42 (eleven years ago) link
2 jokesters
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 June 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5z6jgefNi1r4qlp5o1_500.jpg
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Thursday, 21 June 2012 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
what an awkward still to put on the cover
"So wait, are we expected to go see a film staring some Nazi?"
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 21 June 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
I'm the type of dude who enjoyed Catwoman
― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Sunday, June 17, 2012 5:28 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark
dude, really
― Black_vegeta (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 21 June 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link