Rankings all over the place, but that's one of the bright spots.
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Saturday, 17 November 2012 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
Tho I do admire the salt it takes to rank War of the Worlds above Close Encounters.
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Saturday, 17 November 2012 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
yeah brass balls
― K3v Ink (some dude), Saturday, 17 November 2012 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
And turns out agreeing on Spielberg's worst isn't that difficult. I've never seen anyone not choose one of those last four films.
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Saturday, 17 November 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
Caught the episode of South Park recently which deals with the topic of the last film pretty well.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 17 November 2012 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
agree that Amistad is better than I thought at the time and how good Hanks is in SPR.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 17 November 2012 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
I had bugs for lunch.
― Eric H., Monday, 24 February 2014 05:00 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7iGmwmHePI
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 24 February 2014 15:41 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CXcRXtaEtg
^Has anyone sampled Connery's "The floor's on fire!" in a dance song?
― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 22:54 (ten years ago) link
this thread is like the bat that Kate Capshaw picks up
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 23:03 (ten years ago) link
This thread betrayed Shiva.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link
apparently Temple of Doom is a breakup movie
http://grantland.com/features/explaining-indiana-jones-temple-doom/
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
Well yeah, it broke up Spielberg and Amy Irving.
― You are exactly why people root for the apes (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link
tsk tsk, even tho you didn't read it, you should know
From 1985 to 1989 Spielberg was married to actress Amy Irving.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 20:04 (nine years ago) link
I just found out last week that part of the whitewater rapids scene was shot on the South Fork of the American River near Coloma (not far from Sacramento)
kinda neat
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 21:39 (nine years ago) link
I play football and holiday with hot nazi girls cousin he won't introduce us
― Serious Men raised by the Issues Movement (darraghmac), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 22:15 (nine years ago) link
what a jerk
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 23:15 (nine years ago) link
Man, some terrible blue screen/rear projection in Last Crusade.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 15:55 (seven years ago) link
i'll take Things I've Never Cared About for $100, Alex
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 16:12 (seven years ago) link
cool
― adam, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 16:17 (seven years ago) link
It's just distracting, since the FX of the first two, especially along those lines, are pretty solid. Morbs, maybe you know: why did the look of late 80s Hollywood look so bad? Makeup, lighting, etc. Sort of ... greasy and sweaty? Film stock? Drugs?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 16:40 (seven years ago) link
Made for VHS
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 16:49 (seven years ago) link
Some shonky effects in Temple of Doom as well.
― chap, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 16:56 (seven years ago) link
mine car dummy shots are hilar
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 16:57 (seven years ago) link
what are the bad FX in the last crusade? that zeppelin scene? actually really enjoyed the last crusade when i watched it last year (plenty of nostalgia there, of course, but it was pleasant to revisit)
― tylerw, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 16:58 (seven years ago) link
Last Crusade has the best screenplay of the original three, lots of really witty dialogue and the father/son relationship is very well drawn, but I prefer the other two anyway.
― chap, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 17:01 (seven years ago) link
Oh, tons of fun. But basically any vehicle chases. Cars, boats, planes, blimps, trains, etc. Plus blades, animals on the circus train. Pretty frequent.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 17:02 (seven years ago) link
Xpost
Relevant list? [huge]http://i.imgur.com/o1n7Dn9.png
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 17:05 (seven years ago) link
Xpost Invisible bridge illusion at end is great though.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 17:05 (seven years ago) link
xpost: weird it got compressed, maybe this works:https://i.redd.it/epub0ba5st8x.png
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 17:06 (seven years ago) link
What is that measuring?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 17:12 (seven years ago) link
I've grown to love Raiders slightly more, but Last Crusade was my definitive Indy movie as a kid, since it was the only one of the original three I saw in theatres. I had watched the hell outta the first two on cable/VHS, so that by the time LC was released, it had been built up into a major Event in my life (if my family didn't go on opening night, we definitely went opening weekend), and it didn't disappoint.
I really do think that the Indy movies were my Star Wars, which always felt more like my older cousins' thing (I remember them being super pumped to go see Jedi when it was released and me being told I was too young to go) and, even if I do like them as films (talking about the original trilogy, of course), I never fully embraced or cared about to the degree of seemingly every other male born after 1964 or thereabouts.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 17:13 (seven years ago) link
don't know much about the 'look' of late '80s Hollywood product (except i generally prefer film to DCP, of course).
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link
BBC showed all four over Easter.
I thought TEMPLE OF DOOM would be worth trying again. Sadly I was wrong - it was actually worse than I remembered. A film they wouldn't make now, and on this occasion that's a good thing.
KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL I saw for the first time. Remarkably bad. Sad that something that started so terrifically was reduced to this. I ended up wondering what had happened to basic action storytelling from c.1981 to 2008 - such a decline.
I didn't watch the other two, which I'm surer than ever are the best.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 14:13 (four years ago) link
I ended up wondering what had happened to basic action storytelling from c.1981 to 2008
― He is married to Brogmus, Linda. (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 14:16 (four years ago) link
Crystal Skull has a good first 40 minutes or so - it only starts to go downhill after LaBeouf turns up
― nashwan, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 14:23 (four years ago) link
no the only good bit is when the communists encounter the aliens and afterwards, all the indiana stuff is rubbish as always
― mark s, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 14:25 (four years ago) link
hoping something similar happens towards the end of CHERNOBYL (2019)
raiderscrusade
temple
skulls
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 14:28 (four years ago) link
formatting ate the six pages of a gap i put in before skulls
formatting recognises they're all bad
― mark s, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 14:35 (four years ago) link
i think this is the longest i've seen an indie thread go without a defense of temple of doom
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 14:44 (four years ago) link
i was gonna but look who needs the beasting
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 14:50 (four years ago) link
In a thousand years even Temple of Doom may be worth something
― jmm, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 14:52 (four years ago) link
my favorite of the four
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 15:09 (four years ago) link
One part that made me laugh on last rewatching Raiders was the map room scene, where this elaborate set of clues has to be followed in order to… point at the central building on the map?
― jmm, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 15:16 (four years ago) link
and the nazis were digging in the wrong place because.. the staff they were using was too short. but why was it too short? i must have missed that during the basket carrying caper.
annoying that marian's genius, signposted escape-via-drinking-game plan just totally.. came to nothing
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 15:24 (four years ago) link
Belloq's staff was too long!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 15:25 (four years ago) link
too long? surely that cuts against a few national stereotypes
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 15:28 (four years ago) link