Read this review of Indy 4 and tell me I'm still the only one that liked it!
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 18:36
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Originally posted by GWEK:
ToD is an excellent adventure movie
YEP!!!!!!!
The laughing Chrisisall
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Just watchin' Indy movies recently (canya tell?) & one thing stands out in Crystal Skull-
Is it just me, or did Janusz Kamiński's photography SUCK compared to Douglas Slocombe's???
It was like Minority Report with a bit more colour IMO.
Don't get me wrong, it (IJATKOTCS) was professionally photographed, but Slocombe was an ARTIST, whereas Janusz is just, well, a very talented camera dude.
Or do I just need a Blu-Ray player to *get* the photographic genius here-?
The laughing Chrisisall
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I think that's a bit hyperbolic. Kaminski is an artist, and does some exceptional work in other films. But he has a particular and distinct style, and was trying to subsume his own style and ape someone else's - which is hard to do and often leads to less-then-spectacular results. That given, I think he did a reasonable job. No, the movie didn't look quite like the others, but it looked pretty close (there was a hell of a lot more than a "bit" of color). And he was forced to work with digital effects and composites in a way Slocombe never had to, which will effect the look.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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Originally posted by GWEK:
Mutt? Again, a potential mis-step, but I have to give Lucas and Spielberg credit for trying to create a new element to the Jones family legacy. Had things gone another way, had the character really clicked with audiences, they would have created a whole new franchise.
Ridiculous Tarzan moment aside, the failing with Mutt Williams centers on the casting.
Hmm. Now you've got me curious who else could've done the role. (Could we have a reverse-Tom Selleck in the house?)
I can't really think of anyone offhand who could've fit.
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I imagine there are literally thousands of unknown actors who could have done a better job than Shia LaBeouf. Part of the strength of Lucas and Spielberg back in the old days was they they took unknown actors (or at least virtually-unknown actors) and gave them solid, meaty parts. They found the best actors for the roles... not the best role for the actor, so to speak.
www.stillflying.net: "Here's how it might have been..."
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I thought LaBeouf was fine, myself. My problems with the movie are pretty much all down to the writing and directing.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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Quote:Eh, it lacked the diverse colours & general warmth of Slocombe's work. Plus: no crazy close-ups with Indy nearly walking into the camera lens.
Originally posted by Storymark:
No, the movie didn't look quite like the others, but it looked pretty close (there was a hell of a lot more than a "bit" of color).
I could have come closer to the look of the other flicks.
The laughing Chrisisall
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Hey Chris.
Yeah - I still enjoy Crystal Skull. Always have done. I like it even more since I've realised it rubs people up the wrong way.
Kinda fed up with the facile argument that it's ridiculous. Was that really revelation to anyone?
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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]Eh, it lacked the diverse colours & general warmth of Slocombe's work. Plus: no crazy close-ups with Indy nearly walking into the camera lens.
Ohh you iz harsh Big 'C'.
I think back in the day things like the brilliance of a cinematographer was overlooked and it's only now we're realising veterans such as Slocombe, Vanlint et al were really exceptional. Judging Janusz Kaminski against such masters is pretty tough. I think he/they do great work given the kind of demands that are put upon him/them [cinematographers] by studios these days...
Just out of curiosity and to further a different kind of debate - who would you consider as being able to do a better job?
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Quote:You're a very bad man!
Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
I like it even more since I've realised it rubs people up the wrong way.
Sonisall & I watched CS the other day, & we both still freak off the FX show at the end.
Yesterday we watched Last Crusade, and while we both loved it, at the end he joked, "Okaaay, so they throw baby powder out of the front of that place for a wild ending."
I was like BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
The laughing Chrisisall
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