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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: A Great Summertime Kickoff
BuzzSugar.com ^ | Wed, 05/21/2008 - 9:17am by | BuzzSugar

Posted on 05/22/2008 5:38:25 AM PDT by Perdogg

There's a lot to enjoy about this fourth installment of Indiana Jones. It's fun, silly, adventure-filled and completely entertaining in ways we don't always get from movies these days, with the greatest parts coming straight from the marvelous imagination of Steven Spielberg. Plus, it's a summertime blockbuster that doesn't totally rely on CGI which feels practically old-fashioned — and I mean that in the best way possible.

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KEYWORDS: indianajones; lucas; movies; spielberg
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1 posted on 05/22/2008 5:38:25 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg
Glad to hear it.

But summer kicked off a few weeks back with "Iron Man" (which was cool).

Actually, most of my summer movie viewing was supposed to take place in May this year. Just about all the movies that I wanted to go see are out now.

2 posted on 05/22/2008 5:39:44 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Tony Stark makes you feel he's a cool exec with a heart of steel . . .)
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To: Perdogg
Let me introduce you to drzz.

Here

3 posted on 05/22/2008 5:42:22 AM PDT by stevio (Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
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To: Perdogg

Geriatric Jones and the Depends of Doom.


4 posted on 05/22/2008 5:44:12 AM PDT by allmendream (Life begins at the moment of contraception. ;))
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To: Perdogg

Looking foward to it. Prince Caspian is a great movie too.


5 posted on 05/22/2008 5:47:42 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (Ronald Reagan Fought Regulation, John McCain Brought Regulation...)
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To: Perdogg

I hate when sequels rehash what works from the original movie, and I’m hoping that Indy 4 doesn’t do this.


6 posted on 05/22/2008 5:47:59 AM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (Vote for conservatives AT ALL POLITICAL LEVELS! Encourage all others to do the same on November 4!)
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To: allmendream

Yeah, Indiana Jones seems so ‘80s to me. Liked the first one, didn’t like the second one. Liked the third one (because of Sean Connery). Maybe I’ll check out the DVD of the fourth one from the library when it comes out later this year.


7 posted on 05/22/2008 5:52:58 AM PDT by IndyTiger
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To: Perdogg

I was looking forward to seeing the movie but my enthusiasm has gone down after I heard about Harrison Ford doing that silly PSA commercial where he has chest hairs ripped out with tape/wax and saying something to the effect thats what the earth feeels from deforestization...


8 posted on 05/22/2008 5:55:10 AM PDT by Proverbs 3-5
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To: Perdogg

My 20 year old saw it last night. He thought it was mediocre, and too contrived, relying on too much “old” stuff.

I’ll probably enjoy it more than he did. I really liked Iron Man, haven’t seen Narnia yet, but Narnia is winning the box office $$$ race by a substantial amount.


9 posted on 05/22/2008 5:55:36 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: johnthebaptistmoore
The only thing I want from the original is the way that they paced and choreographed the action sequences. That, and Marion.

Seriously, though, every thing that happens in the bar in Raiders happens for a reason and has a consequence, either a few minutes later or a few scenes later.

Contrast that with runaway mine car in Temple of Doom, a pointless sequence with no thrills that went on for two long (were they planning a rollercoaster based on it while they were still making the movie) or the death trap that could be escaped by pulling a lever but it was too icky to stick her hand in. (Which brings us back to Marion. She wouldn't have been skeeved by some icky bugs.)

10 posted on 05/22/2008 5:56:28 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Tony Stark makes you feel he's a cool exec with a heart of steel . . .)
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To: stevio
Mr and the Mrs and the little Episodes will be seeing this sometime over the holiday (in spite of drzz).

Between this, Iron Man and Narnia we have been having a blast seeing movies almost every weekend this month.

11 posted on 05/22/2008 6:05:35 AM PDT by Manic_Episode (Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
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To: Manic_Episode

I’m waiting for it to warm up to go to the drive-in.


12 posted on 05/22/2008 6:07:17 AM PDT by stevio (Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
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To: Perdogg; All

How good is “Ironman” folks?


13 posted on 05/22/2008 6:09:42 AM PDT by Biggirl (A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation, with 4 cats in my life as proof. =^..^=)
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To: Perdogg

A little side note: A good deal of the filming for this new Indiana Jones movie took place in New Haven, CT, my home state last summer.


14 posted on 05/22/2008 6:11:09 AM PDT by Biggirl (A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation, with 4 cats in my life as proof. =^..^=)
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To: Biggirl

Forgot to put quotes around “Indiana Jones”. Me bad.


15 posted on 05/22/2008 6:12:00 AM PDT by Biggirl (A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation, with 4 cats in my life as proof. =^..^=)
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To: allmendream

LOL!


16 posted on 05/22/2008 6:13:47 AM PDT by Sue Perkick (And I hope that what I've done here today doesn't force you to have a negative opinion of me....)
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To: Biggirl

I LOVED it! Stay through the credits. (But bring a snack. They seem to never end)


17 posted on 05/22/2008 6:15:06 AM PDT by Sue Perkick (And I hope that what I've done here today doesn't force you to have a negative opinion of me....)
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To: Sue Perkick

Thanks for the info, will go and do a search for “Ironman” website.


18 posted on 05/22/2008 6:18:49 AM PDT by Biggirl (A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation, with 4 cats in my life as proof. =^..^=)
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To: stevio
Ah, the good old days....even though we had a lot of parks in the neighborhood.

When I first took my kids, they asked why the people in the next car were "sleeping" through a really good movie.

19 posted on 05/22/2008 6:19:01 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: Perdogg

The trailors that are being shown on TV seem to show Jones killing American soldiers. I’m not sure I want to spend my money watching a “hero” doing that. Am I wrong in my perception? Am I missing something?


20 posted on 05/22/2008 6:25:08 AM PDT by Daveinyork
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