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    Originally Posted By leemac

    Far from stellar - seems there are some problems:

    <a href="http://www.variety.com/VE1117937176.html" target="_blank">http://www.variety.com/VE1117937176.html</a>

    <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i7c5c16b2d6b9258e11affa943e9d2433" target="_blank">http://www.hollywoodreporter.c...3e9d2433</a>

    <a href="http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1807519,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.time.com/time/arts/...,00.html</a>
     
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    Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA

    Dang it! I'm avoiding reading the reviews, but am sad to hear that it's not up to par.

    I had very high hopes for this movie.

    'Indiana Jones' is one of my favorite franchises.
     
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    Originally Posted By WilliamK99

    I think for the first week, Indy is critic proof, look at how much Spider-Man 3 made and that movie was blasted by critics.

    But after the first week, once WOM spreads, it will freefall rather quickly.
     
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    Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan

    There are some BIG TIME spoilers in those reviews. Be warned!

    That said, those reviews are hardly horrible. "Some problems" is about right -- not massive, destroy the movie sort of problems -- according to those reviews.
     
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    Originally Posted By WilliamK99

    As long as they don't introduce I character named Jar Jar Jones, I am very pleased.

    "MEESA SCARED OF THE BIGSA BALL INDYSA"
     
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    Originally Posted By leemac

    <<Dang it! I'm avoiding reading the reviews, but am sad to hear that it's not up to par.>>

    Thats why I love Variety - they always do a brief synopsis without spoilers in bold at the top of the list.

    I'm not a fan of Spielberg's direction at all but I'll still end up seeing it. His output has been so mixed - there are just too many AIs, Minority Reports, The Lost Worlds, The Terminals and The Terminals in his resume these days. But I guess it has always been that way - we all remember Hook for the wrong reasons. :)

    I'm a huge fan of Shia and Cate so I'm hoping they are going to be good value even if the script is another Koepp stinker.
     
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    Originally Posted By leemac

    <<Dang it! I'm avoiding reading the reviews, but am sad to hear that it's not up to par.>>

    Thats why I love Variety - they always do a brief synopsis without spoilers in bold at the top of the list.

    I'm not a fan of Spielberg's direction at all but I'll still end up seeing it. His output has been so mixed - there are just too many AIs, Minority Reports, The Lost Worlds, The Terminals and The Terminals in his resume these days. But I guess it has always been that way - we all remember Hook for the wrong reasons. :)

    I'm a huge fan of Shia and Cate so I'm hoping they are going to be good value even if the script is another Koepp stinker.
     
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    Originally Posted By WilliamK99

    Did anyone else hear the rumor that Lucas has an idea for Indy 5 where Shia is the star and Ford is the "Sean Connery" type supporting player?
     
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    Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan

    Well, it would have to stink quite a lot to kill the buzz I have about this movie.

    I think "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is about the most well-crafted, fun, re-watchable movie ever made. It hasn't ever been topped, even by the sequels.

    That said, I did like "Temple of Doom" a lot. I know lots of people (Jim in Merced, I'm looking at you!) disliked it, but I thought overall it was pretty amazing. The mine chase sequence rivaled the jeep chase from "Raiders" for that giggly, heart-racing, what-can-happen-next excitement factor. After that point, the special effects weren't quite up to par, however, and this is especially true in the film's last 10 minutes. There are some strange inconsistencies as Indy is on the rope bridge -- sometimes the river below looks wide and flowing, other times it seems somewhat empty and rock-filled.

    Some found Temple of Doom too dark and violent. I disagree, I thought it ramped things up by making the danger seem more intense and real (well, as real as possible when the bad guy plucks out still-beating hearts!).

    "Last Crusade" righted the ship again, brought back the evil Nazis, and Ford & Connery were great fun together. It starts off fantastic with River Phoenix showing us why Indy hates snakes, how he got his chin scar and where the hate came from, but seems to stumble a bit before finding its footing (enter Connery).

    So, I'm going into "Crystal Skull" with anticipation high. Can't wait!
     
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    Originally Posted By DAR

    Over on the IMDB message boards for Indiana Jones there's a post that is listing the reviews. So far it's 34 postitive 12 negative.
     
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    Originally Posted By DAR

    Ebert 3 1/2 Stars
    <a href="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080518/REVIEWS/969461084" target="_blank">http://rogerebert.suntimes.com...69461084</a>
     
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    Originally Posted By Spirit of 74

    Maybe it's the late hour when I'm reading, but those three reviews Lee linked to were hardly bad.

    All three were positive. Maybe not gushing, but there was some glow!
     
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    Originally Posted By DAR

    Here are some link from Rotten Tomatoes and then other reviews.

    Rotten Tomatoes: 73% Fresh, 75% Top Critics
    <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/indiana_jones_4/" target="_blank">http://www.rottentomatoes.com/...jones_4/</a>

    New York Daily (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2008/05/18/2008-05-18" target="_blank">http://www.nydailynews.com/ent...08-05-18</a>_
    crystal_skull_has_it_all.html

    Cinema Blend (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Kingdom-of-th" target="_blank">http://www.cinemablend.com/rev...om-of-th</a> e-Crystal-Skull-3160.html

    Daily Mirror (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/showbiz/movies/2008/05/18/indiana-jones" target="_blank">http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/...na-jones</a>- and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-98487-20421426/

    Newsday (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/ny-etindy0519,0,6637742.st" target="_blank">http://www.newsday.com/enterta...37742.st</a> ory

    AICN #1 (Positive)
    <a href="http://aintitcool.com/node/36804" target="_blank">http://aintitcool.com/node/36804</a>

    AICN #2 (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36805" target="_blank">http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36805</a>

    Roger Ebert (Positive)
    <a href="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080518/REV" target="_blank">http://rogerebert.suntimes.com...0518/REV</a> IEWS/969461084

    3 Movie Buffs (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.threemoviebuffs.com/review.php?movieID=indianajonesandtheki" target="_blank">http://www.threemoviebuffs.com...andtheki</a> ngdomofthecrystalskull

    Fox News (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,356527,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.foxnews.com/story/0...,00.html</a>

    USA Today (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2008-05-18-indiana-jones_N" target="_blank">http://www.usatoday.com/life/m...-jones_N</a> .htm

    Boston Globe (Positive and 2nd Best of the Series)
    <a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/blog/2008/05/review_indiana.html" target="_blank">http://www.boston.com/ae/movie...ana.html</a>

    People Magazine (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20201033,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.people.com/people/a...,00.html</a>

    Time Magazine (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1807519,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.time.com/time/arts/...,00.html</a>

    Entertainment Weekly (Positive)
    <a href="http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2008/05/heres-your-hat.html" target="_blank">http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatc...hat.html</a>

    Hollywood Elsewhere (Positive and Better than Temple of Doom)
    <a href="http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2008/05/iphone_indy_4_r_1.php" target="_blank">http://hollywood-elsewhere.com..._r_1.php</a>

    The Sun (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/film/article1178027.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/ho...8027.ece</a>

    The Times Online (Positive)
    <a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film" target="_blank">http://entertainment.timesonli...ent/film</a> /cannes/article3953920.ece

    BBC News (Positive)
    <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7407209.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/ent...7209.stm</a>

    Variety (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=review" target="_blank">http://www.variety.com/index.a...p=review</a>& %20id=2531&reviewid=VE1117937176

    The Times Leader (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.timesleader.com/living/20080518_18indy_jones_etc_ART0.html" target="_blank">http://www.timesleader.com/liv...RT0.html</a>

    Emmanuel Levy (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=9954" target="_blank">http://www.emanuellevy.com/art...eID=9954</a>

    Empire (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/review.asp?FID=9816" target="_blank">http://www.empireonline.com/re...FID=9816</a>

    LA Times (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-jones19-2008may" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/enterta...-2008may</a> 19,0,2180108.story

    Austin360 Review (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/austinm" target="_blank">http://www.austin360.com/blogs.../austinm</a> ovies/entries/2008/05/18/cannes_crowds_verdict_indy_is.html

    Total Film Blog (Positive)
    <a href="http://blog.totalfilm.com/page/totalfilm?entry=indiana_jones_and_the_k" target="_blank">http://blog.totalfilm.com/page...nd_the_k</a> ingdom

    Palm Beach Post (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/erst" target="_blank">http://www.palmbeachpost.com/b...ach/erst</a> ein/entries/2008/05/indiana_jones_a.html

    TC Palm (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/may/18/review-indiana-jones-and-kingdo" target="_blank">http://www.tcpalm.com/news/200...d-kingdo</a> m-crystal-skull/

    Salon.com (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/18/cannes_indy/ind" target="_blank">http://www.salon.com/ent/movie...indy/ind</a> ex.html

    Ubercine (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.ubercine.com/Indy4-G.html" target="_blank">http://www.ubercine.com/Indy4-G.html</a>

    Groucho (Positive/Mixed...you decide)
    <a href="http://grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3074" target="_blank">http://grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3074</a>

    FilmesInReview (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/indiana_jones_4/articles/1728967/" target="_blank">http://www.rottentomatoes.com/...1728967/</a>

    NewsBlaze (Positive)
    <a href="http://newsblaze.com/story/20080518141017tsop.nb/newsblaze/REVIEWS1/Mo" target="_blank">http://newsblaze.com/story/200...IEWS1/Mo</a> vie-Reviews.html

    Daily Mail (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/reviews.html?in" target="_blank">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pag....html?in</a> _article_id=567139&in_page_id=1924

    Bloomberg (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=a8lmoqj9F43g&a" target="_blank">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/...j9F43g&a</a> mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;refer=home

    Box Office Magazine (Positive)
    <a href="http://boxoffice.com/reviews/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom.php" target="_blank">http://boxoffice.com/reviews/2...gdom.php</a>

    The Movie Hole (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.moviehole.net/news/20080519_captains_review_indiana_jones.h" target="_blank">http://www.moviehole.net/news/..._jones.h</a> tml

    New Jersey Star Ledger (Very Positive)
    <a href="http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2008/05/jones_keeping_up" target="_blank">http://www.nj.com/entertainmen...eping_up</a>_ with_the_time.html

    Your Movies (Positive)

    <a href="http://www.yourmovies.com.au/movies/?action=movie_info&title_id=32" target="_blank">http://www.yourmovies.com.au/m...le_id=32</a> 899

    IGN (Positive)
    <a href="http://movies.ign.com/articles/874/874934p1.html" target="_blank">http://movies.ign.com/articles...4p1.html</a>

    IF MAG (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.ifmagazine.com/review.asp?article=2537" target="_blank">http://www.ifmagazine.com/revi...cle=2537</a>

    Newsday (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/monday/news/ny" target="_blank">http://www.newsday.com/service.../news/ny</a>- etindy195692948may19,0,6852422.story

    Boston Herald (Positive)
    <a href="http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?arti" target="_blank">http://news.bostonherald.com/e....bg?arti</a> cleid=1094925&srvc=home&position=6

    NY Post (Positive)
    <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/05192008/news/nationalnews/yes__he_cannes" target="_blank">http://www.nypost.com/seven/05...e_cannes</a>_ _111483.htm

    UK MIRROR (Negative)
    <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/2008/05/19/indiana-jones-review-19-yea" target="_blank">http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbi...w-19-yea</a> rs-on-is-the-magic-still-there-89520-20422554/

    Ropes of Silicon (Negative)
    <a href="http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie/indiana_jones_and_the_kingdom_of_th" target="_blank">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/m...om_of_th</a> e_crystal_skull/review/641

    Swedish Paper (Negative)
    <a href="http://www.expressen.se/noje/recensioner/film/1.1166095/bernt-eklund-m" target="_blank">http://www.expressen.se/noje/r...eklund-m</a> akalost-spielberg

    Telegraph (Negative)
    <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/1981704/India" target="_blank">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...04/India</a> na-Jones-and-The-Crystal-Skull-First-review-of-Cannes-premiere.html

    Cinematical (First Reviewer, Negative)
    <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2008/05/18/cannes-review-indiana-jones-and" target="_blank">http://www.cinematical.com/200...ones-and</a>- the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skul/

    The Guardian (Negative)
    <a href="http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0" target="_blank">http://film.guardian.co.uk/New...review/0</a>, ,2280880,00.html

    IGN UK (Negative)
    <a href="http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/874/874909p1.html" target="_blank">http://uk.movies.ign.com/artic...9p1.html</a>

    Chicago Tribune (Negative)
    <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-indiana-jones-kingdom" target="_blank">http://www.chicagotribune.com/...-kingdom</a>- 0519may19,0,5527136.story

    Hollywood Reporter (Negative)
    <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/awards_festivals/fest_reviews/arti" target="_blank">http://www.hollywoodreporter.c...ews/arti</a> cle_display.jsp?&rid=11117

    Compuserve (Negative, C+)
    <a href="http://community.compuserve.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=message" target="_blank">http://community.compuserve.co...=message</a> s&webtag=ws-showbiz&tid=23139&redirCnt=1

    The National (Negative)
    <a href="http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080518/CANNES/479026318/-1/SPORT" target="_blank">http://www.thenational.ae/arti...-1/SPORT</a>

    MSN (Negative)

    <a href="http://movies.msn.com/movies/cannes-film-festival/may18-blog?GT1=7" target="_blank">http://movies.msn.com/movies/c...og?GT1=7</a> 701

    ReelView (Negative)
    <a href="http://reelviews.net/movies/i/indiana_jones4.html" target="_blank">http://reelviews.net/movies/i/...es4.html</a>

    The Independent (Negative)
    <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/film-revie" target="_blank">http://www.independent.co.uk/a...lm-revie</a> ws/indiana-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-830569.html

    The New York Times (Negative)
    <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/19/movies/19cann.html?_r=1&oref=slo" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05...oref=slo</a> gin

    AP Writer (Negative)
    <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i--qSpmyR-TY40iYZmZRhllYCllwD90ODLF" target="_blank">http://ap.google.com/article/A...wD90ODLF</a> G0
     
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    Originally Posted By WilliamK99

    admin has some work to do to fix all those links... Hop to it Admin!
     
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    Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove

    Wow, DAR, that's alot of work! :)

    <<As long as they don't introduce I character named Jar Jar Jones, I am very pleased.>> LOL!
     
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    Originally Posted By DAR

    I should confess that I took that off the IMDB message boards.
     
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    Originally Posted By WorldDisney

    LOL, yeah you did DAR. Funny, I just commented on that thread at IMDB before I came here lol. Just look for FCTIGER posts in the Indy section over at IMDB, that's me :).

    And btw, that thread is now at 49 positive, 19 negative. Yaaaay!!
     
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