Indiana Jones V

[Rolf Lundgren]

Watched over Christmas and god it dragged on. Over two and a half hours and it felt like two hours of it were chase scenes.

It starts off well enough in New York in the 60s with Indy being out of touch then it becomes a mildly entertaining action film which does nothing with the concept of Indiana Jones and all the backstory that goes behind it. This isn't even a retirement send-off for him, not remotely close, and it's as though they were kind of hoping they might make another one rather than provide a fitting finale. Such a wasted opportunity to end on a high.

[madhair60]

It is a bit sad, being reminded of how fucking mediocre most of the Great British public are.

Yes, I'm a snob.

Yes.

yeah me too but i suppose i just wish i wasn't.

[dissolute ocelot]

I'd rather old men were enjoying this than Spielberg's Oedipus complex, or Jim Broadbent walking a lot, which is only going to give them silly ideas, or for that matter Five Nights at Freddy's. Nothing with evil nazis getting beaten by Toby Jones and Phoebe Waller-Bridge can be all bad. It's a reasonably entertaining adventure movie, and anyone who went into it expecting anything else deserves to watch Harrison Ford's next film, a remake of Salò which is just him on the toilet for 2 hours.

[Butchers Blind]

Harrison Ford's next film, a remake of Salò which is just him on the toilet for 2 hours.

Take my money.

[phantom_power]

It is a bit sad, being reminded of how fucking mediocre most of the Great British public are.

Yes, I'm a snob.

Yes.

Some people just want to be entertained for a couple of hours without being too challenged. That isn't mediocre. They just want different things out of films than you do

[Mister Six]

Yes: mediocrity.

[dontpaintyourteeth]

What's supposed to be so great about Phoebe Hey in Walla I'll see you in Walla Walla Bridge anyway?

[Butchers Blind]

Some people just want to be entertained for a couple of hours without being too challenged. That isn't mediocre. They just want different things out of films than you do

How can you be entertained by something that's badly written and directed?

[holyzombiejesus]

How can you be entertained by something that's badly written and directed?

and, most of all, really fucking boring.

[Mister Six]

That's the thing, isn't it? I'm not being down on people for enjoying blockbuster entertainment, I'm down on people for enjoying such depressingly subpar, half-hearted cack. The original Indy films are some of the most imaginative, funny and exciting blockbusters ever. They invented the mine cart chase, and created the template for the modern pulp-adventure hero. You can see their influence in everything from Donkey Kong Country to bloody Aquaman! A hat and a whip. Those first four notes of John Williams' score. That shit is iconic.

And they're so beautifully directed! Even Temple of Doom, which Spielberg admits basically winging, is packed with style and charm.

So to see people so easily delighted by a sluggish, ham-fisted, lazily plotted pile of mediocrity is kind of dispiriting, because Hollywood studios have the capacity to give us big crowd-pleasing romps that are actually made with care and attention and love and ingenuity - but plebs like John Porridgebrain of Nuneaton or whoever the fuck he is mean there's very little incentive for them to do so as long as they can be herded in the right direction with the right basic stimuli. You might as well just dangle some tinsel in this thick fucking cunt's face, for all he understands or appreciates art and the effort that goes into it.

Fuck him. Fuck 'em all.

[Mister Six]

(Don't worry, I'm almost joking.)

[phantom_power]

How can you be entertained by something that's badly written and directed?

I can't but some people can, and it depends on what you mean by "badly". I don't think there is anything wrong with disagreeing with someone's taste, or saying what they like is bad. I don't think calling them mediocre for liking something different to you is very fair though, and a bit smug, even if you think they thing they like is mediocre