Saturday, May 31, 2008

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Point I Fell Asleep: ACTUALLY STAYED AWAKE
Location: Theater
Time I Started Movie: Primetime
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/

So I haven't been to a movie theater in quite a while, so I decided to see what I've been missing out on. So I showed up 10 minutes late, but the previews were still showing, so it's all good. However, the only good seat that was open was the 3rd row from the front. Ugh. It was like a poor man's IMAX, and you had to look up the entire movie. Even the last time I sat this close, when I was 12 or so, I hated it. I don't know what I was thinking.

Of all the Indiana Jones movies, I loved "Temple of Doom" the most. I watched that one quite a number of times. Plus, all the kids in elementary school asked if I was in the movie. "Okie dokie Doctor Jones." I never saw "Raiders," and "Last Crusade" wasn't bad. This one was a TYPICAL Indiana Jones movie. You know...where 10 bad guys shoot at Indy while he's jumping over boxes, and they all miss him. Usually this would really piss me off, but I just had to smirk because after all, this is typical Indy. Oh, and the only other exception to this rule would be James Bond. Everyone else SHOULD die. I wasn't quite sure what time period this movie was set in. It was definitely no later than the 1970's, but wasn't "Temple" and "Crusade" around that same era? And since Indy has aged like 20 years, I was expecting the setting to be in the 90's at the minimum. That was my only real gripe about the movie. Other than that, the movie was enjoyable and I stayed awake.

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