19th June 2009, 9:31 AM
But that's just it, it was historic references. There are so many things mentioned in religion and history that dont exist that indy could have found. Making it aliens, it just became so outlandish. Yunno how the things that indy found, it felt like he was actually stumbling on to these grand artifacts and discovering that they have these incredible powers. The whole aliens thing felt so trite... I read an indy comic once where he confronts an actual Lich and that was badass.... I dunno, I wanted history and adventure in the artifacts from ....real history.
I loved everything else about the movie but it still became a rehash of sorts. Indy fighting the goon in the ocean of ants was almost a direct copy of indy fighting the goon as the plane circled them. It even had the same outcome, but the original scene with the plane was more tense and entertaining. The monkies reminded me instantly of the little alien monkies from Super Metroid that teach you how to wall-jump. They taught Shia how to swing on the vines, so it made me wonder if there was a little metroid flavored homage there.
Indy 4 had huge names attached to it in the directing and writing departments, so I expect it to be better than average but what we got was average. It seems like writing has died a bit in films.
I loved everything else about the movie but it still became a rehash of sorts. Indy fighting the goon in the ocean of ants was almost a direct copy of indy fighting the goon as the plane circled them. It even had the same outcome, but the original scene with the plane was more tense and entertaining. The monkies reminded me instantly of the little alien monkies from Super Metroid that teach you how to wall-jump. They taught Shia how to swing on the vines, so it made me wonder if there was a little metroid flavored homage there.
Indy 4 had huge names attached to it in the directing and writing departments, so I expect it to be better than average but what we got was average. It seems like writing has died a bit in films.