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/dev/random / Re: The last movie you saw....
« on: September 04, 2023, 08:01:55 PM »
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
It had action and adventure. But then again, lots of other movies do these days. I mean... if you just wanted another Indiana Jones movie... and one with ridiculous shit like time travel, MORE nazis (because the 1st and 3rd ones didn't have enough for you I guess), 80% of the movie looking like it was shot in front of a green screen (yet oddly enough still costing shitloads of money to produce as if they used physical sets and real effects and stunts), and rampant plot "borrowing" from the other 4 Indiana Jones movies (like the room with shitloads of creepy crawly insects from Temple of Doom)... then this is the movie for you.
Personally, I didn't think Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was as bad as the critics said it was. I kinda liked it. It wasn't as good as the first 3 Indiana Jones movies obviously, but I felt like it fit enough to be a legit 4th installment, and it was written by George Lucas and directed by Spielberg, so even though it was an obvious cash grab of a movie, it felt like it fit with the others.
This one is NOT written by George Lucas and is NOT directed by Spielberg. And you can tell. And if the 4th one tarnished the reputation of franchise, the critics were very accurate on this one for once: it was rehashed mediocre crap.
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Here's what I notice:
*1st movie - the ark of the covenant (was a real thing)
*2nd movie - chakra stones (pretty sure they were a real thing in Indian culture, maybe not THOSE SPECIFIC stones in the movie, but such things were known to have existed)
*3rd movie - holy grail, the cup christ used at the last supper (likely a real thing, I'm pretty sure certain historical accounts do reference certain people possessing a thing believed to be the cup, unknown for sure if they actually did)
*4th movie - crystal skull (fake, all the discovered supposed native american crystal skull artifacts were proven to be fakes)
(note: moving away from reality and believability here, aren't we?)
*5th movie - dial of archimedes (fake, not a real thing, VERY loosely based on the Antikythera mechanism, a greek artifact theorized to have been created to predict the movements of the stars and the occurrence of eclipses)
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All of the movies feature some kind of "magical" aspect: The mystical power of the Ark and it's curse being able to kill people, the magical powers of the chakra stones, the mystical power of the grail cup and it's ability to heal and give eternal life to whoever drinks from it (even though Indy's dad did end up dying eventually... strange, right, lol), the otherworldly power of the crystal skull, the magical power of the dial to predict time fissures that allow for time travel.
But the first three were based on religion, major ones that still exist. The 4th one... arguably a religious myth, although based on fake archeology. 5th one, COMPLETELY MADE UP, no religious context at all. I think the fact that the first three used artifacts from religions still in existence today lent a bit of believability to the magical aspects of the plots in the movies. Just my opinion, just my theory. I think if they could've found some other religious based artifact, like the "spear of destiny", perhaps that would play better. (the spear that was used to stab Christ as he hung on the cross, a special division under the direction of Nazi SS Reichsfuhrer H. Himmler was trying to find it, it's rumored that the catholic church has it hidden somewhere) And HEY, since they obviously had to have a nostalgic callback with Nazi's, that one would've let them use Nazi's again as the bad guys, right!?!
It had action and adventure. But then again, lots of other movies do these days. I mean... if you just wanted another Indiana Jones movie... and one with ridiculous shit like time travel, MORE nazis (because the 1st and 3rd ones didn't have enough for you I guess), 80% of the movie looking like it was shot in front of a green screen (yet oddly enough still costing shitloads of money to produce as if they used physical sets and real effects and stunts), and rampant plot "borrowing" from the other 4 Indiana Jones movies (like the room with shitloads of creepy crawly insects from Temple of Doom)... then this is the movie for you.
Personally, I didn't think Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was as bad as the critics said it was. I kinda liked it. It wasn't as good as the first 3 Indiana Jones movies obviously, but I felt like it fit enough to be a legit 4th installment, and it was written by George Lucas and directed by Spielberg, so even though it was an obvious cash grab of a movie, it felt like it fit with the others.
This one is NOT written by George Lucas and is NOT directed by Spielberg. And you can tell. And if the 4th one tarnished the reputation of franchise, the critics were very accurate on this one for once: it was rehashed mediocre crap.
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Here's what I notice:
*1st movie - the ark of the covenant (was a real thing)
*2nd movie - chakra stones (pretty sure they were a real thing in Indian culture, maybe not THOSE SPECIFIC stones in the movie, but such things were known to have existed)
*3rd movie - holy grail, the cup christ used at the last supper (likely a real thing, I'm pretty sure certain historical accounts do reference certain people possessing a thing believed to be the cup, unknown for sure if they actually did)
*4th movie - crystal skull (fake, all the discovered supposed native american crystal skull artifacts were proven to be fakes)
(note: moving away from reality and believability here, aren't we?)
*5th movie - dial of archimedes (fake, not a real thing, VERY loosely based on the Antikythera mechanism, a greek artifact theorized to have been created to predict the movements of the stars and the occurrence of eclipses)
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All of the movies feature some kind of "magical" aspect: The mystical power of the Ark and it's curse being able to kill people, the magical powers of the chakra stones, the mystical power of the grail cup and it's ability to heal and give eternal life to whoever drinks from it (even though Indy's dad did end up dying eventually... strange, right, lol), the otherworldly power of the crystal skull, the magical power of the dial to predict time fissures that allow for time travel.
But the first three were based on religion, major ones that still exist. The 4th one... arguably a religious myth, although based on fake archeology. 5th one, COMPLETELY MADE UP, no religious context at all. I think the fact that the first three used artifacts from religions still in existence today lent a bit of believability to the magical aspects of the plots in the movies. Just my opinion, just my theory. I think if they could've found some other religious based artifact, like the "spear of destiny", perhaps that would play better. (the spear that was used to stab Christ as he hung on the cross, a special division under the direction of Nazi SS Reichsfuhrer H. Himmler was trying to find it, it's rumored that the catholic church has it hidden somewhere) And HEY, since they obviously had to have a nostalgic callback with Nazi's, that one would've let them use Nazi's again as the bad guys, right!?!
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