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03 Jun 08
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At the end of the day, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is nothing if not consistent —taking care of business solidly, professionally and without a lick of the genuine wonderment or inspiration that you can find in surplus in Jon Favreau’s Spielberg-influenced Iron Man.
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from the strenuous self-importance of the Bruckheimer-era blockbuster, and one should never look even such modest gift
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But for all the winks and nods to the character’s (and the actor’s) age that have been worked into the script, the movie seems intent on making Jones seem more (not less) invincible than ever, including one outlandish (even by these standards) scene in which Indy survives a nuclear detonation in the Nevada desert by packing himself inside a lead-lined refrigerator. After that, no wonder going toe-to-toe with resident aliens and alien residents seems like child’s play.
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s one who considers Spielberg among the most immensely gifted moviemakers of his generation, I’ve never been convinced that the Indiana Jones movies find him working at (or anywhere near) his personal best.
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As one who considers Spielberg among the most immensely gifted moviemakers of his generation, I’ve never been convinced that the Indiana Jones movies find him working at (or anywhere near) his personal best.
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Can this really be the script that Lucas fussed and fretted over for the better part of two decades, allegedly rejecting draft upon draft by the likes of Frank Darabont, M. Night Shyamalan and Tom Stoppard?
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It’s been 19 years since the daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones let the Holy Grail slip through his fingers at the close of 1989’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
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