Comments on: Indy’s back … https://www.jenniferestep.com/indys-back/ New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:06:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/indys-back/#comment-6710 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:06:55 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=482#comment-6710 Ah, I see.

The kid was okay. Let’s face it — it’s hard to top Harrison Ford. I thought it was funny when the kid was trying to comb his hair in the crypt, and his hand started shaking because he was so scared.

]]> By: Louise B https://www.jenniferestep.com/indys-back/#comment-6706 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:45:22 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=482#comment-6706 The Pancho Villa reference may have been to the Young Indiana Jones TV show, but it first actually happened in New Mexico. 🙂

I thought the Shia actor did a decent job. I know I heard a lot of complaints about him before I saw the movie. I don’t follow the Hollywood info dump, so I didn’t know anything about him. He was OK by me. I especially liked how he had to comb his hair with the Russian woman’s sword pointing at him.

Louise B

]]> By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/indys-back/#comment-6692 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:32:27 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=482#comment-6692 I thought Harrison Ford was as good as ever — and he looked pretty good too. :buttercup:

I’d never watched Shia before. He did okay. I didn’t think he (or any of the other actors) had a lot of great dialogue to work with.

I loved the first scene of the fedora blowing out of the car.

I want to see Iron Man. I’m also looking forward to Get Smart and The Dark Knight. Hey, don’t feel bad — this is geek central. :joecool:

]]> By: Chasity https://www.jenniferestep.com/indys-back/#comment-6683 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:14:43 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=482#comment-6683 I really wasn’t expecting them to go the Alien route with this one. It made me go, “HUH?”

Overall though I enjoyed the movie. Han Solo can really pull off Indy.

Shia Lebouff (spelling???) was great in this one. After watching this, I sat down and watch another of his movies, Disturbia. Which I really enjoyed. That kid can act. And he’s cute 🙂

My favorite part of this Indy was the line “I have a bad feeling about this.” I giggled for a long while when Indy said that.

Anyway, we saw this at the drive in. So it’s a 2 for 1 deal. Right after was Iron Man. I took me a “cat” nap for about 15 mins at the beginning because I just couldn’t keep my head up. I really, really enjoyed Iron Man.

What can I say? I’m a geek.

]]> By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/indys-back/#comment-6673 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:44:40 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=482#comment-6673 I would have been fine if they’d just used El Dorado and left the aliens out of it. I guess I was so disappointed because I love the other movies (especially the last one) so much. Sigh.

It was a secret baby plot! I didn’t even think about that, but it’s so true. :blossom:

According to my Entertainment Weekly, the Pancho Villa reference was actually referring to the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, a TV series that featured Indy as a young man. One of the episodes had him hanging out with PV.

]]> By: Louise B https://www.jenniferestep.com/indys-back/#comment-6671 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:05:56 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=482#comment-6671 I saw Indiana Jones, too, and thought it was good, but I made the same comment about the aliens. The movie would have resonated more strongly if they’d used an earth artifact which already had cultural expectations ingrained in the audience.

By the way, I pointed out to my teenage sons and their friends that the romance was a Harlequin secret baby subplot. Since Harlequin sells so many of these stories, no wonder it was popular in the movie. 🙂

No one else probably got this, but I think the Indiana Jones writers referenced a New Mexico history book. Of course, there was the Roswell incident, the atomic bomb testing, but did anyone else catch the dialogue line about Pancho Villa’s raid on Columbus, NM? Believe me, New Mexicans still remember it.

I saw Prince Caspian twice the Sunday it came out and loved it. Of course, I was already pre-disposed to adore it. Everyone tells me Iron Man is good, but I’m not that familiar with the story world so I’ll wait to see it.

Sincerely,
Louise B

]]> By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/indys-back/#comment-6669 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:13:30 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=482#comment-6669 Yeah, I thought Ford did a good job. But the alien angle did nothing for me. You’re right. A more familiar legend would have been better.

Yeah, I figured the guy would turn out to be a double agent. And was it just me, or did Cate Blanchett’s character look like Natasha from Rocky & Bullwinkle? I kept waiting for Boris to come on screen and join her.

Ah, well. At least I can say I’ve seen it now.

]]> By: Tia https://www.jenniferestep.com/indys-back/#comment-6660 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:58:10 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=482#comment-6660 I found it entertaining, but mostly because of Harrison Ford, not because of the writing. The alien thing weirded me out, too. I wish the legend they had used had been more familiar to an American audience, like the Arc and the Grail was. You don’t require so much backstory, then.

I found the over-the-top escapes way too over-the-top. The interaction between the characters was amusing, but the ally that turned into a double agent, only to go back to Indy’s side, only to go back to the other side was too hard to keep up with.

Do see Iron Man. I really enjoyed it.

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