Is there anyone really chomping at the bit for Indiana Jones 5? I understand that it’s possible some people liked Crystal Skull but even those folks have to look at the idea of a fifth film with some healthy skepticism. The rest of us look at it with horror.
But it’s still percolating, if Harrison Ford is to be believed. The actor was stumping for his truly shitty-looking new film, Extraordinary Measures and of course most questions to him were about Indiana Jones.
According to MTV, Harrison Ford is excited about George Lucas’ ‘crazy’ idea for the next film.
“Some of the best ideas are crazy ideas, you know?” he said. “Well-wrought, well-manipulated.’ Yes, Harrison, a well-wrought idea would be great. Show of hands as to who believes it will be well-wrought?
As for what Ford wants in the next film: more Mutt. Yay!
“I think it would be interesting to deepen the relationship between he and his son and play on that relationship. … It’s full of opportunity. The series is full of opportunity.”
Harrison, I do not think opportunity means what you think it means. Unless you think it means ‘paychecks.’
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I wish he would stop tarnishing his legacy like Deniro.
Just keep David Koepp away from it this time, and I'll be a lot happier. That said, I enjoyed the last one. Raiders is a true classic, and the other films are just fun B-movies.
no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
I'm hoping by 'exploring' the relationship between Indy and Mutt it somehow involves Mutt being kidnapped or killed and Indy realizing how shitty of a father he is/was. Crystal Skull was pretty horrible, yes, but Shia LeQueef was icing on the shit cake for me.
What is it about Ford that has made him seek out the most bland films to appear in for the last 20 years?
#3 said it best. Although there should've been more "no"s.
I think they should wait another 20 years and make a movie set in the 1970s. Indy versus a cult leader who uses experimental super-LSD to tap into the mass subconcious and take over all our minds. It would be Indiana Jones and the Doors of Perception and it would be awesome.
One out of the four movies was anything special. Who the fuck cares if they make more?
At first of course I thought Ford had been tarnishing his career for years – then I realized, he has a career and a rep simply based on star wars, the orig Indy's and a few scattered flicks in the 80's what else has he ever done that's good? Just like Sean Connory and Bond the answer is of course, NOTHING. Certainly not witness, jack ryan, presumed retarded, the devil's own, etc. Let him and Lucas film 'two dudes and a cup' for all I care – and this from someone who thought the last Indie was good and perfectly in line with the originals because you know what? They weren't that great. Nostalgia tempts us to believe otherwise, and they are fun, but fine cinema they are not.
Marco – is that a Shia-style "no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no"?
Let's discuss " 's. "
When a name is singular, possesive, and ends in an S, like Lucas, the correct form would be "Lucas's," not "Lucas'."
It's a common mistake, but whenever I see this, much like when people use "Chris'," it's like nails on a chalkboard.
Oh, and Indiana Jones's fourth film sucked balls. As I'm sure the next will, for their are plenty of balls left for George Lucas to suck.
Indiana's encountered both worldy and other-worldy magics and it's time to step it up and make the mother of em all: Written by George Lucas. Directed by James Cameron. INDIANA JONES AND THE AVATAR OF BOX-OFFICE GOLD.
Spielberg got extremely lucky on the last one strictly due to the nostalgia factor. In a way I see him doing this because he knows he let a lot of the fans down. Now all he has to do is lock George "triple chin" Lucas out of story meetings and only then can he get off to a good start.
All you fanboys are in denial. They were all B movies, you're just so stuck on nostalgia to get over it. "But ALIENS?!?" Yes aliens, just as believable as a box full of ghosts and a 2000 year old ghost/knight.
Jesus… Dan (#7) really made me laugh my nuts off.
OI OI JONESY!!!!!!!!
Remember that? Do you?
I hated Crystal Skull. Would love to see Lucas out of the picture, and Spielberg do something ballsy with the series in the vein of "Munich". That would be a great book end to the series and move on!
Devin gave Crystal skull 6.5 out of 10 and now he's 'looking at it with horror'.What an arsehole.Instead of whining about Avatar jerkwad maybe put a bit more thought into your reviews.He also gave Avatar 6.5 out of 10.
Your 7th Grade English Teacher: According to AP style, however, it would be "Lucas'." Go check the latest edition.
They need to have someone from Naughty Dog write this. Uncharted is the new Indiana Jones…
I am reminded of that episode of South park..I can't get the image out of my head of Indy being raped over and over again by Lucas and Spielberg! argh!!!!
My hope for crystal skull was that it would examine how an older indy, now completely settled in as an old professor would be re-born as the younger indy bit by bit until finally at the end of the movie, like in Hook, the young indy springs out of the fat old one and we get a bit of the original again for old time sake. Instead we got an obviously over the hill Indy attempting to shave off at least ten years from his age. It was just a joke. And the only good thing about crystal skull is that it makes Last crusade look like a great indiana jones film. Hard to believe that I once thought last crusade was the worst indiana jones could get and lowest mark for the franchise… oops… As for more mutt, I do like Shia. I think he's capable of doing his own movies now besides playing side kicks to will smith and harrison ford, maybe he can do the new spidey.
Ford wants more Mutt so The Beef can handle all the action for him. He's rather an old fella these days. But I give Ford up to and including Frantic before he started playing too safe with his career. Patriot Games is still reasonably watchable (Bean and Bergin help a hell of a lot) but has all the hallmarks of his later formulaic work – Frantic seems to predict where he's headed and takes the piss a little.
It's "champing" at the bit.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/I_hear_people_say_chomping_at_the_bit_and_champing_at_the_bit_are_both_correct
It's reflexive and small-minded to think a fifth Indiana Jones will underwhelm. Don't underestimate the power of pride!
Ya know, this movie cannot hurt you if you JUST DON'T WATCH IT! Why is that hard? I, for one, am looking forward to it.
#11: You're wrong. Check your AP Stylebook. MLA and Chicago can go to hell.
You guys are both correct about the apostrophe s thing. It can be used both ways. The "s'" is usually preferred among writers/journalists, however – such as Chris', as opposed to Chris's. My first and last name both end with an 's', by the way.
I'm up for one more Indy film. I love all the four previous ones and would like to see Indy, Marion, and Mutt go on one last great adventure. This kind of makes sense anyway since the original plan was to make five of these. Granted when they got to the Last Crusade they decided they were done, but they came back and the last one was a hit, so why not?
First off, the above poster is correct; keep David Koepp away from the script. This is the man who was typing a script for Jurassic Park 2 and wrote the sentence, "The little girl fights off the Velociraptors by using her 6th grade gymnastics skills." Next, frequent misuse of a word or phrase does change its status of being official. If enough people do it, the use or word changes. The English language has evolved that way for centuries. And while i agree with the poster above about AP, and Chicago going to hell, the true test is and always will be the OED; the judge, jury and executioner of the English language.
"Comment #11 (Posted by Your 7th Grade English Teacher)
You might want to look up the words "their", "there" and "they're", see which one you should have used.
The s-apostrophe-s is the preferred British spelling, but it is catching on very rapidly in the States. The last few books of the US editions in the Harry Potter series opted for that spelling, as have many other publications. I expect that soon it will become the new US standard.
"Lucas's" actually makes sense even if it looks ghey because you are actually saying that second s when you say it out loud.
God, I love reading the comments section! From scathing criticism of George Lucas to the intricacies of punctuation all in 30 posts. But just for fun, why not save the studio a ton of cash, just have Ford and Lucas pulled around the Universal back-lot in a ricksha by Jon Ke Quan. Call it Indiana Jones and the Quest for Relevance.
Hasn't George Lucas raped my inner child enough times?
"I ALREADY WORK AROUND THE CLOCK!"
I started to look at the Indy movies in much the same way as the Die Hard series. Both have a classic first entry, which takes itself and it's story seriously. Each is then followed by a separate trilogy of films which feature the same character, but take place in a parallel, cartoonish universe.
I'm sorry, but I dont think the Last Indy movie was all that bad.. What i didnt like was the Ending.. It was too out there for my tastes.. And as to diehard, Live Free or Die Hard was a bad ass movie and imo better than the first…
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