Indiana Jones 4

I've read it. It def doesn't read like a final draft but it seems like he had some fun doing it.

Frank wrote three of the best episodes of Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, so I really liked the way he got into it.

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The Marion / Indy relationship seemed to go back to the old ways.... in Crystal Skull its sort of like she's gaga over him and that tension is gone... i really liked the russian sidekick "in russia, the fridge nukes us"... the Chris Columbus draft is also up... it's insane.... the guy spent too much time in Harry Potter Land[/COLOR]
 
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Too much of it feels like "Indy's Greatest Hits", with constant dialogue winks to other films in the series.

YURI
...adventure still has a name!


Puh-leeeze! That wasn't even in one of the movies, it's from a poster!
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agreed.... and the scene where he robs his own artifacts from the museum is horrible.

Indy 4 was bad...but Durabonts might have been worse.
 
The summary:

A great father and son film. I took my son after summer camp and then we went for pizza ....

He loved it. I liked it.

I was not disappointed as I knew not from this thread, but from my gut that it would not even come close to my vision of what Indy is (see Raiders). At times Ford seemed to be inconsistent with his lines and the film seemed to lose focus and direction going from fun adventure film to comical silly family and then into more serious not for children scenes

Seeing Marion was rad; and I think they handled it well, but the Indy realizing he was a dad came across as too 'funny haha' for my tastes

The action scenes were well done when NOT going into 007 Bullshit territory, which they seemed to do a lot

The original never crossed that boundary of plausible but this film seemed too over the top for my tastes

Blanchett was superb; always

Overall ?

I enjoyed it if even I can;t be sure I'll own it.

3 of 5 Hudson Stars
My IMDB - 6
 
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Liked .

Liked means I probably won't own it. Liked means I'm not telling people to run to the theatre; wait for DVD.

It was father / son friendly. Nothing more, nothing less.

Sigh

Could be so much more if done correctly. The opening frame of the Paramount Mountain turning into a prairie mound set the vibe. The Tarzan vine sequence was akin to the lil girl in Jurassic 2 doing gymnastics, the one liners were too much, the high schoolers getting into the Malt Shop brawl was a bad idea, the motorcycle in the library sequence was too much .....

I Liked it. But it was what I expected. Silly.
 
New commenter on these here forums - nice to meet you all.
Reading this thread, it made me start to think - what's happened to the adventure genre? Why do I feel that,even with a better script, a more 'Indy' look/feel (didn't understand the constant 'hair light' on all the characters - could they make it any more obvious we're in a studio?), and such - they just could not pull off a good Indiana Jones even if they tried?
Is it the lack of real locations for shooting, over-reliance on CGI, or something else? I started to think that maybe the original IJ movies just aged well - but no, I remember enjoying them thoroughly on first watch.

On a similar note, I watched Star Wars, Ep. 1 today...and actually can I say I enjoyed it more than I have previously - perhaps my initial expectations set me against it originally. Maybe the same will happen with Indy IV? There's still may be hope
 
I have a general disregard for fan films...Why spend all that effort when you could just as easily do something original?...This wasn't bad, though. Not sure I'd say it's better than IJ4 as it still feels amateur to me, but considering they came as close as they did on probably 1 percent of the budget is enough to shame Spielberg and Lucas.
 
I'm alright with fan films - from personal experience, doing a sort of 'tribute' to something you really respect can be awesome. I love doing original stuff much more, of course - but taking a break every once and a while, and just having fun making something look great has its perks too. A creativity vacation :)

pdsage - You are correct. Lovin' me some Murnau
 
Well. I think for me it's the idea that it's not trying to be something it's not. It KNOWS it can't be as good as the original indiana jones. IJ4 THINKS it can be, but it's not. This movie has no budget but it has alot of charm
 
In a world of remakes and sequalizations I don't think Hollywood wants to make anything original, why make a fan film is like asking why make 3 sequels to Indiana jones? because people want to watch it, and it's fun to watch. They don't necessarily want to make money or even BE film makers, they just want to have fun with their friends and play in a universe they will never exist in. I don't think that is wrong. Why are there so many films based on comic books? Whether the film maker is making money or not, I don't think it's important. Point being, hollywood is only different because they're making money off it.
 
I like what Evan S said.

My opinion on the matter is as long as the fan film producer doesn't make or attempt to make any money from the fan film, then no problem (unless they get the rights or enter into some sort of contract with the rights holder). Personally, I've thought of making a fan film at one time or another. The thing that always kills it for me is that I have enough trouble just getting my original ideas off the ground, or should I say out of my head and onto the screen.

One thing that I have been thinking of lately is that since Hollywood is so sequel / remake / adaptation crazy, and that trend doesn't seem to be dwindling anytime soon, is why shouldn't someone who shoots a fan film be able to show it as evidence that they can play in a pre-created world and produce professional results? This is along the same lines that TV spec scripts operate under. If you want to write for TV you don't write a pilot script for one of you original ideas, but a spec episode of an already existing show. You can't sell it. Not even to the producer of the show you write you spec episode for.

So why not allow writers to show their stuff in the same way but for films and specs? The downside being that you wouldn't be able to sell your script or film because of copyright issues.
 
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