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Movies that are considered bad that you enjoyed.
mikmaxs:
A couple things:
One, WILL SMITH NEVER SAYS 'Welcome to Erf.' Go back and watch it: He clearly says 'Earth.' I don't know why people quote it like that.
As for KotCS, I feel like it has five shortcomings:
One, the Nuclear Fridge
Two, Shia Labouf's character and performance. (After seeing Fury I don't think he's a bad actor, but Mutt was just terrible and ultimately didn't do much.)
Three, Aliens. Or Trans-dimensional beings? The ending is never explained, and it feels like it was rushed and not thought out properly.
Four, the villain (The Russians,) don't actually feel evil, and it's never really shown why there's a clear and present danger. It's implied that... Something bad... Might happen, but we never see them brutally attack innocents, or do anything explicitly evil. Even when they fun down guards at that warehouse, we don't see the bodies, and the Americans cause more harm to Indy at the beginning than the Russians do.
Finally, Harrison Ford. He's a great actor, but he's just too old to play a character like Indy. You don't want to live vicariously through a crotchety old man who looks kind of sleepy the entire movie.
That being said, I'm a huge fan of Skycaptain in the World of Tomorrow. Oh, and I really liked The Amazing Spider Man: 2.
mikmaxs:
On Star Wars: They're fun to watch for the action sequences, where the special effect shine and the money poured into the CGI budget comes through. Most of the criticism is that in between the stellar action, most of the cinematography is bland and boring, and the characters are, overall, lacking in an emotional draw and often confused as to how they should be acting. (Obi-Wan, as a Jedi Master training his apprentice to be patient, wise, and thoughtful but he yells a lot, makes impulsive decisions, reckless attacks, and shows poor judgement through most of the movie.)
ReindeerFlotilla:
I was with KotCS until "oh, aliens." It's actually pretty pulp, it's just that Indy'a big screen adventures never implied sci-fi before.
mikmaxs:
I should clarify: I don't think that KotCS is a BAD movie, it's just a bad Indiana Jones movie. If it had starred some other main character, kind of MacGeyvery, and been done as a homage to pulp sci-fi and action flicks, it would have been a good movie. Trying to keep it in the franchise killed it.
Method of Madness:
Just because there weren't aliens before means there can't be aliens now?
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