Gimme back my crystal skull!

[Gagneaux]

if only Tony Stark was big into Wu-Tang.

Imagine: Prisoner of War Robert Downey Jr. humming something from the Pretty Tony album, just to keep his mind in order, when inspiration hits! He thinks, 'Time to build an motha-fuckin Iron Man suit and beat ass like Ghostface!!!'

That's it. I'm moving back to Hollywood. 

[Stupornaut]

if only Tony Stark was big into Wu-Tang.

Imagine: Prisoner of War Robert Downey Jr. humming something from the Pretty Tony album, just to keep his mind in order, when inspiration hits! He thinks, 'Time to build an motha-fuckin Iron Man suit and beat ass like Ghostface!!!'

That's it. I'm moving back to Hollywood. 

Ghostface actually had a cameo in the can and they scrapped it. Boo!

[Martin]

At one point I thought to myself, "I wonder when Mulder and Scully will show up?"

Then I thought, "Stop it, that would be RIDICULOUS!"

[samir]

Paramount silencing portions of Indiana Jones in theaters?

While at the cinema yesterday, I read a notice posted by the box office that Paramount has intentionally silenced bits of the soundtrack of _Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull_ in order to deter and track piracy. The notice acknowledged that the momentary silences were annoying but that it was out of their control. Basically it said, please don't bug the manager if the sound drops out, unless it lasts more than a minute.

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/28/paramount-silencing.html

[iAmBaronVonTito]

Paramount silencing portions of Indiana Jones in theaters?

While at the cinema yesterday, I read a notice posted by the box office that Paramount has intentionally silenced bits of the soundtrack of _Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull_ in order to deter and track piracy. The notice acknowledged that the momentary silences were annoying but that it was out of their control. Basically it said, please don't bug the manager if the sound drops out, unless it lasts more than a minute.

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/28/paramount-silencing.html

that hard up to make a buck, huh?  they have to silence parts of the movie, oh brother.

give me my money back.

[mokin]

Paramount silencing portions of Indiana Jones in theaters?

While at the cinema yesterday, I read a notice posted by the box office that Paramount has intentionally silenced bits of the soundtrack of _Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull_ in order to deter and track piracy. The notice acknowledged that the momentary silences were annoying but that it was out of their control. Basically it said, please don't bug the manager if the sound drops out, unless it lasts more than a minute.

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/28/paramount-silencing.html

that hard up to make a buck, huh?  they have to silence parts of the movie, oh brother.

give me my money back back my money!

Fixed.

[cutout]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/21/bts.indiana.jones/index.html

Certainly, everybody seemed to be having a good time. At one point on "106 & Park," the rapper Jim Jones took the stage and performed "Ballin," an infectious ode to living it up that even has its own signature dance. Jim Jones taught Indiana Jones the dance (it looks like a fadeaway jump shot) and the crowd ate it up.

"When did you know you were ballin'?" "106 & Park" co-host Terrence J asked Ford.

"I be ballin' now," Ford answered, to wide approval.

[John Junk 2.0]

I just saw it.  Wasn't that bad.  Wasn't that good.  Shia LaBoof is pretty terrible.  (aside: I met him in real life and he was nice).  Those alien shenanigans were dumb.  I was half expecting ET to arrive.  I liked the car chase in the jungle, except for the George of the Jungle Shiananigans.

Harrison Ford was too squinty and crabby.  The acting in general was awful.  I think too much happened so that there wasn't really much tension and the stuff that was supposed to be funny just came out corny.  I thought the ants were actually pretty good, and in general I think they really did use restraint with the cgi (except for the praire dogs).  That a-bomb thing was pretty fucked up, I thought.  I think it was supposed to be funny but it was disturbing.  A lot of the movie definitely did look really sound stage-y.  It's weird, it probably cost a bazillion dollars, but sorta looked retro and cheap. I guess that's the point.  The camera filters were weird too. Still, all in all, I didn't totally hate it.  It's silliness!  Enjoy the silly! Even if it's kinda stilted and flawed. 

Those callers were right about the "weight" of the skull, though. It's so obviously plastic and seems to weigh like 2 pounds.

This is better than the movie, and more intriguing: http://www.crystalinks.com/medmusiccs.html

[Gagneaux]

all in all, I didn't totally hate it.  

So that makes two FOTs who didn't totally hate this movie. I no longer stand alone

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Make that three.  I pretty much felt exactly like Junk about it, but couldn't be bothered to type up my response (not true, actually; it's just that I was typing up a different response for a friend who's writing an article on possible crypto-Marxism in the movie.  I didn't see any).

[Chris L]

Meanwhile the new Errol Morris movie I haven't had a chance to see is slinking out of theaters here after two weeks. 

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Really?  That sucks.  I should go see that toot-sweet, it looks great.

[Laurie]

GIVE ME BACK MY CRYSTAL PEPSI.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

GIVE ME BACK MY CRYSTAL PEPSI.

i felt foolish posting this on my own.  finally...thanks, laurie.

[Pat K]

"When did you know you were ballin'?" "106 & Park" co-host Terrence J asked Ford.

"I be ballin' now," Ford answered, to wide approval.

YES.