Five reasons why, despite my good sense, I'm remaining hopeful about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull:
1) Since A.I. Artificial Intelligence in 2001, Steven Spielberg has produced a run of inventive and challenging movies unequalled since his his glory days of 1975-1982 - the same period that produced Raiders of the Lost Ark.
2) Though screenwriter David Koepp has both "on" periods and "way, way off" periods, one of his recent "ons" resulted in Spider-Man, one of the very best summer movies of the last ten years.
3) Swordfight. On the top. Of moving. Trucks.
4) No matter how awful and painful every moment of the film might be, there will still be John Williams's "Raiders March" coming out of commercial-grade DTS speakers.
5) If it's as much better than Revenge of the Sith as Revenge of the Sith was better than Attack of the Clones, it might even be a for-real movie.
21 May 2008
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I thought Spidey was overrated. Spiderman 2 however, is easily the best comic book film to date. Of course, all will be fogotten when "what doesn't kill you makes you stranger."
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