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[dakegra]

Finally, Indy 4 is out on DVD and I can get to watch it!

I've heard all the so-so reviews, but I'm still excited. It's Indy! How can that not be ace?

Comments

[caitirin.livejournal.com]

Just go in expecting it to be cheesy and over the top and have FUN!

Don't go in with a stick up your butt like so many other people did. And don't expect cinematic genius either. I can guarantee the people that went into it with high high expections... they hated it.

We laughed and had fun with it :) It's got some lovely Indy moments and some truly wtf? moments too. :)

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

my pre-criteria for enjoying the film are:

1. Does it have Harrison Ford in it?
2. Does he have a fedora?
3. Does he have a whip?
4. is there some mystical hokum about a McGuffin that he needs to steal/retrieve/etc?
bonus points for:
5. wisecracks
6. Cate Blanchett
7. Karen Allen
8. No Short Round. :-)

Cinematic genius? C'mon, George Lucas is involved! Strikes that one off the list immediately.

[caitirin.livejournal.com]

It's got all those things in it.

Enjoy :}

[nextian-cutie.livejournal.com]

You should be fine then...you are going in with low expectations!

I had listened to the others who loved it. Wish I hadn't listened. I did *TRY* to go in with lower expectations but it didn't work. I did a LOT of eye rolling. Even Jon, who loves that kind of stuff, was wondering when it would be over. Still glad I watched it though. Don't think I'd watch it again, however. (And I LOVED the first 3!)

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

I'm intrigued as to what kind of expectations you had, given that you'd already seen the first three.

[nextian-cutie.livejournal.com]

I was expecting much wittier dialogue and stunts that actually "made sense" and furthered the plot at least a little and weren't just there for the sake of putting in an action sequence.

The back plot had potential that they never really got into.

And I have to admit, as much as I love action sequences - especially the old-school Indy style ones, these were so over the top cheesy they were making us groan.