7:55 that scene spawned one of the most famous maps in gaming history. Nuketown in Black Ops! One the artists designed Nuketown after watching the movie.
...and yet, quite a bit of practical FX work. They could easily have saved half the budget with CGI, which might have looked better. That overlit cinematography kills it!
Not to be that guy, but he didn’t really call anything. When you consider the fact that when he filmed this video Ford was 78 and the movie was in preproduction
I mean it does fit a lot of movies. But it's the fact it's an Indiana Jones movie. I remember how much hype this movie had from it's first trailer. And then the absolute unanimous reaction of anger and hatred after it's release.
@@FlyingV555 Hard to say, there are so many movies and other things that could be described that way that have come out in the last 30 years I'd say (definitely in the last 20) it's impossible to guess.
Yeah right day Chris reads gives thumbs up to comments is day listen to people comments and review what they say which is never he don’t read comments people
"Indiana Jones movies should have exceptional ideas not acceptable ideas." Damn, Stuckmann, you're becoming as quotable as Ebert at the height of his powers
Neville Bezzina difference between ebert and Chris is ebert use to reply to email Chris never reply messages twitter, Facebook , youtube , flick pick reply sometimes Chris never does
@@dragonball3166 do you have any idea how many messages Chris has to reply to just so he can entertain your comment? Hundreds of mails can be received daily, millions of comments and tweets and posts will be received with the internet in just half of a day. Stop thinking people you see on the screen have the respnsibility to address you personally. Stop being entitled. Also, if you are watching Chris closely with his vids, you should know that there are two or three fans that approached him during a screening asking for a selfie after the film. After the film, he waited on the cinema theatre for them to find him, he even looked for them, and he didn't find them. He gave them a special mention on one of his vids that on the next screening he hopes to see them again and take that selfie. I don't know Chris personally, but I'm pretty sure he's a guy who will find it a pleasure to interact with fans.
Mutt doesn't get the hat, but you may notice that in TOD, Indy actually lets Short Round wear it in one scene. The Short Round movie is what I really need right now!
You know I’d actually like it if we have Short Round (given the actor is now a stunt choreographer) all grown up join indy and Mutt on one last adventure. But I’d like it if we had Chris Pratt play Mutt instead.
@@anorak775 It worked in minority report considering it's futuristic and clean. But Indy has always had a sweaty, dirty, grimy look and feel to it. This movie was just too clean, it just felt way off. Nothing in the world felt particularly lived in everything felt artificial and fake.
This movie isn’t the worst movie in the world imo. It’s definitely the worst in the series and feels completely detached from the genius Spielberg made before with the other three films.
Nah, it was the same, fake shit. And perhaps even worse since they mashed together several stories instead of sticking to the books. At least Indy had an original story written for him..........but yeah, both Tintin and Indy were raped.
12:54 Having just watched all the films fresh for the first time, I didn’t see this moment as disrespect to Marcus like many fans understandably would. It plays out like a weird trick of fate that Mutt lays the trap, only for Marcus to in a sense foil their pursuit of Indy and Mutt. The smiling head of Marcus falling in their lap feeling like an in character interference from beyond the grave to help out his friend. While Mutt, the optimist in the story, reacts in amazement seeing it as miraculous as it was, very much like Indy did as a youth. Indiana Jones however, has a look of insult, shame, and pain. In his old age, Henry has become his own father, seeing everything Mutt does as stupid or unimpressive. Indiana Jones despite seemingly being converted to a life of faith at the end of the trilogy, now has lost the people in his life who helped him achieve said faith. He’s cynical of everything, surrounding himself with people like Mac who are clearly negative influences, until he meets this boy who he realizes is his son, and along with him, Marion. All of This coupled with the fact that he survives so many absurd things, seeing the Ark again, but also meeting beings who contradict the idea of God altogether, the film still ends with him under the holy roof of a Church. In the face of challenge, through Resilience of belief, Indiana Jones finally achieves what his father did: Illumination. This is not a great film by any stretch, but like the Star Wars prequels, it does have something to say. Also like the Prequels, the message is poorly executed in many respects. Thanks for the video, keep up the great work.
The scene with statue of Marcus reminded me of the scene when Indie was on the motorcycle with his father. Indie uses the pole by jamming it into the spokes of the Nazi's motorcycle. Indie has a big smile on his face, while his father as a disappointed look of derision. This is in contrast to Indie's father smiling when Indie takes out the guy while jousting. Because Indie's father was illuminated, he could tell the difference between a fair and noble fight and a cheap shot while at the time Indie couldn't.
I imagined a scenario I think would have been better. What if Marcus' statue had a different pose in which Marcus had an arm raised? What if the arm broke off and perfectly slapped a badguy of a motorcycle chasing them?
It’s interesting because if you look at some set footage shown in this video they actually have aluminum reflective sheets hovering above the cast. These are typically used to get a glow lighting effect in portrait photography... this is the first I have seen it used in cinematography... maybe they thought it would give for a more moody atmosphere.
Aliens fit right at home with the 50s theme though. As does the Russian psyops lady. The core concept had merit; it's just bafflingly bad in execution.
My understanding is that the conversation was kind of the opposite. The original idea was to lean hard into 1950s UFOlogy and SF movie tropes, but Spielberg didn't want to, because he'd played with that in Close Encounters. So instead we have anachronistic 70s style New Agey UFOlogy at the core, which doesn't work.
I feel like one of the reasons it looks more overlit is for a few reasons: 1. Spielberg in the 2000s went for a more overblown aesthetic in his blockbuster films, Minority Report and War of the Worlds for example. I feel like he could have brought that mindset here as well 2. This is the only Indiana Jones movie shot by Janusz Kaminiski. In general, he tends to overlight his films, especially windows being blown out to a considerable degree. Even look at Amistad, that's a very brightly lit movie. It could have been the different style of his vs the originals by Douglas Slocombe's. This is just a theory I have.
Robbie Moore, I was about to comment that exact same thing. Slocombe was an "old school" cinematographer who trained under Kubrick, and his frequent collaborator John Alcott, who all championed natural lighting, and it shows in the Indy trilogy. If I remember right, Slocombe never used a light meter the entire time he shot Raiders. Spielberg wanted him to shoot Crystal Skull, but like Connery, Slocombe had retired by this time and didn't want to return. Like you said, Kaminski overlit everything probably in order to give it that 1950's comic book like feel.
I also feel like George Lucas’ obsession with cgi and blue screen was a bad influence on Spielberg. This is probably the only film ever directed by Spielberg with below par effects.
BattleUp Saber There's a fanedit of KotCS (either Raiders of the Lost Skull or the 15Maf edit) that use the trailer version of that line. I recommend seeking out either edit, they're both quite good. Especially the Raiders of the Lost Skull edit.
The MCU is guilty of this, too. The scene between Peter and Tony in the limo in Spider-Man Homecoming is better in the trailer than in the movie. (Go ahead and rewatch both. I’ll wait here. Now, search your feelings. You know it to be true.)
It's bad but it's more just so deeply disappointing. After all the time between the third movie and this one (19 years) you'd think they could get everything right. Nope. All the time planning, rewrites countless drafts and who knows how much shot footage that was never used. This is the outcome.
@UN KNOWN He's afraid of being ostracized. Otherwise he'd openly admit it. It's like the people who hate on the prequels because they don't want to be looked down on.
He was right to begin with, it was a B, as in BAD. And it even plays like a B movie at certain times. A B grade is more than fair depending how you look at it.
Harrison ford said that in a 2006 interview if is movie wasn't made by 2008 they should just forget about it so Steven Spielberg instantly starting planning the storyline
@@adriannn3720 yeah, I know. This is how I would rank them. 4. Temple of doom 3. The last crusade 2. Raiders of the lost ark 1. Kingdom of the crystal skull
Marion: “I’m sure I wasn’t the only one to go on with my life. There must have been plenty of women for you over the years.” Indy: “There were a few, yeah, but they all had the same problem.” Marion: “Oh yeah, what’s that?” Indy: “They weren’t you, honey.” Admit it, you all went “aww” after that exchange.
@@War624 She was talking specifically about after their relationship in Raiders when they were a serious couple though. Not their high school-college age relationship
I dont think Crystal Skull sucks. I agree with many of the points Stuckmann made, but many of those criticisms could be leveled at most action movies. Ive been getting into these arguments with Star Wars fans for decades. Star Wars was NEVER top quality cinema. Indiana Jones was NEVER top quality cinema. These are fun, light hearted action movies for all ages. Does the Phantom Menace and Crystal Skull have more objective flaws than others in the franchise? Yeah, but they are still, fun, engaging, and keep the spirit alive.
The girl who punches Mutt Williams (Shia LeBeouf) in the diner scene is Sasha Spielberg, daughter of director Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw (Willie Scott from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)). Cate Blanchett and Harrison Ford had never met before this movie. The first time they were introduced was on the first day of filming, where Indiana and Spalko first meet. Blanchett said it was ideal to be introduced to him dressed as Indiana Jones, because she'd always been a big fan of the character. This is the first Indiana Jones movie without Pat Roach, who had a role in the first three movies. Roach died in 2004. The character Mutt Williams is named after composer John Williams This is the only movie in the franchise in which Indy does not fire his pistol. This is the only Indiana Jones movie not to receive any Oscar nominations. The only movie directed by Steven Spielberg to win a Razzie Award (Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel.) Though others have been nominated Steven Spielberg cast Russian actors in the roles of Russian soldiers, so their accents would be authentic.
I always admired George for doing this actually. He knew the future was CGI and invested more money and time in to the technology than anyone else (except maybe Steve Jobs.) The technology wasn't there yet but ILM was forced to push what was possible because of his movies and the film techniques are still in use today.
I appreciate your intelligent criticism as opposed to the groupthink typical with this movie. I'd never thought about the cinematography before but you're completely right, and it's baffling. Why did they want to make it LOOK like a set-bound CGI fest when it actually wasn't? Personally I give it a C+ probably, just because I got to spend more time with an old friend I love for one more adventure, and they got enough right that they didn't screw that part up for me.
I've always thought that Stargate was the movie that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was supposed to be. Oh, by the way- a LOT of people criticized Cate Blanchett for doing a terrible Russian accent, but it is actually supposed to be Ukrainian, and having worked with a Ukrainian woman for about two years, I can say for a fact that it is spot-on accurate.
I always liked stargate. But indy and aliens just don't go together, I think. If this movie was just the hunt for Eldorado it would have been fine. Oh yeah, and we don't even get that, because the treasure in the city of gold is of course meant to be a symbolic thing. At the end of that nicolas cage movie there is at least a real giant ass treasure
I love that the one thing everyone can say about all these bad sequels is that John Williams did nothing wrong and always creates greatness for the crap.
@@47imagine Forgettable sure but just by watching this movie alone, about all the things this movie did wrong, Williams' score is as always phenomenal. Was it his best? no, but it's still a good score
@@Erasureeraser To each his own, I guess. I hardly think the score is phenomenal. Like everyone else who worked on this movie, Williams phoned it in. Just my opinion.
@@47imagine By no means it's his best score but to think a single redeeming quality of this movie, it's Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, and John Williams' music. It's not like everything about this movie is bad, the weakest in the Indiana Jones franchise for sure, but it's far from being one of the worst movies ever made
Pretty much the only things I like about this movie: HF still giving his all as Indy, the '50s setting and the motorcycle chase scene. That's about it.
It may be better to do the whole series, instead of just the one. 2 really just pics up like it is one continuous movie. 3 is not so good, but 4 is pretty good.
Omg let’s hope so haha. They should just do what Singer did with Days of Future Past that erased Wolverine Origins. Just erase this movie from history.
The nuketown scene is such a cool concept. Wakes up in a fake town, has no clue where he is, hears a noise. It’s great. I just wish there was maybe an actual bunker in the back yard of one of the houses like in the black ops map. Then it would have been a bit more believable. But the fridge is iconic as hell I can’t lie. It even appeared in Fallout: New Vegas if you have wild wasteland, witch I think is hilarious.
I think it’s the idea that Indiana Jones has become so iconic in the past 30-40 years, that he’s a superhero in a lot of people’s eyes. And that’s kind of ruined what he was established as in the first movie.
Chris...Dont understand how a grown man can expect and invest so much into this series of hollywood claptrap. Even the first one was for kiddiewinkies!!! Stick to real movies for christs sake!
Absolutely. She was a punch- throwing, hard -drinking bartender in Raiders. here, all she does is smile at the camera WAY too much. Her obvious enthusiasm is over the top imo
Brayton Wright well not really. Brody was thrown out of his comfort zone. In raiders he is only on about 3 scenes and that’s when he is in the school or in Indys home. Places that he is familiar with. Also we didn’t really know him that well. Anyone in his position would be a little lost. And as for Sallah, he was always a kind of comedic character. But we were never laughing at him. He was never portrayed as an idiot
yea to think Spielberg use to be able to create suspense in his sleep back in the day. shows how difficult it is to make movies. you do a few elements wrong and it falls apart
I just wanted a good adventure movie with practical effects. I didn't get what I wanted. Just because you can do something doesn't excuse doing it. It is supposed to be a top grade B movie not a shitty AAA movie.
To me, the greatest offense of the CSK script seems to be the idea of Indy leaving Marion at the altar. Any writer with even a shred of comedic timing (or respect for the Raiders universe!) would have it the other way around ... Marion's decision to raise her child on her own instead of forcing Indy into marriage would not only demonstrate her fierce indpendence, but also make for a great gag (by contradiciting traditional gender sterotypes)!
I still think it's funny that that single scene pretty much summarizes everything wrong with this movie. A moment of jumping the shark so ridiculous and extreme it completely derailed any believability the movie had left.
@@mnorth1351 I wasn't as pissed off as a lot of people were at the whole "oh it's aliens" thing. The series has always been about supernatural artifacts and stuff so it wasn't a huge jump but it was a noticeable jump to sci-fi from action adventure with mere elements and glimpses of what the series was previously. A lot of the action was really ridiculous in a bad way. The fights, the chases, the set-pieces (in particular Tarzan of course, nuking the fridge and the cliff edge vehicle scene) It really says something when the least problematic element of the movie is the alien stuff. I still think 99% of how this movie was received and currently looked at and remembered is due to the execution. Script,filming, acting and horrible cheap looking CGI all helped this movie become as hated as it is.
@@whiskeycorridor90 , no, it is that bad. Compared to Indy films of the 80's, this is tired, watered down and occasionally plain bad. Why are you defending this film? What's your excuse?
In a sea of egregious errors, there are three things that bothered me the most: 1. Marion does not punch Indy when she is introduced. It's just all stupid smiles. She should have smiled and hit him square in the jaw. 2. The CG ants have no presence, and therefore there are no stakes. When you had REAL snakes, rats or bugs, you FELT that. Your skin crawled. These ants are just a big, fake nothing. 3. Marion and Indy get married, yet Sallah, a good friend to them both, is not there? He just had to be there for ONE scene guys. You could have made it happen. Also, to a lesser extent, Short Round.
John Rhys-Davies, answering the phone: "Hello? Steven who? Spielberg? Never heard of him. He wants to pay me all the money for a single afternoon of filming? Tell him no thanks, I'm busy." *click* John goes back to playing with his Gimli action figures.
Chris: "It's a B... it's a B" Chris 10 s later: "It's not a B" Chris 30 s later: "It's a B-movie" What now, Stuckmann? *raising fist to sky* (To prevent whooosh comments: I know the first two are referring to his rating, the third to a type of movies. That's the joke :D)
Well, look at the tires on the car at the right at 18:42... They forgot to animate even THAT! Or it's the spare tire. Anyway it messes with my brain so I'll leave it at that!
I think this is an underrated film and I really enjoy it, but I can understand some of the legit technical issues (I.e. the ADR, the eternally sterile costumes, even when characters are in the Amazonian jungle or getting all dirty and bruised). As for Mutt taking the lead in the action scenes as opposed to Indy, I think that was intentional. They were setting up Mutt taking up the reigns of the series (whether you liked that idea or not, that was definitely the intent). Also, Spalko is one of my favorite movie villains. I enjoy Mutt as a character personally, even though a couple jokes of his fall flat. I like the chase scenes, the larger sociopolitical themes woven into the story (which are appropriate for the time period), I LOVE how the movie recreates the fifties (this movie helped spawn my love for the aesthetics of that time period). I even like Mac as a character, after hearing David Koepp explain him a little more in-depth, as well as Ray Winstone (I was wishy-washy on the character for years). I don’t think Irina’s death was as creatively gory or creepy as it could’ve been (tho I understand why, after the controversy surrounding Temple of Doom’s violence and gore). I do appreciate that the movie was made with real sets, props and locations unless they absolutely could not achieve something without using CGI. I don’t like that Oxley just gets his memory back when the skull is returned (I understand that he’s connected to and speaking it’s language and all, I just feel like his return to normalcy just kind of happened). Overall, despite its flaws, I actually love this movie (it’s my second favorite in the series), and I love Chris’s review of it all the same!
@@kratosgow342 in my opinion I don't think it looks that bad. I do agree the lighting is too bright, but honestly the gophers are there for like five seconds I don't think they're distracting.
Yep. Caught a midnight showing and was super jacked for it. The girl I went with and I kinda groaned about the gophers early and especially about the fridge nuke, but the sword fight and Tarzan scenes, we were both like, "ok this is fucking stupid."
I enjoyed this movie and still do. It's the weakest of the four, I agree, but not by a longshot. It was fun and honestly Aliens or "Interdimensional Beings" weren't a bad or wrong idea, especially when you think about the history of the cold war and the "space race". Also the Soviets being after the power to control the cohesive mind of their opponents sounds like a horror story right from that era. Where this movie fails a bit is in the overuse of CGI, the atomic bomb scene and that they don't really explain what the interdimensional beings were too much. But the villains in my opinion are well executed, Harrison did a great performance as an older Indy and the side characters were fun to watch.
I actually really like this movie, maybe because it was the only Indiana Jones movie we had in my Grandma's house so my cousins and I watched it so many times. It might be pure nostalgia but everytime I see this movie I remember my cousins and I pretending to be the characters in this film
YEP ! Still do...the Soviet thing was a true thing.... the love of B movies is what lucas and spielberg always preached and here is one more for the road. THe saddest part of this film is likely the las time the boys will ever work together again. Don't care, love the film!
This movie felt so extravagent and self-indulgent. Like they made a $200 mil B movie, shot on location, and made it look like a studio set. You're right, the uniforms were always so weirdly clean for me too & I couldn't stop noticing it.
Thank you for pointing out how clean the movie looks, including everyone's clothes. When I saw the movie, it always looked off, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Sure, the lighting is awful too, but really the spirit of the franchise was in part how gritty it is. Dirty clothes say a lot and when every scene looks like a photo shoot, it misses the point.
Yes! The Star Wars prequels had that same problem with bad lighting, everything looking too clean, and lots of ridiculous things happening throughout the movies.
@@MichaelP_IsMe It's just lucas being an incompetent filmmaker with directing and camera work. The prequels are a FIRST example of this. Spielberg directed this movie but you can see Luca's handprints ALL over this film entirely. It's fine in the prequel films for things to "look too clean" when their politicians in safe environments that are MEANT to be clean but when the characters are in action and the characters HAVE to get their hands dirty like the jedi and solders in fight scenes or a chase scene or a WAR ZONE, you HAVE to add alot of grit to all the clothing and uniforms. It's tricky to get "the right amount of dirty and grit" in a space sci-fi movie series where they have advanced tech and you EXCEPT the "slick clean sci-fi" look except to see in EVERY single sci-fi series to an extent. That's just how sci-fi generally is. I don't know what you mean by "lots of ridiculous things happening throughout the movies" because in Star Wars, you EXCEPT to see crazy things in the series! Same thing with Indiana Jones as the crazy stuff is WHAT you're in for and where all the fun is in!
The Nuclear Fridge and the Ghost Nuke Town was literally my favourite part in the movie, even if it's absolutely impossible and ridiculous. And the scene with the guys getting eaten alive inside and out by the ants still haunts me to this day and gave me a ridiculous fear of Fire Ants, not just for their painful bite.
@@CerealExperimentsMizuki if you can have god like power bs I’m willing to accept the aliens. Jut not the fridge at ground zero. Maybe if he drove away from the blast and hopped in it. Then suffers any! kind of injury.
@@Hotrodimusprime we all know that it's impossible but I still found it really cool, I remember when it had been out for only a Year and I was like 14 when it came out and even back then I knew that it was a ridiculous scene and was a complete tonal shift from the original movies.
I like your approach. In the same way, I hope Chris never reviews Highlander 2, because to my knowledge the first Highlander film is perfect on its own and no sequels were ever made because of this.
The minute I heard James Mangold is set to direct the last Indiana Jones movie I became a very happy man. I have faith he will give Indiana Jones the ending it deserves like he did with Logan.
@@ibnmianal-buna3176 Lol yea… not hearing great things unfortunately. Mangold is a damn good director, so I’ve been kinda surprised at the early reviews. Wondering if Disney ruined it or if it was just not a good script or both.
I just saw it at the cinema. It was…okay…didn’t quite have the charm and thrills of the older movies. It also lacked some good comedy but I didn’t dislike it. It’s 100% better than Crystal Skull and leaves the franchise on a better note. I just felt the film never really took off
The knowledge overload isn’t a bad idea, I found the idea really creepy. That despite how much knowledge a human mind can have, it physically isn’t capable of knowing everything.
I read the book which was written to pretty much be identical to the movie. But reading about the knowledge overload worked a lot better than seeing it on screen. What I didn't like about the end was they did the cliche, they find the lost treasure and then it self destructs/disappears without a trace. Honestly, despite it's problems, I kind of liked the movie until the generic ending.
That was going to be in the original version of Raiders. It would of been called Indiana Jones And The Monkey King. Indy would be looking for The Fountain Of Youth.
When they announced Indy 4 I was all like, "It better be about Atlantis, the Pyramids (Egyptian or Mayan), or maybe something Norse or Greek". So I hope Indy 5 is about any of those things. Sure it's low hanging fruit but I still want them.
I'd only welcome Atlantis if they could do it in a way that doesn't negate the Fate of Atlantis video game - course they could adapt the game, but that would mean recasting Indy as it takes place in 1939.
The triforce of dissapointment -Francis Ford Coppola: The Godfather part 3 -George Lucas: The phantom menace -Steven spielberg: Kingdom of the crystal skull
Yeah, phantom of the menace is the worst and most boring of Star wars movies. Attack of the clones had a lot of so bad it's good scenes with Hayden Christensen's line delivery.
While the Phantom Menace isn't great, it at lest still entertainments me. Which is much more than I can say about Godfather 3 and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
1997residente The Godfather Part III was clearly not up to the greatness of I or II, but belongs nowhere near a list that contains Phantom Menace or Crystal Skull.
For me one of the problems was Spielberg usually respects the age of an actor and gives them a role suitable for them. Tom Hanks in Bridge of Spies playing a lawyer and Daniel Day-Lewis playing a US President. With age comes a bit of dignity and authority and wisdom. Harrison Ford was in his 60s but they still wanted him to be like his younger 30 something action adventures star old self and it just didn't look right or feel believable. The problem was Indie wasn't a terribly deep 3 dimensional character in the first 3 films so trying to give him a more suitable role and maybe making it into more a thriller would have been a harder sell. So they just kept it as more of a straight forward action adventure film but with an old cast. Either that or they should have thought about recasting him and maybe give it to Christopher Nolan to direct? His films are always brilliant spectacles whatever else you think about them?
I don't hate this film. At the end of the day, Spielberg never wanted to do the movie, and he always intended for The Last Crusade to be the ending of the franchise... That lack of interest and investment shows throughout this entire film to me. That being said, here's hoping James Mangold delivers a satisfying and (hopefully) emotional send-off for the character come Indy 5.
Mangold is maybe not a good choice. Both Logan and FordvFerrari are good movies, but I really didn't care about the characters though. Something Indy should have in first place.
@@adamh3624 Simply saying "at the end of the day" is considered an attempt at being profound to you? I think you're reading too much into it, but I'll take that as a compliment. At the end of the day, it seemed to have resonated with 67 other people.
Accepting that something isn’t good no matter how much you really want it to be is probably the first and most difficult step into becoming a film critic. This movie was probably the making of you Chris!
While I agree it's not great I think phantom menace is worse as a comparison... Actually an awful lot of sequels to loved films that come 20 years late are awful (independence day 2 for example lol)
I really loved the concept of the nuclear test town at the start of the film and him having to hide in the fridge, I just wish they had figured out how to pull the scene off better.
Palpatine survived the 2nd Death Star explosion in Return of the Jedi by hiding in a fridge and he got blown across the galaxy and landed on Exogol.
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LMAO good one
Better example than using some memable line from the Prequels and not properly explaining how he survived that explosion in Return Of The Jedi.
You sir should have written the script for the sw sequels
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Chris, aren't you a film reviewer?
Chris Stuckman: "Part time."
"part.. time..." [depression intensifies]
7:55 that scene spawned one of the most famous maps in gaming history. Nuketown in Black Ops! One the artists designed Nuketown after watching the movie.
The only good thing that came out of this movie
Great, the movie still sucks
All I gotta say now is thank god for this movie.
Thought the same.
i was wondering if thats where they got it from...
The "He's dead" part of the video about Sean Connery's character is hitting a little different now... :(
Yeah, that part didn't age too well
sad lyfe
@@Amber-zj6dk it aged for 12 years
Chris jinxed it
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Look on the bright side everyone: If this film never existed, we would’ve never gotten the LEGO Indiana Jones videogame.
True, the first LEGO Indy game was made specifically because of the hype for this movie, then the second game made a mediocre movie really fun.
That's what I said lol.
Hear hear!
Only the second game featured levels based on this movie. The first Lego Indy game was just based off the original trilogy.
@@HOTD108_ Yes but that's not the point.
"Why does it look so fake?"
It described the entire movie. The script isn't that bad. The acting isn't that bad, but it just looks fake.
Not to mentioned that the CGI for that movie is also utterly fake (looking at CGI monkeys and gopher right there, "oh, the horror").
...and yet, quite a bit of practical FX work. They could easily have saved half the budget with CGI, which might have looked better. That overlit cinematography kills it!
It had Prequel-itis. Too much unconvincing CGI that stood in for story.
Why does it look so fake? Two words: George Lucas
Retrospect we should had seen that coming considering that post-prequel Lucas was involved with this movie.
THE JUNGLE CHASE WAS SHOT ON LOCATION ??? someone fire that director of photography or SOMETHING
They filmed that scene in Hawaii. Just because something is shot on location doesnt mean it cant be screwed up in post with bad special effects.
It's heavily augmented by CGI. The Plinkett review shows some of the making of footage.
Chris's assessment in minute 13:23 aged so well
Yup, he called it!
Not to be that guy, but he didn’t really call anything. When you consider the fact that when he filmed this video Ford was 78 and the movie was in preproduction
Rather the line in Crystal Skull aged well
"Aggressively mediocre." That is a great way to summarize this movie.
Was thinking the exact same thing when I heard that phrase :)
Couldn’t agree more
I mean it does fit a lot of movies.
But it's the fact it's an Indiana Jones movie.
I remember how much hype this movie had from it's first trailer.
And then the absolute unanimous reaction of anger and hatred after it's release.
Where have I heard that before?
@@FlyingV555
Hard to say, there are so many movies and other things that could be described that way that have come out in the last 30 years I'd say (definitely in the last 20)
it's impossible to guess.
Indy 4 is what came out of the Ark of the Covenant.
ah ha ha
Give em a break guys, it’s an Indie film.
You can see yourself out now.
Lol
You are Golden.
nope. The first three were funny, this one is embarassing.
Mr Hoplite it’s a pun
The reason why the cinematography looks like that was because they were trying to make it look like a 50s movie
How do you mean? A 50s technicolour film?
Well, they failed massively.
Well they failed miserably, because 50's movies don't look like that.
but it still looks shit, some scenes are like that and others aren't. CONSISTENCY PEOPLE.
@@NelsonStJames well it wasn't made in the 50s afterall
Everybody: "You actually like Kingdom of the Crystal Skull?"
Me, who only enjoys a few scenes in it: "Part time."
I do like it
@Go Away so true. Compare Indy 4 to most movies today and it's a masterpiece
We need reviews for both sequels of Back to the Future.
Yes!
Ye definitely
Yeah right day Chris reads gives thumbs up to comments is day listen to people comments and review what they say which is never he don’t read comments people
Im 69th like lol
I'm those fans that love part 3 over part 2
"Indiana Jones movies should have exceptional ideas not acceptable ideas." Damn, Stuckmann, you're becoming as quotable as Ebert at the height of his powers
Neville Bezzina difference between ebert and Chris is ebert use to reply to email Chris never reply messages twitter, Facebook , youtube , flick pick reply sometimes Chris never does
@@dragonball3166 There's a ton of differences between Chris & Ebert, why would replying be highlighted?
Love that quote too
@@dragonball3166 You sound butthurt that Chris won't message you. He's not your friend, he doesn't know you.
@@dragonball3166 do you have any idea how many messages Chris has to reply to just so he can entertain your comment? Hundreds of mails can be received daily, millions of comments and tweets and posts will be received with the internet in just half of a day. Stop thinking people you see on the screen have the respnsibility to address you personally. Stop being entitled. Also, if you are watching Chris closely with his vids, you should know that there are two or three fans that approached him during a screening asking for a selfie after the film. After the film, he waited on the cinema theatre for them to find him, he even looked for them, and he didn't find them. He gave them a special mention on one of his vids that on the next screening he hopes to see them again and take that selfie. I don't know Chris personally, but I'm pretty sure he's a guy who will find it a pleasure to interact with fans.
Mutt doesn't get the hat, but you may notice that in TOD, Indy actually lets Short Round wear it in one scene. The Short Round movie is what I really need right now!
You know I’d actually like it if we have Short Round (given the actor is now a stunt choreographer) all grown up join indy and Mutt on one last adventure. But I’d like it if we had Chris Pratt play Mutt instead.
After Everything Everywhere All At Once, it could happen
Don’t be ridiculous.
“Starring academy award winner Key Huy Quan”
It's such a strange decision to make this movie so bright and glossy, like how do you make stuff that's actually real look fake lmao
@Disney is the Devil that's Januz Kaminski(sic) Spielberg's DP; it's his style. I hate it.
whole movies looks like a dream sequence, more like nightmare tbh
Disney is the Devil if I remember correctly, Minority Report had the same look too
@@anorak775
It worked in minority report considering it's futuristic and clean.
But Indy has always had a sweaty, dirty, grimy look and feel to it.
This movie was just too clean, it just felt way off. Nothing in the world felt particularly lived in everything felt artificial and fake.
I hope James Mangold brings back the same cinematographer who filmed Ford V Ferrari for Indiana Jones 5.
This movie isn’t the worst movie in the world imo. It’s definitely the worst in the series and feels completely detached from the genius Spielberg made before with the other three films.
I agree. Had this not been Indy, I would have thought "This was an okay-ish adventure movie".
I 100% agree. I had the exact same feeling watching the movie.
Lucas' interference is why this movie is the worst in the franchise.
Star Wars News and Memes I think that’s the sad part. Indiana Jones shouldn’t feel like a passable, forgettable adventure movie.
Indiana Jones Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is the most disappointing thing since my son...
Tintin was more Indiana Jones , and better, than this one.
George Lucas wasn't involved in that movie 🤔🤔🤔
AngryNerds100 speilberg was a part of it and it carries a lot of indiana jones in it because of how speilberg directed the first three movies
@@NCozy Thank god he wasn't xD
Nah, it was the same, fake shit. And perhaps even worse since they mashed together several stories instead of sticking to the books.
At least Indy had an original story written for him..........but yeah, both Tintin and Indy were raped.
Nah Tintin is based on a french comic thats way older than the indy movies.
12:54 Having just watched all the films fresh for the first time, I didn’t see this moment as disrespect to Marcus like many fans understandably would. It plays out like a weird trick of fate that Mutt lays the trap, only for Marcus to in a sense foil their pursuit of Indy and Mutt. The smiling head of Marcus falling in their lap feeling like an in character interference from beyond the grave to help out his friend. While Mutt, the optimist in the story, reacts in amazement seeing it as miraculous as it was, very much like Indy did as a youth. Indiana Jones however, has a look of insult, shame, and pain. In his old age, Henry has become his own father, seeing everything Mutt does as stupid or unimpressive. Indiana Jones despite seemingly being converted to a life of faith at the end of the trilogy, now has lost the people in his life who helped him achieve said faith. He’s cynical of everything, surrounding himself with people like Mac who are clearly negative influences, until he meets this boy who he realizes is his son, and along with him, Marion. All of This coupled with the fact that he survives so many absurd things, seeing the Ark again, but also meeting beings who contradict the idea of God altogether, the film still ends with him under the holy roof of a Church. In the face of challenge, through Resilience of belief, Indiana Jones finally achieves what his father did: Illumination. This is not a great film by any stretch, but like the Star Wars prequels, it does have something to say. Also like the Prequels, the message is poorly executed in many respects. Thanks for the video, keep up the great work.
Thanks for your comment that was insightful
The scene with statue of Marcus reminded me of the scene when Indie was on the motorcycle with his father. Indie uses the pole by jamming it into the spokes of the Nazi's motorcycle. Indie has a big smile on his face, while his father as a disappointed look of derision. This is in contrast to Indie's father smiling when Indie takes out the guy while jousting. Because Indie's father was illuminated, he could tell the difference between a fair and noble fight and a cheap shot while at the time Indie couldn't.
I imagined a scenario I think would have been better. What if Marcus' statue had a different pose in which Marcus had an arm raised? What if the arm broke off and perfectly slapped a badguy of a motorcycle chasing them?
That's like your opinion man!
I agree with the cinematography complaint. I absolutely hate when films are lit like this movie. It looks so fake looking, almost like a soap opera.
I think the whole movie looks like a dream sequence
Yeah, I can’t stand it
The cinematography/lighting was bad beyond words
@@andrewgonzalez6208 maybe it's because any desire from Hollywood to bring back Indiana Jones was just that, a dream.
It’s interesting because if you look at some set footage shown in this video they actually have aluminum reflective sheets hovering above the cast. These are typically used to get a glow lighting effect in portrait photography... this is the first I have seen it used in cinematography... maybe they thought it would give for a more moody atmosphere.
Steven Spielberg: I don’t want extra terrestrials!
George Lucas: How about inter dimensional beings...
😒
Aliens fit right at home with the 50s theme though. As does the Russian psyops lady. The core concept had merit; it's just bafflingly bad in execution.
@@GepardenK Cate Blanchett was absolutely poo
@@starwarsroo2448 Sure but that's a matter of execution, not core concept
How is that so far fetch compared to immortal being and ghost.
My understanding is that the conversation was kind of the opposite. The original idea was to lean hard into 1950s UFOlogy and SF movie tropes, but Spielberg didn't want to, because he'd played with that in Close Encounters. So instead we have anachronistic 70s style New Agey UFOlogy at the core, which doesn't work.
I feel like one of the reasons it looks more overlit is for a few reasons:
1. Spielberg in the 2000s went for a more overblown aesthetic in his blockbuster films, Minority Report and War of the Worlds for example. I feel like he could have brought that mindset here as well
2. This is the only Indiana Jones movie shot by Janusz Kaminiski. In general, he tends to overlight his films, especially windows being blown out to a considerable degree. Even look at Amistad, that's a very brightly lit movie. It could have been the different style of his vs the originals by Douglas Slocombe's.
This is just a theory I have.
Robbie Moore, I was about to comment that exact same thing. Slocombe was an "old school" cinematographer who trained under Kubrick, and his frequent collaborator John Alcott, who all championed natural lighting, and it shows in the Indy trilogy. If I remember right, Slocombe never used a light meter the entire time he shot Raiders. Spielberg wanted him to shoot Crystal Skull, but like Connery, Slocombe had retired by this time and didn't want to return. Like you said, Kaminski overlit everything probably in order to give it that 1950's comic book like feel.
I also feel like George Lucas’ obsession with cgi and blue screen was a bad influence on Spielberg. This is probably the only film ever directed by Spielberg with below par effects.
"So, you've got a new Indiana Jones movie for me?"
"Yes sir, I do."
Ruining Indiana Jones was super easy, barely an inconvenience!
@Zeke Stroud This makes no sense because they could have gone for much safer options to make money.
Plot twist... the skull was filled with vodka the entire time.
🤣
Bro that's just a fact. Also if assume your profile name is doctor who reference? If so, nice.
filtered through diamonds?
Yessss, bruh my boi JonTron did the video of the legend Dan Aaaaaykroyd who is... 100% butt fuck insane
The funny thing is this is the only Indiana Jones artifact that was based on a physical object, and as that, the only one that's been debunked.
Never forget how the trailer used a better take of *PART-TIME* than the actual movie
"Why'd they use that take? You know, the worst one?"
Best scene in the film
That was so jarring when I saw the movie in the theatre for the first time.
BattleUp Saber There's a fanedit of KotCS (either Raiders of the Lost Skull or the 15Maf edit) that use the trailer version of that line. I recommend seeking out either edit, they're both quite good. Especially the Raiders of the Lost Skull edit.
Yeah, I remember noticing that in the cinema and being confused as to why
The MCU is guilty of this, too. The scene between Peter and Tony in the limo in Spider-Man Homecoming is better in the trailer than in the movie. (Go ahead and rewatch both. I’ll wait here. Now, search your feelings. You know it to be true.)
There are a lot of “It isn’t bad, but...” moments in this movie.
Even the people that defence it always say “it’s not THAT bad!” I don’t know anyone that thinks it’s actually a good film.
@@bucwhovian8305 I wanted to say that it wasn't that bad, but then I start remembering... ugh.. it is that bad 0_0
You can't hate on indie !
It's bad but it's more just so deeply disappointing.
After all the time between the third movie and this one (19 years) you'd think they could get everything right.
Nope. All the time planning, rewrites countless drafts and who knows how much shot footage that was never used. This is the outcome.
I think South Park basically said it all....
The delivery of “It’s not like a B” makes me laugh so hard 😂
I was just thinking the same thing when I saw your comment! Hilarious!
@@randallrutherford1384 Poor guy, felt like he suffered a lot or had an anxiety while watching this lol
@@Erasureeraser yes lol. I love this one though
For me its a C
Your not laughing anymore now that Indiana 5 is out are ya BUD?
It seems like Chris likes everything about the movie except the movie 😂
@UN KNOWN He's afraid of being ostracized. Otherwise he'd openly admit it. It's like the people who hate on the prequels because they don't want to be looked down on.
The villian voice is so cringy I'm glad mutt didn't wear the hat thank God
U can’t blame the guy. You can tell how much this franchise has impacted that he had to restrain himself from hardcore trash talking this film
Scene by scene it’s not horrible
Great comment 😏
Take a shot every time Stuckmann says "this isn't BAD, but..."
I think it’s just hard for him because he really loves Indiana Jones. But yeah, it’s pretty bad. Probably a C minus... and that’s being generous.
Now I am dead
He was right to begin with, it was a B, as in BAD. And it even plays like a B movie at certain times. A B grade is more than fair depending how you look at it.
There goes my liver
It's been funny that Steven Spielberg didn't want to make this movie, he thought the ending for The Last Crusade was a good ending for a series.
It was a good ending！ we don’t need to see an old version Indiana Jones
Harrison ford said that in a 2006 interview if is movie wasn't made by 2008 they should just forget about it so Steven Spielberg instantly starting planning the storyline
Technically the ending to 4 is pretty good
Spielberg: We’re going to be using practical effects just like the previous 3.
The movie: first shot in the movie is a cgi gofer
*gopher
That's the first sign that told me this was not going to be a good movie.
@@wlouisharris it’s the best of the Indiana Jones movies.
@@gvidovaldmanis6377 You are entitled to your opinion, but it's definitely not a popular one 😉
@@adriannn3720 yeah, I know. This is how I would rank them.
4. Temple of doom
3. The last crusade
2. Raiders of the lost ark
1. Kingdom of the crystal skull
Marion: “I’m sure I wasn’t the only one to go on with my life. There must have been plenty of women for you over the years.”
Indy: “There were a few, yeah, but they all had the same problem.”
Marion: “Oh yeah, what’s that?”
Indy: “They weren’t you, honey.”
Admit it, you all went “aww” after that exchange.
Indy should have said "one was a damsel in destress and the other was a Natzi"
@@vv2892 "damsel in distress", Temple was a prequel to Raiders. Just saying....
@@davidmurrell8637 By only a year. Indy met Marion years before that.
@@War624 She was talking specifically about after their relationship in Raiders when they were a serious couple though. Not their high school-college age relationship
@@atafmaalaoui4761 ? Temple takes place in 1935, Raiders takes place in 1936.
I don’t like mob mentality either, but when something sucks, it sucks.
That’s what she said
Nickelback does not suck.
Lol
I dont think Crystal Skull sucks. I agree with many of the points Stuckmann made, but many of those criticisms could be leveled at most action movies.
Ive been getting into these arguments with Star Wars fans for decades. Star Wars was NEVER top quality cinema. Indiana Jones was NEVER top quality cinema. These are fun, light hearted action movies for all ages. Does the Phantom Menace and Crystal Skull have more objective flaws than others in the franchise? Yeah, but they are still, fun, engaging, and keep the spirit alive.
What's an example of a review where Chris was in the minority of ratings?
So glad you talked about the lighting so much. It's bothered me for years
The girl who punches Mutt Williams (Shia LeBeouf) in the diner scene is Sasha Spielberg, daughter of director Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw (Willie Scott from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)).
Cate Blanchett and Harrison Ford had never met before this movie. The first time they were introduced was on the first day of filming, where Indiana and Spalko first meet. Blanchett said it was ideal to be introduced to him dressed as Indiana Jones, because she'd always been a big fan of the character.
This is the first Indiana Jones movie without Pat Roach, who had a role in the first three movies. Roach died in 2004.
The character Mutt Williams is named after composer John Williams
This is the only movie in the franchise in which Indy does not fire his pistol.
This is the only Indiana Jones movie not to receive any Oscar nominations.
The only movie directed by Steven Spielberg to win a Razzie Award (Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel.) Though others have been nominated
Steven Spielberg cast Russian actors in the roles of Russian soldiers, so their accents would be authentic.
Pat Roach, from “Trailer Park Boys”, isn’t in any of the Indy movies.
@@vickielawson3114 No, not that Pat Roach. This Pat Roach is English.
Good news: I'm stealing "aggressively mediocre" as my ultimate way to say something's underwhelming.
I’m guessing the gophers are Lucas’ responsibility.
Well the movie was bad timed made after he prequels xD. It should had happend before the prequels.
Daniel Medjedovic that....... still wouldn’t have fixed the problem
I always admired George for doing this actually. He knew the future was CGI and invested more money and time in to the technology than anyone else (except maybe Steve Jobs.) The technology wasn't there yet but ILM was forced to push what was possible because of his movies and the film techniques are still in use today.
It actually seems like, of the documented conflicts and decisions over the course of the series, it was usually Lucas making the right calls.
I appreciate your intelligent criticism as opposed to the groupthink typical with this movie. I'd never thought about the cinematography before but you're completely right, and it's baffling. Why did they want to make it LOOK like a set-bound CGI fest when it actually wasn't?
Personally I give it a C+ probably, just because I got to spend more time with an old friend I love for one more adventure, and they got enough right that they didn't screw that part up for me.
I've always thought that Stargate was the movie that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was supposed to be.
Oh, by the way- a LOT of people criticized Cate Blanchett for doing a terrible Russian accent, but it is actually supposed to be Ukrainian, and having worked with a Ukrainian woman for about two years, I can say for a fact that it is spot-on accurate.
It’s still shit
Jozhster penis
@@Jozhster no its not.
I always liked stargate. But indy and aliens just don't go together, I think. If this movie was just the hunt for Eldorado it would have been fine. Oh yeah, and we don't even get that, because the treasure in the city of gold is of course meant to be a symbolic thing. At the end of that nicolas cage movie there is at least a real giant ass treasure
Tomato tomato
"In the movie, Sean Connery is dead"
And now he's dead in real life 💔
Rest in power
yes... the way how he mention´s it has not aged well ...
@@michaelwarwickvalencia8501 def. not kkk
I love that the one thing everyone can say about all these bad sequels is that John Williams did nothing wrong and always creates greatness for the crap.
To be honest, John Williams' score was extremely forgettable for this movie.
@@47imagine Forgettable sure but just by watching this movie alone, about all the things this movie did wrong, Williams' score is as always phenomenal. Was it his best? no, but it's still a good score
@@Erasureeraser To each his own, I guess. I hardly think the score is phenomenal. Like everyone else who worked on this movie, Williams phoned it in. Just my opinion.
@@47imagine By no means it's his best score but to think a single redeeming quality of this movie, it's Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, and John Williams' music. It's not like everything about this movie is bad, the weakest in the Indiana Jones franchise for sure, but it's far from being one of the worst movies ever made
@@Erasureeraser I disagree on all those redeeming qualities. But I respect your opinion.
Pretty much the only things I like about this movie: HF still giving his all as Indy, the '50s setting and the motorcycle chase scene. That's about it.
Always thought the fridge scene took place in NukeTown CoD ;D
Not enough t bagging!
The movie inspired nuke town
*queues Black Ops multiplayer main menu music*
Th3_Watchman dadada dadada DADADA
nuketown takes place in indiana jones
Review "REC" I can see it in your collection!!!
My mother in law plays a zombie old lady in “REC”, for real!
@@xlrouge nice
It may be better to do the whole series, instead of just the one. 2 really just pics up like it is one continuous movie. 3 is not so good, but 4 is pretty good.
@@xlrouge Manuela Velasco is gorgeous. Tell me she met her.
Huge fan of 1 & 2. Skipped 3. The 4th one was pretty good
Plot twist: this movie was a dream cause Jones was in a coma that’s why it’s so clean and glassy. Indie 5..... Jones Awakening
Omg let’s hope so haha. They should just do what Singer did with Days of Future Past that erased Wolverine Origins. Just erase this movie from history.
I love these older movie reviews
✓ Indiana Jones
✓ Jaws
✓ Jurrasic Park
✓ Alien
✓ Back to the Future
Please do the Terminator 1 and 2 reviews next!
I second this. T1 and 2 were amazing.
Also it would be nice if he reviews T3 and TSalvation, it would be better to see Chris reviewing why these movies failed
@@lujato123 Did TGenisys and TDarkFate fail?
The only thing I liked about this film was that Indy and Marion got married.
I was happy to see Karen Allen again.
@@poindexterjones206 Yeah only thing I like was Marion coming back, she is easily the only smart of all the love interests Indy has
I can't even remember that, Kate. And I love Indiana Jones.
I think the idea sounds great, but the execution in the film just seemed off.
No, rlm was right, she was too old to play the part. Indy's love interest doesn't have to be a 20-year-old, but she does have to look good.
The nuketown scene is such a cool concept. Wakes up in a fake town, has no clue where he is, hears a noise. It’s great. I just wish there was maybe an actual bunker in the back yard of one of the houses like in the black ops map. Then it would have been a bit more believable. But the fridge is iconic as hell I can’t lie. It even appeared in Fallout: New Vegas if you have wild wasteland, witch I think is hilarious.
I think it’s the idea that Indiana Jones has become so iconic in the past 30-40 years, that he’s a superhero in a lot of people’s eyes. And that’s kind of ruined what he was established as in the first movie.
“It looks like you brought a knife to a gun fight” -Indiana Jones! I LOST IT 😂😂
I love that scene. The greaser fight was my favorite scene in the movie.
@@MrBlue3rd It lasted for a few seconds, but it added some levity and fun for a few seconds.
"Its not like a B, its a Bee Movie."
Ah, so it's A grade then. Awesome
Chris...Dont understand how a grown man can expect and invest so much into this series of hollywood claptrap. Even the first one was for kiddiewinkies!!! Stick to real movies for christs sake!
@@kevinharkness2108 "kiddiewinkies"? Raiders of the Lost Ark is NOT for kids, idiot!
@@kevinharkness2108 Whats a real movie then? Raiders is pretty much as real as it gets.
OH NO! NOT THE BEES!
Marion spends this whole film swooning over Indy. It’s strange. She’s no longer the badass she was in the first film.
Absolutely. She was a punch- throwing, hard -drinking bartender in Raiders. here, all she does is smile at the camera WAY too much. Her obvious enthusiasm is over the top imo
I agree... I like the idea of Marion returning but she is terrible in this movie. I would like to blame it on the script and not her acting chops.
Schush yeah it’s probably not Karen Allen’s fault. It’s just the way she was directed.
@Brayton Wright Sallah was still competent and helpful in Crusade. Marcus was understandably out of his depth
Brayton Wright well not really. Brody was thrown out of his comfort zone. In raiders he is only on about 3 scenes and that’s when he is in the school or in Indys home. Places that he is familiar with. Also we didn’t really know him that well. Anyone in his position would be a little lost. And as for Sallah, he was always a kind of comedic character. But we were never laughing at him. He was never portrayed as an idiot
10:05 that certainly didn't age well
Oh yeah.
The problem with this movie is its lack of suspense. Theres hardly any.
yea to think Spielberg use to be able to create suspense in his sleep back in the day. shows how difficult it is to make movies. you do a few elements wrong and it falls apart
I just wanted a good adventure movie with practical effects. I didn't get what I wanted. Just because you can do something doesn't excuse doing it. It is supposed to be a top grade B movie not a shitty AAA movie.
I could forgive literally everything in this film if the alien was an E.T.
Or a Wookie.
Or the Close Encounters alien.
That's TRUE!!
or Baby Yoda.
@Jumpy Cat it's an instant classic. I was born in 1982. 80s films rule the Hollywood genre.
"Indy never fires his gun, cmon man..."
*shows a clip of indy pointing his revolver at shia lebeuf*
Subtle.
He still didn't fire it.
Bringing back Marion Ravenwood was the best thing about this movie.
To me, the greatest offense of the CSK script seems to be the idea of Indy leaving Marion at the altar. Any writer with even a shred of comedic timing (or respect for the Raiders universe!) would have it the other way around ... Marion's decision to raise her child on her own instead of forcing Indy into marriage would not only demonstrate her fierce indpendence, but also make for a great gag (by contradiciting traditional gender sterotypes)!
In regards to the fridge, it's like the old saying, "They don't make them like they used to."
Haha thanks for that 😁 That is the one thing in this movie that I hated and now I can think that and smile. You're awesome.
I still think it's funny that that single scene pretty much summarizes everything wrong with this movie.
A moment of jumping the shark so ridiculous and extreme it completely derailed any believability the movie had left.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu And if that didn't jump the shark enough... ALIENS!!!
@@mnorth1351
I wasn't as pissed off as a lot of people were at the whole "oh it's aliens" thing.
The series has always been about supernatural artifacts and stuff so it wasn't a huge jump but it was a noticeable jump to sci-fi from action adventure with mere elements and glimpses of what the series was previously. A lot of the action was really ridiculous in a bad way. The fights, the chases, the set-pieces (in particular Tarzan of course, nuking the fridge and the cliff edge vehicle scene) It really says something when the least problematic element of the movie is the alien stuff. I still think 99% of how this movie was received and currently looked at and remembered is due to the execution. Script,filming, acting and horrible cheap looking CGI all helped this movie become as hated as it is.
Why didn't they just make fate of Atlantis as the last Indiana Jones movie. It's a much better premise for a movie then this dumpster fire.
i thought the same when a i watched the movie. Why the didnt make Fate of Atlantis...
Jesus Christ guys, the movie ain't that bad. Chill tf out it's been 12 years.
@@whiskeycorridor90 time passing doesn't mean people can't still be disappointed
@@whiskeycorridor90 , no, it is that bad. Compared to Indy films of the 80's, this is tired, watered down and occasionally plain bad. Why are you defending this film? What's your excuse?
The best Indy plots involve something out of the Bible. Ark of the Covenant and Holy Grail. I had no idea what was the object in Temple of Doom.
In a sea of egregious errors, there are three things that bothered me the most:
1. Marion does not punch Indy when she is introduced. It's just all stupid smiles. She should have smiled and hit him square in the jaw.
2. The CG ants have no presence, and therefore there are no stakes. When you had REAL snakes, rats or bugs, you FELT that. Your skin crawled. These ants are just a big, fake nothing.
3. Marion and Indy get married, yet Sallah, a good friend to them both, is not there? He just had to be there for ONE scene guys. You could have made it happen. Also, to a lesser extent, Short Round.
Maybe Sallah and Short-Round weren't available.
Hunter Smith yeah ofc they were incredibly busy with their Hollywood careers now they’re such big stars /s
John Rhys-Davies, answering the phone: "Hello? Steven who? Spielberg? Never heard of him. He wants to pay me all the money for a single afternoon of filming? Tell him no thanks, I'm busy." *click*
John goes back to playing with his Gimli action figures.
I caught one other mistake at 18:42, can you figure out what it is? 😏
They asked him to come back as Sallah but he didn't want to be in the movie for just a cameo because he felt it reduced his character.
18:21 Mutt thought Indy sliced through the canvas and the knife fell out of the truck. You can see the canvas behind the wood.
Chris: "It's a B... it's a B"
Chris 10 s later: "It's not a B"
Chris 30 s later: "It's a B-movie"
What now, Stuckmann? *raising fist to sky*
(To prevent whooosh comments: I know the first two are referring to his rating, the third to a type of movies. That's the joke :D)
I'm somewhat convinced when he says " it's like a B movie" he actually means "it's like a Bee movie (DreamWorks)"
Shivam Malik I would honestly rather watch Bee Movie.
Ya like jazz?
Or a bee movie like Wicker Man =P
Bee Movie was the worst animated movie i had ever seen.
Until I saw Norm of the North... It makes Bee Movie look like a decent film.
I thought the Cgi made it more like a cartoon than a real life gritty Indy
Well, look at the tires on the car at the right at 18:42...
They forgot to animate even THAT!
Or it's the spare tire. Anyway it messes with my brain so I'll leave it at that!
Agreed. The CGI was not very good.
The CGI in this movie is terrible.
@@anikmonette2140 it’s a spare tire
@@xnet_cascade6257 Yeah, I made a mistake and tried to erase my comments. This one remained apparently.
I think this is an underrated film and I really enjoy it, but I can understand some of the legit technical issues (I.e. the ADR, the eternally sterile costumes, even when characters are in the Amazonian jungle or getting all dirty and bruised). As for Mutt taking the lead in the action scenes as opposed to Indy, I think that was intentional. They were setting up Mutt taking up the reigns of the series (whether you liked that idea or not, that was definitely the intent). Also, Spalko is one of my favorite movie villains. I enjoy Mutt as a character personally, even though a couple jokes of his fall flat. I like the chase scenes, the larger sociopolitical themes woven into the story (which are appropriate for the time period), I LOVE how the movie recreates the fifties (this movie helped spawn my love for the aesthetics of that time period). I even like Mac as a character, after hearing David Koepp explain him a little more in-depth, as well as Ray Winstone (I was wishy-washy on the character for years). I don’t think Irina’s death was as creatively gory or creepy as it could’ve been (tho I understand why, after the controversy surrounding Temple of Doom’s violence and gore). I do appreciate that the movie was made with real sets, props and locations unless they absolutely could not achieve something without using CGI. I don’t like that Oxley just gets his memory back when the skull is returned (I understand that he’s connected to and speaking it’s language and all, I just feel like his return to normalcy just kind of happened). Overall, despite its flaws, I actually love this movie (it’s my second favorite in the series), and I love Chris’s review of it all the same!
is anyone going to mention how terrible of a name Mutt Williams is
Yes haha, it sounds like mud
It’s not his real name.
I always thought they used Mutt, like a dog, the way Indiana named himself after the dog.
Not even making this up, but in our regional language, that name literally refers to 'jerking off' lmao
Yeah, it was a horrible decision for a name. Especially for someone as important as Indiana Jones son.
Why does Chris hate gophers so much?
I feel like there's a tragic backstory there.
Because it’s not real in the movie it’s CGI and they triple down in the opening scene like he said
They killed his entire family
@@kratosgow342 but why are they bad?
Goose King because it make the whole movie look fake and that is the main issue of this movie compare to the trilogy
@@kratosgow342 in my opinion I don't think it looks that bad. I do agree the lighting is too bright, but honestly the gophers are there for like five seconds I don't think they're distracting.
After the Tarzan scene, I was done with this movie.
Yep. Caught a midnight showing and was super jacked for it. The girl I went with and I kinda groaned about the gophers early and especially about the fridge nuke, but the sword fight and Tarzan scenes, we were both like, "ok this is fucking stupid."
If only there had been a scene involving Indy literally jumping over a shark in some way I could have at least seen them acknowledging the obvious.
@@iamelectric30 "straw that broke the camels back"
Yeah I’d spent the first hour or so desperately looking for excuses for this film. By the time the Tarzan scene came around I was like “nah f**k this”
didn't Lucas do something similar in Return of the Jedi?
I enjoyed this movie and still do. It's the weakest of the four, I agree, but not by a longshot. It was fun and honestly Aliens or "Interdimensional Beings" weren't a bad or wrong idea, especially when you think about the history of the cold war and the "space race". Also the Soviets being after the power to control the cohesive mind of their opponents sounds like a horror story right from that era. Where this movie fails a bit is in the overuse of CGI, the atomic bomb scene and that they don't really explain what the interdimensional beings were too much.
But the villains in my opinion are well executed, Harrison did a great performance as an older Indy and the side characters were fun to watch.
I actually really like this movie, maybe because it was the only Indiana Jones movie we had in my Grandma's house so my cousins and I watched it so many times. It might be pure nostalgia but everytime I see this movie I remember my cousins and I pretending to be the characters in this film
YEP ! Still do...the Soviet thing was a true thing.... the love of B movies is what lucas and spielberg always preached and here is one more for the road. THe saddest part of this film is likely the las time the boys will ever work together again. Don't care, love the film!
I really enjoyed it to bcuz it was fun. Temple of Doom and Raiders are still my favs though...
Yea its inoffensive and fun
Aliens appearing is more realistic than the ark, voo doo and a knight sitting in a room for hundreds of hears protecting the holy grail.
"There are some good sequences throughout this movie, and I'll talk about those two."
😂😂😂
@@TanWam your not serious right😐
The ark scene was for me Speilberg and Lucas saying:
"You see this? You like this? Well, This ain't that....Suckers!"
I’m concerned by what Chris meant when he said that his body was ready for Indie 4
He was going to Stuckmannize himself 😳
None of what any of you said was funny
He means in a sexual manner. He's into that whip, yknow?
This movie felt so extravagent and self-indulgent. Like they made a $200 mil B movie, shot on location, and made it look like a studio set. You're right, the uniforms were always so weirdly clean for me too & I couldn't stop noticing it.
Spielberg: so what do you say, want to be in the movie?
Connery: nah I'm good
Spielberg (into walkie talkie): take the shot
George Lucas: Got it Stevey *Takes Shot Of Whiskey*
Sean Connery passed away today
@George W ya know, he didn't even look bad at all for 90
I imagine he spoke into one of those walkie talkies from the E.T. edit.
@@blizzard-storm97 He passed away peacfully in his sleep
Trailer: "part time!"
Movie: "part time?........?"
How embarrassing...
Cut who put a question mark on his cue card people remember he reads everything off a cue card
This film is like Spielberg’s version of Fast & Furious.
Fast & Furious is ten times better than this film
Yes. Good point
I wouldn’t say 10 times but definitely 10 times better than any Fast film past 5
This film is Spielberg's version of mental retardation.
@@7superdaimajin 😂😂😂👍
This gave us call of dutys version of Nuketown.... A-
Best part of this movie
Thank you for pointing out how clean the movie looks, including everyone's clothes. When I saw the movie, it always looked off, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Sure, the lighting is awful too, but really the spirit of the franchise was in part how gritty it is. Dirty clothes say a lot and when every scene looks like a photo shoot, it misses the point.
Yes! The Star Wars prequels had that same problem with bad lighting, everything looking too clean, and lots of ridiculous things happening throughout the movies.
Rewatching the original trilogy and I appreciated how filthy Indy gets by the end of the big chase sequences
@@MichaelP_IsMe It's just lucas being an incompetent filmmaker with directing and camera work. The prequels are a FIRST example of this. Spielberg directed this movie but you can see Luca's handprints ALL over this film entirely. It's fine in the prequel films for things to "look too clean" when their politicians in safe environments that are MEANT to be clean but when the characters are in action and the characters HAVE to get their hands dirty like the jedi and solders in fight scenes or a chase scene or a WAR ZONE, you HAVE to add alot of grit to all the clothing and uniforms. It's tricky to get "the right amount of dirty and grit" in a space sci-fi movie series where they have advanced tech and you EXCEPT the "slick clean sci-fi" look except to see in EVERY single sci-fi series to an extent. That's just how sci-fi generally is. I don't know what you mean by "lots of ridiculous things happening throughout the movies" because in Star Wars, you EXCEPT to see crazy things in the series! Same thing with Indiana Jones as the crazy stuff is WHAT you're in for and where all the fun is in!
The Nuclear Fridge and the Ghost Nuke Town was literally my favourite part in the movie, even if it's absolutely impossible and ridiculous.
And the scene with the guys getting eaten alive inside and out by the ants still haunts me to this day and gave me a ridiculous fear of Fire Ants, not just for their painful bite.
indeed, they aren't the only things from these movies that are absolutely impossible and ridiculous.
@@highstimulation2497 I don't know what you're going on about, must've replied to the wrong comment.
@@CerealExperimentsMizuki if you can have god like power bs I’m willing to accept the aliens. Jut not the fridge at ground zero. Maybe if he drove away from the blast and hopped in it. Then suffers any! kind of injury.
@@Hotrodimusprime we all know that it's impossible but I still found it really cool, I remember when it had been out for only a Year and I was like 14 when it came out and even back then I knew that it was a ridiculous scene and was a complete tonal shift from the original movies.
As if there’s not a lot of ridiculous in Indiana Jones movies.
I choose to believe that this whole thing was just a bad dream Indy had after eating a large plate of extra-spicy hot wings for dinner.
And the hot wings were laced with LSD...
Aww day after Connery died at the age of 90
Rest in Power you old Scott
We love ya
They tried way too hard with skull and it really shows....
Remember when they said they used practical effects and barely any CGI?
eating sugar no papa it definitely wasn’t 😂😂
"You're... a teacher?"
"Part... tiiiiiiiiiime. Naaaaaail, next line."
**sighs** "Yes, lord guru."
They had the good take though. They chose the bad one. That's not Ford's fault.
I get it.
Good job.
~_~
It’s the same cinematographer that did Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan, so I am absolutely perplexed how this was so bad!!
I hope James Mangold brings back the same cinematographer who filmed Ford V Ferrari for Indiana Jones 5.
I have a feeling they were trying to capture some sort of b-movie essence rather than making it a gritty Indiana Jones movie.
He also did on Ready Player One but it was way better than that 4th Indiana Jones flick.
@@adampellett4917 The real stuff in Ready Player One looked great
Are you kidding !!!????
“If they make Indiana Jones 5 like they’re planning, he might actually be 80” He actually is 80 and the film is coming out in a few weeks haha 😂
Chris still needs to do review for “Coraline” it’s that good. Hopefully he sees this.
Strange. I’ve never heard of a fourth Indy movie. Why would you review a movie that doesn’t even exist?
Hilarious.
I like your approach. In the same way, I hope Chris never reviews Highlander 2, because to my knowledge the first Highlander film is perfect on its own and no sequels were ever made because of this.
Can we take a moment to appreciate that shirt though? I WANT IT!
Same
Ditto
Fr couldn't take my eyes off it
What is on it?
Sam Gourhan the dude from v from vendetta
The minute I heard James Mangold is set to direct the last Indiana Jones movie I became a very happy man. I have faith he will give Indiana Jones the ending it deserves like he did with Logan.
I don't know though
Probably not now 😂
@@ibnmianal-buna3176 Lol yea… not hearing great things unfortunately. Mangold is a damn good director, so I’ve been kinda surprised at the early reviews. Wondering if Disney ruined it or if it was just not a good script or both.
I just saw it at the cinema. It was…okay…didn’t quite have the charm and thrills of the older movies. It also lacked some good comedy but I didn’t dislike it. It’s 100% better than Crystal Skull and leaves the franchise on a better note. I just felt the film never really took off
The knowledge overload isn’t a bad idea, I found the idea really creepy. That despite how much knowledge a human mind can have, it physically isn’t capable of knowing everything.
it is something straight from lovecraft.
I think it's the disintegration part that he's confused about.
It would've been better if she went insane similar to Robert Pattinson's character at the end of the lighthouse
I read the book which was written to pretty much be identical to the movie. But reading about the knowledge overload worked a lot better than seeing it on screen. What I didn't like about the end was they did the cliche, they find the lost treasure and then it self destructs/disappears without a trace. Honestly, despite it's problems, I kind of liked the movie until the generic ending.
That felt cliche to me
I want to see that haunted castle movie
That was going to be in the original version of Raiders. It would of been called Indiana Jones And The Monkey King. Indy would be looking for The Fountain Of Youth.
The Jazz King was that not meant to be the original last crusade
Oh very interesting, glad we got the original trilogy as is, but would love to see a haunted castle somewhere down the road maybe in a spin-off
My mistake it was Last Crusade not Raiders.
When they announced Indy 4 I was all like, "It better be about Atlantis, the Pyramids (Egyptian or Mayan), or maybe something Norse or Greek". So I hope Indy 5 is about any of those things. Sure it's low hanging fruit but I still want them.
I'd only welcome Atlantis if they could do it in a way that doesn't negate the Fate of Atlantis video game - course they could adapt the game, but that would mean recasting Indy as it takes place in 1939.
Indy 5 will be the first in the series to deal with time travel. Super stoked about this movie! Can't wait for it to drop.
@@browseking3344 i love adventure action set piece
Chris when he saw this movie for the first time
"They ask you how you are and you just have to say that you're fine when you're not really fine."
Chris's reactions
Raiders: 🤠
Temple of doom:😀
Last crusade:😃
Crystal Skull:😐
My reaction
Crystal Skull: 🤔
My reaction crystal skull: 💩
They are great in order of their releases. Nothing wrong with that.
Kyle’s character out of South Park - “OUR HERO WAS RAPED!” Pretty much sums up what a lot of Hard Core Fans felt about this movie!
Omg.hhhhhhhh
That’s what instantly comes to mind when thinking of this movie.
The triforce of dissapointment
-Francis Ford Coppola: The Godfather part 3
-George Lucas: The phantom menace
-Steven spielberg: Kingdom of the crystal skull
Yeah, phantom of the menace is the worst and most boring of Star wars movies. Attack of the clones had a lot of so bad it's good scenes with Hayden Christensen's line delivery.
While the Phantom Menace isn't great, it at lest still entertainments me. Which is much more than I can say about Godfather 3 and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
I just rewatched Phantom Menace I don't hate it but there's so much potential for it to be good
Can u add Akira Toriyama and Dragon Ball Super to that list?
1997residente The Godfather Part III was clearly not up to the greatness of I or II, but belongs nowhere near a list that contains Phantom Menace or Crystal Skull.
What Sean Connery said after slapping the makers of Indy 4? "That was for blasphemy"
For me one of the problems was Spielberg usually respects the age of an actor and gives them a role suitable for them. Tom Hanks in Bridge of Spies playing a lawyer and Daniel Day-Lewis playing a US President. With age comes a bit of dignity and authority and wisdom. Harrison Ford was in his 60s but they still wanted him to be like his younger 30 something action adventures star old self and it just didn't look right or feel believable. The problem was Indie wasn't a terribly deep 3 dimensional character in the first 3 films so trying to give him a more suitable role and maybe making it into more a thriller would have been a harder sell. So they just kept it as more of a straight forward action adventure film but with an old cast. Either that or they should have thought about recasting him and maybe give it to Christopher Nolan to direct? His films are always brilliant spectacles whatever else you think about them?
I don't hate this film. At the end of the day, Spielberg never wanted to do the movie, and he always intended for The Last Crusade to be the ending of the franchise... That lack of interest and investment shows throughout this entire film to me.
That being said, here's hoping James Mangold delivers a satisfying and (hopefully) emotional send-off for the character come Indy 5.
wait there is Indy 5 ?
When is this happening??
Mangold is maybe not a good choice. Both Logan and FordvFerrari are good movies, but I really didn't care about the characters though. Something Indy should have in first place.
Do you think you're saying something profound after saying ' at the end of the day'?
You're not. Take that dumb phrase out of your vocabulary.
@@adamh3624 Simply saying "at the end of the day" is considered an attempt at being profound to you? I think you're reading too much into it, but I'll take that as a compliment. At the end of the day, it seemed to have resonated with 67 other people.
Accepting that something isn’t good no matter how much you really want it to be is probably the first and most difficult step into becoming a film critic. This movie was probably the making of you Chris!
This movie was the biggest cinematic disappointment of my life. The Last Crusade is my favorite movie.
Definitely. This was the most letdown by a movie I've ever been... After it was over we were like how could you let it suck that bad 😂
Same last crusade is the best. And this was the worst.
matt krug and ummmm biggest disappointment then the phantom menace......???
While I agree it's not great I think phantom menace is worse as a comparison... Actually an awful lot of sequels to loved films that come 20 years late are awful (independence day 2 for example lol)
Bryce Burgeson that’s what I was going to say 😂 Although at least TPM gave us Darth Maul
I really loved the concept of the nuclear test town at the start of the film and him having to hide in the fridge, I just wish they had figured out how to pull the scene off better.
Maybe if the fridge had a passage to a bunker. The fridge flies away, hits the ground, opens and we see its empty and had a hole on the ground.