While this did have decent moments of action & “reveals” (where you learn some secret about the main character and are all like “ooh…”), in the end, the whole concept just wasn’t believable. I’m not sure how that could be fixed without it becoming a whole other movie though. If you like this kind of movie, it’s worth a watch, but don’t have massive expectations.
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Babel
This movie tried a little too hard to pull at our emotions… and because of that I thought it was like cheating, and it lost its heart. There are some well-crafted scenes (liked the grittiness of the mexican wedding), but on the whole, I just felt like I was being fed a lie.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
I have a theory that Spielberg intended to make this a really bad movie. He’s a smart guy with a proven track record. There is no reason he would resort to such stupid scenes and plot devices that are sprinkled throughout this movie. The pacing makes no sense – it just jumps from scene to scene, etc. There are so many things wrong with this movie from start to finish… But, why would he do this? Perhaps it’s because he really did want to emulate the original inspiration for the series – the movie reels – which weren’t very good either. Or, perhaps he wanted to kill the series himself, and not let it turn into some kind of long-running james bond thing. Or, perhaps he’s just screwing with everyone. I’m more and more convinced this wasn’t just a mistake.