Indiana Jones

Argggghhhh...

I think I actually say that with great pleasure since it means good things for me. Which I can get to at the end of the post.

The new Indie movie is a joke. If the creators of this movie actually know what they made, then they are actually maniacally in their underground bunkers at George Lucas's ranch.

This movie has no point. There is no central idea to which this film leads. Unless of course if it is a commentary on the downfall of the current state of Hollywood. Or a commentary on capitalism VS communism. Or trying to be propaganda to those who sit right in the middle and can't make up their minds.

What is in this movie is a really interesting premise. The premise I speak of is that of characters to which everything always works out. Bullets always miss. Nuclear explosions are easily survived. No matter what, everything always will turn out.

But a premise is not a film. You could say something pretty profound if you had characters who always won, and then they lost, and there was a point. I could see that being a really neat movie. Speedracer actually works with a similar premise of things always working out. But no, not in this film.

In many ways this film is even offensive. The filmmakers thought it was important to show the audience that a single monkey, thrown off a cliff, grabbed onto a branch and survived. But the fact that roughly 500 tribes people are slaughtered is simply brushed off as a side effect of evil communists.


So why does such a bad movie mean good things for me. The critics gave Indie an average rating of 65. They gave Speedracer a rating of 37.

This means that the industry has no idea what is good. It means studios are scrambling to come up with anything. It means the competition at the moment isn't too stiff. It means times are changing. Film is changing. George and Steven, please leave. Lets get the hooks out. Get off the stage.


Kyler