Comments on: Steven Spielberg Clarifies ‘Indiana Jones 5’ Comments; Says Genre Of Film Won’t Change, But MacGuffin Will

By: Jan Paulsen

Jan Paulsen — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:17:50 +0000

There is only ONE Indiana Jones, and some of us have aged along with him. He can NEVER be replaced by a younger actor. It would be better to end the series with the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Harrison Ford IS Indy!

By: Zap The Sheep

Zap The Sheep — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:17:50 +0000

Do a soft reboot: have Sean Patrick Flannery play Indy again but as an adult. Choose a MacGuffin at the beginning of WW2 or at the very end. Unfortunately, Spielberg has a soft spot in his heart (and head) for Shia.

By: padre

padre — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:17:50 +0000

I was going to make some comment on how "Of course Indiana Jones looked tired in the last movie, Harrison Ford is a billion years old! He is no spry buck to be running around anymore!" But then Rodie beat me to it and said all that there is say, really. Also: HOLLYWOOD, I WANT MY NEW HARRISON FORD, DAMN IT! And don't you dare say you are planning for shrimpy Shia to be it! My rage would know no boundaries.

By: ZARDOS

ZARDOS — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:17:50 +0000

Crystal Skull sucks because I don't buy that Indy exists in a world where both Jesus and aliens exist. I can take one, but not both.

By: rodie

rodie — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:17:50 +0000

This thing won't even shoot until 2013 at the earliest. Ford will be 71, and most certainly have to be relegated to the Connery-type tag-along Dad role in the film, which I would be sort of okay with if there was a better young hero for him to share the screen with, but if all we're stuck with is Shia's poorly written "Mutt" character, I'm afraid this will be another mediocre entry in the Indy franchise.

Why couldn't Ford and Speilberg have made another Indy in the late '90s? Instead, Speilberg took 2 years off after Private Ryan, and Ford starred in Random Hearts and Six Days Seven Nights. Boo!

By: StephenM

StephenM — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:17:50 +0000

The problem with Crystal Skull wasn't that it was unrealistic or unbelievable–all of the movies were like that–and the silly, eye-rolling moments weren't enough to destroy a movie. The problem was that it seemed so tired and too slick and empty. It had too much CGI and too little hand-crafted heft, everything felt weightless and pointless–the movie just coasted along on nostalgia, none of the action sequences were actually exciting, there was no tension. You could watch and it would go by pleasantly enough, but it left no real impression on you other than "meh" and "a fridge? really?"

By: Nolan

Nolan — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:17:50 +0000

I just rewatched "Crystal Skull" for the first time since seeing it in theaters. It's really not all that bad–on the contrary I actually think it is thematically quite strong. Maybe even the strongest of the series. It definitely has it's share of eye-roll moments, and the aliens still don't sit well with me, but all in all it could have been worse. Oh, and Shia was as annoying the second time as he was the first.

By: Garrison

Garrison — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:17:50 +0000

I hope that they donât make another Indiana Jones film. All of the people involved should move onto more promising projects. The original trilogy were all classics and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was a good tribute to them even though Kate Capshaw, John Rhys-Davies, Jonathan Ke Quan and Sean Connery should have been included. It would be best that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull concludes the series. I have my doubts if they try to reboot it as Harrison Ford defined the role.