New York Magazine has an article comparing Shia to Jar Jar Binks, and basically states that the running time for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is supposedly 2 hours and 20 minutes, so the new Indy movie must suck (they chose to emphasize these two disparate points-how the heck does a movie being 2 hr 20 mins mean its bad??? Or even ridiculously long? I don't get that one. And oh yeah, turns out they were wrong anyway-turns out the movie is gonna clock in at around 2 hrs.) Which leads me to this little rant:
People, can we please see Kingdom of the Crystal Skull before we bash it? We're in such a haste to be critical, we have to trash something even before it comes out! Fans can be so fickle and hypocritical, and well, just too hard to please (I know, because I am one of them). We think that Last Crusade was great and ended perfectly, there is no way to top it, yet we still want a new chapter... so we can then bash it for not being just like the old movies. Its time to face reality: this movie will not be like the other Indy movies, for better or worse? Why? Uh, Harrison Ford is in his mid sixties, for one. Second, the look of the film is going to be different since cameras and film have advanced significantly since Raiders, so don't expect this movie to look just like a movie that came out over 25 years ago. And most importantly, its been 19 years since the last Indy movie. Thats even longer than the time between Jedi and Phantom Menace. The majority of the people going to see the new Indy movie (or at least the ones really anticipating it) have fond childhood or young adult memories of the series. Just like with Star Wars, people are going to take these memories into the theater with them. And they are going to be disappointed, because nothing can live up to when you saw Raiders or Last Crusade as a kid. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull doesn't stand a chance against our idealized and romanticized collective consciousness of days gone by. So now here we are, a mere five weeks away from Indy 4, and the negativity FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE *&%#ING MOVIE has already started, their negativity seeping like poison through the fan base. My suggestion to everyone? Ignore these idiots, and please, please, give KOTCS a chance. Don't compare it to Raiders or Last Crusade. Try to enjoy it on its own merits. I gotta back Lucas on this one-he's not tempering expectations because he knows the movie sucks: he understands that no matter how great it is, many people are going to be negative towards it. You can't win with those people, but if you aren't one of them, just go see the movie and judge for yourself. And if it does truly suck, I will be the first to say so. So I plead with everyone to save the negativity for later, and the only if it is necessary (regrettably). We got a new Indy movie coming out in less than five weeks, and I'm gonna stay darned excited about it-see you in line!
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