After my second viewing of KOTCS, the verdict is...this movie is pretty good. Going into it with more realistic expectations, the movie played a lot better the second time around. Everything felt right and made sense. Some things that bothered me in the first viewing were totally fine this time around-the ant scene didn't bother me at all, and even the monkeys and Shia swinging through the trees ala Tarzan didn't bother as much as before (though I still could have done without it).
Its so funny how context can change how you perceive something. Having already seen the movie, watching it this time was more like watching the other Indy films because now I knew what would happen next, so I could focus more on other things than just trying to follow the plot. The movie is definitely rewatchable. There is so much more that I liked about it the second time around. I really enjoyed the first half to two-thirds of the movie. The intro at Area 51, Indy meeting Mutt, the Peru scenes, and even most of the big chase set-piece were good stuff. The whole ending still bugs me, the whole "I want to know", bad CGI alien, spaceship scene. It didnt feel like an the old Indy movies, whereas most of the rest of the movie does.
So, what exactly am I trying to say here? Indy IV is good-very good. It is worth repeat viewings. Its not as good as Last Crusade or Raiders, its got a little too much CGI for my tastes, but it is entertaining and satisfying. I hope that they make a couple of more movies with Indy in the 1950s!
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That about sums it up. I didn't have a prob with the alien ship as much as I had with, after the ship left, the ocean was filling in the hole very rapidly and they are talking about spending the night. The water looked like it had minutes before possibly filling up to where they were. But I really enjoyed it and are glad you feel differently the 2nd time around. Your 2nd time around was my 1st time around...I'm defiantly going to see it again this weekend.
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