Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Classic Indy



Ingredients for success:
  • The Hero - an older (so what) Harrison Ford - he still wears it well.
  • His Now-Older Sweetheart.
  • A Special Surprise.
  • Standard Issue Bad Guys and Gal with Suspicious Accents.
  • The Greedy Fool Friend Turns Foe Save Him Anyway But Too Late Character.
  • Some Olde Familiar Settings.
  • Heart-warming sprinkling of In-Jokes/References.
  • A generous dose of Creepy Crawlies.
  • Snake (1).
  • The Reliable Red Trailing Line on The Map to Show Where We're Venturing To.
  • Those Gritty Warm n' Dusty and Gorgeous Jungle and Fast-Moving Water and Web-Filled Caves as Exotica locales.
  • Action-Packed Scenes without Action-Packed Scenes Overkill.
  • A Tidy Tie-Up of Rather Loose Personal Relationship Ends.
  • Happily Ever After (?)....
  • To be continued...(?) did ya happen to notice what was in one of those other, accidentally opened crates...?
  • Here and there, some dialog that may require a wee bit of forgiveness on the part of the viewer to the scriptwriter...but hey.
Whaddayawantanyways?
All of the above: well worth leaving the theater with a big smile on your face...

One word movie review: ENJOYMENT

2 comments:

House Dreams said...

Wasn't it great?
Good old fashion action!
And archeology to boot.

Let's have an Indy Festival, right here on the big 'ole tv screen.

Afterwards, we'll do Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings.
I'm exhausted thinking about it.

Anonymous said...

Add all-you-can-eat hot buttered popcorn and a tall glass of caffeine-free Diet Coke and - sister - I am SOOOOOOOO there!