On May 22, Indiana Jones is back in a new globe-trotting adventure, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford as Indy, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" features an outstanding cast, including Oscar® winner Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Oscar® winner Jim Broadbent and Shia LaBeouf. Frank Marshall is the film’s producer. George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy are the executive producers. The screenplay is by David Koepp from a story by George Lucas and Jeff Nathanson.
It’s been rumored, run around, and re-scripted more times than I care to count, but we’re finally actually getting an Indiana Jones 4. The question is will it be the movie everyone hopes for?
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has an almost impossible legacy to live up to, following up on perhaps the most beloved movie trilogy of all time… excepting those pesky Star Wars movies which also starred that guy with the whip and Fedora. The 80s were a good time for blockbuster movies, and nothing epitomizes that better than the adventures of Doctor Jones, a perennial product of the 80s, with the movies running in sequence from 1981, to 1984, and finishing up in 1989. Unlike a lot of the films of that decade though, Indy is timeless adventure. It holds up. It’s not Weird Science, full of legwarmers and the excessive drinking of Tab. Bringing Indy into the new millennium should be a snap.
Besides, Steven Spielberg isn’t in the habit of letting people down. Unfortunately his producing partner George Lucas is. Lucas managed to botch Star Wars with his prequels, and most of the blame for that probably goes to his writing. A lot of people worry about Indy 4 because of Harrison’s age, but if you want to worry about something worry about George, who’s rumored to have taken the script home with him for a few Lucas brand rewrites. You never know when he might write in a cameo for the Backstreet Boys.
Still, I defy Lucas to ruin this. Spielberg might kowtow to his friend, but the notoriously cranky Harrison Ford would never let Flannel George take Doctor Jones off the rails. Give the man his whip, and let him work. As long as Harrison is under the hat and Callista Flockhart is kept off the set, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull can’t go wrong.
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All I can say is that we should hope that Lucas will not right the script entirly on his own because I have read middleschool stories that are more gripping than his scripts. I will say that the man has good ideas but getting them on paper is another thing. Some of the lines in his star wars films are just so juvenille. I.e. "You doubt my power", "Anakin, you're breaking my heart", and the ever popular "I've got a bad feeling about this" (Which Ford said the best). Bottom line is we do not want him writing.
we should hope that Lucas stops re-hashing old franchises to make even more money and spend it changing star wars again (or at least re-releasing dvds). if i had any guts i would boycott this new Indy, I don't want the memory of the original three to be tarnished by a trend of nearly 20 years of bad decisions on Lucas' part.
The movie will begin with Dr. Jones along with a small army of men at Area 51 about to tansport the Ark of the Covenenant for the purpose of study. They lose the Ark while leaving the grounds to members of a secret Russian society. (You will have a short glimpse of a military made UFO in this scene)
Indiana Jones returns to Marshall college and recieves a package. Upon opening the package he finds a crystal skull. There is also a note from a prominent Archeolgist who wishes for Dr. Jones to verify the authenticity of the skull.
Jones recognizes a member of the Russian group and begins an escape throughout the campus. Dr. Jones escapes with a student of his. The villans follow the the two until they lose them. Jones and his companion head to an airport and take a plane to meet the prominent archeologist.
As Dr. Jones and his collegue discuss the legend of the skulls they decide on a location to begin a search for a hidden pyramid. Enroute, their plane is hijacked and they realize that their intended destination is incorrect. They head towards a new destination in MesoAmerica.
After the group journeys through thick jungles they eventually arive at a small tribe whose leader speaks of a legend of an ancient advanced civilization which relied on the power of the skulls. According to his legend , each of the skulls has it's own power: divine knowledge, everlasting life, and true happiness, ect. The leader speaks of a lost entrance, which his people believe is through a cavern, to a hidden pyramid where the skulls must be placed on respective alters to summon their powers.
When sleeping in the village Indy's collegue is kidnapped and the skull is also gone. Indiana jones and his remaining companion,as well as the pilot of the arriving aircraft, realize that they must hurry to the hidden pyramid before the villains summon the power of their skull.
After a long and dangerous journey through the cavern, they finally arrive at the pyramid, deep in a valley surrounded by mountains.
The villains capture the two, and continue to summon the power of the skull. As the villains place the skull on it's respective alter ,they are errupt in flames. Dr. Jones realizes that their skull, was a skull of peace.
I've got a horrible feeling Lucas is going to botch this film. I love the Indy series, and will no doubt see it, but everything Lucas seems to touch lately has turned to mud... fingers crossed.
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March 19th, 2006 at 21:20
All I can say is that we should hope that Lucas will not right the script entirly on his own because I have read middleschool stories that are more gripping than his scripts. I will say that the man has good ideas but getting them on paper is another thing. Some of the lines in his star wars films are just so juvenille. I.e. "You doubt my power", "Anakin, you're breaking my heart", and the ever popular "I've got a bad feeling about this" (Which Ford said the best). Bottom line is we do not want him writing.