Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull Kingdom is the 2008 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and the fourth installment in the Indiana Jones series. Released nineteen years after the previous film, the film was set in 1957, pitting Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) against a Soviet agent - led by Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett) - looking for a telepathic crystal skull. Jones is helped by his former girlfriend, Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen), and his son, Mutt Williams (Shia LaBeouf). Ray Winstone, John Hurt, and Jim Broadbent are also part of the supporting cast.
Scriptwriter Jeb Stuart, Jeffrey Boam, Frank Darabont, and Jeff Nathanson wrote the draft before David Koepp's script satisfied the producers. The filmmakers intend to pay homage to the science fiction movie of the 1950s. The shooting began on June 18, 2007, in various locations in New Mexico, New Haven, Connecticut, Hawaii, and Fresno, California, as well as on a healthy stage in Los Angeles. To maintain an aesthetic sustainability with the previous film, the crew relied on traditional acrobatics rather than the computer-generated double acrobatic games, and the cinematographer Janusz Kami? Ski learned Douglas Slocombe's style from previous films.
The film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2008, and was released worldwide on May 22, 2008 for generally positive reviews of criticism, although audience reception was more diverse. There is significant praise for the show, action scenes, John Williams music score, and costume design. Critics, however, focus on dialogue, storyline, pacing, and excessive use of CGI. It was also a financial success as the three previous films in the series, the top-selling more than $ 786 million worldwide, became the highest-grossing film franchise when it was not adjusted for inflation, as well as the second best-selling movie of 2008. The film is scheduled to be followed by an unlicensed fifth movie , which is planned to be released on July 10, 2020, with both Spielberg and Ford returning.
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Plot
In 1957, Indiana Jones and his partner George "Mac" McHale were kidnapped by Soviet agents under Colonel Dr. Irina Spalko, who infiltrated the warehouse labeled "Warehouse 51" and forced Jones to find the mummified corpse taken from the crash site. After his discovery, Mac revealed he was a double agent working for the Soviets. Jones escaped and unsuccessfully tried to retrieve the body. After arguing with Spalko's cruel henchman, Colonel Antonin Dovchenko, Jones escapes to model city at the Nevada Test Site a few minutes before the atomic bomb test, and takes refuge in the tin-coated refrigerator. Jones was rescued, decontaminated, and captured by FBI agents, who suspected him of working for the Soviets; despite being released on the recommendation of General Ross, who vouchs for him, he was dismissed without leave from Marshall College. His departure also led to the resignation of the dean to defend Indiana's work on campus.
Jones was approached by greaser Mutt Williams, who told him that Harold Oxley had found a crystal skull in Peru, suffered a mental breakdown and was later kidnapped. Jones tells Mutt about the legendary crystal skull found in Akator. Mutt gave Jones a letter from his mother, who was also held hostage, contains a puzzle written by Oxley in ancient South American. The KGB agent tried to catch them, but Jones and Mutt escaped and reached Peru. At the local psychiatric hospital, Oxley's streaks on the walls and cell floors led them to the tomb of Francisco de Orellana, a Conquistador looking for Akator. They found the skull in the grave, arguing Jones that Oxley had returned it there.
Jones and Mutt were captured by Mac and Soviet and taken to their camp in the Amazon jungle, where they found the mother of Oxley and Mutt, Marion Ravenwood, who revealed that Mutt was the son of Jones, Henry Jones III. Spalko believes the crystal skull belongs to an alien life form and holds great psychic powers, and that finding more skulls in Akator will give the Soviets the advantage of psychic warfare. Spalko uses a skull on Jones to allow him to understand Oxley and identify routes to Akator. Jones and all four of his allies escaped with skeletons, but Marion and Jones were trapped inside a dry sand dune, to be recaptured by the Soviets after Oxley accidentally took them as aid. On his way to Akator, Mac says Jones he is a CIA double agent to regain Jones' confidence, and Jones's team struggles out of the Soviet clutches, while Dovchenko is devoured by the siafu ants. Jones and his allies caused many Soviets to fall off a cliff, and they survived three waterfalls in amphibious vehicles. Jones and Oxley identified a rock-like skull formation that took them to Akator, unaware that Mac lied about being a CIA agent, still loyal to Spalko and had dropped transceivers to allow the surviving Soviets to track them down.
Adventurers avoid the mayor, gain access to the temple, and find it filled with artifacts from many ancient civilizations, identifying aliens as extra-dimensional "archaeologists" studying the various cultures of Earth. They found and entered a room containing a crystal skeleton of thirteen aliens, one missing his skull. Spalko arrives and presents a skull to his skull, where the aliens revive and telepathically offer gifts in the ancient Maya through Oxley. A portal to their dimensions becomes active, and other remaining Soviets are drawn to the portal. Like Jones, Marion, Mutt, and Oxley-who have regained the escape of his sanity, thirteen creatures combine together, and in the process of receiving extraordinary knowledge, Spalko is destroyed and sucked into the portal. Mac is caught in a vortex while trying to steal some treasure, and although Jones offers his whip to pull him into a safe place, he is willing to let go and get sucked in. Jones and the others escaped and watched the city collapse, revealing flying saucers rising from underground and disappearing, while the hole at the bottom of the valley left by its departure was flooded by Amazon waters.
Joel Stoffer and Neil Flynn have a small role as an FBI agent who interrogates Indiana in a scene following the opening sequence. Alan Dale plays General Ross, who protests his innocence. Andrew Divoff and Pasha D. Lychnikoff played the Soviet army. Spielberg features actors who speak Russian as Soviet soldiers so that their accents will become authentic. Dimitri Diatchenko plays Spalko's right-hand man who fought in Indiana at Marshall College. Diatchenko mass up to 250 pounds to look threatening, and his role was initially small with ten days of filming. When photographing the battle, Ford accidentally struck his chin, and Spielberg liked Diatchenko's funny reaction, so he expanded his role to three months of filming. Ernie Reyes Jr. playing the cemetery guard.
Sean Connery declined an offer to come as Henry Jones Sr., because he considered retirement too much fun. Lucas stated that behind him it was good that Connery did not show up briefly, as that would disappoint the audience when his character would not join the movie adventure. Ford joked, "I'm old enough to play my own father in this one." The film discusses the absence of Connery by Indiana which implies that both Henry, Sr and Marcus Brody (played by Denholm Elliott in previous films, who died in 1992) died before the film show. Connery later stated that he liked the film, describing it as "rather good and rather long." Michael Sheard, who plays Adolf Hitler in the third film, expressed interest in appearing in the film, but he died in August 2005.
John Rhys-Davies was asked to re-portray his role as Sallah as a guest on the wedding scene. He refused because he felt his character deserved a more substantial role.
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Production
Development
During the late 1970s, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg made a deal with Paramount Pictures for five Indiana Jones movies. After the 1989 release of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lucas let the series end because he felt he could not think of a good plot device to push the next installment, and chose to produce The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles for TV, which explored the characters in the early years. Harrison Ford plays Indiana in one episode, recounting his adventures in 1920 Chicago. When Lucas shot in the role of Ford in December 1992, he realized the scene opened up the possibility of a movie with an older Indiana set in the 1950s. The film can reflect a 1950s B-movie fiction film, with aliens as a plot device. Meanwhile, Spielberg believes he will "mature" as a filmmaker after making his trilogy, and feels he will only be generating installments in the future.
Ford disliked the new point of view, telling Lucas, "There's no way I'm in the Steven Spielberg movie that way." Spielberg himself, who portrays the aliens in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. Extra-Terrestrial , reject it. Lucas came up with the story, which Jeb Stuart transformed into a script from October 1993 to May 1994. (Stuart previously wrote The Fugitive, starring Ford.) Lucas wants Indiana married, who will allow Henry Jones, Sr. to return, expressed his concern about whether his son was happy with what he had accomplished. After he learned that Joseph Stalin was interested in psychic warfare, he decided to have the Soviets as criminals and aliens to have inner strength. After the next Stuart draft, Lucas hired the final crusade author Jeffrey Boam to write the next three versions, the last one completed in March 1996. Three months later, Independence Day was released, and Spielberg told Lucas that he would not make another alien invasion movie. Lucas decided to focus on Star Wars prequels.
In 2000, Spielberg's son asked when the next movie would be released, which attracted him to revive the project. In the same year, Ford, Lucas, Spielberg, Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy met during the American Film Film award to Ford, and decided they wanted to enjoy the experience of making more Indiana Jones movies. Spielberg also rediscovered to the break series of many of his dark films during this period, such as A.I. Artificial Intelligence , Minority Report , and Munich . Lucas convinces Spielberg to use aliens in plots by saying that they are not "extraterrestrials", but "interdimensional", with this concept taking inspiration in superstring theory. Spielberg and Lucas discuss the main idea of ​​the B-movie involving aliens, and Lucas suggests using a crystal skull to immortalize the idea. Lucas found the artifacts as attractive as the Ark of the Covenant, and intended to show them for the Young Indiana Jones episode before the event cancellation. M. Night Shyamalan was hired to write for the shoots he intended in 2002, but he was overwhelmed writing sequels of movies he liked like Raiders of the Lost Ark , and claimed that it was hard to get Ford, Spielberg and Lucas focus. Stephen Gaghan and Tom Stoppard were also approached.
Frank Darabont, who wrote episodes of Young Indiana Jones, was hired to write in May 2002. The manuscript, entitled Indiana Jones and City of Gods, was set in the 1950s. , with former Nazis chasing Jones. Spielberg understood the idea because of real life figures such as Juan Perene in Argentina, who protected Nazi war criminals. Darabont claimed that Spielberg liked the script, but Lucas had a problem with it, and decided to take charge of writing it himself. Lucas and Spielberg recognize the 1950 arrangement can not ignore the Cold War, and the Soviets are more plausible criminals. Spielberg decided he could not insinuate the Nazis after directing the Schindler List as Ford noted, "We plum [b] wear the Nazis."
Jeff Nathanson met with Spielberg and Lucas in August 2004, and submitted the next draft in October and November 2005, titled The Atomic Ants . David Koepp went on from there, giving his script the subtitle of Destroyer of Worlds, based on a J. Robert Oppenheimer quote. It turns into The Kingdom of Crystal Skull , because Spielberg finds it more inviting title and is actually named the crystal skull plot device. Lucas insisted on the Kingdom section. Koepp's ideas are Indiana Jones and Son of Indiana Jones, and Spielberg has also considered having the alien title name as The Mysterians , but dropping it when he remembers it is another movie title. Koepp teamed up with scriptwriter Raiders of the Lost Ark Lawrence Kasdan on the film's "love dialogue".
Filming
Unlike previous Indiana Jones movies, Spielberg shot the entire film in the United States, stating he did not want to be away from his family. Filming began on June 18, 2007, in Deming, New Mexico. An extensive chase scene set at Marshall College fiction was filmed between June 28 and July 7 at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut (where Spielberg Theo's son is studying). To stay in line with the fact the story occurred in the 1950s, some of the facades were changed, though signs were placed between the shots to tell the public what the store or restaurant really is.
After that, they filmed scenes set in the Amazon jungle in Hilo, Hawaii until August. Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull Kingdom are the biggest films shot in Hawaii since Waterworld, and are estimated to generate $ 22 million to $ 45 million in the local economy. Due to an approaching storm, Spielberg was unable to fight at the waterfall, so he sent a second unit to record the Iguazu Falls shot in Brazil and Argentina. It's digitally coupled into combat, which was shot in the Universal backlot.
Half the film is scheduled for filming at five sound stages in Los Angeles: Downey, Sony, Warner Bros, Paramount and Universal. Filming was transferred to Chandler Field in Fresno, California, replacing Mexico City International Airport, on October 11, 2007. After aerial photography of Chandler Airport and DC-3 on the morning of October 12, 2007, the shoot was wrapped. Although initially he did not feel the need to re-shoot after seeing his first movie cut, Spielberg decided to add a shoot that was filmed on February 29, 2008, in Pasadena, California.
Design
Spielberg and Janusz Us? Ski, who has taken on all director's films since 1993's Schindler's List, reviewed previous films to learn about Douglas Slocombe's style. "I do not want Janusz to modernize and bring us into the 21st century," Spielberg explains. "I still want this film to have a lighting style that is no different from the work that Doug Slocombe has achieved, which means that Janusz and I have to swallow our pride." Janusz has to estimate the other cinematographers' view, and I should estimate this young director. thought I had moved from after nearly two decades. "Spielberg also hired production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas after admiring his design work for Superman Returns. Spielberg did not want to quickly cut the action scene, relying on his script instead quickly, and it was confirmed in 2002 that he would not be recording movies digitally, the format Lucas adopted. Lucas felt "it seems to be shot three years after the Last Crusade." People, look, everything You'll never know there's 20 years between shootings. " We? Ski commented while watching three films in a row, he was amazed how each of them advanced technologically, but everything remains consistent, not too bright or dark light.
Taking pictures of War of the Worlds in late 2004, Spielberg met with action coordinator Vic Armong, who doubled for Ford in the previous film, to discuss three action sequences he imagined. However, Armstrong was filming the Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor during the filming of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, so Dan Bradley was hired instead. Bradley and Spielberg used previsualisation for all action scenes, except motorcycling at Marshall College, because the idea was conceived after the animator left. Bradley drew traditional storyboards instead, and was given the freedom to create dramatic moments, as did second unit director Michael D. Moore while shooting a truck chase. Spielberg improvised on the set, changing the location of Mutt and Spalko's duel from the ground onto the vehicle.
The Ark of the Covenant was seen in the crate that was broken during the opening of the hangar opening 51. Lucasfilm used the same prop of Raiders of the Lost Ark . The guard is hired to protect the highly sought-after piece of film memorabilia during the day of its use. The replica of the staff brought by Charlton Heston in the The Ten Commandments is also used to fill the set to illustrate Hangar history.
Effects
Producer Frank Marshall stated in 2003 that the film would use traditional acrobatic action to be consistent with previous films. CGI is used to remove the visible safety cords of actors when they perform their actions (like when Indy swings in a light with his whip). Timed explosives are used for scenes where Indiana drives trucks through the crate. During the capture, the explosives failed to explode and land on the seats beside Ford. It did not explode and he was not hurt.
Spielberg states before production begins that very little CGI effect will be used to maintain consistency with other films. During the filming, more CGI work was done than anticipated before because in many cases it proved to be more practical. Finally there are a total of about 450 CGI shots in the film, with an estimated 30 percent of the film containing a matte CG painting. Spielberg initially wanted a brushstrokes to look on the painting to add consistency with the previous film, but decided against it. The script also requires undefeated forests for chase scenes, but it will become unsafe and a lot of CGI work is done to create a sequence of forest actions. Visual effects inspector Pablo Helman (who works on Lucas' Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace and Star Wars Episode II - Attack of the Clones and Spielberg War of the Worlds and Munich ) traveled to Brazil and Argentina to photograph the elements composed into the final image. Industrial Light and Magic then effectively creates virtual forest with geography like the real Amazon.
The appearance of alien plates and flying alive is changing. Spielberg wants aliens to resemble Gray aliens, and also rejects an early version of a plate that looks "too Close Encounters". Art director Christian Alzmann says aesthetics are "seeing a lot of older B-film designs - but trying to make it look more real and sandy to fit the Indy universe." Other references to visual effects work include nuclear test government cassettes, and reference to real prairie dogs that were shot in 1080p by Nathan Edward Denning.
Music
John Williams began scoring in October 2007; ten-day recording session wrapped on March 6, 2008, at Sony Pictures Studios. Williams describes writing for the Indiana Jones universe again as "like sitting down and completing the letter you started 25 years ago". He reuses the Indiana (Raiders March) theme as well as Marion's from Raiders of the Lost Ark, and also composes five new motifs for Mutt, Spalko and the skull. Williams gave Mutt a sense of rage, and an undisclosed novice film and B 1950s movies for Spalko and their respective crystal skulls. As a joke, Williams put one and a half sizes of the "Brain of Overture Academy" Johannes Brahms when Indiana and Mutt crashed into the library. This soundtrack has Continuum, an instrument often used for sound effects rather than music. Concord Music Group released the soundtrack on May 20, 2008.
Release
The Kingdom of Crystal Skull aired at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2008, a few days before the May 21-23 release worldwide. This is the first Spielberg film since 1982 E.T. Extra-Terrestrial for the premiere at Cannes. The film was released in about 4,000 theaters in the United States, and is dubbed into 25 languages ​​for worldwide release. Over 12,000 distributed release prints, which are the largest in the history of Paramount Pictures. Although Spielberg insisted his film was only watched traditionally in theaters, Paramount chose to release films in digital cinema as part of a scheme to convert 10,000 US cinema to the format. The Kingdom of Crystal Skull is also famous for being the last movie in the series distributed by Paramount, as Walt Disney Studios will release its upcoming fifth movie, since the acquisition of its parent company from Lucasfilm in 2012.
Confidential
Frank Marshall commented, "In the current information age, secrecy is a real challenge.... People really say, 'No, we will honor Steven's vision.'" Before the release, movie audiences on the Internet examined many photos and Lego the promotion of the film was made in the hope of understanding the details of the plot; Spielberg biographer Ian Freer writes, "What exactly Indy IV is actually a cultural guess game of 2007/08.However, it must be said, there is something refreshing about ten weeks from a gigantic blockbuster and knowing nothing about it." To distract investigative fans from movie titles during filming, five fake titles are listed on the Motion Picture Association of America; The City of the Gods , The Destroyer of Worlds , Fourth Earth Angle , The Lost City of Gold and Quest for the Covenant . Lucas and Spielberg also wanted to keep Karen Allen's secrets back until the movie was released, but decided to confirm it at Comic-Con 2007.
An additional in the film, Tyler Nelson, broke his nondisclosure agreement in an interview with Edmond Sun on September 17, 2007, which was later taken by mainstream media. It is unknown if he remains in the final cut. At Nelson's request, The Edmond Sun later drew his story from his website. On October 2, 2007, a High Court order filed found that Nelson consciously broke the agreement. Settlement terms not disclosed. A number of production photos and sensitive documents related to the film's production budget were also stolen from Spielberg's production office. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department set up an assault operation after being told by a webmaster that the thief might try to sell the photos. On October 4, 2007, the seller, Roderick Eric Davis, 37, was arrested. He pleaded guilty to two criminal charges and was sentenced to two years and four months in jail.
Marketing
Howard Roffman, President Lucas Licensing, linked the film's massive marketing campaign for being "nineteen years since the last movie, and we feel a big, pent-up demand for Indy everything." Marketing relies heavily on public nostalgia for the series, with products taking inspiration from all four films. Paramount spends at least $ 150 million to promote the film, while most film promotions range from $ 70 to 100 million. In addition to the fans, the film is also needed to attract younger viewers. Licensing offer includes Expedia, Dr Pepper, Burger King, M & amp; M's, and Lunchables. Paramount sponsors Indiana Jones's open-wheel drive for Marco Andretti at the 2008 Indianapolis 500, and his racing suit is designed to resemble Indiana Jones outfits. Distributors also pair up with M & amp; M's to sponsor # 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, with NASCAR driver Kyle Busch behind the wheel, at the 2008 Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. Kyle Busch and team # 18 won the race and visited the winning track with Indiana Jones in the car. With the launch of the film, producers Frank Marshall and UNESCO are working together to promote the conservation of World Heritage Sites around the world. Disneyland hosted the "Indiana Jones Summer of Hidden Mysteries" to promote the film.
The Boston-based Creative Design Studio creates a packaging style for film merchandise, which combines the original illustrations of Drew Struzan "with a fresh new look, featuring whips, maps and exotic hieroglyphic patterns". Hasbro, Lego, Sideshow Collection, Topps, Diamond Select, Hallmark Cards, and Cartamundi all products sold. THQ mobile games based on the released movie, such as Lego video games based on previous films. Lego also released a series of computer-animated spoofs, Lego Indiana Jones and Raiders of the Lost Brick, directed by Peder Pedersen. Stern Pinball released the new Indiana Jones pinball machine, designed by John Borg, based on all four films. From October 2007 to April 2008, the re-edited episodes of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles were released in three sets of DVD boxes.
Random House, Dark Horse Comics, Diamond Comic Distributors, Scholastic, and DK published books, including James Rollins novelization of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, a two-edition comic book adaptation by John Jackson Miller and drawn by Luke Ross ( Samurai: Heaven and Earth ), children's novelization of four films, Indiana Jones Adventures comic series aimed at children, and the official > Indiana Jones Magazine . Scholastic features Indiana and Mutt on the cover of Scholastic News and Scholastic Mathematics for parents' attention, though Jack Silbert, the second editor, feels the film will attract children's attention. in archeology.
Home media
The film was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in North America on October 14, 2008 and in the UK on November 10th. This release includes two-disc Blu-ray editions, two-disc special edition DVDs, and one-disc DVD edition. The film made its worldwide television premiere in the United States on December 9, 2010. On September 18, 2012, it was re-released on Blu-ray as part of Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures.
Several collectible editions have also been released. For example: a collection of Best Buy prizes includes a replica crystal skull from Sideshow Collectibles and a $ 25 gift card for Sideshowcollectibles.com; The Kmart prize of four mini posters consisted of a Lego replica of the original Indiana Jones theater posters; and the Target DVD package includes a hardcover book containing 80 pages of photos behind the scenes.
On October 16, 2013, the movie generated $ 117,239,631 in revenue.
Suit
Director of the Belize Institute of Archeology, Dr. Jaime Awe, sued Lucasfilm, Disney and Paramount Pictures on behalf of the state of Belize for using the "face" of Mitchell-Hedges skull in the film.
Reception
box office
Indiana Jones is distributed by one entity, Paramount, but owned by another, Lucasfilm. Pre-production arrangements between the two organizations provide Paramount with 12.5% ​​of movie revenues. Since the $ 185 million budget is larger than the initial $ 125 million forecast, Lucas, Spielberg and Ford rejected large upfront payments so Paramount could cover the cost of the film. In order for Paramount to see profits beyond distribution costs, the film should generate more than $ 400 million. At that point, Lucas, Spielberg, Ford, and those with smaller profit-sharing agreements will also start collecting their pieces.
The film was released on Thursday, May 22, 2008 in North America and earned $ 25 million on its opening day. On its opening weekend, the film grossed about $ 101 million in 4,260 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranked # 1 at the box office, making it the third largest opening of all time. In the first five days of his release, he grossed $ 311 million worldwide. The total $ 151 million gross film in the US ranked it as the second largest Memorial Day weekend release, behind Pirates of the Caribbean: At the End of the World. This is the third most successful film of 2008 domestically, behind the The Dark Knight and Iron Man , respectively, and the second best-selling film of the year internationally, behind The Dark Knight . In February 2010, it was the 25th best-selling film of all time in the country, and the 44th best-selling movie worldwide, as well as Indiana Jones' most financially successful film when it was not adjusted for ticket inflation price.
Critical reception
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull Kingdom are highly polarized but most of the reviews are positive; as a result, have been nominated for the "best" and "worst" awards. Review the aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 77% rating based on 264 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9 out of 10. The important consensus of the website reads, "Though the plot elements are definitely familiar, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull Kingdom still gives sensation and Harrison Ford's return in the title role is more than acceptable. "Another aggregator, Metacritic, gave this film a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 40 critics, showing" favorable overview ". The survey conducted by CinemaScore shows the general "B" ratings of viewers, on a scale A to F, down from previous "A"
Roger Ebert gave 3.5 stars out of 4, the same rating he gave The Last Crusade, found him "same old, same old", but what "I want it to happen." Leonard Maltin also gave a 3 ½ star movie of 4, more than he gave the Temple of Doom and Last Crusade, and wrote that "Indy is back with the same high adventure brand. " which marks the original Raiders of the Lost Ark. " Empire Damon Wise criticized the use of CG but praised Ford's performance and wrote that" It will not change your life. but, if you are in the right frame of mind, it will change your mood: You may be grimacing, you may complain, you might ask to be different at a big, silly climax, but you will never stop smiling. "
James Berardinelli gave the movie 2 stars out of 4, calling it the "most lifeless of the series" and "just [not] a very good movie." Margaret Pomeranz of the Movie gave the movie 2½ stars out of 5, saying that the filmmakers "have 19 years since the last Indiana Jones movie came with something really exciting and fresh, but I feel there is laziness and a certain cynicism in this latest adventure. "The Associated Press reported that J. Sperling Reich, who wrote for FilmStew.com, said:" It really looks like being through motion.That really looks like nobody has their heart at inside. " USA Today states "mixed reviews" and reviewers feel that "the film suffers predictable plot points and special cheap effects."
The film was nominated for Best Action Movie at the 2009 Critics Awards Award. The Visual Effects Society nominated it for Best Single Visual Effects of the Year (Best Destroy), Best Best Matte Paintings, Best Model and Miniature, and Environment Creation Best in Motion Picture Features ( the inside of the temple). The film is ranked 453 on the 2008 Empire ' s 2008 list of the 500 greatest films of all time. It was nominated at the Saturn Awards for Best Science Fiction Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Costume and Best Special Effect. He won the Best Costume. At the 51st Grammy Awards, John Williams won the award for the Mutt Williams theme.
In 2009, the film won a Razzie Award for Prequel, Remake, Rip-off, or the Worst Sequel. Comcast chose it as the sequel to the 11th worst movie of all time. Paste magazine rated 10 movies on "The 20 Worst Sequels to Good Movies" list. Listverse.com rated the 8th movie on the "10 Worst Film Sequence" list.
International reaction
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation called for a ban on the film, accusing the production team of "condemning" the Soviet Union. A party official said: "In 1957, the Soviet Union did not send terrorists to America but sent Sputnik satellites into space!" Spielberg replied: "When we decided the fourth installment would take place in 1957, we had no choice but to make Russia an enemy, World War II was just over and the Cold War started. Peruvian film depictions also received criticism from Peruvian and Spanish-speaking communities.
Fan and inheritance reception
According to Associated Press , Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull Kingdom received a "respectable" but "far from shining" reception from fans' Indiana Jones and that " some viewers at the first press screenings like it, some call it sleek and fun even though it is formulated, some say it is not worth waiting 19 years. " South Park parodied the movie in the episode "The China Probrem", aired five months after the film's release. This episode parodied a negative fan reaction, with figures filing police reports against Lucas and Spielberg for "raping Indiana Jones".
Some disappointed fans of Indiana Jones used the term "refrigeration nuking", a reference to a scene in which Jones survived a nuclear explosion by hiding in the refrigerator, to indicate the point when the franchise crossed into the absurd, similar to "jumping shark". This phrase has appeared on the internet, and was voted # 5 on the magazine's "Time list of the" top ten best keywords "of 2008. Asked about scenes and phrases Spielberg said:" Blame me. blame George. That's my stupid idea... I'm proud of that. I'm glad I can make it a popular culture. "Lucas denied this, saying Spielberg" protected him. "According to Lucas, he has collected research data to convince Spielberg, Lucas claimed that his research claims the possibility of surviving in the refrigerator around" 50-50. "
The mixed fanbase reaction did not surprise Lucas, who was familiar with the mixed response to Star Wars's prequel, and predicted that "we'll all make people throw tomatoes at us." David Koepp said: "I know I will be beaten from a number of places [but] what I love about the way the movie ends play is popular with families, I love that family really embraced it. Although Spielberg says "I am very happy with the movie, I always", he also said "I sympathize with people who do not like MacGuffin [creature inter-dimensional] because I never liked MacGuffin."
At the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, LaBeouf told the Los Angeles Times he "dropped the ball on a legacy of loved ones and cares" and felt that "the film might have been updated... we just misinterpreted what which we tried to satiate. "In 2011, in response to LaBeouf's comment, Harrison Ford said:" I think I told [LaBeouf] that he is an idiot... As an actor, I think it's my duty to support the movie without making a complete donkey of myself, an ambitious, attentive and talented Shiite - and he learned how to deal with a very unique and difficult situation. "LaBeouf said he regretted his comments and his influence on his relationship with Spielberg:" He told me that there was time to be man and have an opinion, and a time to sell cars.This gives me freedom, but it also kills me spirit because this is a man I look like a sensei. "
Sequel
On March 15, 2016, Walt Disney Studios announced that Spielberg and Ford are both set to return for the fifth movie Indiana Jones, which was previously scheduled for release in 2019. Lucas will return as executive producer, while Kennedy and Marshall will acting as a producer and Koepp as a screenwriter. Williams will also re-score.
On April 24, 2017, Disney shifted the release date of the sequel without title of Indiana Jones from July 19, 2019 to July 10, 2020. Spielberg confirmed that filming will begin in April 2019 in the UK. By the end of 2017, David Koepp revealed that Shia Lebeouf's character Mutt Williams will not be back.
See also
- List of movies featuring extraterrestrials
References
Further reading
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Rinzler, J.W.; Bouzereau, Laurent (2008). Indiana Jones Complete Preparation . Random House. ISBN 978-0-09-192661-8.
External links
- Official website
- Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull Kingdom on Lucasfilm.com
- Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull Kingdom at IMDb
- Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull Kingdom at AllMovie
- Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull Kingdom at Rotten Tomatoes
- Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull Kingdom in Metacritic
- Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull Kingdom at Box Office Mojo
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