This movie despite it’s massive flaws has a special place in my hart. It’s the first movie I ever saw in cinema’s. I went with my dad (who grew up with the Indiana Jones movies) when I was six years old somehow. Yeah definitely enjoyed it more as a kid, and the lego temple that came out with the movie definitely didn’t contribute to that ;)
Watching it at the cinema back then, I remember thinking Indy looked old. Looking back now, he actually looked great. What a missed opportunity it was to not have multiple Indy movies in the 90’s/early 2000’s.
"I remember watching the making of feature on the DVD before actually watching the movie. Spielberg said, I am paraphrasing 'I didn't want to make this movie, but my friend Lucas begged me to. I found no challenge in it; I could make it in my sleep. And look, I even made it under budget.' At that moment, I thought to myself, 'This movie is going to be shit,' and unfortunately, it turned out to be just that.".
Kingdom of the crystal skull was not horrible for me, just extremely forgettable. I haven’t seen it since I rented the DVD about 13 years ago. Without watching your video, I could barely tell you a single thing about it, except for Indy hiding in a fridge. It’s a film that I never thought I needed to revisit, but somehow you make it fun to do so. Thank you, Adam!
That's not how art works. Some ppl are interested to see Indy again. I hate this lousy gatekeeping we constantly see in movie fandom. Bullshit like matrix should have been one film or pirates should have never been a trilogy. Honestly temple of doom was really stupid. But the fact it came out in the 80s, ppl give it a pass
@@JohnnyZenith 1. Indiana Jones was never meant to be a trilogy. It was supposed to be a serial. Random adventures about Indy finding treasure. They stopped at the 3rd film because Lucas focused on the star wars prequels and Spielberg focused more on more grounded work. Matrix reloaded was better than the first matrix and everyone said that back in. The nostalgia for the first matrix has made it a bit overrated. All the matrix films are literally the same. Political/philosophical talks about decision making with kung Fu. Cool if one time was good for you but for most ppl, they wanted that idea expanded.
@@brianbabin6333 Janes Cameron literally left the ending open in t2 for someone else to one day make a sequel. And the only truly bad terminator film was Genesis. T3 was fun and over the top. Terminator salvation was legit good. They could have continued in that direction if it made more money. Dark fate was good. The problem is that fans don't understand that all the terminator movies are the same. The second movie is literally the same as the first. 2 individuals get sent back in time to save/kill John Connor. Yet t2 gets a pass because of nostalgia. I'd rather have someone in Hollywood make sequels because film is subjective. I don't need a terminator or Indy movie to be the greatest thing I ever seen. I just wanna watch Indy look for treasure again. I just wanna watch a time travel movie with robot action. Why go in with that high of expectations? Just go in with the mindstate of having fun. When raiders of the lost ark came out, nobody went in expecting the greatest action film ever. They just went in for a good time and got blown away. But bro, you haven't even seen this new Indy movie. You are literally arguing with me and defending your opinion on something that you don't even know if you'll like or not. All I'm saying is that some ppl aren't obsessed with canon. Some ppl don't spend nigga arguing on Reddit about star wars. Some of us are just normal ppl looking for an escape from our lives. If it's boring or doesn't make sense, then yeah I understand. But you are literally talking shit about a movie you haven't even seen, don't know shit about, and yet are dying on the hill that it's bad. You sound fucking stupid.
Its really not as horrible as "some" people make it out to be. I miss 2008. The hype surrounding crystal skull wss infectious. I loved being able to see my first Indy film in theaters. It almost reminds me of my dad everytime i watch it. That is priceless
Re-watching 'Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull' is as painful to me as re-watching 'Phantom Menace', 'Attack of the Clones', and 'Revenge of the Sith'. My original take on that movie and the other three monstrosities I listed was the right take and no re-watching made me like 'Crystal Skull' any more than the first disappointing time.
I'm with you here. It's just a pale version of the three that went before it. It's somehow both amateurish and too slick. I was pretty happy to see Marion back (and I imagine Karen Allen was onboard the second they asked). Cate Blanchett's character was a crap villain. Still, I didn't hate it. I just never wanted to see it again. If there was one character I didn't get, it was Ray Winstone's. The character served no purpose other than to copy the same character from The Mummy. He even went out the same way. And The Mummy was like a copy of an Indy movie.
6:07 The lyrics to the slower Indiana Jones theme ('The Raiders March') would be: "My name's Indy, My dad's dead. I'm still Indy, I must...move...a-head." ;)
In Temple of Doom, when they jumped out of the plane with the raft, that actually happened. It was shot without edits, from start to finish. Sure, there were dummies in the raft instead of actual humans, but it was performed practically, in camera. It's really not comparable to Nuking the Fridge.
Saw Crystal Skull on opening night. My friends and I were so hyped for a new Indy movie, having seen all the others as kids in the theater. We left the theater silent and went to dinner afterwards. We didn’t really talk about the movie and never have since. I guess that’s all the praise I can give it.
It's funny - The Film Theory channel just released a video where it turns out it is technically possible to survive an atomic blast if your inside a fridge. BUT they concluded that due to how the door mechanism of the specific fridge used in this movie, Indy wouldn't be able to open it from the inside and suffocate to death
I enjoyed this film and I feel like it gets way more hate than it deserves. I noticed a lot of people that go back to it realise they were too harsh and new viewers are usually surprised that this isn't as bad as people make it out to be. It definitely is flawed but I'd say it's probably a 6 or 7 out of 10.
I never hated it. It's a watchable, messy flick. It's like Jurassic Park 3 to me. An entry that didn't need to exist and has some really cringy moments yet still watchable enough.
@@AdamDoesMovies That's fair. I don't fully agree with you but I respect that view. Some people act like this movie murdered their childhood and was the worst thing ever and I feel like it gets more hate than it deserves just because it was the cool thing to do for a while. And I definitely think people made too big of a deal about Harrison's age in the film. When you watch the behind the scenes stuff, you see he's still pretty active. And looking back, he was only 4/5 years older than Tom Cruise is now and people are fine with him doing action scenes. I'm still looking forward to the new film and going to watch it day one because like you said it's Harrison as Indy and even if the film sucks, he'll be great in it
With a few Toretto F&F things cut out, less CGI and no fridge scene, this thing ain't half as bad. Never minded the UFO stuff, but they went too big to quick.
I have to be honest this movie is a guilty pleasure of mine. Yeah it’s bad but Ford is 62 years old in this movie and it feels like Indiana Jones, not the absolute travesty we got with DoD. The ending to this movie was perfect and while I still think the last crusade should of ended it, to watch him reunite with his one true love and meet his son. I loved it.
Yeah, awful. Too shiny. Production design was awful... down to everyones clothing... which just all seemed brand new. Saw it once... and once was enough. But this was a fun review.
I’m ashamed to admit the was my First Indie movie I watched. Did ride the ride a lot when I was a kid. We lived in SOCAL so went to Disneyland a few times
At least Indy didn't know he was a father in this movie. He would have stuck around had he known. I have no problem with the treatment of the character in Crystal Skull, it's the movie itself that is bad. I love the idea that he and Marion have a son, but the execution is disappointing.
I personally love this turd and especially Mutt’s hair. I noticed you skipped over the greatest waterfall scene of all time. The monkey vine swinging scene was fantastic! Obviously I’m kidding, I absolutely hate this movie
I hated every bit of this movie. I tried to like it but by the time the monkeys came in i was like, “this is thee worst major cinema movie made, EVER!” 1/10
I feel like too many people complain about stuff being CG even when it isn't. Sometimes you can tell that it's CG but sometimes it's not. Like the crates exploding in the warehouse. If you look up the BTS footage, they actually blew them up in that over the top way. It was a practical effect that went too far. Similarly people claim the jungle chase was filmed in a studio but they filmed it in Hawaii and they have footage showing them filming it. It's just they added CGI on top of it which made it look fake.
The action scenes are hokey but could be thrilling to the as-yet unjaded. The scene of swinging from vines is silly but no worse than when James Bond did the same thing in Octopussy, which seems to get a lot less flak. It’s as if there came a point when audiences began to have different expectations about action/adventure films needing to be realistic. Nowadays there’s a quasi-mythological status given to both Bond and Jones which ignores the reality that both are pulpy, silly, characters - at least on screen.
When I first heard about this movie, before the trailer, I was excited. Long time interest in aliens and I knew about Crystal Skulls. THEN, I saw a pic of the crystal skull HERE and it actually looked like an alien. I wasn’t worried yet. I thought this could potentially be cool. Saw movie and my excitement steadily decreased throughout. Lots of interest in 80’s properties and continuing to squeeze them for more money. I totally get it, but most of the time, they just miss the mark.
The only reason this film is Better than Dial of Destiny is that it’s at least a fun adventure movie at its core. And the tone of the film makes you feel like having fun with this terrible plot
"The 2nd worst Indiana Jones movie", Better make that 3rd worst now. I like to think Indy is tougher than the average human after drinking from the one true Holy Grail. I can't imagine its effects will stop after leaving it in that temple.
I honestly can not comprehend why people hate this movie so much. It's great and fits in well with the other movies. People scream about MUH GOPHERS while temple of doom had just as much goofy nonsense Even Raiders and last crusade had some goofy stuff in it as well. Crystal Skull deserves it's spot among the other 3 movies.
Despite it's bad writing and lame characters I can't seem to resist revisiting Crystal Skull. As a spectacle I always feel this film lives up to the previous three no matter how ridiculous it looks. What's wrong with you Adam, you've never seen a Russian dance troupe? Those guys are awesome!
There are LOADS of problems with this movie, but I don't have a problem with "aliens" being the inspiration for the artifact that Indy goes after. What really bothered me was actually SEEING the aliens AND their spaceship. That, for me, is where this movie truly "nuked the fridge". Shut up about that scene already. Indy flew off a mine car track and landed perfectly in the rails again. Bite me. For real, showing the aliens and their spaceship was the true sin of the movie. The Ark of the Covenant was a relic of the Jewish faith. Yahweh himself didn't destroy the Nazis, it was the "power of the Ark". The Sankara Stones were a relic of the Hindu faith. Shiva didn't restore life to the village, it was the "power of the stones". Same with the healing powers of the Holy Grail from the Christian faith. Jehovah didn't give eternal life. See, all of this left a hauntingly supernatural air of mystery with the artifacts of the Original Trilogy. It was always about the objects themselves. But, in "Kingdom of the Numbskull" we're suddenly introduced to the literal aliens AND their flying saucer... AT THE VERY END OF THE FRICKIN MOVIE! Imagine if GOD showed up at the end of "Raiders", and picked up the Ark, and said, "Sorry, I'll be taking that... YOINKS!" Dumb, dumb, DUMB. They should have left the mystery with just the skulls themselves. We didn't need to see our heroes nonchalantly reacting to a FREAKING FLYING SAUCER COMING OUT OF THE GROUND AND VANISHING INTO SPACE BEFORE CREATING A NEW LAKE ON THE MAP OF EARTH. Oh, well.
While I don't think this is a great movie I still have fun with it and I actually enjoy it more than Temple of Doom as honestly think that movie is the weakest out of the for. The love interest I think is annoying, the kid was okay but I prefer Indy not having a child sidekick, the movie feels very long and I find it to be kinda boring. It does have things that I like in it though so I never skip it when I re-watch the franchise. Can't say the same for the new movie that's coming out. I honestly like how crystal Skull ended with Indy retiring and settling down with one woman.
Loving the podcast. I watched the movie when it was released on dvd. I dont remember any of it. Glad to know its not worth rewatching. Only good thing about this movie is the south park episode
Methinks you took it too easy on this entry of Old Indy. You even showed the clip where mutt surfs his motorcyle on the floor of the library! how did you not blow a gasket at that scene? I wished they nuked the cgi groundhog instead of the fridge.
I didnt like Crystal Skull that much, but I rewatched it after I saw Dial of Destiny. And A) its a little better than I thought (at least the first half), and B) boy its way better than DoD.
Adam, idk if you watch film theory with matt pat, but he proved that Indy would survive the nuke in the fridge but would die because he wouldn’t be able to get out of the fridge because the kids used to die in those because you couldn’t open them up from the inside.
He was also launched like 4 miles into the air and was smashed into the ground like 20 times. He wouldn't have needed to worry about running out of oxygen. He was dead long before that, haha. I don't care, I still enjoy that scene.
I saw Crystal Skull as being lackluster, awkward and overall unnecessary. This newest Dial of Destiny movie is going to tank though. Waller Bridge = Strong female Leeaad!
I rewatched all of them and Skull sticks out as the worst one. But Dial seems to be even worse. Skull had charm in certain areas and it was cool to see Indy back on the big screen.
The idea of the skulls were a great idea but this film absolutely ruined all the great stories about the skull. I was big on shila or how ever you spell it. Even bringing his mom back she did the worst acting I've ever seen. Also fighting on hoods of vehicles that literally have no bounce while driving in the woods lol Wasn't fords fault
I am in the minority in that I felt it was okay. Mind you I am not a huge Indiana Jones guy and I saw it in cinema with my dad and brother years ago and just found it entertaining. I am certainly not sticking up for it all that much, but I am saying for someone with low expectations who was never super into Indiana Jones (I like it okay, but BTW I love Harrison Ford) to me it was an okay movie, but I know real fan do not care for it at all.
Imo, it wasn't that bad if memory serve correctly😂, the main issue for me was that they should have focus in another archeological landmark like atlantis but to make sht about aliens in an indiana jones movie wasn't for me... also the movie was super forgetable i have it in DVD and have never seen it ever again, in fact resently watched the original trilogy and skipped this one on purpose lol
I think you’re thinking of Temple of Doom. In rewatching them Crystal Skull has a lot of flaws but it’s not a bad movie by any means and it’s a very worthy entry. Temple of Doom on the other hand, is really brought down with its lack of globe trotting and the Jar Jar of Indiana Jones movies-Willie Scott. Not to mention the somewhat racist depictions of Indians. It has a few moments of greatness but it’s the most mediocre film in the franchise. Just my opinion.
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Saw this movie on my honeymoon.
It ruined our honeymoon
hahhah
@@AdamDoesMovies I love that you think that's hilarious. 😄
This movie despite it’s massive flaws has a special place in my hart. It’s the first movie I ever saw in cinema’s. I went with my dad (who grew up with the Indiana Jones movies) when I was six years old somehow. Yeah definitely enjoyed it more as a kid, and the lego temple that came out with the movie definitely didn’t contribute to that ;)
I can respect that
Watching it at the cinema back then, I remember thinking Indy looked old. Looking back now, he actually looked great. What a missed opportunity it was to not have multiple Indy movies in the 90’s/early 2000’s.
Missed opportunity? We already had three great movies. It's also good to stop.... Unfortunately they decided to continue in 2008... And 2023...
Congrats on the 70k milestone Adam!
Gently whispers: “It’s about time”
"I remember watching the making of feature on the DVD before actually watching the movie. Spielberg said, I am paraphrasing 'I didn't want to make this movie, but my friend Lucas begged me to. I found no challenge in it; I could make it in my sleep. And look, I even made it under budget.' At that moment, I thought to myself, 'This movie is going to be shit,' and unfortunately, it turned out to be just that.".
Kingdom of the crystal skull was not horrible for me, just extremely forgettable. I haven’t seen it since I rented the DVD about 13 years ago. Without watching your video, I could barely tell you a single thing about it, except for Indy hiding in a fridge. It’s a film that I never thought I needed to revisit, but somehow you make it fun to do so. Thank you, Adam!
It was cringe and a cash grab. Cate Blanchett embarrassed herself
I agree with you, it was just alright. One plus of that movie was the look of it at least
I wouldn’t say “ forgettable “. We remember the - nuke the fridge , monkey swinging, and ants .
The clear takeaway here is; don't be like Mike.
At the end of the day, Indiana Jones should have stayed a trilogy.
That's not how art works. Some ppl are interested to see Indy again. I hate this lousy gatekeeping we constantly see in movie fandom. Bullshit like matrix should have been one film or pirates should have never been a trilogy. Honestly temple of doom was really stupid. But the fact it came out in the 80s, ppl give it a pass
@mania4270 Indiana Jones should have been a trilogy. The Matrix should have been one film. Temple of Doom is great.
I agree. It did add one thing that I liked to the story, though. Indy and Marion get together. I think that was an important add.
@@JohnnyZenith 1. Indiana Jones was never meant to be a trilogy. It was supposed to be a serial. Random adventures about Indy finding treasure. They stopped at the 3rd film because Lucas focused on the star wars prequels and Spielberg focused more on more grounded work.
Matrix reloaded was better than the first matrix and everyone said that back in. The nostalgia for the first matrix has made it a bit overrated. All the matrix films are literally the same. Political/philosophical talks about decision making with kung Fu. Cool if one time was good for you but for most ppl, they wanted that idea expanded.
@@brianbabin6333 Janes Cameron literally left the ending open in t2 for someone else to one day make a sequel. And the only truly bad terminator film was Genesis. T3 was fun and over the top. Terminator salvation was legit good. They could have continued in that direction if it made more money. Dark fate was good. The problem is that fans don't understand that all the terminator movies are the same. The second movie is literally the same as the first. 2 individuals get sent back in time to save/kill John Connor. Yet t2 gets a pass because of nostalgia. I'd rather have someone in Hollywood make sequels because film is subjective. I don't need a terminator or Indy movie to be the greatest thing I ever seen. I just wanna watch Indy look for treasure again. I just wanna watch a time travel movie with robot action. Why go in with that high of expectations? Just go in with the mindstate of having fun. When raiders of the lost ark came out, nobody went in expecting the greatest action film ever. They just went in for a good time and got blown away. But bro, you haven't even seen this new Indy movie. You are literally arguing with me and defending your opinion on something that you don't even know if you'll like or not. All I'm saying is that some ppl aren't obsessed with canon. Some ppl don't spend nigga arguing on Reddit about star wars. Some of us are just normal ppl looking for an escape from our lives. If it's boring or doesn't make sense, then yeah I understand. But you are literally talking shit about a movie you haven't even seen, don't know shit about, and yet are dying on the hill that it's bad. You sound fucking stupid.
This film will seem like a classic compared to what’s just been released.
“We botched Indy.”
- Shia LeBouf.
The writers botched it.
Its really not as horrible as "some" people make it out to be. I miss 2008. The hype surrounding crystal skull wss infectious. I loved being able to see my first Indy film in theaters. It almost reminds me of my dad everytime i watch it. That is priceless
It ended at Last Crusade
He found his father, he found his faith, and they all rode off into the sunset.
THE FRICKIN' END.
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Re-watching 'Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull' is as painful to me as re-watching 'Phantom Menace', 'Attack of the Clones', and 'Revenge of the Sith'.
My original take on that movie and the other three monstrosities I listed was the right take and no re-watching made me like 'Crystal Skull' any more than the first disappointing time.
Yes, it is underrated. Was never as bad as people made it out to be.
I'm with you here. It's just a pale version of the three that went before it. It's somehow both amateurish and too slick. I was pretty happy to see Marion back (and I imagine Karen Allen was onboard the second they asked). Cate Blanchett's character was a crap villain. Still, I didn't hate it. I just never wanted to see it again. If there was one character I didn't get, it was Ray Winstone's. The character served no purpose other than to copy the same character from The Mummy. He even went out the same way. And The Mummy was like a copy of an Indy movie.
This movie’s greatest contribution is inspiring the South Park episode.
This movie was such a letdown. Great roast Adam!
6:07 The lyrics to the slower Indiana Jones theme ('The Raiders March') would be:
"My name's Indy,
My dad's dead.
I'm still Indy,
I must...move...a-head." ;)
1:54 Daniel Craig x Dave Bautista
Broo spot on lol
In Temple of Doom, when they jumped out of the plane with the raft, that actually happened. It was shot without edits, from start to finish. Sure, there were dummies in the raft instead of actual humans, but it was performed practically, in camera. It's really not comparable to Nuking the Fridge.
Saw Crystal Skull on opening night. My friends and I were so hyped for a new Indy movie, having seen all the others as kids in the theater. We left the theater silent and went to dinner afterwards. We didn’t really talk about the movie and never have since. I guess that’s all the praise I can give it.
It's funny - The Film Theory channel just released a video where it turns out it is technically possible to survive an atomic blast if your inside a fridge. BUT they concluded that due to how the door mechanism of the specific fridge used in this movie, Indy wouldn't be able to open it from the inside and suffocate to death
How about all the blunt force trauma
@@emhu2594 Probably. But the suffocation is 100%
I enjoyed this film and I feel like it gets way more hate than it deserves. I noticed a lot of people that go back to it realise they were too harsh and new viewers are usually surprised that this isn't as bad as people make it out to be. It definitely is flawed but I'd say it's probably a 6 or 7 out of 10.
I never hated it. It's a watchable, messy flick. It's like Jurassic Park 3 to me. An entry that didn't need to exist and has some really cringy moments yet still watchable enough.
@@AdamDoesMovies That's fair. I don't fully agree with you but I respect that view. Some people act like this movie murdered their childhood and was the worst thing ever and I feel like it gets more hate than it deserves just because it was the cool thing to do for a while. And I definitely think people made too big of a deal about Harrison's age in the film. When you watch the behind the scenes stuff, you see he's still pretty active. And looking back, he was only 4/5 years older than Tom Cruise is now and people are fine with him doing action scenes. I'm still looking forward to the new film and going to watch it day one because like you said it's Harrison as Indy and even if the film sucks, he'll be great in it
With a few Toretto F&F things cut out, less CGI and no fridge scene, this thing ain't half as bad. Never minded the UFO stuff, but they went too big to quick.
I thought it was better than temple of doom
You thought wrong.
@@JohnnyZenith it didn't have the annoying kid and the woman that screams every 10 minutes so, not wrong.
@@JohnnyZenithIt's his opinion, so he isn't wrong.
@@Dartanyoogles hear hear
The use of CGI was awful. They should have used models to keep in theme with the other 3
Models weren't possible for the story they were telling
I have to be honest this movie is a guilty pleasure of mine. Yeah it’s bad but Ford is 62 years old in this movie and it feels like Indiana Jones, not the absolute travesty we got with DoD. The ending to this movie was perfect and while I still think the last crusade should of ended it, to watch him reunite with his one true love and meet his son. I loved it.
I like it but Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is easily the most forgettable of the Indiana Jones films.
At this point this film is underrated I actually like this film so much hate on it makes no sense
The film is awful.
@@JohnnyZenith No it actually feels like an Indy film unlike other films that try to replicate famous franchise
Yeah, awful. Too shiny. Production design was awful... down to everyones clothing... which just all seemed brand new. Saw it once... and once was enough. But this was a fun review.
I’m ashamed to admit the was my
First Indie movie I watched. Did ride the ride a lot when I was a kid. We lived in SOCAL so went to Disneyland a few times
That's not on you. Mom and dad should have shown you the others first. As for a ride... if it's fun and it works, it's cool for a kid to enjoy it.
This film wasn’t needed. We learn he has a kid and that he still loves Marion.
Just about lost it when you brought up Indy falling onto X2’s set hahahaha
LMAO, between the neighbor's motorcycle and the "sand trap", this was better than the movie!
Wait til Indy 5! Then we'll see which one will be the worst of the franchise.
Somehow you made the movie sound kinda good and now I want to watch it
hahahha... well maybe you will have a different take on it, let me know :)
They missed a great opportunity to call the new movie, Deadbeat Dad and the Dial of Destiny lol
At least Indy didn't know he was a father in this movie. He would have stuck around had he known. I have no problem with the treatment of the character in Crystal Skull, it's the movie itself that is bad. I love the idea that he and Marion have a son, but the execution is disappointing.
The worst... so far.
I personally love this turd and especially Mutt’s hair. I noticed you skipped over the greatest waterfall scene of all time. The monkey vine swinging scene was fantastic! Obviously I’m kidding, I absolutely hate this movie
Looking forward to your review of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Not looking forward to the movie itself though…
I hated every bit of this movie. I tried to like it but by the time the monkeys came in i was like, “this is thee worst major cinema movie made, EVER!” 1/10
I feel like too many people complain about stuff being CG even when it isn't. Sometimes you can tell that it's CG but sometimes it's not. Like the crates exploding in the warehouse. If you look up the BTS footage, they actually blew them up in that over the top way. It was a practical effect that went too far. Similarly people claim the jungle chase was filmed in a studio but they filmed it in Hawaii and they have footage showing them filming it. It's just they added CGI on top of it which made it look fake.
The action scenes are hokey but could be thrilling to the as-yet unjaded. The scene of swinging from vines is silly but no worse than when James Bond did the same thing in Octopussy, which seems to get a lot less flak. It’s as if there came a point when audiences began to have different expectations about action/adventure films needing to be realistic. Nowadays there’s a quasi-mythological status given to both Bond and Jones which ignores the reality that both are pulpy, silly, characters - at least on screen.
When I first heard about this movie, before the trailer, I was excited. Long time interest in aliens and I knew about Crystal Skulls. THEN, I saw a pic of the crystal skull HERE and it actually looked like an alien. I wasn’t worried yet. I thought this could potentially be cool. Saw movie and my excitement steadily decreased throughout.
Lots of interest in 80’s properties and continuing to squeeze them for more money. I totally get it, but most of the time, they just miss the mark.
The only reason this film is Better than Dial of Destiny is that it’s at least a fun adventure movie at its core. And the tone of the film makes you feel like having fun with this terrible plot
I mean, the map transition thing worked in Jazzpunk.
No mention of the cgi gophers?
"The 2nd worst Indiana Jones movie", Better make that 3rd worst now. I like to think Indy is tougher than the average human after drinking from the one true Holy Grail. I can't imagine its effects will stop after leaving it in that temple.
It will be extremely interesting to see, how Adam comes away from the new one with Crystal Skull still fresh in his head. Could be a tight race. 🙈
I honestly can not comprehend why people hate this movie so much. It's great and fits in well with the other movies. People scream about MUH GOPHERS while temple of doom had just as much goofy nonsense Even Raiders and last crusade had some goofy stuff in it as well. Crystal Skull deserves it's spot among the other 3 movies.
Way to go Adam 70K
Despite it's bad writing and lame characters I can't seem to resist revisiting Crystal Skull. As a spectacle I always feel this film lives up to the previous three no matter how ridiculous it looks. What's wrong with you Adam, you've never seen a Russian dance troupe? Those guys are awesome!
There are LOADS of problems with this movie, but I don't have a problem with "aliens" being the inspiration for the artifact that Indy goes after. What really bothered me was actually SEEING the aliens AND their spaceship. That, for me, is where this movie truly "nuked the fridge".
Shut up about that scene already. Indy flew off a mine car track and landed perfectly in the rails again. Bite me.
For real, showing the aliens and their spaceship was the true sin of the movie. The Ark of the Covenant was a relic of the Jewish faith. Yahweh himself didn't destroy the Nazis, it was the "power of the Ark". The Sankara Stones were a relic of the Hindu faith. Shiva didn't restore life to the village, it was the "power of the stones". Same with the healing powers of the Holy Grail from the Christian faith. Jehovah didn't give eternal life.
See, all of this left a hauntingly supernatural air of mystery with the artifacts of the Original Trilogy. It was always about the objects themselves. But, in "Kingdom of the Numbskull" we're suddenly introduced to the literal aliens AND their flying saucer... AT THE VERY END OF THE FRICKIN MOVIE! Imagine if GOD showed up at the end of "Raiders", and picked up the Ark, and said, "Sorry, I'll be taking that... YOINKS!"
Dumb, dumb, DUMB. They should have left the mystery with just the skulls themselves. We didn't need to see our heroes nonchalantly reacting to a FREAKING FLYING SAUCER COMING OUT OF THE GROUND AND VANISHING INTO SPACE BEFORE CREATING A NEW LAKE ON THE MAP OF EARTH.
Oh, well.
The new movie should have been called 'Raiders of an Old Fart'. I hope this fifth movie is definitely the last one because enough is enough already.
While I don't think this is a great movie I still have fun with it and I actually enjoy it more than Temple of Doom as honestly think that movie is the weakest out of the for. The love interest I think is annoying, the kid was okay but I prefer Indy not having a child sidekick, the movie feels very long and I find it to be kinda boring. It does have things that I like in it though so I never skip it when I re-watch the franchise. Can't say the same for the new movie that's coming out. I honestly like how crystal Skull ended with Indy retiring and settling down with one woman.
8:55 "Indian Mutt"?
OH! Indy and Mutt! LOL
Loving the podcast. I watched the movie when it was released on dvd. I dont remember any of it. Glad to know its not worth rewatching. Only good thing about this movie is the south park episode
Methinks you took it too easy on this entry of Old Indy.
You even showed the clip where mutt surfs his motorcyle on the floor of the library! how did you not blow a gasket at that scene?
I wished they nuked the cgi groundhog instead of the fridge.
Just threw it in. Got to Cate Blanchett first appearance and had to stop. That accent is horrific.
15.14 ''So Indy has to give alien head....'' LOL
I have a feeling that after this weekend Crystal Skull will drop to the second worst Indy movie.
The worst so far.
Homer Simpson, probably
It's a terrible film...but the new film is probably worse.
I couldn't make it through this film. I heard the new one is a real treat too. Oh joy!
Any problem this movie has, the previous 3 have them as well. People are pretty pretentious sometimes.
Totally agree, i love crystal skull... i hate dial of destiny though
I didnt like Crystal Skull that much, but I rewatched it after I saw Dial of Destiny.
And A) its a little better than I thought (at least the first half), and B) boy its way better than DoD.
And people do dance like that on mushrooms
Adam, idk if you watch film theory with matt pat, but he proved that Indy would survive the nuke in the fridge but would die because he wouldn’t be able to get out of the fridge because the kids used to die in those because you couldn’t open them up from the inside.
He was also launched like 4 miles into the air and was smashed into the ground like 20 times. He wouldn't have needed to worry about running out of oxygen. He was dead long before that, haha. I don't care, I still enjoy that scene.
@@AdamDoesMovies surprisingly, he found that he would have survived such trip in the fridge, which shocked the hell out of him.
@@TEGRIDY_FARMS How can you have a Randy Marsh picture and not tell Adam about the south park episode they did about this film?
@@XavierMarciano THEY'RE RAPING HIM!
I saw Crystal Skull as being lackluster, awkward and overall unnecessary. This newest Dial of Destiny movie is going to tank though. Waller Bridge = Strong female Leeaad!
I rewatched all of them and Skull sticks out as the worst one. But Dial seems to be even worse. Skull had charm in certain areas and it was cool to see Indy back on the big screen.
The idea of the skulls were a great idea but this film absolutely ruined all the great stories about the skull. I was big on shila or how ever you spell it. Even bringing his mom back she did the worst acting I've ever seen. Also fighting on hoods of vehicles that literally have no bounce while driving in the woods lol
Wasn't fords fault
I am in the minority in that I felt it was okay. Mind you I am not a huge Indiana Jones guy and I saw it in cinema with my dad and brother years ago and just found it entertaining. I am certainly not sticking up for it all that much, but I am saying for someone with low expectations who was never super into Indiana Jones (I like it okay, but BTW I love Harrison Ford) to me it was an okay movie, but I know real fan do not care for it at all.
I loved your talk through of this so much I put the movie on straight after aha
hahaha
what’s the problem with the ants?
Marion is in the new one for five minutes.
9:00 - all credibility lost.
Shia le what? 😂 😂😂 am sure Adam is my inner voice 😂
This movie is why nobody went to see Dial of Destiny.
Fireants!!! Woooaaaaaaaaooooowww 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Imo, it wasn't that bad if memory serve correctly😂, the main issue for me was that they should have focus in another archeological landmark like atlantis but to make sht about aliens in an indiana jones movie wasn't for me... also the movie was super forgetable i have it in DVD and have never seen it ever again, in fact resently watched the original trilogy and skipped this one on purpose lol
Actually adam the car crashing through the crates was done practically. Its in the bts
Then how did they make it look so fake? WTF
I will say though. Indy...was Indy.
Wait are you saying you have seen Dial of Destiny and it is better than crystal skull?
Edit: Nevermind, after watching the video it’s a looking back
I'm nearly 50, original trilogy is superb, probably best to erase the cash grab last 2 for what they are
This movie was one of the great disappointments of my life.
You just don’t get it because this movie wasn’t made for you Adam! Couldn’t tell you who it was made for but sure as heck wasn’t for you.
hahhaha
You can't tie a shoe without looking? 😄
Oh ya Raising Arizona
The more adam reviews the better
Your fast and the furious references are hilarious
Kate Blandhaircut... LMAO! Adam, you kill me!
It's not a great movie and I feel like this movie should never exist...but...it has some good moments every now and then
Avatar the last airbender movie roast?
Kingdom is awesome Adam
I love this movie. Unironically my favourite
I think you’re thinking of Temple of Doom. In rewatching them Crystal Skull has a lot of flaws but it’s not a bad movie by any means and it’s a very worthy entry. Temple of Doom on the other hand, is really brought down with its lack of globe trotting and the Jar Jar of Indiana Jones movies-Willie Scott. Not to mention the somewhat racist depictions of Indians. It has a few moments of greatness but it’s the most mediocre film in the franchise. Just my opinion.
Whatever, the Indiana Jones movies are comical. This one was as good as the others.
It was ok movie not bad
Nuke the fridge was indeed the new jump the shark of the 2000's