Saturday, June 7

Movie wrap-up

I had mentioned being excited to see Indiana Jones and Iron Man, both of which I've seen now. Here's what I thought, not that anyone cares.

Of the two, I'd see Iron Man again. Iron Man was fantastic! I'm looking forward to a sequel. I'm not into spoiling things, so if you haven't seen it yet, you'll have to sit through the credits to see the real ending. As a former comic book geek, I almost wet my pants.

Indiana Jones was fun, but I'm not sure if I'd watch it again. After the Star Wars prequels disaster, I was pretty sure I didn't want to see another George Lucas movie. So I was hesitant to see Indiana Jones until I heard that Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford had looked at previous scripts and rejected them as crap. Figuring that their input would help temper the recent downhill trend of Lucas's storytelling ability, I saw the movie. It was fun, but just like the Star Wars prequels, he tried to use dramatic computer graphics to take the place of a compelling well-told story. When we got to the end of the movie, I thought "There better not be a sequel." If there's another Indiana Jones movie, I'm not going to see it. Again, I'm not going to spoil the movie, but there's the possibility of another one.

Having written about those, there are a couple more movies I'm looking forward to this year. The next couple are Get Smart and The Dark Knight. I'm really excited about Get Smart, which is next.

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