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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Single Disc)

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Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
Brand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
Starring: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone

Directed By: Steven Spielberg

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Steven Spielberg and George Lucas bring you the greatest adventurer of all time in "a nonstop thrill ride" (Richard Corliss, Time) that's packed with "sensational, awe-inspiring spectacles" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull finds Indy (Harrison Ford) trying to outrace a brilliant and beautiful agent (Cate Blanchett) for the mystical, all-powerful Crystal Skull of Akator. Teaming up with a rebellious young biker (Shia LaBeouf) and his spirited original love Marion (Karen Allen), Indy takes you on a breathtaking action-packed adventure in the exciting tradition of the classic Indiana Jones movies!


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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
EAN: 0097363418641
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: Paramount Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-10-14
Running Time: 122
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2008-05-22


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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: I Obviously Wasted Ten Dollars
Comment: I honestly can't believe I wasted ten dollars and two hours of a beautiful Sunday afternoon to see this movie. The scripts are chopped up like rotten sushi with a dull knife and then pasted together with super glue, with a couple gunshots thrown in for good luck. Harrison Ford is obviously too old for this, and no-talent pubescent clown Shia LaBeouf just throws in a couple punches for the ladies. And it's still unclear what time period we're actually in. All the characters that made the first three movies good are dead. If you can have an alien spaceship take off from a canyon in the middle of nowhere after killing another knowledge-phychopath, and then having them all float to the center of the room in extreme graphics worthy of Michael Bay and his crew, then why not just reanimate the dead? Bring 'em back! Maybe it'll boost this review up another half a star!

Customer Rating:
Summary: on the edge of my seat
Comment: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull; This movie keeps you on the edge of your seat with action every second.


Customer Rating:
Summary: I think I know why so many people were disappointed...
Comment: "KCS" was not anywhere nearly as bad as I'd been lead to believe. But I understand why so many fans were disappointed.

As others have said, it's not fair to condemn Indy's "refrigerator escape" without also criticizing all the other silly gags in the films (they are, after all, supposed to be tongue-in-cheek homages/parodies), most notably the "life-raft escape" in #2. Indy, Willie, and Short Round /should/ have been killed (or at least had their hips rammed into their jaws), * but it /looked/ plausible. Sort of. The "refrigerator escape" so obviously crossed the line of plausibility that audiences rejected it. (I have no problems with CGI prairie dogs, however.)

"KCS"'s main problem is that, unlike the other films, there is no specific item -- the Ark, the stones, the Grail -- to drive and motivate the plot. Instead, he and the others are headed someone to find something that might be of interest. We've already seen the powers of the Crystal Skull, so why should we remain interested? And we're told so much about what to expect that the climax isn't much of a payoff. (And it isn't very exciting, either.) The result is an adventure film lacking the tension such films need. The whole thing has a set-piece "concocted" quality.

The Blu-ray Disk comes in a nice little hard-back book with production photos. It's not a big deal, but it's nice to see this sort of deluxe packaging, which other companies seem to be adopting. (Maybe they're trying to maintain the price of BDs.)

Now, how about the first three disks in good BD editions?

* I recently met a retired Army man whose chute failed to open -- and whose legs were so badly injured he's now 3" shorter than he used to be.

Customer Rating:
Summary: hmmmm......
Comment: Like most pople I enjoyed the first three Indie films. However, I was extremly disapointed with this film. Mostly because I belive The Last Crusade was kind of supposed to be the last of the series. Though they didn't Try to make Ford look younger, which was good, I really don't think that they needed to make a new Indie movie.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Someone please tell George Lucas to retire already
Comment: As a fan since I was little of the original Indiana and Star Wars trilogy, I knew I had to at some point watch this movie but I waited till it came out on video because while it was in theaters I wasn't hearing many great things about it.

Yeah, someone needs to help George Lucas understand that he should not be in the Production business much less ever write a script or (gulp) Direct. I think Spielberg did what he could with it as a Director but what I cannot stand is the horrible and completely out of date writing.

The movie made a lot of money, but if Police Academy 12 had a marketing budget like this movie, I'm sure it would do well also.

I think this movie was terrible and I really hope they do not make another one.

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