Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Was it, though? I thought it greatly missed Spielberg's touch mainly because of the poorly lit greenscreen. It didn't feel real at all... especially for $300 million!! And how did Nazi Homie survive getting smacked by the pole at train speed? I thought it was going to be some time travel trick, but dude just survived unscathed!!I hope it grows on me with repeat viewings. It probably will.
I thought the scene looked great and isone of the best de-aging effects we've seen, maybe the best. Sure it didn't look 100% real, but the technology is getting closer and closer.
Come on now, people in the Indiana Jones universe survive ridiculous amounts of damage at times. eg Indy in the fridge.
I watched again. Really enjoyed it more a 2nd time paying closer attention without my friends talking, heh. The opening scene is nicely constructed, I agree. I think Harrison Ford's expressiveness doesn't come through very well with the de-aging, like he didn't seem mad enough when he said not to shoot him, but other than that it is impressive and fun to see Indy again during that time period.
I still think it's weird to basically kill off the villain at the beginning, but then have him come back again unexplained. They could have just cut that part out with Schmidt/Voller getting clobbered by the poll. Simple editing. Maybe they expect us to assume the Nazis have access to some crazy occult black magic and that's how he survived? So strange...
But I really like the way the time travel was handled. It wasn't made to be ultra confusing and mindfu#ky. Was trippy and fun as fu#k.
I think some have complained about the actress, Phoebe Waller Bridge or something like that, but I think she's great. She nails it. The Indy music cues played better on 2nd view, too.
Probably could have shortened an action set piece or two just a little, but for the most part it's solid.
It's not like Crystal Skull that's just a convoluted mess, albeit with some nice Spielbergian touches.