Comments on: Post-Holiday Catch-Up http://www.cheriepriest.com/2008/05/27/post-holiday-catch-up/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:51:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cherie http://www.cheriepriest.com/2008/05/27/post-holiday-catch-up/comment-page-1/#comment-2626 Cherie Thu, 29 May 2008 00:53:36 +0000 http://www.cheriepriest.com/?p=463#comment-2626 Aden, I think maybe we're coming at it from different directions. There is no snobbery inherent in the observation that not all films are intended to <i>be</i> great art. The IJ franchise was cobbled from a very specific, very deliberate brand of adventure pulp -- and as such, it stands the test of time as a great example of its breed. Was this last movie perfect? No. Not by a long shot. I agree that it had its sloppier moments; but by and large it accomplished the things I wanted to see, and it satisfied me on that level ... and that was enough. Aden, I think maybe we’re coming at it from different directions. There is no snobbery inherent in the observation that not all films are intended to be great art. The IJ franchise was cobbled from a very specific, very deliberate brand of adventure pulp — and as such, it stands the test of time as a great example of its breed.

Was this last movie perfect? No. Not by a long shot. I agree that it had its sloppier moments; but by and large it accomplished the things I wanted to see, and it satisfied me on that level … and that was enough.

]]> By: Aden http://www.cheriepriest.com/2008/05/27/post-holiday-catch-up/comment-page-1/#comment-2625 Aden Thu, 29 May 2008 00:48:00 +0000 http://www.cheriepriest.com/?p=463#comment-2625 In re: Terry's comment, I think that attempt to defuse criticism isn't always on target. I heard much the same from everyone who liked <em>Transformers,</em> which was weapons-grade awful. The "just enjoy it because it doesn't have to be Art" is a pretty antagonistic mode of argument (since it brands everyone who disagrees an automatically pretentious snob). What bugged me about this most recent Jones film wasn't the burden of high expectations; after <em>Star Wars</em> and that mess my preconceptions couldn't have been worse. It was that the film felt like a bunch of different drafts of different films slapped together, with rough edges intact, and that Indiana Jones himself wasn't that active a participant in his own movie. In re: Terry’s comment, I think that attempt to defuse criticism isn’t always on target. I heard much the same from everyone who liked Transformers, which was weapons-grade awful. The “just enjoy it because it doesn’t have to be Art” is a pretty antagonistic mode of argument (since it brands everyone who disagrees an automatically pretentious snob).

What bugged me about this most recent Jones film wasn’t the burden of high expectations; after Star Wars and that mess my preconceptions couldn’t have been worse. It was that the film felt like a bunch of different drafts of different films slapped together, with rough edges intact, and that Indiana Jones himself wasn’t that active a participant in his own movie.

]]> By: Terry http://www.cheriepriest.com/2008/05/27/post-holiday-catch-up/comment-page-1/#comment-2624 Terry Wed, 28 May 2008 08:54:17 +0000 http://www.cheriepriest.com/?p=463#comment-2624 I think everyone looks at The IJ the same way people looked at the Star Wars trilogy. A bunch of good fun films that are meant to entertain. As before, people were expecting the best film of 2008. I think everyone looks at The IJ the same way people looked at the Star Wars trilogy. A bunch of good fun films that are meant to entertain. As before, people were expecting the best film of 2008.

]]> By: Kristen Chew http://www.cheriepriest.com/2008/05/27/post-holiday-catch-up/comment-page-1/#comment-2622 Kristen Chew Wed, 28 May 2008 00:36:40 +0000 http://www.cheriepriest.com/?p=463#comment-2622 I appreciated that they finally resolved the Marion question, and that she was older and still kicked ass. I loved the look on her face when she drove the boat over the cliff and they landed gently upon the waters. Wrongs were righted, questions were answered, and fun was had. I appreciated that they finally resolved the Marion question, and that she was older and still kicked ass. I loved the look on her face when she drove the boat over the cliff and they landed gently upon the waters. Wrongs were righted, questions were answered, and fun was had.

]]> By: Janet http://www.cheriepriest.com/2008/05/27/post-holiday-catch-up/comment-page-1/#comment-2621 Janet Tue, 27 May 2008 19:59:27 +0000 http://www.cheriepriest.com/?p=463#comment-2621 Yup. My theory about the Star Wars franchise is that it stopped working at the exact moment that Han Solo wasn't around any more, and that isn't coincidence. Yup. My theory about the Star Wars franchise is that it stopped working at the exact moment that Han Solo wasn’t around any more, and that isn’t coincidence.

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