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Re: Indiana Jones 4: End of an Era. In a Bad Way.
by davefoc

I think cblaugher above, got it right.

In fairness there seem to be some people that have liked it, but for me it was just two hours of unrelenting silliness.

It's been touched on by some people, but the animal scenes were painfully hokey. What moved the makers of this movie to think that throwing in Disneyesque anthropomorphic critters was appropriate is beyond me.

The movie was filled with imagery that was supposed to be horrifying, I suppose, but it was so unrealistic and predictable that it just came across as silly.

The movie probably reached its low point in one of the stupidest quick sand scenes (why it's not quick sand is explained to us by Indy with some completely lame dialog) ever to make it into a mainstream movie. Indy and Mario are stuck and Mutt goes off to find something to pull them out. He returns almost instantly with what is obviously a rubber snake to pull them out. Much ridiculous dialog ensues until Indy is finally saved when he grabs hold of the rubber snake and is pulled out. Apparently, this scene was left in because it just wasn't that much sillier than anything else in the movie.

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