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There is a brief scene in the new Indy movie where a signpainter is hand lettering an office window. Some of you might find that interesting.
General review of the movie itself? Thumbs down.
Lame movie that offers nothing new or exciting. The main character is over-the-hill for an action character....and it's almost comical how Indy (Harrison Ford) performs miraculous physical maneuvers - obviously with the help of a decades-younger stunt double.
All I can say is .... don't waste your money. If you loved the smartly written script of the first Indy - Raiders movie... this one will let you down big-time. What a dopey ending.
The original Raiders movie was ground-breaking in it's non-stop action sequences. Unfortunately, since then these types of "adventure" movies have become such common-fare and cliche that another one - even with the Indy character is anti-climatic.
I actually dozed off four times or more during the movie.
Would have been nice if someone was being rude in the audience so's I could have some excitement! Hahahaha....just kidding folks.
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Yes Todd, I loved Iron Man, and I'm not much of a superhero type of guy... the guys on the radio were talking about Indiana Jones this morning and I got the feeling they were a little let down themselves.
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SIGNS1st. Neil Butler Paradise, NF Posts: 6277 | From: St. John's NF Canada | Registered: Mar 1999
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I'll pass on this one. Ever see Badlands? Sissy Spaceks father(Warren Oates) in the movie is a sign guy, several scenes with him working or at his shop.
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Because the Adults (baby boomers)grew up with the comics before all the techno animated tv crap David. and the Adults have the money, the kids will always be at the movies, but if you can get the Adults there too, well it's a big payday!
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My Girlfriend's son is going to the drive in tonight with his dad to see the double feature (Indy and Ironman) so I'm sure He'll give me the 16 yr. old point of view, lol.
-------------------- Terry Baird Baird Signs 3484 West Lake Rd. Canandaigua, NY 14424 Posts: 790 | From: Canandaigua, New York | Registered: Dec 2002
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Janis & I went to Iron Man a few days ago... I loved it... Janis not so much. Its great entertainment!
Tonight we saw Indy... and we both loved it! Somewhat predictable but then again its one in a long series of movies and they stick to a working formula. There's plenty of surprises in the tried and true Indy style. Same old Indy humor which was great!
I give Indy a 8/10 in Yarrow...
-grampa dan
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Terry, I miss drive ins.You're fortunate if you still have one.Miss all that neon, the heavy metal speakers that didn't work and sneaking in 8 people in a station wagon.
-------------------- Darcy Baker Darcy's Signs Eureka Springs. AR. Posts: 1169 | From: Eureka Springs, AR | Registered: Nov 2007
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My girlfriend's son and my son both saw the double feature last night (Russell's 16 and my son Josh is 21) and they both thought Indy was awesome. The East Avon Drive-In has 3 screens, Darcy. They play first run movies and it's always packed. One of the differences though is , no more heavy metal speakers. The car stereo is tuned to the drive-ins station and it's broadcasted for better quality.
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-------------------- Terry Baird Baird Signs 3484 West Lake Rd. Canandaigua, NY 14424 Posts: 790 | From: Canandaigua, New York | Registered: Dec 2002
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I also thought Iron Man was a great movie....and I usually don't go to the Super-hero flics. Now what about the Narnia sequel, anyone check that one out yet?
I think I'll go see it as soon as I get back to Milwaukee. I am in Sedalia MO this week for work...
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Yes, Ironman is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time...
We've also seen "Narnia: Prince Caspian"... was a little disappointed for some reason. I didn't think it was as good as the "Wardrobe". Seemed less magical and more like your standard science fiction war movie. It's been years since I've read all the books, so I couldn't remember the story-line exactly, so can't say how close it was. Not nearly enough of Aslan...
It was still a good movie, well worth seeing, Dale. The special effects were awesome...
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-------------------- Jon Jantz Snappysign.com jjantz21@gmail.com http://www.allcw.com Posts: 3395 | From: Atmore, AL | Registered: Nov 2005
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One of the main reasons the comic book movies have been so common is...and I know this may sound weird...is the post 911 atmosphere in Hollywood.
The first Spiderman movie featured a scene where a plane was crashing in New York and Spidey catches it in a web between the World Trade Center. The attacks happened before the release of the movie and the scene wound up being cut.
Gone now are the movies we all got used to where the "action heroes" always won. Guys like Chuck Norris, Sly Stallone, Steven Seagal and others have tried to continue that genre only to see that it's not holding up as well these days. Most of their movies involved airplane hijackings and terrorist attacks by middle eastern bad guys. Hollywood's since watered things down to stay politically correct on "ethnic profiling" in a lot of cases. With the comic stories, the action remains, but the realism isn't quite there.
The current success isn't surprising when you look back on the history of comic book films and TV. The Batman TV series was a well known for it's campy style, but like today's big budget movies, it did feature some great casting. Ceasar Romero, Eartha Kitt, Burgess Meredith, Vincent Price, Otto Preminger and others. The later Batman movies also did well with darwing in big names like Jack Nicholson, Arnold, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones, etc, but the camp remained.
Now we see names like Haley Berry, Robert Downey, Jr., Hugh Jackman and Edward Norton (in the upcoming "Incredible Hulk" movie). Unlike the campy roles before them, many have brought depth to the roles. Bill Bixby's role as the wandering scientist struggling with his inner demon was probably the first to break the cheesy mold that the genre was infamous for and the latest incarnation of the Hulk is very much in that style.
As a long time comic book fan, it's been a blast seeing all these movies roll out. Movie making technology has caught up with the vision of Stan Lee and Frank Miller, the creators of most of these characters, and with the way they have consistently broken box office records, more are on the way.
I just saw Indiana Jones. Love how the sign guy gets bumped while lettering. Very realistic!!! Rapid
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