I don't know when this comes out in various international territories, but it came out here in the UK last Thursday. I saw it last night. Has anyone else seen it? If so, what did you think?

I saw it. It wasn't bad. Certainly very watchable. First I didn't want to go watch it, because the critics for the movie were negative. I'm glad I watched it.

But maybe thats because I'm a big fan of Harrison Ford and the whole Indiana Jones fourology.

It was released last thursday as well, I plan to go see it, unfortunatelly I don't seem to have much time to go, nor somebody to go with.

I saw it last Friday, pretty nice.
Though of course, the plot is a bit far-fetched, and so is the action. But it's not like your average action movie doesn't have the same faults.

Did anyone else think, especially vis a vis the ending, that it's a shame George Lucas had to be involved?

Rey: you mean M: Reloaded and Revolutions right?

I've noticed that in general for all old movies. Cynicism grows with age.

When I was young I've hated how parents forbided me from watching action flicks with van Damme, Lundgren, Stalone, Schwarzenneger, Willis etc. Now I'm glad they did so with honourable exception of Terminator, Die Hard, Last scout and some others.

Surely you don't literally mean all old movies? The plot of The Big Sleep isn't that thin, and all the action sequences in North by Northwest are perfectly probable. And have solid plot bases.

In fact, while watching Indiana Jones, I immediately wanted to shout "make a public scene" at the screen when the KGB guys have turned up with guns at the cafe, as I was specifically thinking of the scene in the auction house in North by Northwest.

If we're talking low brow enjoyment, then I'd add Total Recall to the list. But I much prefer the Indiana Jones movies to any of them.

What a let down! in the last hour, the dialogs are limited to 'watch that', 'oh my god', 'be careful' etc!!! the riddles are...what riddles? a hole in a door that matches exactly the skull...only one skeleton in the room with a missing skull...the plot is revealed in the first ten minutes, and after that there is no mystery whatsoever...LeBeouf acted like a beef (no coincidence here), Blanchett's talent is wasted, the Marion character is there simply to tell Indy he has a son...Indy's involvement in the affairs was minimal (in most cases we was an onlooker, especially towards the end of the movie). He didn't even use his whip!

The only time it felt like an Indiana Jones movie was the car chase, when the characters threw quite clever lines to each other, and the action was really good. The rest was a big yawn.

I watched yesterday the movie "Zabriskie Point". An excellent movie. They don't know how to make good movies nowadays, simply because the only motivation is profit. 25 years ago, Spielberg and Lucas had ideas and wanted to implement them. Nowadays they are bored and ultimately boring.

By the way, if they are looking for a good Indiana Jones script, they should look no further than the game 'Fate of Atlantis'. Excellent humor, amazing riddles, good enemies, thick plot.

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I fear for the next Star Trek movie that it's going to be a complete flop.

Funny that The Big Sleep was mentioned here, I was just thinking how modern films don't seem to be able to match the storytelling brilliance or old flics.

Yes, I've fallen in love with noir in particular and old films in general.

I saw the movie twice, and fell asleep (albeit in different parts) each time. I've seen most of the movie as of the second time I saw it.

Of course, I was tired each time I went, and the movie seemed to drag along and bored me to sleep. It was far fetched and pretty unrealistic. I didn't really care for it.

He saw it twice, that means he has two lady friends.