Post by Bacon on Oct 28, 2008 20:35:23 GMT -5
Greeeeeeeeat movie, I'm surprised there's not already a thread for it. Once again, I'm impressed with how much Shia's acting has improved; even between this and Indy 4 there seems to be tremendous growth. If you don't like Shia as an actor, this very well could be the movie that changes your mind.
The plot was brilliant; convoluted yet utterly simple at the core, with enough twists and clues to keep you(or at least me) guessing until the exact tip of the climax. The story is more multifaceted than Lord of the Rings, although it is entirely easy to grasp within a two hour period of time.
The characters seemed very deep, with the villain being an all-around interesting and completely plausible spin on what otherwise would seem like a cliche.
I'm even inclined to say that this movie perfectly matches the following description of a "great story":
The plot was brilliant; convoluted yet utterly simple at the core, with enough twists and clues to keep you(or at least me) guessing until the exact tip of the climax. The story is more multifaceted than Lord of the Rings, although it is entirely easy to grasp within a two hour period of time.
The characters seemed very deep, with the villain being an all-around interesting and completely plausible spin on what otherwise would seem like a cliche.
I'm even inclined to say that this movie perfectly matches the following description of a "great story":
Samwise said:
It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.