New Indiana Jones Trailer Means It’s Either Good, Bad, Or Neither
The first-ever trailer for Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull is online! And we've got it here!
Since the Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull trailer was released, Indiana Jones fans have fallen over themselves to try and glean as many clues about the movie from it as possible, while simultaneously trying to figure out whether Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull will be good or a big stack of monkey bum.
Haven't seen the trailer yet? It's after the jump, although we should pre-warn you that the new Indiana Jones trailer contains scenes of world-weary smartarsery that some viewers might find somewhat annoying.
Of all the films made this year, none have been as highly anticipated as Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull. That's partly because the first three Indiana Jones films were enduring family classics and partly because nobody can quite believe that the minds behind The Terminal, The Phantom Menace and Firewall are really pooling their talent to make a movie together this year.
Anticipation for Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull has been so high that literally every last thing you could think of has been turned into a phalanx of squealing headlines. The script, the cast, the title, the petty robberies – an on-set visit just to listen to the producer compare the movie to a chair made the cover of Vanity Fair, which isn't something you can say about, for example, Wizards Of Gore.
And now the very first trailer for Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull has been released. And, as far as we can tell, the Crystal Skull bit seems to be a deliberate misnomer – the movie should really be called Indiana Jones And The Cate Blanchett's Got A Funny Haircut. Look…
Pretty much what you'd expect from an Indiana Jones film, then – whips, hats, natives, car chases – although we're slightly alarmed that the part of Horrifically Stereotypical Japanese Sidekick is being played by the boy who got arrested in a chemists. That's a mistake, surely.
But anyway, the Indiana Jones fans of the world have all been combing the trailer for clues. Want to know what they found? Here's E! Online to explain more:
"What makes this really cool is its kinda like watching your own dad kick ass, its good to have you back Indy!" writes Spamster on Ain't It Cool News, which managed to get its hands on a bootlegged version just before the official version went live. "If the alien angle isn't played too heavily, and if there aren't too many one liners, this could be fun," adds AICN contributor Merrick… "Definitely going to go see it, but it looks like it might be making too much fun of itself and Ford's age," grouses a comingsoon.net poster named Shirerat. "Not sure if I can take Blanchett seriously with that haircut either."
What do we think? We think it's too early to judge yet, that's what we think. We'll have a much better idea of what Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull will be like when the second trailer is released.
You know, the one with Jar Jar Binks in it.
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A welcomed return for Harrison Ford! Who cares if he’s 65. He looks good! Anyone would be lucky to look this good and be in this kind of shape when we hit our mid-60’s. The story looks amazing and it already looks better than the “Crusade”.
i agree. Harrison Ford looks like he can still play the part.. if they dont take decades to make a 5th one he could play it
it’s gonna be tough to match or even come close to the quality and originality of the original Indiana Jones’
Instead of looking for the “crystal skull”, Indy and his less than amusing entourage should have been looking for a script. 19 years for this? There are some fun chase sequences in “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” but the story is a confusing mess and there is no chemistry between characters who really weren’t all that interesting to begin with. I am also one who believes that Indy works better alone or maybe even with one sidekick. Not three. There are moments in this movie that are so bad, it looks as if a high school drama team is doing their version of “Indiana Jones”. I will leave you with a couple of positives. There is enough action and a few of the sets are amazing enough to keep your brain active throughout the whole picture but after 19 years, I was expecting a lot more than I received.