That is the title of the new Indiana Jones movie, which is going to be released into theatres on May 22, 2008.
I love Indiana Jones. I even loved the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. The character of Indiana Jones resonates with everything I wanted to be when I was growing up: He’s a dashing scoundrel, he’s well educated, he gets all the chicks. To me, Indy was always about three orders of magnitude cooler than James Bond, and I still believe that Indiana Jones would beat the hell out of Bond in a fight.
I am optimistic about this movie. After the horror that the Star Wars prequels visited upon my poor, nerdy soul; I still cling to the belief that my childhood heroes are just as amazing now as they were when I was a child. I really hope this movie is as amazing as I’m hoping.
Me, too! The Last Crusade was my favorite!
I want it to be good, I so do. But, I’m skeptical, thanks mostly to the Star Wars prequels.
Well, Steven Spielberg != George Lucas for one thing.
what gives me hope is that spielberg is more interested in telling a good story while developing good characters than he is about merchandising the franchise a la Lucas.
After suffering through Episodes 6, 1, and 2, I swore I’d spend another nickel on Lucas’ merchandising campaign. But, my nephew made or convinced me to give Ep 3 a chance when he received the Sith DVD for xmas, and I have to admit, it was pretty good.
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