Thursday movie roundup - May 22
The Friday movie roundup — on a Thursday? What kind of deviltry is this?! It is the kind necessitated by the Thursday release of a little film called “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” which I quite enjoyed. It has the look and feel of an Indy film, and it fits right in with the collection. I’m pretty sure I like it more than “Temple of Doom,” which has that really annoying Kate Capshaw stinking up the place.
And … that’s it. There aren’t any other films opening this week. I hope to have reviews of a few indie flicks (not to be confused with an Indy flick) within the next several days, though, including “Young @ Heart” and “The Visitor.”
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May 22nd, 2008 at 12:20 pm
I totally agree with you about Temple of Doom. Not only because of Kate Capshaw’s annoying-ness, but also because of the little Asian kid, who is at least as annoying, although I must admit, sometimes he is funny.
For most of the film I find myself wishing that Indiana would just let Kate Capshaw die at the end.
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Oh I so hated Temple of Doom!!! Thank heaven they redeemed the franchise with Last Crusade, which in my humble opinion, is the best of them all. My dad drives us crazy by quoting (wrongly) “Kali Maa! Kali Maa! Shut de door! Shut de door!” The grandkids love it because they don’t have a clue what he’s talking about! I agree that Kate Capshaw was horrible, but the whole movie just was badly done. Although we can still make my sister get grossed out by talking about the monkey brains…….