Harrison Ford On 'Indiana Jones'

This could well be the nail in the coffin, and I didn't mind Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as much as others but a fifth film is pushing it. And i have very little interest in seeing where the LeBeouf character goes.
 
I just wish that Lucas would let sleeping dogs lie.

You aren't alone, Babs. SouthPark even dedicated an entire episode based around how poorly that previous Indiana Jones movie was.
 
I noticed that both the Indiana Jones movie and Superman movie had something in common. Both had characters children but were never told. Though, in Indiana Jones case. His son was college aged.

"Am I alone when I say that I was not really crazy about ' Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'? "

"ah jeez.... "

It's all over, people! We don't have a prayer!

"@Babs said:

"Am I alone when I say that I was not really crazy about ' Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'? "

You most certainly are not. "

Seems cool. I actually enjoyed the last movie. I dunno what's wrong with everybody else 

SS has already said that they were doing a 5th one and that it was in the works writing wise, I assumed Ford knew this

crap. that reminds me ive got an Indiana Jones project to do for my friends kid.

The Cyrstal skull was a pretty good movie I think except for that @$$ hole who kept on kicking my seat

the last one was horrible...it went the direction that Star Wars did...way to Kid friendly at the cost of good script.

he needs a good send off. Sort of how Rocky Balboa got rid of the bad taste Rocky V left.

I still don't understand all the hate around Crystal Skull. Was it as good as any of the others? No. Was it full of CGI? Yes. Did it push your suspension of disbelief? Yes. Did all the others? Yes.
 
I can understand personal problems with it and the CGI, but the whole "aliens are dumb!!!" argument is really pushing considering Raiders had God's damn wrath come out and blow off Nazi's heads, Temple had voodoo dolls and people having their hearts ripped out and living for several minutes after, and Crusade had an immortal night from the Crusades. Honestly.
 
That being said I hope if they make a fifth movie they'll fix the flaws the fourth had (which I still enjoyed but it no doubt had flaws), such as the kiddie humour and have nothing as ridiculous as the fridge scene. I still loved the action and the chase in Skull was damn near close to Raiders chase in quality. Shia wasn't even that bad. Sure beats the hell out of Short-Round, at the very least (can't compare with Henry Jones Sr., of course, though).
 
And that's my Crystal Skull rant for today. Bring on the next Indy movie.

Kingdom of the Crystal Skull shouldn't have had the goddamn aliens. That was my biggest problem with it.

NO

 Bring on the next Indy movie.

I understand people not liking the alien idea (even though technically they where more multi-dimensional travelers), but all the rest of the movie was fantastic to me. Even that wasnt too Bad to me, it was just a little more than Indy should be dealing with.
That said, i do kinda wish they had found a no-name or a lower tier actor to play his son. Much as i love Shia, i really hate it when movies rely on their all-star cast instead of their great story. They chose Shia becuase he's famous, not becuase he was the best man for the job. I don't blame Shia though. I think Lucas lost some of his story telling edge when he got ahold of good CGI tech. Complicated Muppets always feel better than a CGI creature.
 
@Babs: 
 I feel like they plugged Indy jr. into the story becuase Harrison's too old now. He's still awsome, but if he can get seriously injured doing anything outside of the most basic/controlled stunts. They needed someone who couls still brawl and do the choreography without the sudden back pains or risk of serious injury. they tied a younger, easy to explain character into it so they wouldnt have to spend precious movie time explaining the random kid who somehow became Indy's right hand. Its soooo much easier to say "he's his son" than "he's the kid who's been training under/admiring indy for the past 4-6 years and happens to be pretty close to indy's style". 
 what im getting at is that if they did a solo indy movie again, the action would suffer. It was in crystal Skull if you look at it. Harrison is just older and stiffer now, and if you dont have a capable character (who make sense) in the story, you loose allot of the awesome.

Aside from a bad name, Mutt Williams didn't bother me so much in the last flick.  Because of his age, Indy will never be what he was back in the day, but it's still fun to see him.  And you know as long as there is money to be made, they'll plug him in another movie. There will never be another Indy other than Harrison - but I can't help to wonder if they'll ever re-boot the franchise in the future. No one compares to Ford, but I'm wondering who'd they cast if it came down to it.  Most of us would pick fanboy faves like Nathan Fillion. He's definitely got the spirit for the role. Indy will probably die with Ford though - and I wouldn't complain if he did.

Is it me or has George lost it over the years as far as his scripts have gone.  Films 4-6 of the Star Wars series were great and well done and a lot of fun, (Episode one wasn't too bad either) while Episodes 2 and 3 seemed almost corny in a way.  Thank goodness for the books and I don't have to listen to Anakin bemoan his life.  Crystal Skull on the Indiana Jones series was very much the same, although the first part of it where he find himself in the middle of a nuclear testing range was the only really great part in the movie.  Plus, it had that kid from the Transformers movie in it and I think those two movies pretty much killed his career as a respectable actor in my mind.  Now there were two movies that were a waste of everyone's time.

I would like to see Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis turned into a movie. One of my all time favorites!

better be a fifth film sure Skull wasnt the greatest it was to far of a leap from ancient relics and nazi's to aliens and space ships but that doesnt mean the franchise cant recover. hell all the superman movies sucked and yet the keep making them

Are you kidding? People hated Crystal Skull! Of course you’ll find its fans as well, but I’d say on average…the film has become somewhat of a joke to the majority. Plus even with those who enjoyed it, I’ve yet to encounter anyone in real life that didn’t think it was the weakest of the four. By far! In an ideal world, George Lucas would've stopped writing after Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Sadly that isn’t happening and we’ve had to go through painfully bad prequels or sequels to classic masterpieces, things that utterly wounded his classic cinema…forever! Sometimes I almost get this impression that George spitefully writes intentionally bad. He just likes to see the fans uproar.

I also never understood this argument that Crystal Skull isn’t any more ridiculously improbable then the others. That’s just ignorant. It doesn’t fall on absolutes: Impossible or possible. The happenings here fall on a fine scale of probability. The former films include many happenings that are highly improbably; Crystal Skull took that to a whole new level…and made Indy’s heroic antics just straight-up impossible. Surviving a nuclear blast inside a fridge? There’s nothing in the original Indy trilogy that’s equal to the utter outright ridiculousness of that.  And is there anything that truly compares to the camp that was Mutt’s Tarzan tribute? You have moments like Temple of Doom’s jumping from a plane and using an inflatable raft to parachute to safety. Yes it’s absolutely unlikely, but no…it’s not utterly impossible. This moment is usually cited by Crystal Skull defenders most often as the most preposterous moment in the entire original trilogy, and yet Myth Busters proved that it is surprisingly possible.    

"Kingdom of the Crystal Skull shouldn't have had the goddamn aliens. That was my biggest problem with it. "

can't wait , more indy !!!!!!!!

What aliens? I had to go to the bathroom during the last 10 minutes. Did I miss something?

I'm sure they'll make another film, but it has to be more serious and not just goofy green screen action.

lol. There was nothing wrong with Shia in that movie. he was a good sidekick. He was just the first sidekick that we actually had a involved origin story for. that script was just a bad script. it would've been better if Indy had just known him and about him. the secret son thing was played out.

Yes, the last Indy felt phoned in.
 
Please have Harrison Ford play the role of the mentor like Sean Connery previously did and let his son take the starring role.

Well I heard part 5 is supposed to be Indy and Mutt working together once more but knowing and interacting with the father/son relationship. Then part 6 is all Mutt and it ends there. 6 movies just like there are 6 Star Wars movies.