Indy early reviews
May. 18th, 2008 02:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lazypadawanKOTCS had its debut at Cannes today and there have been some press screenings as well. Don't worry, I won't spoil anything. If you really want to read these reviews, you can visit fan sites like TheRaider.net, Indy discussion threads at TFN, and Rotten Tomatoes. At last count there were 18 of them posted online and these are mostly the majors: People, Time, Entertainment Weakly, BBC, Variety, etc..
The good news is the majority of them are positive! I skimmed a few of these reviews (trying to avoid spoilers) to get a feel for what the "trend" might be. It seems to me that the ones who liked it are people who have always enjoyed the Indy movies and recognize them for what they are.
The negative ones seem to be written by people who either have never cared much for Indy or have some sort of axe to grind with George Lucas or Steven Spielberg. A couple of those seemed to have downloaded their old reviews of TPM and changed the names, what with the complaints about CGI and "cringe-worthy" dialogue (note: Lucas did not write the actual screenplay). Interestingly enough, I've noticed that some positive reviews give all of their props to Spielberg or Harrison Ford, with little if any notice given to Lucas. The negative ones tried to lay a lot of the blame on Lucas.
There was one fan on TheRaider who attended a press screening and he posted that he loved every second of the film and most fans will too. There's one rumored aspect of the film that doesn't sit well with me (please Hollywood, get over the "red scare"). But that's my only reservation. I think we're gonna be fine.
Update: Roger Ebert and AICN's Harry Knowles gave it glowing reviews.
The good news is the majority of them are positive! I skimmed a few of these reviews (trying to avoid spoilers) to get a feel for what the "trend" might be. It seems to me that the ones who liked it are people who have always enjoyed the Indy movies and recognize them for what they are.
The negative ones seem to be written by people who either have never cared much for Indy or have some sort of axe to grind with George Lucas or Steven Spielberg. A couple of those seemed to have downloaded their old reviews of TPM and changed the names, what with the complaints about CGI and "cringe-worthy" dialogue (note: Lucas did not write the actual screenplay). Interestingly enough, I've noticed that some positive reviews give all of their props to Spielberg or Harrison Ford, with little if any notice given to Lucas. The negative ones tried to lay a lot of the blame on Lucas.
There was one fan on TheRaider who attended a press screening and he posted that he loved every second of the film and most fans will too. There's one rumored aspect of the film that doesn't sit well with me (please Hollywood, get over the "red scare"). But that's my only reservation. I think we're gonna be fine.
Update: Roger Ebert and AICN's Harry Knowles gave it glowing reviews.
