Cool Videos: Screen Junkies' honest trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Extra Tidbit:	I'm all for a good laugh and to poke fun from time-to-time. It's the malicious, nasty videos that nit pick movies that bugs me. What do you think about this trend?

Source:	Screen Junkies

Tags:	2008, action, Adventure, Cate Blanchett, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Jeff Nathanson, John Hurt, Ray Winstone, Shia LaBeouf, Steven Spielberg

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1:06AM on 01/24/2013

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Everytime I come to this shit site....

for about 2 years. Every time I come to Joblo.com I think of Sam Jackson's line in Jackie Brown. "What happened to you man? You used to be beautiful."

Ghostvirus

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12:57AM on 01/24/2013

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Almost 5 years!

Holy Shit!!!! This movie came out almost 6 years ago! Just let it the fuck go! It is like those pathetic sad people that are still harping on Star Wars. Jesus Christ! It wasn't even that bad of a movie!

ChefRavi

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11:02PM on 01/23/2013

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loved it

IV came out 5 years ago. So yes, you know every joke in there. The fact remains that 99% of that movie is utter nonsense and a crime against humanity. The only good part was the greaser v. jock fight. Is that so strange?

Bob Loblaw

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9:35PM on 01/23/2013

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When someone complains about the sound of Indiana Jone's punches, you know that they are a douche. That punch sound is a staple of the franchise. It's in all of the movies. Might as well complain about Indiana wearing the same hat.

miggs

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4:37PM on 01/23/2013

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Whenever a writer hits the deadline and hasn't found anything cool one of these videos pops up in here

captainteague

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10:34AM on 01/23/2013

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Awful Spoof Trailer

Making fun of Karen Allen's looks and the greatest fist-punch sound effect in movie history is ridiculous. First, Karen Allen looks amazing. It was the altering of her character from tough-as-nails heroin to kooky, giggling moma that was unnecessary and unfortunate. But that mistake is owned by the writers, producers, and director, not the actress. She did exactly what was asked of her. Second, why would anyone change the fist-punch sound effect that has been a staple of the Indiana Jones

Making fun of Karen Allen's looks and the greatest fist-punch sound effect in movie history is ridiculous. First, Karen Allen looks amazing. It was the altering of her character from tough-as-nails heroin to kooky, giggling moma that was unnecessary and unfortunate. But that mistake is owned by the writers, producers, and director, not the actress. She did exactly what was asked of her. Second, why would anyone change the fist-punch sound effect that has been a staple of the Indiana Jones franchise from the beginning? I'm sorry, but this is one spoof trailer that is clearly trying too hard to be accepted by the small, yet very vocal percentage of movie goers who love to bitch about Indy 4. Lastly, the refrigerator scene was classic Indy every bit as much as the raft scene from Temple of Doom. Was Indy 4 perfect? No. But it got more right than it did wrong and it is certainly the best adventure film of its kind since The Mask of Zorro.

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Freeden

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1:03AM on 01/23/2013

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To be fair, I think they get to certain films after fans ask for it for a while. I think there's also a small contigent of people who watch it purely for Gannon Nickell (the voice over). Personally, that wasn't as lame as people made it out to be, nor was it all that funny. I chuckled a bit, but it was just ok.

DoB

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5:31PM on 01/22/2013

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Unoriginal and lame

The only part that made me laugh was the reference to The Mummy. Beyond that it is everything we have read on message boards for five years. I fully agree that taking shots at this woman's looks and saying the inclusion of the traditional "indy punch" sound is lazy are totally ridiculous.

That said, this movie is complete crap. Its defenders strike me as people that were going to like ANYTHING they put out with Indiana Jones in it. These were my absolute favorite movies as a child and this

The only part that made me laugh was the reference to The Mummy. Beyond that it is everything we have read on message boards for five years. I fully agree that taking shots at this woman's looks and saying the inclusion of the traditional "indy punch" sound is lazy are totally ridiculous.

That said, this movie is complete crap. Its defenders strike me as people that were going to like ANYTHING they put out with Indiana Jones in it. These were my absolute favorite movies as a child and this one has no business being included with the rest. I completely blame George Lucas and his juvenile, pandering and frankly stupid influence on film since at least the 90's.

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poopontheshoes7

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5:25PM on 01/22/2013

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And another thing. Everyone goes on about Darabont's unused script and how much better it would have been. Do you know where the fridge scene came from? Frank Fucking Darabont's script!

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georgethree33

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4:29PM on 01/22/2013

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almost amusing

You're welcome to hate it, but I loved Crystal Skull. Could it have been better, sure, i think a slightly different edit on the monkeys and a little more development with the reconnection of Harrison and Karen, but otherwise - it's a great film. As good as Last Crusade or Temple.

French-dude

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3:57PM on 01/22/2013

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I love Crystal Skull...

...and that was the laziest Honest Trailer they've made.

Preston_79

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3:27PM on 01/22/2013

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No matter how bad this video sucks it won't be enough for me to remember The Crystal Skull in a favorable light. That movie was horrible. It's like the Batman and Robin of the Indy franchise.

annihilist

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2:36PM on 01/22/2013

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Yeah, they lost me when they started bad-mouthing Karen Allen's looks. Let's see how great these assholes look 30 years from now. As for the rest of it, they could have saved a lot of time and acknowledged the one, simple reason this movie blows - Lucas. His inept reworking of Frank Darabont's script were awful and that served as the weak foundation for a terrible movie. Everything else they bitch about is just a symptom of that central issue.

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Mut

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2:26PM on 01/22/2013

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Yeah, so the dig at Karen Allen was a bit harsh, the fridge thing is cliche, and the aliens really aren't too out of place for an Indy film. That doesn't change the fact that the movie is a complete mess, full of boring characters, uninspired action, and terrible CGI.

poopontheshoes7

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2:12PM on 01/22/2013

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let me guess....

I can guess the jokes without watching it. They make fun of how old Ford is, the gophers, the fridge, Shia, The CGI, the monkeys and the aliens. HARHAR! Real funny.

oh-dae-su

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2:03PM on 01/22/2013

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There's a different between making a joke in poor taste and picking on someone's look because of their age. Also I am getting so tired of these guys just going "What are some jokes that other people have made on a movie? Ah ha, let's do THAT joke again!" First the Hunger Games/ Battle Royale comparison, then the homoerotic jokes between Frodo and Sam, and now the "A fridge couldn't survive a nuke!" Lazy, unfunny and mean spirited just about sum up these guys.

openhand24

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1:56PM on 01/22/2013

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HAHA

That was funny but not as funny as the others.

HoyleHaw

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1:50PM on 01/22/2013

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That was just about as spot on as you can get. They didn't address specifically some of my quibbles, but they don't need to.

Love the remark "You'll wish you were watching 'The Mummy'." When those ants started showing up, that's exactly the movie I was reminded of. Not to diss "The Mummy" too much, but when Indy reminds me of it instead of the other way around, that's not a good thing at all.

People are gonna pick apart these movies whether we like it or not. Screen Junkies and HISHE do

That was just about as spot on as you can get. They didn't address specifically some of my quibbles, but they don't need to.

Love the remark "You'll wish you were watching 'The Mummy'." When those ants started showing up, that's exactly the movie I was reminded of. Not to diss "The Mummy" too much, but when Indy reminds me of it instead of the other way around, that's not a good thing at all.

People are gonna pick apart these movies whether we like it or not. Screen Junkies and HISHE do it in style though. Much better than the Everything Wrong With videos.

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ElderPredator

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1:48PM on 01/22/2013

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Yup I'm jumping to the film's defense...

I still can't believe that people are still going on about this nearly 5 years later. This is by-far the most nit-picking Honest Trailer yet and while everyone is entitled to their opinion, the arguments against this movie other than the CGI monkey scene/LaBeouf scenes are ridiculous.

i) First off, there's no intergalactic rule book that says aliens can't be in an Indiana Jones movie yet a guy who rips out hearts to honor a god with three magic rocks can.

ii) Next the whole "nuking the

I still can't believe that people are still going on about this nearly 5 years later. This is by-far the most nit-picking Honest Trailer yet and while everyone is entitled to their opinion, the arguments against this movie other than the CGI monkey scene/LaBeouf scenes are ridiculous.

i) First off, there's no intergalactic rule book that says aliens can't be in an Indiana Jones movie yet a guy who rips out hearts to honor a god with three magic rocks can.

ii) Next the whole "nuking the fridge" thing is getting old. Indy can survive a 1,000 foot or more drop with three other people on an inflatable raft with just a tiny bounce and a guy can rip out someone else's heart through their chest but Indy surviving in a fridge is "just retarded" and "so unrealistic".

iii) Also the bashing in this video against Karen Allen was pretty nasty especially with making fun of her looks just because she's older. I know it's all in good fun but that was below the belt.

iv) The use of the famous punch sound effect is a staple of the Indy trilogy and I'd be disappointed if they didn't keep that tradition yet this video is so desperate to find a problem that they had to bitch about that being lazy. WTF?!

Etc, etc, etc. I understand that people don't like this movie and that's fine but it just seems like everyone is looking for any reason whatsoever to hate it which makes no sense. I understand the movie isn't perfect but saying that Spielberg/Lucas destroyed the franchise with this movie is pretty ridiculous.

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