Moviegoings

So, I was watching the 2nd trailer for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and I had some thoughts. Have a quick look for yourself, in case you haven’t seen it or need a memory refresher:

The first thing that occurred to me after watching the initial 30 seconds (which give us a pretty good idea of the plot) was, “We would have called this one The Temple of Doom, but we used that already.” I see a thick creepiness factor, a little-known artifact tied to a third-world culture rather than a major element of western civilization, the whole, y’know, temple thing . . . even that crazy-looking rocket car on a track in a tunnel (mine car, anyone?). Temple of Doom would definitely not seem like the ideal film to imitate out of the first three, but we’ll see . . .

The other thing I thought I spotted was a brief glimpse of Sean Patrick Flanery, who played the young Indiana Jones in the series of the same name. It’s at about 1:27, but he isn’t listed as being in the movie anywhere that I can find. Maybe it’s not him, or maybe it’s an uncredited cameo . . . or maybe he’s part of a flashback sequence, like River Phoenix in the opening scenes of Last Crusade. Check out the side-by-side comparison below.

~ by Jared on May 11, 2008.

Posted in Reflections