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May 18, 2008
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
Someday I'm going to make some sort of thrilling, down and dirty genre picture with no CGI, and on that merit alone I think I can pretty much guarantee that it'll be more exciting than this pandering and inexcusably shoddy excuse for 'old fashioned entertainment.' But let's forget about my hubris for a moment. I'll take all the flying saucers and psychic Soviets and 50s kitsch you can throw at me, just as I'll take beating hearts being plucked from chests and Judeo-Christian pop-mysticism and cherish them fondly; all I ask for is a bit of verisimilitude to ground my suspension of disbelief. That, and a script that can at least justify its length with smarts. Alas, a green screen is easier to erect than a set, and an in-joke is safer than true wit. Remind me when I make my hypothetical film that it's okay to trade in nostalgia, but not to cash in on it entirely.
Posted by David Lowery at May 18, 2008 4:50 PM