Ford Ready to Crack Whip on ‘Indy 5′

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on September 15, 2009

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If there was one thing fans complained about after seeing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, it was that the story diverted away from religious icons to aliens. If there were two things fans complained about it was that the story diverted away from religious icons and that swinging from vines is absurd. If there were three things fans complained about it was that the story diverted away from religious icons, swinging from vines was stupid, and those damned CGI gophers had to go. And an almost-fanatical devotion to the Pope.

So it’s reported with great hesitation that Harrison Ford has revealed to a French publication called Le Figaro (literally, The Figaro) that he, Spielberg and George Lucas have all agreed on what the next adventure will be. All that’s left is to put pen to paper, get Ford to approve of the script and for Spielberg to start renting camera equipment from himself.

Obviously by making the disgusting amount of money that it did, there was no doubt that there would be yet another installment. In fact, Ford posturing about script approval seems laughable considering the amount of money that’s still on the table. Then again, the guy is the entire franchise. On the other, other hand they could always CGI him in for a cameo of handing the whip over to Shia Labeouf’s character.

Yeah, think about that and enjoy your nightmares, fanboys.

What do you think? Any guesses as to what Indiana Jones and the Half-Blood Prince will be about?

Source: Le Figaro (found via ComingSoon)

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Kangaroo Be Stoned

"If there was one thing fans complained about after seeing 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull', it was that the story diverted away from religious icons to aliens." This is hilarious because both the religious icons and the aliens are bloody retarded. Is one more far-fetched than the other? I don't think so. Fanboys.

chille

Its not that aliens are more ridiculous than religious icons, its that the fact that they switched focus from fantasy to sci-fi. Imagine if in the next Terminator movie, a Norse god came down and gave John Connor magic powers.

Osiris3657

I'm still shaking my head over the disaster that Indy 4 was. I can't believe some of Spielberg's caliber was responsible for that shit. Ok, partially responsible....Lucas deserves as much of the blame.

Question for anyone who saw Indy 4: Did anyone notice how much younger Harrison Ford started to look as the movie went on? When he first appeared on screen it was bad...he looked frail, sloppy, wrinkly....but then the wrinkles started to not be as noticeable. CGI to edit out his "oldness" I presume.

ladyofthelake

I didn't mind Indy 4, kinda liked it. I mean the 50's were all about aliens. Some of the classic sci-fi alien movies were made in the 50's. So having Indy deal with that didn't bother me at all. I mean Indy found the holy grail, the arc which burned the faces off of the Nazies, monkey brains. I'll go see Indy 5 for sure. Hell I even watched the tv show Young Indianna Jones, that was awesome. Though Lucas had to mess with it and combine the one hour episodes into two hour films and cut out the actor that played old Indy out of ever episode. Most of the eppys were two parters anyway, but the poor actor was cut out. Ford even made a cameo. Good memories of my youth.

tmccar20

This is dumb, you know Lucas was suppose to do "Apocalypse Now." If He and Spielberg were doing something completely new I would want to go see it but this is not it. Lucas is lazy now, and crystal skull was sloppy. Cgi can't do everything, and every idea isn't a good idea. The whole alien thing could have been handled better. If they want to do this movie right how about going to actually locations, and get rid of the green screen. Hey Lucas learn the 15 feet rule when comes to cgi.

tylerdurden1681

From the second they "nuked the fridge" I was just thinking what the hell is this! Yes, I was pretty excited to get to see another Indiana Jones movie too but I would have rather they just spared us all of the not so good movie and let Indy stay retired and respected as thee action hero we all grew up watching.
Do I think another movie is a good idea? That would be a big no for me. The only way they could salvage the franchise would be to make a movie as good or better than Raiders of the Lost Ark. Good luck there Steven and George!

Joe505

I love the info this site gives. But not the opinions. You guys generally have a negative outlook on movies...just saying. And from the writers not the fans.

becasmar

"Yeah, think about that and enjoy your nightmares, fanboys." hahaha, so true, im not going to sleep well tonight....

Dave B

I agree that Indy 4 was forced, and the alien storyline was far fetched... of course, the lid of the Ark of the Covenant rocketing skyward at the end of Raiders was entirely believable...ahem. These films are supposed to momentarily allow you to suspend your beliefs, to accept the unacceptable. It certainly wasn't the best film in the series, and I do hope they redeem themselves a bit with number five. Take away the CGI stuff perhaps, get a better script, or at least someone who can touch up and revise what Lucas pens. I'll go see it, regardless...

What if Indiana was actually played by someone other than Ford? Certainly there are those who say he "is" Indiana Jones, but there were critics who said the same of Sean Connery as 007, and that franchise, while it stumbled at times, is still going strong.

Thoughts?

KT

The difference between Bond and Indy is that Bond had life as a literary character long before any actor played him. (In fact, if you check out contemporary reviews of "Dr. No," you'll find any number of critics who thought Connery was poorly cast, simply because they knew Ian Fleming's books and had already envisioned a "perfect Bond" for which Connery did not fit the template.)

The Indy movies, on the other hand, have been increasingly built around Ford and his persona, and his screen presence and performances are an integral of the character as conceived. I'd say that if we learned anything from "Crystal Skull," it was that people still want Ford as Indy, even when his putative bosses bring in some 20-something nozzle to whom they intend to hand off the franchise.

Ford Ready to Crack Whip on ‘Indy 5′

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