Film Friday: “We Admit It, We Even Like Temple of Doom” / Torontoist

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Film Friday: “We Admit It, We Even Like Temple of Doom” / Torontoist

“The only news this week is the return of Indiana Jones with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. We’re not really sure what we can say about it that you haven’t heard before from numerous sources (trepidation about how good it’ll be after such a long gap; goodness isn’t Harrison Ford old now; Shia The Beef = Jar Jar LOL etc.) but we’ll at least note that even if it does disappoint, Indiana Jones & The Fate of Atlantis will always be a canonical sequel to us, anyway.”

I went to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull only a couple of hours after this was published.

I can’t exactly say I was disappointed - all round, it was fairly enjoyable, and after a while you forget how old Harrison Ford looks - but it didn’t drive me wild. It was a pleasant sequel in a franchise I care for very much, not something I’m going to strike down as “non-canon” in my head (like I’ve had to do with the Star Wars prequels) but probably not something I’ll return to again and again - the way I’ve done with (yes) Indiana Jones & The Fate of Atlantis.

May 23rd, 2008 : Columns, Torontoist

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