Joooones!
While waiting for the start of Iron Man yesterday the audience was treated to the trailer for Indian Jones and the Kingdom of Once Great Filmmakers. I gotta say that my only reaction was this:
Even the trailer is boring.
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Spielberg and Lucas used to know how to make fun movies but both have lost their way for, likely, different reasons.
Lucas: Never a great director or writer he at least knew the difference between a good story and a bad one. Now he seems to have surrounded himself with sycophants and worshippers and not a single person with the balls to speak up when a bad idea is on the table.
Spielberg: Perhaps the best director of the 80's, if judged by box office. Somebody poured sweet lies into Steven's ear, telling him that he must use his talents to make important movies, that he needed to use his power and money to promote important issues in his films. Too bad he listened to those Hollywood vipers because they stole his creative sole.
I don't know when I will subject myself to the latest Indy offering but when I do I will take the time to report on it here.