“Indiana Jones 4″ going to Cannes?
Fox 411′s Roger Friedman reported this morning that “several sources” have told him that Steven Spielberg‘s reps “and the folks at the Cannes Film Festival are in negotiations to bring Paramount’s highly anticipated Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull to Cannes for its official worldwide premiere in May.
“The star-studded event easily would be the centerpiece of the festival, akin to the premiere last year of Ocean’s Thirteen. I’m told that Spielberg, perhaps producer George Lucas and stars Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LeBeouf, Karen Allen and others would make the walk up the fabled red carpet at the Palais. Talk about sizzle! Sacre bleu!”
I will definitely be seeing this. But I don’t have high hopes.
My real question is did anybody think that Harrison Ford’s demeanor at the Oscars when he presented seemed rather sluggish? Like he was slowing down mentally or perhaps had a few too many martinis before the show? I wasn’t the only one at my house who commented on it.
I am SO excited for some new Indiana Jones action.
I read a comment that Ford and Calista Flockhart had different reactions when Cate Blanchett walked on stage Sunday night. Harrison had a big smile and Calista was a bit…colder. Did anyone else notice that?
The trailer to this left me vaguely worried and uneasy.
I would say I’d want to stick with the original trilogy and preserve them as how I think of the series. But it’s a wildly uneven trilogy. Raiders is perfection; Temple of Doom has some serious flaws, including to many wacky hijinx, tone issue and some surprisingly bad special effects that take you out of the film; and Last Crusade has moments as brilliant as anything in the series, and other moments that tiptoe on the verge of self-parody, before ultimately righting itself for an acceptable finish to the trilogy.
I think I prefer to have Indy’s later life adventures remain in my imagination.
“akin to the premiere of Ocean’s Thirteen”?
You’re kidding, right? This thing is WAY, WAY bigger than that little vanity project.
“You’re kidding, right? This thing is WAY, WAY bigger than that little vanity project.”
But not as BIG as DA VINCI CODE which was laughed off the screen by Cannes critics and helped ignite bad word of mouth for the film (deservedly so).
Hopefully, INDY IV will be a much better popcorn flick, although the trailer indicates its a campier MAD MAD MAD WORLD hybrid of RAIDERS (with 3 or 4 supporting characters running alongside Indy).
Not that that stopped the Code from raking in $230 million domestic and another $500 million worldwide.
The trailer is both very encouraging and a cause for concern. They definitely re-created that nostalgic Indiana Jones feel, which is key, but you worry that they might be trying to hard to top the other movies, which of course would lead to an excessive amount of special effects. Spielberg is the master when it comes to using CGI appropriately (Minority Report is a great recent example), but you never know what kind of crap Lucas may have pulled as the executive producer. Still, there’s plenty of reason to believe this could be a pretty damn good popcorn flick…
I want to like it but the trailer looks awful. And that Shia kid needs to get the fuck out of all Indiana Jones films.