I just watched Tremors for the first time in years. It's still great.

Harry Potter fans: Tom Felton has some home video up on youtube.

And a sneak peak photo from HB+theHBP. . .

Kind of infuriating, no?

Posting from my phone so this will be brief - Indiana Jones was really fun! VERY derivative of Lucas/Spielberg's other work, but in a nostalgic way.

I think the elevator pitch must have been something along the lines of Stargate Atlantis meets Alias, with Harrison Ford.

Yay! So glad to hear it gets a passing grade, Jess. That's all I needed to hear.

as a "Jason Statham, action hero!" fan, I'm actually enjoying this Dungeon Siege movie.

Quibbles:

The action scenes are gloriously entertaining set pieces, but they don't move the plot forward. In the sense that the film is an adventure quest, the chase sequences do, for the most part, move the characters closer to their goals, but they do so in a a fairly gratuitious manner. Shia LaBouf's entrance chase scene is particularly pointless and nonsensical. (But forgivably so because it's quite entertaining.)

There are also WAY more bits in this film where Indy should be dead than I remember from the previous ones. Or rather, the certain-death situations he finds himself in are way more emphatically CERTAIN DEATH. I can't go into specifics without being spoilery, but the thing he survives at the very beginning of this movie makes outrunning the giant rock in the beginning of Raiders look like a stroll in the park on a nice sunny day. (On the up side, once you believe he survived that, what's a few deadly-looking waterfalls or barrages of machine-gun fire?)

There's also a whole thing in the beginning that seems like it's going to be a big deal and then isn't. It's just kind of dropped. (And yes, "whole thing" is about as much detail as I can go into without spoiling. Official reviews will probably be less coy.)

However, Cate Blanchett + Russian accent = TEH HAWT.

The Indy/Marion/Mutt stuff is adorably reminiscent of Alias S2 (except Marion isn't a secret KGB agent). But the same awkward "Bristow family vacation" vibe is there, and it's very well played. (Also, Mutt. HAR.)

I'd rank it above Temple of Doom, and more or less comparable to Last Crusade. (Raiders being the best of the 4 without question.)

This morning i bought Indy tickets for Saturday night at the arclight. 6th row center, baby!

more or less comparable to Last Crusade. (Raiders being the best of the 4 without question.)

Oh, awesome. I love Last Crusade. It...might actually be my favorite. I remember watching Raiders of the Lost Ark again several years ago and finding it kind of...slow.

Kids these days....