Uncle Northcott’s Movie Reviews

Well well well look whos crawling back to the multi-plex after a 2 decade absence. I guess Spielburg, George Lucas and Harry Ford needed a new airplane or something. Thats the only reason I can think of to resurrect this franchise. I’m not saying its horrible, just pointless. Been there, done that seen that. Looking at Ford it should be called “The Indy 500″ cause the poor guy looks that old. In this one Dr. Jones runs afowl of Russians insted of Nazis who kidnap him and a buddy “Mac” to help them find an artifact in, wait for it, AREA 51. Oooh spooky. Like all the other films Indy escapes but the baddies get the artifact. BUT WAIT, is Mac a double agent? Soon Indy gets contacted bt Mutt, a young wanna be Brando who tells him his old buddy Oxley and Mutts Mother have been kidnapped and need Indys help finding the crystal skull. Mutt is played by the acting Anti-Christ Shia Labeouf and his Mom is Karen Allen who was in the first Indy film. Bet you can guess who Mutt really is. Indy & Mutt head off to South America to run thru 1 elaborate set piece after another with the Russkis in hot pursuit. The good: some action scenes are well done. John Hurt and Ray Winstone are great. The bad: Fords too old to be in drawn out fight scenes. A stupid monkey scene. Colon cramp Shia and something I never thought I would write, a bad performance by Cate Blanchett. Cate plays the Russian leader with an over the top accent that was embarassing. I think everyone wanted a quick buck and try to spin off turd burglar Shia for more Indy movies. Rating the Indys: “Raiders” by far the best. “Temple of Doom” by far the worst with ” Last Crusade” and “Crystal Skull” about the same. Basically a pointless summer movie. Next: 1/2 year report card

Watch out Batman because this might be the best comic based movie yet. Bob Downey 2 plays Tony Stark, a rich playboy arms dealer who gets kidnapped by terrorists who want him to build them a new weapon. Insted he builds a suit of iron and makes his escape. While Stark is captive he sees weapons his company made and decides to fight evil. Yes he becomes IRON MAN. Great effects, good acting from Bob Downey Duce, Jeff Bridges and Gwyneth Paltrow and good directing from Jon Favreau. This here be good entertainment folks. This is Marvel Comics first in-house movie and their off to a good start. The real test will be later when their second movie, Hulk comes out. Marvel has Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain American and The Avengers ready to come out in the next couple of years. Iron Man is a great start to the summer blockbuster season. Iron Man is a little over 2 hours and other than some blatent product placement is good family fun. CD note: Since Elvis Hitler disbanded my favorite band now is The Old 97s. Their new CD “Blame It On Gravity” comes out May 13th. If you like cow punk music, buy their entire catalogue. You wont regret it. After Indy Jones I’ll have my 1/2 year best/worst list.