I'd venture to say that the first Mummy film is on par with Raiders of the lost Ark. It's such an amazing adventure film. I'd love to see Brendan Fraser in something similar again. The last good adventure film he was in that I know of is Journey to the Center of the Earth, which is nowhere near the level of the first Mummy film.

I loved The Mummy, it was such a wacky fun ride. It has aged a little but still a great time.

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Almost agree:
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Just a Short Round. *rimshot*

Just checking :) All this talk about it has really put me in the mood for another viewing. Come to think of it, it's been more than a year since I've seen ToD. Situation is unacceptable...

Uhm

Because the person playing Indy is too old for that kind of role (I'm not against "old people kicking ass"-type movies, but that's not the kind of series this is); the filmmakers' judgement is highly suspect after the last movie (alien bullshit doesn't belong in a series mostly inspired by 1930s action-adventure serials, and the idea that they seem to have been trying to set up Shia Lafuckingbeouf as Ford's successor in the series is mind-boggling); and the further the series' setting moves away from the first half of the 20th century, the less well its particular schtick will work (as evil "bad guys" go, Nazis > Soviets, and the idea of the archaeologist as "tomb robber focused on procuring museum pieces" starts to seem like more of the uncomfortable anachronism that it is if the story takes place in, say, the '60s or '70s).

Obviously, a fair bit of this is based on my personal opinion, but I still think some good things should just be allowed to exist on their own merits, to slip into the past, well-regarded and fondly remembered, rather than being repeatedly resurrected in increasingly ludicrous forms by studios (smelling money) and, sometimes (as in this case), the original filmmakers and/or stars (seeking to to revisit their glory days one more time...and also smelling money), because fangeeks (who don't understand concepts like "moderation" and "ending on a high note") demand it, and will reliably blow their money on absolute dog shit as long as it has the name of their favorite thing on it. ("I can't believe how bad that movie was -- worst in the series! So I only bought the 2-disc Special Edition, rather than the 5-disc Legacy Edition that comes in the collector's tin. No way I'd pay $120 for that! ...Maybe $60.")

Maybe after a decade or two, this series could be rebooted (with a different lead, obviously) -- in the meantime they could even do stuff like the "Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" again -- but I just hate the idea in general that anything that's even remotely good or popular must have moar sequalz!!!!!

(This I why I don't usually post -- on-topic, anyway -- in this sort of "So-and-so announces the next Dealybobber moviecomicshowgametechthingyblarg" speculation/hype/bitching topic. I'm the Anti-Hype. :) )

The only reason that the Temple of Doom is no longer the least popular Indy movie is that they made Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls.

I say that as somebody who generally liked that last movie, but it clearly wasn't anywhere near as good as the other movies for various reasons.

I think it's probably best to just let somebody else take over the role as I'm not really sure that we need another Indy movie set in the 50s.

One way to look at it. It has a long way to be worse than Star Wars The Force Awakens! Such rubbish. >_<

+1 I liked Crystal Skull. didn't think it was bad at all really. it was fun. I dunno, it wasn't fantastic. but I enjoyed it. SPOILERS except for the aliens at the end. made no sense.

Ugh! Why? ...

Part time.

I honestly never got the problem people had with aliens in Crystal Skull. They went from 1930's stuff to 50's kinda thing, and for me it worked. Also, let's remember that Raiders were more inspired by 1954's Secret of the Incas than anything else. And soviets worked fine for me to. In fact, Cate Blanchett was probably my favourite villain in the series. One thing I can't defend is Shia. I didn't quite hate him in that, but yeah, as a replacement for Ford, he's a total joke.

And yet sometimes stars align and we get something fantastic like Fury Road or Ash vs Evil Dead. Heck, even Terminator Genisys in a way- it's not a very good movie by any means, but Arnold did great, in fact it might have been his best performance in the series.

Indy 5 is definately facing it's share of problems, and it is in fact likely it will fail. All I'm saying is that I don't think we should outright deny any possibility of success. All those problems can be worked around, or even used to make a good movie, provided the scriptwriter, director and star give it their all.