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How good is this movie really?

posted 11 years ago by uyfire
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I wanna start by saying I'm not here to badmouth this film or anything. However, I just want to pose a question to everyone. Is it really worth the 8.6 it has now? When you see Ender's Game (a film which I admittedly haven't seen), or a lot of old action stars new films, they're always given relatively poor reviews- 6.8 on here for example. It stands to reason that the scripts Harrison Ford took an interest in and accepted thirty years ago would be similar to the ones he chooses now, so why the huge disparity between ratings? Is it because he's slipping in his ability to discern between a good and a bad script? Or is it because of the age of Raiders, and of Star Wars, the- because of how much people enjoyed them when they were younger- that they are still regarded as such great movies?
This isn't a case of De Niro going over to comedy, so that argument doesn't work.

Just interested to see what people think

[–] BooBooCat (652) 5 years ago

It's definitely my favorite action/adventure epic right after Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Doom. I don't have much to add, pretty much everything has been already said on this thread by other users. A solid 8-8.5/10 fro me.

[–] trevorh321 (5495) 5 years ago

It's my #2 all time favorite film, just behind Jaws,

[–] KingMarty (171) 5 years ago

If I remember correctly, I first saw The Last Crusade. Therefore I like it more than the other two, because I had nothing to compare it to at the time.
Maybe it was my fault to watch them in the wrong order. But I always ask myself, would I have enjoyed the first two movies more if Sean Connery was in them?