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Post #1572724

Author
honestabe
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Indiana Jones Crystal Skull - a 15MaF revisit (2D and 3D)
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Date created
7-Jan-2024, 4:07 PM

I have watched this one as well. Overall, a massive improvement over the original.

  • Eliminating the entire clear scene was the correct decision. However, at about the 17:32 mark you left Indiana telling the FBI he survived a nuclear blast. Other than that, the removal was completely smooth. I could not tell that something was missing.

  • The opening of the credits look like they were rendered in 3D as I was seeing double on my 2D television.

  • All the other edits, including those by 15MaF really made this movie much improved than what it originally was. I also think restoring Mutt as Indy’s son was the correct decision even though the whole father-son relationship was very sloppy in this one compared to what we got in The Last Crusade.

Overall, the edit made this movie much more tolerable. However, there are things that an edit cannot fix about this movie. For example, the motivations by the Soviets over the skull were unclear. Did they want psychic mind control or knowledge? Marion went from despising Indy to madly in love in about 2 seconds, and this recycled their similar love-hate plot from Raiders anyway. The main villain was defeated by aliens because she was overwhelmed with their knowledge?