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Saw Indy tonight. I enjoyed it a lot - better than Temple of Doom - but one major plot element (really, the major plot point) bothered me a lot. And the climax bothered me a lot-lot-lot. It's that old genre-switch thing. I can't stand that.

I won't post spoilers in case anyone cares about the movie - but, really, I was in it for the Ford anyhow. Rowwwwwwr. I love me an old, sexy archaeologist. Age is no barrier for me. In case you didn't know.

Edited to add: Changed my mind, I feel like posting some spoilers, so I'm going to do the camouflage-text. If you don't care about spoilers, highlight the space below this. If you're reading this on a feed, SORRY - SPOILERS BELOW!

So, the mushroom cloud scene scared the holy fuck out of me. I almost started crying, I had to look away. Explosions like that are one of my recurring nightmares, since childhood.

Anyway, if you've seen the movie, you know that my comment on genre-switching refers to the whole ALIEN plot. E.T.'s and Indiana Jones do not mix. They just do not mix. Gina disagrees - Gina says that they're all supernatural and this one isn't any different in that respect. I disagree; the supernatural elements of the first three movies all matched. They were all based on Judeo-Christian mythology. There were no little green men. Little green men is pure science fiction, and Indiana Jones is not supposed to be science fiction. It just felt really wrong and left a bad taste in my mouth. Luckily, there was enough "other stuff" about the movie - thrills and spills and razzle-dazzle and hot, hot, sexy mofo Harrison "Callista is a Lucky Woman" Ford that I had a blast watching it. It's such a... going-to-the-movies kind of movie. Reminded me of the best movie-going experience of my life, when my family and the Byros all went out to one of those old theatres in Brooklyn and saw Last Crusade together. That was the most fun I've ever had at the movies. This wasn't as fun as that, but it still gave me a happy feeling.

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