John Hurt did a dead on Professor Calculus. I forget the exact tintin where calculus lost his mind but it was DEAD ON.
Indy's new pal was like a traitorous Captain Haddack.
It honestly felt like a live action Tintin mixed with crappy serials from the 50's. The sets were so bad, it had a big rubber snake, this movie oozed with smart camp. It is the biggest gamble in filmaking I've seen in ages. What a smart piece of schlock.
THE best parts in the movie were the Snake scene with the big lifeless Ed Wood snake gettting tossed in the air, 2nd best was the monkey scene. So over the top, stupid tongue in cheek pulp.
I had no idea the movie was that over the top. Insane. I bow down to this film, it is the first indy jones that actually felt like a true pulp. Temple of Doom was a failure in that regard. This was way better in pulling it off. I still love the semi-serious tone of 1 and 3, but good god this movie was daring. The set pieces were so bad, the accents so cruddy, the on rails action scenes.. Everythign was just so deliberate.
The fridge scene was insane. Fucking insane. What balls.
Speilberg/Lucas = huge BALLS
