alexis-debontoulouse

Don't get me wrong, I would have loved to love this film, but I just thought it was boring. Apart from a ten or so minute sequence (jeep chase & ants), the pace is lazy, the photography is plain awful and Spielberg's directing uninspired. Even Williams's score doesn't deliver (but, to his credit, he can only do with what he's been given -- cue phantom menace & attack of the clones's lame scores).

I'm quite nonplussed by Lucas choosing this story. It's unengaging, just like the new characters. I'm a huge fan of the underrated and underemployed Karen Allen, but if she hadn't been in this film it wouldn't have made much difference. Was it such an impossible task to write sparky dialog as could be heard in Raiders 1 and Empire Strikes Back ? (Lawrence Kasdan, where are you??? They need you!) When I saw the trailers, I kind of knew this fourth installment wouldn't match the original trilogy, but somehow I happened to be even more disappointed than I expected...

I see about every film that comes out, and I had never EVER experienced such joy at a French comedy. The acting is unexpectedly strong, but Isabelle Nanty (of Amelie fame) steals the show : she is as zany as they come. Go have fun !