Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull

Watched this movie with my brother the other day at the new Bukit Tinggi Cinema in Klang. I don't see him for months and when i do see him, we go watch a movie. And we have a great time. He was very excited because we managed to get tickets to the show. I was philosophical - it was fated that we got the tickets. My brother thought we were very lucky as it was the day after the premier. When we got into the cinema, we were not amused because the screen was horribly close to us and had the potential of giving us stiff necks. Lesson learned from this event - When you look at the computer screen at the counter to choose your seats, don't assume that the distance from the screen to the seat is to your liking, even though the distance seems reasonably far enough. Don't assume that what the ticket lady says is correct. Only settle for the last three rows in the cinema.

I told my brother i was not going to watch the movie on such seats. So we got out of the cinema and headed for the car. My brother to my surprise, decided to boldly take a chance with the manager. He argued that we were misrepresented by the computer screen and by the ticket lady at the counter. Fate and the gods were still on our side? - we got two seats at the second last row for the next show which was an hour later, despite there being a long queue, and the computer screen showing that seats were quickly being sold out. It was all very tense, very suspenseful looking at the screen (the seats in the last three rows turning from light blue (unsold) to dark blue (sold) very quickly) while at the same time trying to convince the manager to give us seats for the next show. Time was of the essence but like they say, luck favors the bold and we got our two seats - the last two seats available in the last three rows.

All said and done, this last installment was a let down for me. I enjoyed the last three but not this one. Some ingredients were missing.... But when it comes to quotations, i think crystal skull beats the rest. Indiana Jones says somewhere at the end of the movie -

"Their treasure wasn't gold, it was knowledge. Knowledge was their
treasure'.

Very philosophical...from the world of the buddha, swamis and sufis.

The message i got was - Its not the skull that matters. Its what's in it.

Steven Spielberg is a great director and producer of movies. I have watched all his movies. What makes him a great director and producer? The words of swami Vivekananda comes to mind -

"Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life -
think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is the way great spiritual giants are produced"

...and i may add, great movie makers too.

And in the words of Spielberg himself:-

" I dream a living"

"You know, I don't really do that much of looking inside me when I'm working on a project. Whatever i am becomes what that film is. But I change: you change"

Maybe that is why i feel there are some missing ingredients in the latest movie - Spielberg has changed and i have changed.