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[bomma_man]

Why are people acting like Jurassic World is a serious movie that requires serious acting chops?

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Why are people acting like Jurassic World is a serious movie that requires serious acting chops?

but all the running... and the screaming...

 

[Africanus]

I just want another movie as great as The Last Crusade.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

I want him in everything but simultaneously don't want him in everything
They should just make two versions of every film, one with him as the lead and one without

 

[watershed]

He's the only contemporary actor I can imagine playing this role aside from Ford.

 

[Can Crusher]

Bradley Cooper doing Owen Wilson would be the killer Indy.

 

[not psycho]

Seems awful for the part, but that's probably because I can't imagine anyone but Ford being Indy.

Maybe he is a little too goofy though? I mean in the sense that the Indiana Jones stories themselves are pretty goofy, and it is the contrast of that with Ford's ability to play it dead serious when he has to which makes it work.

 

[graffix13]

Good choice. Hope it happens.

 

[btrboyev]

Like I said earlier...he may be able to pull off some of the look, but the man does not have manly voice at all. I can't really see or hear it.

 

[……forgetit]

That shit belongs to Fillion goddamnit

He'd be 45 by the time it released and knocking on 50 if they wanted to do a trilogy, the guy is too old.

 

[whatever77]

Bradley Cooper doing Owen Wilson would be the killer Indy.

Bradley Cooper is just too slick and greasy. He is good at scammy roles.

 

[Extra Sauce]

I love Chris Pratt but I don't think he has the gruff man quality of an Indiana Jones. More like "goofy boy"... I realize he has range but I feel like he doesn't even have the natural voice to pull it off. Then again I could be completely wrong and there would be far worse options.

 

[deadlast]

Team Pratt here. That dude is great. And he would make an excellent Indiana

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Although I can see him in the role, I kind of don't want this to happen, as I feel he's a bit overexposed at the moment.

He chose... poorly.

Have you seen any videogame movies?! I'd say he chose very wisely.

 

[More_Badass]

I don't know how I feel about a total reboot. I'd be OK if they make another movie with him, but I need Ford in it and Pratt can't be Indy. If he were another archaeologist that takes up the mantle and maybe Ford passes the mantle as "Indy" then maybe that would work, but Harrison Ford is Indiana Jones.

That's nostaglia talking. Ford was perfect for Indiana but that was 34 years ago. He's old and just doesn't have that aura that made Indy so cool. Crystal Skull is proof of that

You want to see Indy like this again?

I'd much rather see a young guy like Pratt take the character back to its roots. Capture that vibe that the original movies had

 

[freethought]

That's not really the right thing, though. Which is borne out by the end of the movie. Nothing about Indiana Jones' character suggests he'd be fine with taking a bazooka to an artifact that important/valuable, either. That'd be absolutely the WRONG thing for Indiana Jones to do. Which is why he can't do it.

But this is a weird nitpick guaranteed to derail the thread down a rabbit hole of letters-to-the-editor Wizard Magazine theoryfighting, so let's not get into that if we don't have to.

I always hate when someone continues the argument but then says lets not continue the argument. If you weren't interested in derailing then why did you offer a rebuttal?

The reason it works out by the way was in the second part of my post you cut out. Literally God Almighty has to descend from Heaven to clean up Indy's mess.

The conflict he has on that cliff top is between saving the world from a terror the likes of which it has never known and his own selfish archaeological curiosity, which he ultimately surrenders to. I mean, that is literally what Belloq is saying during this scene. "we're not so different you and I Dr Jones" and Indy proves it by dropping that bazooka.

Indy pulls through though, because in the end of course he's different to Belloq. He has faith and humility and thus he is rewarded by God. Belloq in turn is undone by his own hubris, appearing before God in the dress and with the rituals of God's chosen people, as if God could be tricked by a bunch of Nazis.

God saves the world at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. That is literally what happens at the end of the movie. Then he gets locked up in a warehouse. I'll admit that last part is a little bit confusing theologically.

Contrast it to GotG where Starlord saves the world because he's SpaceJesus. It's not really the same at all. At least not from Indy's perspective. Maybe from the Ark's.

Now that I've had my say let's stop talking about this.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I always hate when someone continues the argument but then says lets not continue the argument. If you weren't interested in derailing then why did you offer a rebuttal?

To address the point you made?

PM me if you want to continue this line of discussion.

 

[xandaca]

Too young and his features are too soft. If Dennis Quaid weren't already 60, I'd be looking more to someone like him.

 

[raindoc]

Please no.

I like Pratt, but he is too much of a goofball. The Indy actor needs to be a proper straight actor (Straight as in serious).

when was the last time you watched an Indiana Jones movie?

 

[Kanyon]

As much as I would hate the Indiana Jones movies to be rebooted/continued, I would definitely be okay with this... Chris Pratt is awesome in pretty much everything he's in, would definitely like to see where this goes.

 

[Flappy]

when was the last time you watched an Indiana Jones movie?

Few days ago.

 

[Blader]

The problem with doing a pass the torch movie with Ford and the new guy is that they wouldn't be able to call him Indiana Jones. I mean, it's not a code name, it's his real name!

 

[themadcowtipper]

He already isn't. He had a hit film.

Spoiler

Kitsch was great on Friday Night Lights, the poor bastard.

Don't go by battleship. He was great in Lone Survivor and the Savages. I think he is also going to be in True Detective season 2

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Don't go by battleship. He was great in Lone Survivor and the Savages. I think he is also going to be in True Detective season 2

Yeah, I'm REALLY curious to see how the second season of True Detective plays out.

 

[squidyj]

I don't see Pratt as Indiana Jones.

Pratt has played a lot of goofy roles, I mean he was the whiny kid all of Guardians of the Galaxy and that's fine for Peter Quill but it's not who Indiana is, Indiana's more condescending and surly, almost perennially dissatisfied with everything.

I look at pratts face and I don't see the guy who's too tired to get into a swordfight so he just blows a dude away.

 

[PaperFlame]

I rather have Ken Jeong playing as Señor Chang playing as Indy, it would be glorious.

 

[Jarmel]

Pratt isn't a bad pick but ugh unless they get a really good director, I can't see this turning out all that well.

 

[not psycho]

Maybe too old now, but a younger Karl Urban could have worked.

He can pull off a serious or wild eyed look in a goofy character or situation.

 

[temp]

Maybe too old now, but a younger Karl Urban could have worked.

He can pull off a serious or wild eyed look in a goofy character or situation.

To be fair you can't see his eyes in that Dredd picture. He might be making that face.

 

[R-User!]

Sorta like going from Sean Connery to Roger Moore.

Yes.

 

[fritolay]

Disney has the power to squash and burn up all my favorite franchises. They better not.

 

[temp]

Sorta like going from Sean Connery to Roger Moore.

That's the most foreboding comparison anyone could possibly make.

 

[wenis]

I hope he turns this down.

 

[Maximus.]

This would be awesome if it happens.

 

[BrokenEchelon]

I'm not drinking the Pratt Kool-Aid myself, but I'd be ok with this.

 

[Fantomex]

What will it take to make you people happy? lol. You built up the guy!!! He was bound to be a hot property. Idris Elba will be the next guy people hate for getting all the big blockbusters.

 

[demon]

I don't like the idea. I don't give a shit if James Bond has been played by a dozen different actors, Indiana Jones is Harrison Ford and Harrison Ford is Indiana Jones. Just come up with a new franchise for crissakes.

 

[Gambit 1138]

This and the Ghostbusters casting news has just really left me disgusted with Hollywood today.

 

[B.K.]

No. Leave Indiana Jones alone, Disney.

 

[A Serious Man]

Love Chris Pratt but I'm kinda iffy on this. Indiana has a sarcastic, dour sense of humor, Pratt tends to be much more goofy and upbeat. He's really going to have to tone it down several levels if he lands this role.

 

[Rookje]

Garret Hedlund would be a better choice imo.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Garret Hedlund would be a better choice imo.

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnope.

None of the needed levity or charisma.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnope.

None of the needed levity or charisma.

Maybe if you haven't seen him in On the Road. Dude is charismatic as all fuck.

 

[FrostuTheNinja]

Completely weird. My brother was talking about this right before Christmas.

 

[The Driver]

No. I like Pratt, but no.

Do nerds really need him toplining three franchises? I mean, seriously, he's super awesome I get it, but holy shit, this reminds me of how everything was TOM HARDY TOM HARDY TOM HARDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY during TDKR.

Honestly, I think he would have been a better fit for this than JW but it's a bit too late for that.

 

[Jacobi]

We really need a LOT MORE remakes, they're always so great!

 

[Flappy]

It seems like an okay idea until you hear Pratt's voice in your head saying famous Indi lines....

"It belongs in a museum, bro"

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Honestly, I think he would have been a better fit for this than JW but it's a bit too late for that.

But it isn't.

 

[Jburton]

This is bad news.

Nothing more.

 

[nintendork666]

Wow, dude's having one hell of a career if his plays out.