Steven Spielberg admits he didn't want to do Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

In this documentary (found on the Crystal Skull DVD), Steven Spielberg admits he did not want to have aliens as a plot in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Not only that, but he admits that he didn't want to do another Indy movie PERIOD. He was coerced into doing the movie and the alien plot by George Lucas. He felt that the Indy franchise should be left alone since it ended on such a good note.

I, like many Indy fans, was severely disappointed in the Crystal Skull. It's not that it wasn't a good sequel, it's the fact that it was just a bad movie in general, in my opinion of course. I felt the problems all lied in the script since it actually had a pretty high production value. I felt not only was the movie dumbed down for today's audiences and children, but loaded with unnessecary CGI. Within the FIRST 10 seconds of the movie, we see a CGI prarie dog which pops up 3 more times for "comedic effect." Between the fridge, the monkeys, the waterfalls, the alien saucer and the bad dialogue...to me it felt more like National Treasure than an Indiana Jones movie. Also, it felt like whoever wrote the script, never bothered to watch the first three (which wasn't the case).

That said, I love Steven Spielberg. His movies were part of the reason I wanted to get into filmmaking, I grew up on them. And for Mr. Lucas, he wrote 6 (3 star wars, 3 Indy) amazing movies in my opinion. So I mean no ill will toward them, just a disappointed fan, movie goer, and Indy fan. This is the ONLY movie of Spielberg's I would call "bad." Pretty good track record if you ask me, over 30 years of filmmaking.

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[GardenStateComedy]

Theres no such thing as Indy 4Theres no such thing as Indy 4Theres no such thing as Indy 4 lalalallalala i dont see it i dont hear it it ended with last crusade this never happened!

[amoergosum3]

Fortunately Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is not going to be included in the Blu-ray box set.

I guess this is Spielberg's way of saying 'sorry - it was a mistake'.

[Encom7]

"Indiana Jones & the Saucer Men??" George.....you suck.

[zorokism]

IT NEVER HAPPENED.

[amoergosum3]

@MrDavidFILM

When I posted my comment the announcement for the Blu-ray box set still said 'Trilogy'. It has been changed to 'Complete Collection' since then....unfortunately.

[MrDavidFILM]

@amoergosum3 Yes it is! Have you not seen the trailer

[pilaman82]

fuck you george and i guess fuck you too spielberg

[kingcold1002000]

George is so out of touch! Can we go back in time and get 80s George and get him to work, while we kill modern George. Plus we'll pick up 80s Michael Jackson as well...

[atomichead777]

ok, i can kind of get that whole ancient aliens whatever thing

but here's what would've made the movie so much better. first off, we don't need to see a jones jr jr. i would've liked to see connery (not sure if he retired around 08) or atleast just keep indy and marion and not add all these unnecessary characters, like mac. the action was fun, some of it was stupid, but fun nonetheless. take out the monkey and nuke scene, and we got ourselves a plausible indy movie

[EbokaiMusic]

they lost me at "inter-dimensional"

[davycrocketful]

i enjoyed this movie..it was great fun...and very well made...

[MisterKauffman]

Well, there you go.

I thought the movie was okay. But underneath it, the fun and energy from the original Indy movies was lacking. This sort of explains that.