Received a contemptuous call from someone who ridiculed me for not mentioning Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in my Disclosure review (beyond, that is, a mere credit drop). I was told that I should've referenced the movie right alongside Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., the Extra-terrestrial and *batteries not included.
About an hour later, I ran into someone who mentioned the same regarding my assessment. He wasn't as terse in belittling me, though this is the same nitwit who believes Son of Kong is an A.I. fabrication and never existed prior to 2023. What more can I say?
Okay, Crystal Skull may feature an "interdimensional being" in its final phase, but the concept is cut from a different cloth than the other Spielberg, alien flicks I referenced. It's not War of the Worlds, either (another movie that David Koepp scripted for Spielberg, along with Crystal Skull, Dial of Destiny and Disclosure Day). Crystal Skull is a throwback, chapter-play homage, rendered in the fashion of the other Indy movies. So what if it holds a Erich von Daniken subtext? It also has Commies, lots of them, in fact. It seems much more a Cold War, espionage adventure than not. Throw out the ancient-alien novelty, and its competitive, crazy-chase structure still clicks.
For further differentiation, Crystal Skull, when it does finally get around to its alien factor, implies that humans couldn't have achieved as much as they have if not for their otherworldly visitors. It's not a matter of humans being influenced by aliens, but rather that they would've floundered and failed without them, and that always struck me as absurd, if not insulting, but hey, Crystal Skull is what it is, and in that respect, it's not in line with Disclosure, which has its own insolent, philosophical hang-ups.
My post compared Disclosure to its most obvious and superior counterparts, which share a divine, Disney-esque view of non-humans. I stick with my choices and decided to compose this post for no other reason than to quell the stupid-ass, misconstrued derision and any further examples that may come. Thanks for reading and, I hope, understanding!👽
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