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4.0 out of 5 stars
A decent adaptation, August 3, 2008
This review is from: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Paperback)
It is a common secret, I believe, that film-to-comic adaptations are shallow in ways of storytelling but in the artwork field things are completing different. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a fine example of such. The artwork and the likeness to all the characters is really excellent, nothing like the old Raiders of the Lost Ark adaptation done some 30 years ago, but when it comes to storytelling things get a bit poor. Perhaps, it has to do with the limited time given to artists to explore the stories before the films gets released.
Still, Kingdom's adaptation isn't lacking anything from other adaptations around and it's not only for hardcore Indy fans.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Graphic Crystal is GOLDEN, May 25, 2008
This review is from: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Paperback)
If you are seeking high adventure and thrills, Its name is Indiana Jones..so seek the film first and then seek out THIS graphic novel
After having seen Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Saturday, I headed to my local comic shop just after the film finished and picked up this graphic novel. It was the last copy of any indiana Jones comic of the movie that the shop had until next week's reorder. In reading it, the comic indy brought across the film indy is only a way a comic adaptation can do.
Now you must understand, this is a graphic novel (reprinting issue one and two of the comic) in one single square, soft bound book. Note most of the film dialog is intact in the comic itself. You are not going to get every single scene nor dialog you see in the movie...as most comic movie adaptation. The comic capture the flavor of the film without all of its many special effects. This is a great collectable to remember the movie by, at least until this November..when this film hits DVD.
The graphic novel's art is eye popping...it is more than you expect with a graphic novel. BUT this comic is from Dark Horse, who also does film and TV adaptation of such licensed products like Angel, Lost in Space, Aliens, Star Wars, The Incredibles and many others, so this piece holds up as a great storytelling. If you like this book, try
Indiana Jones Omnibus, Vol. 1 or
Indiana Jones Adventures Volume 1
It is a shame no one took a risk to adapt Speed Racer, Iron Man or Kung Fu Pandy to a graphic novel format
So is this graphic novel of Crystal Skull worth it? YOU BET YOUR BULLWHIP IT IS! Go to the movie, then grap this graphic novel
Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD
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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
My 5-yr-old is right: "BO-O-ORING!!", May 30, 2008
This review is from: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Paperback)
I'm a 40-year-old Indy diehard. My son is a 5-year-old Indy diehard. And the comic book adaptation of the new KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL film satisfied neither of us. Awkward and intrusive narrative exposition, a lazy disinterest (it would seem) in graphically depicting the movie's extended action set pieces (in favor of endless talk-talk-talking heads) and erratic art, especially in the depiction of Harrison Ford's grizzled mug... These are not the hallmarks of the great movie-to-comic adaptations I expect from the Lucasfilm camp. This one's a real stinker. A shame. Back to the movies we go.
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