GASP! An Actor Takes Responsibility

Well well well. It's gratifying to see such a young actor take the blame on how bad a movie turned out. I thought Transformers2 did well enough. The only few bad items that come to mind are the stupid twins and the whole robot afterlife thing was too much for the average person. On paper I can see what the writer was trying to convey but this is a Xformers movie not a student film on philosophy. His performance in IJ4 was good but this is the movie that really lacked the heart the others had. And I blame this soley on the director.

Shia LaBeouf: I 'Dropped The Ball' On 'Indiana Jones' Sequel

Source: Access Hollywood Mon May 17, 2010, 6:51 pm

Shia LaBeouf told the Los Angeles Times that he shares some of the blame for the failures of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" - but he is also pointing the finger at the monkeys he was forced to swing through the jungle with.

"I feel like I dropped the ball on the legacy that people loved and cherished," Shia told the Los Angeles Times' 24 Frames blog when asked about the fourth "Indiana Jones" movie while in Cannes over the weekend. "You get to monkey-swinging and things like that and you can blame it on the writer and you can blame it on [director] Steven [Spielberg]," he continued. "But the actor's job is to make it come alive and make it work, and I couldn't do it. So that's my fault. Simple."

The actor went on to emphasize that he believes that modern audiences are hard to fool.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Shia is not the only "Indiana Jones" star who was less-than satisfied with the movie.

"We [Harrison Ford and Shia] had major discussions. He wasn't happy with it either," he also told the Los Angeles Times, referring to the movie the movie that grossed over $786 million worldwide. "Look, the movie could have been updated. There was a reason it wasn't universally accepted... I'll probably get a call. But he needs to hear this. I love him. I love Steven."

Shia's "Indiana Jones" comments come just days after he publicly criticized "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."

"When I saw the second movie, I wasn't impressed with what we did," he told the Associated Press on Thursday in Cannes when asked about the Michael Bay blockbuster. "There were some really wild stunts in it, but the heart was gone."