1. Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - It Was All George's Fault
The Excuse: "You have to ask George Lucas. George is in charge of breaking the stories. He's done it on all four movies. Whether I like the stories or not, George has broken all the stories. He is working on 'Indy V.' We haven't gone to screenplay yet, but he's working on the story. I'll leave it to George to come up with a good story... I'm very happy with the movie. I always have been... I sympathize with people who didn't like the MacGuffin because I never liked the MacGuffin. George and I had big arguments about the MacGuffin. I didn't want these things to be either aliens or inter-dimensional beings. But I am loyal to my best friend. When he writes a story he believes in -- even if I don't believe in it -- I'm going to shoot the movie the way George envisaged it. I'll add my own touches, I'll bring my own cast in, I'll shoot the way I want to shoot it, but I will always defer to George as the storyteller of the Indy series. I will never fight him on that" - Steven Spielberg
Actually, when I think about it, this isn't actually ridiculous at all. Kudos for Spielberg for ignoring the logic of not wanting to sour his relationship with Lucas by openly admitting that his friend's ideas basically sucked. And for confirming that people within the industry actually realise that Lucas isn't a very good influence on his own films. Did we miss any of your favourite Hollywood excuses for bad films? Share yours below in the comment section...
