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Expect that. I have to rate this after #3 only because how do you top Sean Connery strutting down the beach going "took. way. with the same feel.
That was reasonably recaptured in this 4th movie. 80's action flicks like Indiana Jones and Alan Quatermain movies had a certain. I think too many people went into this expecting a movie from 2008 and there were disappointed. It isn't a serious movie. took.
Lucas recaptures the feel of the 80's action flick and finishes the Indy story (with Indy.). It is a FUN movie. about them. I hope he does the obvious and makes another.Yes, there were weak spots. took.
took." or smacking Indy and calling him "Junior".It has camp. It isn't a deep movie. Roll back the clock, get your big hair on, and watch a nicely done "period" sequel.
All the characters that made the first three movies good are dead. The scripts are chopped up like rotten sushi with a dull knife and then pasted together with super glue, with a couple gunshots thrown in for good luck. I honestly can't believe I wasted ten dollars and two hours of a beautiful Sunday afternoon to see this movie. If you can have an alien spaceship take off from a canyon in the middle of nowhere after killing another knowledge-phychopath, and then having them all float to the center of the room in extreme graphics worthy of Michael Bay and his crew, then why not just reanimate the dead. Harrison Ford is obviously too old for this, and no-talent pubescent clown Shia LaBeouf just throws in a couple punches for the ladies. And it's still unclear what time period we're actually in. Bring 'em back. Maybe it'll boost this review up another half a star.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull; This movie keeps you on the edge of your seat with action every second.
Indy, Willie, and Short Round /should/ have been killed (or at least had their hips rammed into their jaws), * but it /looked/ plausible. And we're told so much about what to expect that the climax isn't much of a payoff. "KCS" was not anywhere nearly as bad as I'd been lead to believe. (I have no problems with CGI prairie dogs, however)."KCS"'s main problem is that, unlike the other films, there is no specific item -- the Ark, the stones, the Grail -- to drive and motivate the plot. It's not a big deal, but it's nice to see this sort of deluxe packaging, which other companies seem to be adopting. Sort of. We've already seen the powers of the Crystal Skull, so why should we remain interested.
The result is an adventure film lacking the tension such films need. But I understand why so many fans were disappointed.As others have said, it's not fair to condemn Indy's "refrigerator escape" without also criticizing all the other silly gags in the films (they are, after all, supposed to be tongue-in-cheek homages/parodies), most notably the "life-raft escape" in #2. (And it isn't very exciting, either). The "refrigerator escape" so obviously crossed the line of plausibility that audiences rejected it. Instead, he and the others are headed someone to find something that might be of interest. The whole thing has a set-piece "concocted" quality.The Blu-ray Disk comes in a nice little hard-back book with production photos. (Maybe they're trying to maintain the price of BDs).Now, how about the first three disks in good BD editions.* I recently met a retired Army man whose chute failed to open -- and whose legs were so badly injured he's now 3" shorter than he used to be.
Like most pople I enjoyed the first three Indie films. However, I was extremly disapointed with this film. Mostly because I belive The Last Crusade was kind of supposed to be the last of the series. Though they didn't Try to make Ford look younger, which was good, I really don't think that they needed to make a new Indie movie.
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