When I first heard that they will be making a fourth Indiana Jones film, I could not contain my excitement. It was a dream come true! Now, its been 4 days since i've seen the film, and I've had enough time to digest the movie. "Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull" is the most different film of the series. First of all, it takes place in a different decade, the 50's. And with that comes the 50's problems, which the movie portrays excellently; Communism, Aliens, Atomic Bombs, etc. There are also many new faces to the new Indy film; Shia LeBueff, Cate Blanchett, John Hurt, etc.
The Films PROS: Harisson Ford looks as good as he was in the first 3 movies, The return of Marion Ravenwood was a delight, and some of the action sequences were spectacular and genuinely entertaining!
The Films CONS: The film seems like it is trying WAY too hard to be a blockbuster, the special effects are as abundant as the bad story line that the movie runs on; and Indiana Jones did not become famous because of the special effects they used. To elaborate on the plot, there seemed no REAL motivation for this movie, yeah there was one, but it seemed really forced and tired. It also seems like they brought Marion Ravenwood back into the picture because they needed someone to be a cab-driver for Indy and his side-kick Mutt Williams (Shia). There was really no scene where Indy and Ravenwood really fleshed out their relationship. And most people will agree that the ending was the most ridiculous ending a movie could have, its an excuse to add mother loads of special effects, I think George Lucas is to blame for that.
Overall Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was very disappointing, not awful; there were some really entertaining scenes, but not what you would expect from a Spielberg/Lucas film that was 19 years in the making.
The Films PROS: Harisson Ford looks as good as he was in the first 3 movies, The return of Marion Ravenwood was a delight, and some of the action sequences were spectacular and genuinely entertaining!
The Films CONS: The film seems like it is trying WAY too hard to be a blockbuster, the special effects are as abundant as the bad story line that the movie runs on; and Indiana Jones did not become famous because of the special effects they used. To elaborate on the plot, there seemed no REAL motivation for this movie, yeah there was one, but it seemed really forced and tired. It also seems like they brought Marion Ravenwood back into the picture because they needed someone to be a cab-driver for Indy and his side-kick Mutt Williams (Shia). There was really no scene where Indy and Ravenwood really fleshed out their relationship. And most people will agree that the ending was the most ridiculous ending a movie could have, its an excuse to add mother loads of special effects, I think George Lucas is to blame for that.
Overall Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was very disappointing, not awful; there were some really entertaining scenes, but not what you would expect from a Spielberg/Lucas film that was 19 years in the making.