I just got back from it and I very much enjoyed it. So good to see Harrison Ford wearing the hat again and he's still got it. I found Shia LeBeouf to be very annoying at times in Transformers but here, he does quite a good job. His interactions with Ford and Ford's interactions with Karen Allen provide a lot of the heart for this movie. It was so good seeing Karen Allen back and they worked the backstory on how their relationship fell apart after Raiders quite well. I'm glad they didn't make Spalko a love interest for Indy although I wouldn't have blamed him. Blanchett was downright sexy in that role.
I have to say I greatly enjoyed the move from supernatural religious mysteries to aliens and sci-fi. I've always been a fan of it and I thought it was pretty damn cool.
The little moments really work well in this film. Indy mentioning the death of his father (felt something here) and Brody. The reference to the Young Indiana Jones series. The fight between the greasers and the jocks. The Russian telling Indy and Marion to shut the hell up.
I won't lie...I don't think it was as good as Raiders or Last Crusade. The middle drags and the Crystal Skulls, while very cool, are hard to follow. But it's a good-old fashion, exciting, and entertaining film that I can easily recommend. The end scene also is my favorite of all the Indy films.
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Date: 2008-05-24 03:07 pm (UTC)I just got back from it and I very much enjoyed it. So good to see Harrison Ford wearing the hat again and he's still got it. I found Shia LeBeouf to be very annoying at times in Transformers but here, he does quite a good job. His interactions with Ford and Ford's interactions with Karen Allen provide a lot of the heart for this movie. It was so good seeing Karen Allen back and they worked the backstory on how their relationship fell apart after Raiders quite well. I'm glad they didn't make Spalko a love interest for Indy although I wouldn't have blamed him. Blanchett was downright sexy in that role.
I have to say I greatly enjoyed the move from supernatural religious mysteries to aliens and sci-fi. I've always been a fan of it and I thought it was pretty damn cool.
The little moments really work well in this film. Indy mentioning the death of his father (felt something here) and Brody. The reference to the Young Indiana Jones series. The fight between the greasers and the jocks. The Russian telling Indy and Marion to shut the hell up.
I won't lie...I don't think it was as good as Raiders or Last Crusade. The middle drags and the Crystal Skulls, while very cool, are hard to follow. But it's a good-old fashion, exciting, and entertaining film that I can easily recommend. The end scene also is my favorite of all the Indy films.