Like so many of us I have had so many hopes, expectations and dreams of what the fourth installment of Indiana Jones would be, jeez its been 19 years its gonna be amazing right?! Well it had alot of the key components present and correct; Harrison Ford - check, Lucas/Spielberg - check and a great adventure story - errrrrmmmmmm in parts.Let me say this I enjoyed this film on the most part but what the wise cracking, whip cracking and joint cracking Indy couldn't save was the ridiculous story and scene after scene of stupidness. Now I am aware that the other three films had moments of the surreal, supernatural and wacky. But the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull really takes the biscuit!
If you haven't seen the film yet stop reading SPOILER ALERT! Indy survives; a nuclear explosion, several car crashes including one off a cliff that sees him land in a tree and lowers him into the Amazon river then not one but THREE immense waterfalls!!!
Not only that but we are clobbered around the head with countless scenes full of CGI animals (gophers, monkeys and ants) that ruin the old rusty 'B' movie feel of the originals - wow George Lucas have we seen this before!? I will stop there before I sound too much like a nostalgic geek.
In short this film had some glorious nods to the former adventures, Ford is as great as ever if a little limited by his 65 year body but the unbelievable story made for a very disappointing return to this fun franchise. (3/5)
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