Is the new Indy worthy of the legacy?
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is excellent. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise - Indy still has it. It had everything you'd expect from an Indiana Jones movie - excitement, adventure, romance, danger, archeology and the supernatural. They had a few good references to the other movies in there - and I even caught a nod to the Young Indy series. For anyone who doesn't think that the Russians are as good an adversary as the Nazis, well.. remember I grew up in the 80s where we had those great commies are gonna get you movies like Red Dawn, so I'm rather partial to them. The Cold War is a worthy setting for the continuation of Indy's story - he's caught up in the atomic bomb, Roswell, and McCarthyism . There's some great fifties music, a fight between greasers and guys in varsity sweaters - what more can you ask for?
The Crystal Skull is an artifact that is also worthy of Indy legend - it fits right in there with such greats as the ark, the Sankara stones, and the grail. The dynamic between Henry Jones Sr. and his son Indy that made Last Crusade so great is echoed in the relationship between Indy and Mutt in this movie. And of course, there are plenty of bad guys, fights, imperilment, vine swinging, monkeys, traps and treasures to form the fantastic backdrop that makes Indiana Jones movies worthwhile.
The filming is excellent, from some symbolic moments involving Indy's hat to the too-bright-to-be-real colors of the 50's housing project that is slated for bomb testing, to the realistic look of the grand finale and the final scene. I highly recommend this movie to any Indy fan and to those young folks who might not even be more than passingly aware of the earlier films. This is a great time and place to fall in love with Indiana Jones all over again.
The Crystal Skull is an artifact that is also worthy of Indy legend - it fits right in there with such greats as the ark, the Sankara stones, and the grail. The dynamic between Henry Jones Sr. and his son Indy that made Last Crusade so great is echoed in the relationship between Indy and Mutt in this movie. And of course, there are plenty of bad guys, fights, imperilment, vine swinging, monkeys, traps and treasures to form the fantastic backdrop that makes Indiana Jones movies worthwhile.
The filming is excellent, from some symbolic moments involving Indy's hat to the too-bright-to-be-real colors of the 50's housing project that is slated for bomb testing, to the realistic look of the grand finale and the final scene. I highly recommend this movie to any Indy fan and to those young folks who might not even be more than passingly aware of the earlier films. This is a great time and place to fall in love with Indiana Jones all over again.