Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Movie Review by Nived
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Movie Review by Nived
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Although it certainly wasn't essential, this sequel to the Indiana Jones series is decent; which is both good and bad. Most of the previous Jones films easily achieved greatness, even the lesser of the original films--The Temple of Doom, was booming with pure spectacle. With The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull it struggles to not only reach greatness, let alone maintain it. Ford is reliable, as always as Dr. Indiana Jones, and much like last summer’s Live Free or Die Hard, Indiana Jones is a character whose charm and panache and skill is so entertaining and easily mesmerizing, the film still manages to work even if most of the film is stuck in third gear. A bit too much CGI gives the film a bit of a cartoonish feel (Thanks Lucas, thanks again), but I'd be willing to bet if Raiders of the Lost Ark had been made two years ago it would have looked and felt a bit like The Crystal Skull does. It's not a bad movie by any means, but it rarely reaches the same heights as the previous films, and it does feel predictable, as if Indy's back, but there's no real new hoops to jump through. It's not great, but it is pretty good, and definitely entertaining, despite the whole "by the numbers" approach to the story. Some of the new characters, like Cate Blanchett's sexy Russian villain was a great touch, and surprisingly Shia LaBeouf's Mutt (straight out of Greaser-land) works well within the story, unfortunately Ray Winstone is completely wasted with a clichéd and generally uninteresting part. I liked the incorporation of the 50's iconography, and brining Indy into the Nuclear age. Making the Russians the "bad guys" this time was an obvious choice considering the timeline being smack in the middle of the "Red Scare", and some of the surprises nearing the end I really liked and felt it was the right road to travel down. I'm sure others won't be as won over by the finale as I was. Still though, the story is pretty solid, the performances are good and there's still enough fun left in Ford to beat the pants off of those National Treasure flicks. Even the worst of Indiana Jones is better than most other films out there by a long shot.
Buy the Movie Poster for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Although it certainly wasn't essential, this sequel to the Indiana Jones series is decent; which is both good and bad. Most of the previous Jones films easily achieved greatness, even the lesser of the original films--The Temple of Doom, was booming with pure spectacle. With The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull it struggles to not only reach greatness, let alone maintain it. Ford is reliable, as always as Dr. Indiana Jones, and much like last summer’s Live Free or Die Hard, Indiana Jones is a character whose charm and panache and skill is so entertaining and easily mesmerizing, the film still manages to work even if most of the film is stuck in third gear. A bit too much CGI gives the film a bit of a cartoonish feel (Thanks Lucas, thanks again), but I'd be willing to bet if Raiders of the Lost Ark had been made two years ago it would have looked and felt a bit like The Crystal Skull does. It's not a bad movie by any means, but it rarely reaches the same heights as the previous films, and it does feel predictable, as if Indy's back, but there's no real new hoops to jump through. It's not great, but it is pretty good, and definitely entertaining, despite the whole "by the numbers" approach to the story. Some of the new characters, like Cate Blanchett's sexy Russian villain was a great touch, and surprisingly Shia LaBeouf's Mutt (straight out of Greaser-land) works well within the story, unfortunately Ray Winstone is completely wasted with a clichéd and generally uninteresting part. I liked the incorporation of the 50's iconography, and brining Indy into the Nuclear age. Making the Russians the "bad guys" this time was an obvious choice considering the timeline being smack in the middle of the "Red Scare", and some of the surprises nearing the end I really liked and felt it was the right road to travel down. I'm sure others won't be as won over by the finale as I was. Still though, the story is pretty solid, the performances are good and there's still enough fun left in Ford to beat the pants off of those National Treasure flicks. Even the worst of Indiana Jones is better than most other films out there by a long shot.
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