Indiana Jones Loses His Way
Warning: spoiler included, and it’s the final one!
It was with great anticipation that I bought my ticket to see “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” I’ve been a staunch fan of the series in spite of the gruesomeness of the “Temple of Doom” segment. I didn’t even grab snacks - just went straight for a good seat, ready to be thrilled.
I was, but not thrilled enough to offset the holes in the storyline and the scenes that seemed borrowed from other films. When you watch any movie, you have to suspend your disbelief in order to really enter the world created. But once suspended, there needs to be something that keeps you going.
This film felt more like a series of unimaginably fantastic escapes from chases and situations that grew more and more unrealistic. At times I was laughing not because of the comedy in the film, but because the scenes and action were laughable.
The final indignity was the final action scene. It was borrowed straight from “The X-Files” movie. At the end, it’s all about the flying saucer that lifts off from the jungle floor.
The film was entertaining, if predictable in some of the character resolutions, and since I saw a matinee, I didn’t feel like I spent too much money.
I’ve talked to a lot of fans who were disappointed with this film as I was. But one good thing about it was Indy himself and how he was dealing with getting older and how he does the right thing at the end with Marion (as spoiler free as I can say). I enjoyed that part.
June 9th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Yes I agree, in spanish there is a saying already about “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Fraud ” in spanish sounds really funny, I felt like they saw in pieces and bits from other movies, very predictable, and lame…I can’t believe that coming from Lucas & Spilger…Harrison Ford tried his best, but we have to be thankful anyway because they tried hard, the best lesson here is that when something became an instant success, don’t try to top it…!
June 19th, 2008 at 2:26 pm