Indy 4

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Steven Spielberg 22 May 2008

Why do I watch this? Cause I must! I just have to watch all Indy movies. After all, it is Harrison Ford, how bad can it be?

It is not bad.

For an Indy fan, that’s a big let down. I was not thrilled, I was not fascinated, I was not moved. I was entertained. This is not Mummy 3. It is definitely worth the ticket money. But not worth as Indy 4.

I don’t know what went wrong, though. Was it Spielberg losing his touch? Harrison Ford lost his charm? Or simply that there is no way anything can measure up to my youthful memory? I don’t quite know. My daughter told me to watch it, “Daddy, it is funny.” My wife plainly refused, “I don’t see the point.” I was, well, on an airplane and it is on the video choice. Sigh…

They shouldn’t have brought back Merion (Karen Allen). She is not the same girl in the original Indy anymore. Years were not kind to her and the feistiness feels fake. She is more a desperate housewife than Lora Craft. Yeah right, why didn’t they bring in Angelie, that would have been great.

Is this too juvenile for you? Am I not Indy 4’s target customer exactly: a geezer who reminicses? Spielberg ruined it.