I know that I'm behind a few weeks, and a topic has been made about this already, but it was positive. And believe me, this is not because I'm an Indy hater. Far from it. I loved the series.... until now that is.
Now obviously I'm not going to take my original trilogy box set and burn it, but I am going to give it a nasty review.
(note, I'm going to assume you've seen the movie, if not then do not read ahead unless you want it spoiled for you)
The story was horrible, the whole Aliens from another dimension was so off of what Indiana Jones should be that I almost felt like leaving. The beginning sequence with rock music? Whatcha hell. The atom bomb use a lead fridge idea great (if not way to out of proportion) but then he survives being thrown around in the thing? He;s not Iron Man you know (wink wink). And did you notice all the digital effects!? What happened to realism?! That's what I dearly loved about the Indy films, they used cold hard old fashioned physical effects. What did they use in this movie? The green screened it out the ass. They didn't even go to a rain forest!!! I watched the credits and saw that it was filmed on location in 4 American states... no other country.... just here in good ol' Cuba... Nebraska. However I must admit, Mutt being his son, and the whole hat at the end was funny, as well as other parts with a lot of good humor. The action and adventure were fine, the only beef I have is with the story, and as a true film guy as well as Indy fan, story is what I look for most. This film... didn't have one. Sure sure, the whole aliens great, but they didn't even follow it up with a damn awesome ending. All it had was basically: "stay in school" ... I SWEAR that's what it meant. "the treasure was knowledge" ... WHAT THE HELL?
So fine, it was a pretty decent flick, but as a fan of the series and as somewhat of a film critic, I am highly disappointed. It was almost like they didn't even try. So, I give this film a "meh" because there really is no more to say.
Meh.