Take the Indy movies for what they are, especially this one. It is like strapping yourself into a roller coaster for two hours for non stop thrills and excitement. Shame on this reviewer for stirring up such ill will amongst the Indy Nation. And wear your fedoras proudly! What, you don’t own a fedora? Then you shouldn’t be making any comments. So shutup.

it was everything and indy movie should be – i hope there’s another one – with harrison still as the central charachter.he , along with the rest of the cast were superb.

the story (by david koepp – NOT LUCAS) was cool – i apreciated it even more second time around.

the majority of the criticisims above are both tedious and pointless.

the guy who wrote the article is an attention seeking idiot.

my advice to indy fans – go see it – it has all the ingredients – in fact ,indiana jones suit being older.

to all the people who ‘were cheated out of two hours of their life’ – go and see a low budget french film or something!

That being said, I love the original Indy films. This new film lacked almost every single element that made the first 3 great.

1. Indy (and supporting cast) was too impossibly non-human. This was portrayed by the stunts that are clearly impossible for any human. That, and Indy just simply wasn’t the same. Seems like he was trying to hard.

2. The one-liners were sad. “They weren’t you baby”. Are you kiddin’ me? You spent two entire movies without a single mention or thought of Karen Allens character. All of a sudden shes the love of your life? Reality check, please.

3. Story sucked. Need I say more? Stick to mysticism and religious ideas rather than aliens and technology. A good rule of thumb: If it isn’t broken, why try to fix it? Should have followed in suit of the first 3 films: it worked. George Lucas = bad idea. His only good films were the original star wars. The Crystal Skull could have potentially made a great Aztec story of some sort. Please, leave aliens out.

4. Shia LaBeouf(or however it’s spelled) is way out of character. Style simply did not work for him. I expected him to be a geeky kid who ended up getting trained by Indy or something. But nooo… he’s an expert swordsmen. And he has incredible in-human balance, I might add!. And that haircut… *barf*

5. Karen Allen. I absolutely adored her in the first film. Best of the love interests – and by far. However, this film not only killed her character, it crucified her. Smiling soccer mom with 5 lines? Not the character I remember. What happened to drinking men under the table?

6. WHAT IS WITH THE RODENTS????

7. Villian. Don’t remember her name. Don’t care, either. Nothing villianous about her, and about as dull as a knife thats been pounded against a rock.

8. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas: HOW DARE YOU SHOW A SCENE WITH THE ARK AND NOT TAKE IT ANYWHERE? When I saw that I got excited, but then… nothing.

In conclusion… it’s a Bad, bad, bad, bad film. See the original 3. Do not see this. Not only is it a waste of money, but every other resource as well.

The sword fight was just embarassing – and the scene where “Mutt” (a most stupid name if you ask me) was swinging through the Jungle like Tarzan on speed was just ridiculous. Yes, films like this rely on the viewers stretching their collective imaginations. But this was just insulting

Spielberg, Lucas and Ford have a real nerve subjecting people to this drivel.

I think the jeep scene pointed more to the talents of the wiz kids doing the CGI than to any genius from Spieldberg and that swordfight was from watching too many Arol Flynn movies when he was a kid. Nothing original or genius about it. Hey, I have an idea! Why don’t they release a special edition where they swordfight on top of speeder bikes on Endor?