Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
A little bit older and beaten down, but Dr. Jones is back in this fun movie that doesn’t quite stand up compared to the first three movies.
With a 19-year-old gap between this movie and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones is a welcomed friend. Yet, the movie has some major problems that keep it from being a true IJ movie.
The charm and wit is still there, but there’s something missing in the script. I think part of that has to do with some unbalanced dialogue by George Lucas. It sounds bad during some of the exchanges between Cate Blanchett and Indiana. Lucas has lost some of the writing skills he had in his early days. What he lacks in scripting, Lucas makes up with a good sense of atmosphere, charm, and action.
It is the year 1957 and Indiana is in a different world. Time has passed and Indiana Jones lives in the Cold War era. He’s no longer fighting Nazis but Communists, led by the kind of sexy Blanchatt.
Setting up the movie with an unconventional opening with some teenagers speeding through an army convoy is a stroke of genius. It shows us we’re no longer in the late 30s and early 40s any more. The movie stands out from the first three movies because it feels like a completely different time frame. This is certainly what the movie does very well and Steven Spielberg and George Lucas should be commended on that.
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