Terrible film.
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.
