After 19 years, and countless times we heard Spielberg, Ford, and Lucas say that Indiana Jones IV was coming out, this is what we get. I thought George Lucas kinda lost his edge with the latest Star Wars movies, but after watching this movie, I question if he really had any kind of edge at all.
THE GOOD: I had to really watch this film close enough to find any GOOD in it. The action scenes were nice! The special effects were good. I was wondering how they were going to answer for Sean Connery and Denholm Elliot not being in the movie, and they answered it nicely by seting the story in the 50's, letting them pass on naturally. After that, there's not much else.
THE BAD: Where do I begin? Whoever wrote the dialogue for this movie should of been fired! The lines came out campy and forced! One of my biggest problems I had with National Treasure and the earlier Indiana Jones movies is that Indiana Jones is a big know-it-all. You would think that through all the things that we have seen him go through, you would think that he could afford to forget a few things. But no, he knows the story to every carving on a wall, different languages in diaries, and so on. I felt that bringing back Karen Allen as Indy's love interest from the first movie was a bit forced. Tying them together with Shia Labeoff of Transformers was a bit much. Then there's Harrison Ford! I am a hig Harrison Ford fan, but he is too old to be Indiana Jones. His punches were very telegraphed. His quick comebacks aren't so quick! I just didn't buy it anymore from him. It reminded my of Stallone in Rocky Balboa. During the fight scene, Stallone just looked too old!
THE VERDICT: I'm sure you've heard the old saying that sometimes you just can't go home! That's I felt during this movie. If you have an Indiana Jones craze one night, just remember the three other masterpieces he made in the 80's. Those would blow you away before this one would.
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