Well this past Friday I went and saw Indian Jones 4 and I could not of been more excited about this movie. These were the movies I grew up on. After the movie was over I have to say I could not have been more disappointed in the movie. It was not what I was hoping for it was not what I had expected it to be. In the next few paragraphs there may be some spoilers so please read at your own discretion.
The beginning of the movie was actually really good. I loved that they went back to the first one and brought up the Ark that was really cool. The action in the movie was awesome it definately had the whole Indian Jones feel to it which I loved. Then it got a little weird for me, when Indiana escaped the Russians he went to where they were testing a nuclear explosion and he climbed into a refridgerator and was able to survive. Now that may seem like ok well the fridge was made of lead(said on the box) but it shot him about 200ft in the air as well as about another 200-300 ft out and he got out un-scratched and un-harmed.
Now I have to say I was pretty impressed with Shia LaBeouf. Now I never really ever had a problem with him but they are putting this kid in every movie which has gotten rather annoying and I fear that he will burn out rather quickly if he doesn’t slow down a little. He did a good job in this movie, and I think they will be using him as a transistion into the Young Indiana Jones movies which should be interesting.
Now to talk about some of the stuff I didn’t like in this movie. First lets just say I like alien movies I always have I think they are cool, but in a Indian Jones movie they do not belong. The plot in this movie just seemed very bland and boring to me. If you were a huge fan of Temple of Doom you will probably love this movie. It was in my opinion on par with that one. But it doesn’t even come close to Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade. Harrison Ford did a good job but at the same time he wasn’t as quick witted and just seemed to of lost his step at being Indiana. I loved these movies and this one just didn’t do it for me. It was entertaining at best but was no where close to where it should of been being a Indian Jones movie.
I know I kind of rambled on a lot here but the bottom line is that for this being a Indian Jones movie it really didn’t live up to its name like the past ones have. Do I recommend this movie to anyone? Yes I do only because it is a Indiana Jones movie and it is worth the watch for any fan out there. I was just very dissappointed in how they went about this movie story/plot wise.