Absolutely loved the fact that Harrison Ford WAS Indiana Jones – not pretending to be an old character of his – he really nailed Jones for the fourth time! The over all arc of Jones’ life (Young Indiana Jones, Movies, Books, etc) fits well with this movie; although I have to admit, I feel weird when Jones gets too close to the present time period… It seems to make the character less credible – go fig…

Although Steven Speilberg did a good job as director, I felt there were a couple of “hero” shots that he completely missed out on. When Jones is about to open the tomb and discover the old explorers, he looks over his shoulder – and Steven should have dollied in for a “hero” shot while Jones delivers his line! I just think that if Steven had been ten years younger, he would have never missed that opportunity!

The ending was fine – but didn’t we already see it in one of those Brendon Fraiser Mummy movies?

All in all, I enjoyed it! And I was glad they could get everyone back together for it!

What really galvanized me (even choked me up) was to think back to that golden, sun-crisp, horizon-fade of LAST CRUSADE – with Brody and Jones, Sr. in tow – after we’ve learned of their passing (via some expository convo with the Brody stand-in, Jim Broadbent). It’s a beautifully crafted moment, and just one of many that I can’t wait to see again.

[…] It seems that there is some sort of pissing contest going on in Hollywood to see who can make a movie with more outrageous stunts. This trend peeked and culminated in the proverbial Nuking of the Fridge in Indiana Jones 4. Die Hard 4 is a clear runner up in the same league though. McClain destroys a helicopter by driving over a fire hydrant, blows up another driving a car up a makeshift ramp into it, outmaneuvers and destroys a Harrier jet while driving a tractor trailer. Of course before he destroys the jet he jumps on top of it, and manages to stand upright on one of the wings while the plane spins out of control. I mean, WTF is this? Jet surfing? […]

LOL! Nuke the fridge! Brilliant! I will be sure to use it in movie reviews from now on!

Looks like the movie has spawned a new phrase: “nuke the fridge”. As in, “Star Wars didn’t really nuke the fridge until Jar Jar Binks was introduced.” It is the movie version of jumping the shark. Ouch.

Nice man, I’ll make sure to catch it in the cinemas… :)

I think that the movie was funny.. Althoug the movie confused the prehispanic civilizations in America.. for example the Incas in Peru not is the same that the Aztecas in the center of Mexico or Mayas in the mexican caribbean .

because they are forced to be innovative… of course

[quote post=”2486″]Sometimes less is more…[/quote]

You said it. It’s funny how most good movies have somewhat limited budgets, and the multi-million dollar productions are usually really bad. Why is that?

OK, definitely will wait till this comes out on video. Thanks for the thorough and extremely entertaining review. When I read it, I couldn’t stop laughing (and I was in a seminar so it was really hard to hide that I wasn’t paying attention to the speaker!). I can’t believe that practically every hollywood cliché was woven intertextually into the script. Sometimes less is more…
I wonder if this was Lucas’ test to see whether his & Ford’s loyal fan base would come out and make them a few more bucks. I think another comment had it right…you would like to suspend your beliefs, even if only for the briefest and most innocuous reason.
If you want to see a movie where prairie dogs do sing, watch James Gandolfini in Romance & Cigarettes