MOVIE Opinion

Saw the new Indiana Jones movie 'Indiana Jones dicks around for an hour and half'.

The long and the short of is, why did he bother to return the crystal skull??? I'll come back to that in a minute, so don't forget that thought.

Indiana Jones is a man who can sustain a lot of damage and keep going. He can be locked up in the trunk of car for hours (lets not forget he can hold his breath underwater for like forever while holding onto a U-Boat) he get smacked about by commies, shot at, fall through windscreens AND survive a nuclear blast.
This is one tough cookie. With an equally tough hat.

So I could go through a plot synopsis, but frankly thats what Wikipedia is for. I'd rather focus on one plot point that has been bugging me. Indiana is tough and resourceful for sure, he finds the crystal skull and some long dead dudes, when no one else can...
So he tries to return the crystal skull before the bad guys (commies) get their hands on it. But having returned the crystal skull, the aliens kill all the bad guys and Indiana (et co) are trapped above a lake in the middle of a hostile jungle filled with man killing ants.

Heres a thought Mr Jones, why not just give the bad guys the skull? They'll probably let you off at a hotel or nearby pub. Then all you'd have to do is wait for the mysterious lights/explosion/ electromagnetic event on the horizon to know nature has taken its course.
Less fist fights, fewer bullets and a much shorter walk back to civilisation.
I mean, just a thought.

So in conclusion, Mr Jones is certainly a good watch, but I think the sequels have never really captured the spirit of the first movie. Having said that I was glad to have spent the money to see it.

3 Ninja Stars; ***