After 19 years, really the only way for the 4th installment of the Indy series to go was down. But in recent Lucas style, the plot, story and dialogue of the movie did not live up to the original movies. But let us forget about George's inability of late to write a decent story. Instead, let's talk action and effects. This is where the movie easily lives up to the original series. With LucasArts and Skywalker sound, the visual and audio effects are stunning, much like they were in Iron Man. However, that being said, there were too many other movies that echoed in this movie (Mission to Mars and The Mummy to name a few). This movie was indeed entertaining and the effects were top notch. However, it definitely fell short of living up to the classic Indy series in many aspects. Much like most of the trilogies that decided to add one more movie because everyone demanded it, it should have ended at 3.