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Fun but somewhat disappointing
PostedMay 25, 2008
firemandavid
from Dallas
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is fun, exciting, and well worth the ticket price but comes up a little short in the story department. The entire first three quarters of the film are just about as perfect as you can imagine but the last quarter falls flat. A quest involving the return of a skull to a Mayan temple loses whatever sense of danger it might have had due to overuse of CGI. Trips over giant waterfalls, self-destructing temples and CGI created beings causes one's willingness to suspend disbelief to be sorely tested. The cast is terrific with the one exception being Karen Allen. She is good considering the part written for her is pretty dull in comparison to her incredible turn in Raiders of the Lost ark. Some high points: The opening Paramount logo followed by a speeding fifties hotrod harrasing an Army convoy while Elvis blasts from the soundtrack, Indy's battle to escape Russians in a warehouse at Area 51, a motorcycle and car chase through the quad at Yale University, an incredible convoy road battle just before the movie lapses into utter silliness.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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