Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
Trailer
Jeopardy for Indy after a dubious circumstance pushes him out of the Marshall college, but just then Indy is called to action in a search for the legendary Crystal Skull of Akator.
Want some real perspective? Ask me in ten years: hindsight has a nasty habit of being right. But for right now, on May 22, 2008? Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull is a movie worth getting excited for.
Expecting Brando-esque menace or Dreyfus-ian uplift from the Indiana Jones tetralogy is like going to the candy counter at the mall multiplex and asking for some goat cheese and a nice cabernet.
While the James Bond series is leaving behind campy cartoon action for a dustier, grittier 'realism,' Indy is speeding headlong into Looney Toons absurdity.
Crystal Skull isn't bad -- there are a few dazzling sequences, and a couple of good performances -- but the unprecedented blend of comedy and action that made the movies so much more fun than any other adventure series is mostly gone.
