I'll be the first to admit it is nothing even remotely close to as good as the Last Crusade, but I still enjoyed the adventure of it. I liked the addition of Shia Labeouf and was hoping that the series could potentially continue on with him. Unfortunately the actor dealt with many issues but seems to have them resolved now. Unfortunately the newest movie somewhat eliminates the hope of him coming back to take on the role going forward, although it's still not impossible for them to make this happen if they really wanted to.
Pros:
Cons:
Pros:
- still a good Indy adventure
- the crystal skull certainly wasn't as cool as the holy grail but it still had a cool mysticism to it
- enjoyed some of the runaway action scenes.
- enjoyed a little change up from Nazis being the bad guys to the Soviets. Both were horrific totalitarian regimes, just feel Soviets haven't been as exposed as well as the Nazis have in cinema.
Cons:
- after returning the crystal skull I was hoping for something a little more spectacular
- Cate Blanchett I just don't see as a villain, and the accent was not convincing to me.
- sort of rushed into the story.
- no great reason provided why Ravenwood and him didn't figure it out together before and seems incredibly unlikely she wouldn't tell them about their son.
- the triple agent character just became incredibly annoying and wasn't really necessary to most of the story.