Now the real story comes in the form of late 60s Harrison Ford out and about, bull-whipping, dodging obstacles, plane hopping, 3 times it falls, monkeys swinging, kick ruskies rear end and finding aliens.That's right boys and girls, Indy is on for Close Encounter of the 3rd Kind-ish this time. No Short Round though, i always thought he would make a great alien. This installment brings together Indy, Marion Ravenwood and... hold it... hold it... ready? His son, Mutt Williams (The Beef! - Shia LaBeouf - LaBeouf - Beef, get it? ... nevermind)
The movie is set in 1957 - 10 years after the Roswell crash. It involves Mayan history of the crystal skull, elongated skulls of native Peru, missing conquistadors, which has been carefully wooven together to form a seamless story with action and comedy. A true Indy recipe!
All i can say, the movie is in true Indy fashion. I'm in my 30's now and i still love it. My eldest daughter has just asked me to find the previous Indy movies so she can get to know Indy more and she said she liked it, its funny and scary at the same time - to put in her words. You get the occasional questions by people who are not familiar, but it's part of the fun educating younger audience about the old school cinema magic.
The lady of choice is Dr. Irina Spalko - (Cate 'Hot' Blanchett), and judging by the way she curves her wubble yous, Indy reckons she's from Ukraine, Hah! classic Indy stuff. The movie brought back the joy of my childhood and has actually getting a younger following. Half of the cinema was in their teens and early 20's and we all laugh along in the funny bits and gasps when Indy is in trouble. It's part of the joy of watching a movie in the cinema with people you don't know and agree on something. You can't find that these days. It's a magic long lost in modern cinema.
I am definitely give it a 4/5 stars!
More Summer 2008 reviews?
Speed Racer
IronMan
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