Dr Henry Jones Jr

Last night I (finally) watched "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Scull". The movie was shown in theaters so long ago that I could not even remember what other people said about it. I vaguely remembered that it got less than positive reviews. So I started the movie not expecting anything in an attempt not to be too disappointed. And, sure enough, the movie did not disappoint, but it failed to impress, either. It was almost like the fourth part of "Die Hard": an attempt to collect some cream off of the old glory, while using the age of the main actor as an excuse to make parody of many scenes from the prequels.

The plot itself also made very little attempt to be original. In fact, it lost its archaic note that is the signature of IJ movies by including conspiracy theory elements that were brought to us by modern times and X-Files (this also was similar to the fourth "Die Hard" movie where the plot tries to be modern with cyber-criminals).  I am not going to say that I felt cheated watching this movie, but I did feel as if the aging me was saying good bye to the young kid who loved the adventures of the whip-wielding professor. If I was grumpy enough, I would say that the "kids of today have little to look forward to when they grow up watching explosions of Michael Bay and the like". But that would simply be false. There are still many good movies that will be considered legendary when the new generations grow up, the trick is just to keep them separated from the bad lot. It is just a shame that they won't be about Star Wars, Henry Jones Jr nor John McClane.