Okay, look. "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" wasn't great. It's been out for more than a year, so let's be honest here. It had some good moments, but the shift from supernatural curios and relics to sci-fi alien overlords was not the right move. Star Harrison Ford clearly has some more Indy in him and Shia LaBeouf did a decent job of not fumbling the torch that Ford supposedly passed his way.
All that said, "Crystal Skull" fell short for a variety of reasons. Some might even argue that it's time to put Steven Spielberg's classic series to bed. Not me though. Indy is a great character, Ford is still an immensely likable actor and there are plenty of archeological ghost stories for him to pursue that have nothing to do with aliens. I'm not the only one who thinks so either. Read more...
I think I speak for most Indiana Jones fans when I say this past summer was a confusing time for us. As thrilling as it was to see Harrison Ford don the hat and snap the whip once more a lot of us were a bit underwhelmed. Maybe we were set up to be disappointed. Maybe Shia swinging through trees wasn't as silly as it seemed it May. Okay, yes it was. It was kind of horrible.