Movie: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
ninjineer says:
Once again I had the chance to read many opinions of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull prior to it coming to a theatre near me. Many of them were critical, especially towards Lucas’ script. Despite the negative pre-screening impression these engendered, I found this flick a thoroughly enjoyable addition to the Indiana Jones mythos.
Certainly many of the movie’s events stretched the bounds of credulity, but no more so than the other Dr. Jones outings. Lest we forget, he has crashed a biplane into the side of a building, cruised across the sea perched atop a periscope, leapt from a doomed aircraft with an inflatable raft for a parachute, and weathered the divine wrath of the Hebrew God. All with nary a scratch. So while his ride in the refrigerator is improbable, it definitely falls within the realm of the possible for Indie.
Likewise, I found the crystal skull just as believable (in the suspension of disbelief sense) as the other magical artifacts he has encountered. If fact, given the paranoid McCarthyism framing the movie, the otherworldly nature of the skull struck me as deliciously appropriate.
And this is pretty much exactly how I felt about the movie too.
