Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull [Blu-ray]

I was very disappointed in this movie. It felt like it was trying too hard to prove it was a "real" Indianna Jones movie: Scene with lots of bugs? check; Scene with lots of restless natives? check; obligatory car chase scene? check. It includes all the standard stuff that makes up Indiana Jones movies, but without any of the heart. Harrsion Ford's voice was not up to the task, as only occasionally did it sound like the old Indy that we all loved. As someone who bought all the previous movies, I am glad I decided to rent this one, I wanted to like it, but I just couldn't.

This Blu-ray 2 disc edition aren't the rollercoster ride you would expect from an Indiana Jones movie. It may pretend to be, with its numerous set pieces, believable or otherwise (case in point: saved by lead-lined fridge from a nuclear blast). The plot points are also tired overused cliches which won't impress. For instance, the use of alien as the originator of ancient civilization and Russians as the villain. It would have been better if this Indy outing had used history, artifacts as its anchor.

Product-wise, the picture & audio quality is good, as expected for a Blu-ray release. The plethora of special pictures also doesn't disappoint, a standard befitting the price tag. Unfortunately, the feature movie disappoints..

I have very mixed feelings about this movie. I loved the last three movies in the series so when I heard that they were finally going to make a fourth movie I was excited. That excitement is gone now. The beginning started out very lame and so much different than what I was expecting. There were many parts that got interesting in the movie but every time I started to get into it something really unrealistic would happen and turn me off. The picture is great on the blu-ray and many of the special effects are fantastic but it takes more than great special effects to make a good movie. If you are an Indiana Jones fan then you will probably want to see this movie but I wouldn't get your hopes up too high because this movie simply can't be compared to the others in the series.

I have no idea why there are so many cranky reviews of this movie. It was great good rip-roaring fun! It was full of humor, fast action, and all of the other outrageous goodies you'd expect from an Indiana Jones film. Ignore all those other crabby apples and just enjoy the wild ride!

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