Review – Indiana Jones 4
I don’t usually do movie reviews, but after being pushed to write one, I decided to give in and give my two cents. I didn’t intend for this blog to move towards movie reviews, but after this one, I may do some more, depending on how this goes down. SPOILER ALERT!
When I went to see Indiana Jones 4, I had high expectations, I loved the trilogy, especially The last Crusade, it wrapped it all up brilliantly, yet some idiot thought that they could milk it a little more and get those few extra millions from the series. What we ended up with was not Indiana Jones 4, but something that ended up being over hyped and full of disappointment. It could have been so good, they had the actors, they had the right people, yet it missed the mark.
The first big issue with this film was the moment with the fridge. Surviving a nuclear explosion test by jumping into a fridge, yeah. It suddenly turned Indiana from an adventurer into a super hero and that is bad. Something I always loved about Indiana Jones films was that he got hurt, he was human and watching him survive, whether it is getting chased by a boulder, shooting Nazi’s or in a room with spikes closing in, it was always more satisfying. If Superman did it, it just wouldn’t be as impressive. Seeing Indiana survive a nuke bomb, just ruined this for me.
The CGI wasn’t all too impressive. It did have some moments, but some we’re terrible and very noticeable for me. As if 90% of the budget went to one scene and the others got what was left over. The acting however was pretty good and to see Ford again playing as the big man. Though it was noticeable that he was getting on, getting a little old, but it can be overlooked, he is over 50 after all.
Then there was the finale. Aliens. WTF are aliens doing in Indiana Jones, it just doesn’t work!!! It just doesn’t, in all the previous films, everything had some kind of magic and mystery about it, the holy grail for example. But to say, look it all makes sense, it was alien technology. Oh thanks for removing all the magic from it. It is like showing how a trick is done, it is in the not knowing how it is done that makes it interesting.
Maybe I’m just someone who is being a bit of a classic fan, afraid of change. But I will say this, if you like Indiana Jones, see the film, if you REALLY love Indiana Jones, don’t. It will just ruin the series for you, it takes out so much of the magic and charm the series had and just destroys it. I for one will always be disappointed of this film, what it could have been, what it should have been, was never reached.
