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Re: Indiana Jones
It was awful as an "Indiana Jones" movie; not much better as a generic action/adventure film.
It lacked everything that makes the original films exciting -- there's nothing on the line for Jones or anyone else, for that matter. In Raiders of the Lost Ark, the Nazis were after the Ark of the Covenant; something that is recognizable to most everyone in the world and that has an intriguing history all its own. That makes us identify with it and we sure don't want bad folks like the Nazis to have it.
The crystal skull feels fabricated because it's not as familiar to audiences and so it doesn't feel like there's very much at stake. The original trilogy's weakest artifact, the Sankara stones, work better because they're not really what Indy's fighting for anyway -- he's fighting to free the kids from slavery.
This movie plays like a trip down memory lane; a look at what made the movies fun and groundbreaking without any real attempt at replicating that success. Boring.
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