Review of: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Gonna hit you guys with some quick reviews on this Saturday morning, I want to try to hit the park and play some ball before the rain comes.

First up is the new Indy movie. To begin, I'll let you guys know that I'm a fan of the original trilogy of Indy movies. But I'll also tell you that I'm a huge opponent of all these movies that revive the characters of all these actors that just shouldn't be playing them anymore. For example, Rocky Balboa and Rambo. Are you serious?! Were these two movies necessary? And now I hear that Steroid Stallone is thinking of doing another Rambo. I think the title should be "Rambo: The Raid of Eggers Nursing home".

With that being said, I'll say that Indy is not a bad movie. The nostalgia of hearing the songs and seeing the whip alone make it a must rent movie. However I'd much rather have waited for this one to come out on DVD.

As for the plot, it basically deals with Indy being approached by the new star of the millennium Shia Leblanc (yes that was on purpose, his career could easily go the JOEY route), who asks him to travel somewhere in South America to find his mom and some mysterious crystal skull. I know the movie takes place in the 50's but did we really have to bring it back to the 80's with the terrible Russian stereotypes? I mean been there done that bad guy. Cate blanchett really phoned this one in. I won't give too much more away in this one except to say that Aliens play a prominent role. Yes, I said ALIENS. We are always suspending our belief for movies, and I've always been a proponent of that one fact, but cmon, does Indiana Jones really need aliens? I think Harrison Ford thought he was remaking Blade Runner Or The Empire Strikes Back instead.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull verdict - NOT GUILTY (save your money for blockbuster)