I should really say that we are lucky now days to see movies like Rocky,Star Wars and Indiana Jones on the big screen. Indiana Jones returns on the big screen after almost two decades with the latest movie “Kingdom of the crystal skulls”.

Movie synopsis:

Movie starts with Russian soldiers taking over area 51 to get hold of a alien body from the remains of the Roswell crash in 1947. This is followed by a Hydrogen Bomb explosion that Indy mysteriously survives by staying in a fridge. The FBI thinks he is working for the Russians and he loses his position in the university where he taught.

Shia Le beouf introduces himself in this point as a Fonzie  like character who is looking for  his  professor  who happens to be the friend of Indy’s. Her mother turns out to be Indy’s gf from the first movie. It will turn out later that Shia is Indy’s son.

The adventure shifts to South America where they discover the kingdom of the crystal skull. The skull turns out to be belonging to an alien who as soon as it gets the skull takes off in a space ship.

Things I liked about the movie:

  • Watching a very long larger than life adventure movie whose long length makes paying for the ticket satisfactory
  • Its an Indy movie which brings back nostalgia specially with the theme music and the fedora hat and the whip. There are tons of references to the previous movies like pictures of Sean Connery on the desk, Indy’s gf from the first movie, the Arc stored in area 51.
  • Cate Blanchett is convincing as a Russian agent and her saying” Ull find it for me”. I liked her cold looks and her hair.
  • Aliens, ruins,spaceships,pyramids,airplanes,motorbikes,Area 51,Nuclear explosions,car chases, sword fights.

Things I did not like:

  • Indy movies are always larger than life but surviving a nuclear explosion in a fridge, swinging from tree to tree with monkeys,Shia Le Beouf as an unconvincing tough guy.
  • Unnecessary things like the space ship taking off and cheesy stuff like the treasure they were looking for was “knowledge “
  • A very very old and stiff  Indy. He seemed stiffer than any other  old men present there.  He ain’t  swashbuckling anymore.
  • An unconvincing  Shia Le beouf as  a successor for Indy.

Overall I did not like the movie. Found it uninteresting and wouldn’t think much of it.