Yay!
After 19 years a new Indiana Jones adventure hits the big screen!
It’s about danged time! What took so long? I could never figure out why a popular franchise would come to a screeching halt leaving fans in the lurch for almost 20 years. Just think of all the adventures we could have had. Anyhow, the movie is a lot of fun and full of action and special effects but most of all it reunites us with our movie pals Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood! Both are still magnetic on the screen and Karen Allen is still pretty and feisty, the perfect foil for Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones. We get introduced to Spielberg’s favorite person of late Shia LaBeouf whom we’ve seen in the popular Transformers movie. I liked the fact that LaBeouf was dressed exactly the way I was at his age while I was studying archaeology and anthropology. It really brought back memories as I was in my second year of college when “Raiders of the Lost Ark” appeared at theatres. It’s like a full circle of my life is completed. I dressed like Shia LeBeouf in this movie when I was a kid and still do!
The story involves aliens of some origin and it starts to look like someone was up late listening to the Art Bell/George Noory Coast to Coast AM show. There’s lots of humor and of course Spielberg’s trademark “opportunities and props of convenience” that dot these films. It gets to the point there’s no suspense because you know they’ll find some lever or some escape hatch.
That’s all I’ll say as I want you to have all the fun you can and enjoy your movie experience. Don’t wait for it to come out on DVD because it won’t be the same as the big screen.
I was hoping somehow that Indiana would have found an ancient rusted Lightsaber in this story. I do however believe I did glimpse some familiarly funny objects in the background in some shots.
Go have a good time and write a fan letter to Karen Allen!