Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, 3.5 out of 4 stars


Mutt Williams: You're a "Teacher"?
Indiana Jones: Part-time.


Here comes a long waited Indiana Jones movie (19 years since the third movie). This movie is the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones series (Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) which also directed by Steven Spielberg who brought you his masterpieces "E.T: the Extra-Terrestrial"," A.I."," Minority Report", and much more. In his latest movie Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford and Karen Allen are back to this action adventure film and I'm glad their back. The film begins with a bunch of soviet soldier attack a military base in Nevada desert, and here comes Indiana Jones. Then Colonel-Doctor Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett) forced Indiana to lead them to the hangar where the secret government stored the various item which government don't want the outside people know. After that, they start searching the item they want and Indiana Jones are trying to escape and here comes the action begins. In this movie, the action sequences is nice, very old fashioned and classical. The acting is very great especially Harrison Ford and Cate Blanchett. By acting as a villain, Cate Blanchett has a bob cut and learn some karate skills, it makes her looks exactly like a soviet agent. Shia LaBeouf a young actor who act in "Transformers" act as Mutt Williams who is Indiana Jones' son, in this movie he has a great sense of humor and make the story become more funnier. The funniest part is where Indiana stepped on the quicksand and Mutt trying to safe him by using a snake. This movie also have a spectacular stunt. Harrison Ford proves that he is still able to do stunts such as punching, falling, running and much more. Besides that, it used alot of special effects in this movie, and it has a great stunning visual effects. But, this movie will also give us some disappointment, which is the contain of the jokes are less than the first two film, and there will be less blood and gore too (not as much as the first two). When you watch the first two film, you will laugh from the middle till the end of the movie. But the latest Indiana Jones won't give you so much laugh. But still, Steven done a great job in the combination between action and jokes. For the plot, it goes very smooth from the beginning to the first half and explain a lots of things and very easy to understand, for the last half there will be alot of fun and action sequences which will make you laugh. Other than that, there will be a twist in a final few minutes which is very surprising and unbelievable. Music composer, John Williams who composed all four Indiana Jones series, he done a very great job in the theme song. The theme song he composed is very classic and great. After coming out from the theaters, you will keep thinking the theme song. Overall, even though it is not the best in the series, this movie still have a lots of great action, fun, stunning visual effects and very entertaining. People who like the first three movie, will also like this one.

Extra: Can you really survive the nuclear blast by hiding in a lead-lined refrigerator?

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