We saw it yesterday with a full crowd. The movie is a disappointment. Not that there are not any action stunts. The movie like the previous ones is packed with them. Not that there are not engaging characters. There are a couple although some are disappointing. The villain is a bit unidimensional - Irina Spalko is a bit like her hair - straight and black. I would have liked a bit more character development - but this after all is an action movie - that's what you come to see. On that count the movie fails.
What concerned me most was the special effects. There is a long and complicated chase scene where Indy and his group are trying to wrest away the Crystal skull from the bad guys, a good deal of it looked like early Chroma-key work. The characters were in the scene but not really. As they are going to the inevitable treasure, they traverse down a river and make three drops. None of those scenes is remotely credible.
From what I have seen most of the real critics have given the new movie mixed reviews. Harrison Ford is fine in his older state. So is the new kid and Karin Allen. When I first heard about this movie there was a lot of talk about whether Harrison Ford could carry off the role of swashbuckler, he can. But without a credible script or special effects, the movie fails.
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