I am a big fan of Indiana Jones series, 'Raiders of the lost ark' and 'Last Crusade' are perhaps the best action-adventure movies of all time. These movies, released in the late 80's before CGI and "blue screen" existed, had a cult of followers. Of course, I was a kid back in those days and used to watch the movies at home on the VHS as we hardly went out for an English movie with parents (Yes, India has come a long way since those days, kids now a days can just pop in @ a mall and buy a ticket to watch a movie which was released in the US the same week!)
Anyway, Indy 4 was rumoured since the late 90's when Lucas started resurrecting the Star War saga with it's prequels. But it took Lucas another 10 years to make the announcement about the 4th part in the adventure series.
Sadly, the 'Crystal Skulls', does not live up to it's fans expectations, specially the 2nd half of the movie. The idea about the aliens and the story elements are borrowed from 'Tintin - Flight 714', which is very surprising as both Spielberg and Lucas have proven time and again that they are the best story tellers in Hollywood.
There is a lot of emphasis on action, but hardly any interaction between the characters, I really looked forward to see a lot of tension between Indy and Marion or 'Henry the 3rd' for that matter. But, there was hardly any! May be I am getting old and the movies are being made for the "Grand Theft Auto 4" generation! (Bu hey, I do play GT games and love them :) )
Also as a fan of the 'Last Crusade', I would have loved to see both Sean Connery and Harrison Ford together in this movie. Both are such fine actors and had great roles for them. But....
I hope Hollywood moves on and stops making all the classic remakes or sequels. I would rather watch the old movies again and again than watch the new sequels which have no story element in it.
I always longed for the sequel of Back to the future, but now I really hope, no one makes it. Paramount is re-launching 'TOS' in Star Trek 11 with an all new crew! But will they ever be to create the magic what William Shatner and other did in the 60s? I have my doubts...
