Reach to the Sky…

~ Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ~

2 / 10

Spoilers after the jump

I went to the cinema to see this last night and was suitably unimpressed by the whole plot, traps, twists etc. The first 10 minutes were agreeable with classic comments such as “I Like Ike”. However as soon as they enter the formidable ‘Area 51′ (which is were ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ left off) the whole film embarks on a dark and fast slope into the film graveyard, where flops and infamous films are kept.

Below are just a few of the absolutey gigantic mistakes, flaws and unbelievable points in the movie:

• The physics involved in the whole magnetic force and the like are the most impossible I have encountered in ANY film. It is never explained how the skull can attract gold, gunpowder and other metallic items (even if they aren’t magnetic), but can not crush a factory made out of steel!
• Steven Speilburg & George Lucas, okay…gonna have aliens in, but so involved in the plot? Not a good idea. It makes the whole plot cheesy beyond belief.
• The Aliens are all powerful, creating such a vast empire….wait a minute, make that almost all powerful, because some REALLY clever mortal human nicked their skull, and they can’t get it back?! At this point I was LMAO!!
• The Fight in the Jungle on the trucks? Funny, Entertaining – Hell Yeah, Believable? Absolutely not! At the point where Shia LaBeouf is standing on both cars, it is true that it makes good watching but for a ruthless critic like myself I can’t help wondering why Cate Blanchett didn’t move her car outwards?! Goodbye Shia!
• The portal at the end – Right at this point I was absolutely confounded at the plot. Did the writers strike continue for this film and Steven and George decide to write it themselves? Cause thats what it looks like…There’s blocks of stone whizzing round 5 inches from Indy and he’s safe? No lets go through what a whirlwind is, a twister so to speak shall we? [/sarcasm]
• To top it off oldies kissing at the end! Poor Shia, he’s tried to stop THAT happening from the moment Indy and Mary see each other!

Just to say why its a 2/10 instead of a 1/10:

• Some of it is entertaining, even if its not meant to be.
• Good Acting All Round
• Good directing and special effects from Spielburg

Only go to watch this if you want to watch another E.T cause thats the basic plot, you know Aliens wanting to go home and all that, but they can’t cause they’ve lost one of their 13 heads!! LMAO!!

Tags: Aliens, cinema, E.T, Flop, George Lucas, Indiana Jones, movie, review, Spielburg

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