Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
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Critic Consensus: Though the plot elements are certainly familiar, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull still delivers the thrills and Harrison Ford's return in the title role is more than welcome.
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as Indiana Jones
as Mutt Williams
as Col. Irina Spalko
as Marion Ravenwood
as Prof. Oxley
as George 'Mac' McHale
as Dean Charles Stanforth
as Col. Dovchenko
as Russian Suit
as Russian Suit
as Russian Soldier
as Russian Soldier
as Russian Soldier
as Russian Soldier
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Critic Reviews for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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Crystal Skull isn't bad -- there are a few dazzling sequences, and a couple of good performances -- but the unprecedented blend of comedy and action that made the movies so much more fun than any other adventure series is mostly gone.
There's nothing but entertainment value here.
The action is the movie's raison d'être, of course, but the setups are wittier than the payoffs.
Crystal Skull is a fun ride, but if we have to wait 19 years for the next one, that's OK by me.
Indy isn't boning up on Babylonian texts; he's leafing through the Weekly World News.
Expecting Brando-esque menace or Dreyfus-ian uplift from the Indiana Jones tetralogy is like going to the candy counter at the mall multiplex and asking for some goat cheese and a nice cabernet.
Audience Reviews for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
I have finally seen it and have mixed feelings. It just doesn't have some of the old Indy magic. The story is even more far fetched than usual and maybe it's a bit overloaded with CGI as well. Cate Blanchett's character is a bit OTT almost to the point of feeling like a comic book character. Overall still an entertaining film but not up there with the first three.
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A disappointing chapter that suffers from a lame interaction between the characters, an inconsistent plot that makes no sense and action scenes that are never memorable, relying too much on CGI and never managing to create any sense of real danger, with a terrible ending.
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This was a very high quality film. Unfortunately the cheese factor was way over the top for me. So much so that it was on the verge of a cartoon. The other issue with this film (and many other to follow these days), is that the CG was well done, but very unnecessary. I am no longer surprised by anything done on a computer. Once you see one CG creature or effect you are no longer surprised by all the others. Let?s bring back some of the old school film techniques like actual stuntmen. This adds so much more realism back in the picture (way to go Christopher Nolan for doing this in ?The Dark Knight?).
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Quotes
| Mutt Williams: | Get on, Gramps! |
| Mutt Williams: | You know, for an old man you ain't bad in a fight. |
| Indiana Jones: | Thanks. |
| Indiana Jones: | What are you, like, 80? |
| Indiana Jones: | Why don't you stick around, Junior? |
| Mutt Williams: | [chuckles] I don't know. Why didn't you, Dad? |
| Mutt Williams: | I don't know. Why didn't you, Dad? |
| Professor Oxley: | Dad! [gives Indy a questioning look] Dad? |
| Professor Oxley: | Dad! Dad? |