Ok, i'm a stickler for my classics. Indiana Jones is one of those series(much like the original Star Wars films) that i'm very defensive and passionate about. So of course I had to go see it opening night, and I had to be ready for anything.
Let me say one thing first, for a man who's 66 years old Harrison Ford can still act like a bad-ass. And bad-ass he is, from start to finish.
I don't want to delve into plot because of two reasons. One: it's complicated and I don't want to ruin anything. Two: I hate trying to explain a movie's plot when it's just easier to say "Go see it you moron".
The acting is pretty good. It's not as spectacular as I would have liked, but it fits the film well. Everyone hits their marks and plays their part, and Harrison Ford acts like he's just putting the hat back on and it's time to go. The only person who bugged me was Cate Blanchett. First, she does a fairly lousy Russian dialect accent. Secondly, her character is just a bad villain. Thrid, her character is just so irritating(and not in a villainy way, in a stupid way) and you just wish she would have been shot at the the beginning of the film. Shia LaBeouf plays young tough-guy Mutt Williams, and he does it well. That's right, I like Shia as an actor!
The action scenes are vintage Indy, with the 20 minute long fist fights, the highly over exaggerated sound effects and the horrible grotesque deaths(you think a guy getting cut in half by a propeller is bad? Ha, just you wait). It's what kept this film as an Indiana Jones movie.
I know I said I wouldn't delve into plot, but I have a few things to say about it. It's a little cheesy sounding once they get into it, but you have to remeber: This is and Indiana Jones movie, the same films that found the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail. It did seem like they were really reaching now and then, but it's a fun movie and i'm willing to forgive.
Is this as good as the originals? No, but I didn't expect it to be. The originals are great because they were something new, but don't let this fact detract from how good this movie is. It's worth seeing, and it's a great summer action movie with an aging actor coming back to fill some big shoes(better than the crap that was Rambo and Rocky Balboa). Go see it, and remeber: it's a movie, not everything has to make sense.