I enjoyed this film.
I have always enjoyed Indy's crazy adventures... I was raised on them and Star Wars. I won't pretend like I got to see the originals on the big screen... I was born the same year the last one premiered. But I never expected to get that chance... it was an Honor and a Privilege to be able to.
I have always maintained the belief that one should look at a Sequel as its own film, with its own story line and plot twists and characters. Yes sequels are meant to continue a legacy started by the original… but with that being said a sequel, no matter the hype or the story, will never live up to the original. I am often disappointed in people’s lack of enthusiasm when a film doesn’t match the first one. I can understand the disappointment and the let down that many sequels often bring but like I said before it is its own film and story. It is meant to CONTIUNE the story not to degrade it.
Going into Indy 4 I let all of my expectations and beliefs go out of my head the moment the opening sequence began. I learned with other films that if you have high expectations you will not be able to look past them and see the film for what it really is.
Indy’s 4th adventure was engaging. The moment his shadow walked up and picked up his trade mark hat I knew we were in for a ride. I felt like the Humor and the whit of the first three installments were still there. I like most of the audience often found myself laughing at the sometimes corny references to Ford’s Age.
Harrison Ford IS Indiana Jones… no one could and ever will change that. He plain and simply is Indy, just like he is Han Solo, yes he may be in his 60s but I have to commemorate him for going out and still sacrificing his body for the character he loves.
I plain and simply loved the film. The story may have had its corny bits but it still had the Indiana Jones realism at heart which was refreshing to the Alien genre. The new additions of Agent Spalko, played by the amazing actress Cate Blanchett, and the greaser James Dean re-incarnation of Mutt Williams, played by the ever so talented Shia LaBeouf, brought more depth to Indiana’s world.
All and all the film was engaging, entertaining, and paced well. And I thank the cast and crew for allowing me to see Indy for the first time on the Silver Screen.
