Indiana Review

The summer movie season is currently playing at the Vinson household.

During the winter.

There were a lot of good films this past year, but we've put off the summer movie season to the winter rental season. Here's my review for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

I found this movie riveting. Full of flawed characters and traditional American values. Indiana follows in the footsteps of Rocky and makes a comeback in his old age. Although, through the magic of special effects and stunt doubles, Indiana hasn't lost much of his step. The movie brings the nostalgia on full force with the return of Marion, Indys love interest from "Raiders".

Indie mostly succeeds in recapturing the old feeling of the movies hey-day, although, Harrison does falls flat in a few of the opening scenes. He appears to be "phoning it in." He gets into it though later in the movie. The nice thing here was a little trip back in time. Indy goes up against a villainous soviet union agent, depicted with cartoonish fun by Cate Blanchett, in the middle of the cold war. This is old school Hollywood unearthed from all the glitz and over complex, computer generated, politically correct new Hollywood.

It's not the best film in the series. The master pieces have already been made. It is a fun tribute to a fantastic movie series that both honors the originals, and does them no harm. Nick Cage and National treasure, and Angie Jolie and Tomb Raider better watch out. Grandpa still has a little left in the tank and a little zip on the whip.