Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).Starring :
Harrison Ford as Henry 'Indiana' Jones Jr.,
Kate Blanchett as Col. Dr. Irina Spalko,
Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood,
Shia LaBeouf as Mutt Williams and
Ray Winstone as George 'Mac' McHale.
Directed by Steven Spielberg.
Two persons who worked on the film :
George Lucas as story writer and David Koepp on the screenplay. The screenplay is the description of the story plan by plan with dialogues and the framing for each scene.
Released in France on May 22nd, 2008.
Plot :
The well-known archaeologist Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones is called back into action when he becomes emboarded in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret hidden behind some mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.
Opinion of one reviewer (user comment from ImDB):
The problems with 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' are manifold and it certainly does not match up to it's predecessors. The computer-generated imagery is excessively used so the fans of older opus are often desappointed.
Critical analysis:
As a fan of the previous movies starring the famous archeologist I was sceptic about this new adventure, the last one came almost twenty years ago.
After I had watch it, it appeared to me that this movie could drive viewers to different reactions, according to they were fan or not.
In overview 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' is a good film. Even a very good one. It brings the most important thing that a movie have to bring: entertainment. During two hours we do not be annoyed a minute. Steven Spielberg reached his goal by providing a movie which permit us to get away. The Indiana Jones character is still pleasing, the good replies are here, so is the humor.
But the fans have several reasons to be desappointed. The 80's charm of the oldest Indiana Jones movies is missing. Certainly because of the excessive use of the computer-generated imagery. The supporting parts, except maybe Kate Blanchett as the ukrainian villain, have not the "vitality" of the Indy's old man, played by the outstanding Sean Connery in the Last Crusade. Shia LaBeouf doing well, until we learn he is the twenty years old Jones' son! This revelation breaks something in our perception of the Indinan Jones universe. At last, the most desappointed part of this film is the "trip" of Spielberg and Lucas about UFOs. Like if they have had to search inspiration on the far side of the cosmos... E.T are you there?
In spite of these imperfections (fans should say HUGE imperfections, but still then) 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' stay much better than any adventure film out for the past several years.
