This morning i decided to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull at the movies. The important thing if your going to see it is that you need to go and see it in the same spirit as the first three because if you are looking for something realistic then this isn’t the movie for you. It does tend to parody the first three movies to some extent and perhaps too much so at the expense of something new and original.

I don’t want to give too much away except that the movie was an enjoyable enough exercise in entertainment with the story picking up with Indiana Jones older and wiser than before. There are some familiar faces that make an appearance together with some new ones and a predictable suprise for Indiana.

The one down of the movie was the arch enemy Colonel-Doctor Irina Spalko (played by Cate Blanchet) who turned out to be a disappointment of the first order. She is a top artress but she completely failed to convey any sense of menace and instead seemed to be created soley to be the anti Indiana lacking depth and the ability to convey the threat of … well anything.