6.28.2008

Indiana Jones and the Aliens

Okay if you haven't seen the new Indiana Jones movie, stop reading right now cause I'm going to give away the ending big time.

I went with my mom, sister and uncle to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull today to liven up the trip to Minnesota (not exactly thrilling so far...). I haven't really ever watched the Indiana Jones movies before (gasp! crazy I know) but my uncle was dying to see it so I figured why not?

The movie started off a bit slow but then got gooooood. The action scenes were fun, there was no false effort to make it something that it wasn't (i.e. a love story or family drama) and Harrison Ford looked good! I didn't mind the crazy impossible stunts or bizarre impossible story line.

UNTIL THE END
(this is where you stop reading if you haven't seen it and don't want me to spoil the ending)

In the end, it was a kingdom of aliens. ALIENS.

Are you kidding?

My sister told me I would hate the end and I did. I just hate when movies resolve insane plots with aliens. Of course you can make up whatever you want and blame it on aliens! I want a real answer or at least real in the realm of Indiana Jones. When did these movies become SciFi? I guess I shouldn't be surprised with George Lucas and Steven Spielberg at the helm but COME. ON. And the space ship? Terrible. Just awful.

So overall I liked the movie until the last few minutes. Just as my sister predicted. If you're okay with stupid alien endings in otherwise alien-free movies, you'll love it.

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