Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was not what I had expected it to be. I guess after nineteen years of waiting, the anticipation had grown so much that my expectations had grown exponentially with it. After watching films such as Rocky Balboa and Rambo return with such huge success, I had expected Spielberg to deliver something close to epic, and couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed about the film overall.
The movie however wasn’t a total wreck and the heart of the film was still intact. It had the same feel of its predecessors as well as the nostalgic value most Indy fans were looking for. The return of both Harrison Ford and Karen Allen really helped to solidify the film and bring back some of that romance we saw in the original. Ford returns of course as Dr. Henry Jones, an archaeologist with a knack for getting way over his head during his quests to discover the undiscovered. Ford remains the same charismatic character as in the previous films with the small addition of his recently acquired salt and pepper hairdo.
