INDY....protect yo fans.

I should have done this almost 2 weeks ago. But better late than never right? Indiana Jones, and the Kingdom of the Crystal skull was a huge let down. By no means was it awful, it was just flawed. This wasn't the Indy I remembered from my childhood. I know they wanted to bring him into the new century for newer fans. But somethings just don't work out as well as they did for others. Of course I'm talking about Live Free or Die Hard.

Just like Die Hard, the main character is older and wiser, but still somehow getting involved in the same adventures that they use to get into when they were younger. Both movies added a younger main character to further the plot, and to add some comedic value to the movies. And for the Record Mudd Williams (Shia Leobuff) did not do a bad job. he was good and he played his part well, even if he did steal the spot light from Indy for most of the movie. But back on topic here. Both movies had their jokes, and action scenes. The biggest difference is Die Hard knew when to be serious, and when to be funny. An action scene isn't that cool when it has jokes and slap stick sprinkled through it.

Indy 4 to me was like going to an amusement park and getting on that one wooden roller coaster. You have high hopes for it, so you get on with your friends. it starts out fine with a few bumps, and as it picks up speed you begin to have fun, but not as much as you thought you were. Then it gets really bumpy and you are thinking to yourself WTF is this? As it moves along you see loops, twists, and turns, and you raise you hopes again. Then your hopes are crushed when you realize all of that stuff was not connected to the actual track, it was just there. When you get off you are upset mainly because you wish all that cool stuff you saw could have actually been apart of the ride. Then you think, if they would have at least fixed some of those minor problems you might have enjoyed the ride more.

Indy 4 has potential but it's wasted. The movie throws in aliens, and psychic KGB doctors. Too bad the psychic element was there for a second or two, then discarded all together, and the aliens were pointless. Instead of a real explanation we are treated to a 7 minute escape scene from a flying saucer. The movie wasn't short on action, and at least the parts between the action scenes were interesting and not boring. But there is a fine line between over the top, and just stupid. Taking out a helicopter with a a rap and a police car is badass. Hiding in a fridge to escape an atomic bomb, and getting launched over 100 feet and come out of it fine is just dumb.

Well that's it for me. If you need to watch something but don't want to watch Kung-fu Panda, but can't wait for the Hulk, go watch Ironman again, and see if you can spot Captain America's shield. If you have to go watch Indy, at least sneak into another movie afterwards, or pay for one movie and when it's over go sneak into Indy 4. Who knows you might enjoy it, obviously I didn't.