Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Vs Iron Man

Well I was expecting a lot worse. It was good, not great but definatley worth the price of admission. I thought Shia would get on my nerves but thankfully he didn’t. The plot was not your usual Indy fair but then I can understand why they went there. There is no denying that Harrison Ford looks his age and it is almost 20 years since the last move ( 20 years! ), so it makes sense for the plot to move with the times as it were ( I’m trying to not give away any spoliers here ). So definately better then the tinged with racism, temple of doom. ( Don’t get me started on that movie… I actually think its one of the worse depictions of India in a ‘Western’ Movie ever. At least with movies like ‘Gunga Din’ you can give them some leaway since they were made in ‘less enlightened’ times but Spielberg you have no excuse for that monstrosity.)

However I did also see Iron Man the week before and I have to say although its an entirely different beast I seemed to enjoy it a lot more. Probably because I think Robert Downey Jr is a genius but thats my own opinion. The movie had its flaws, the last half of the movie and Gwyneth Paltrow, but I still thought it delivered and the prospect of a sequel doesn’t sound so daunting.

I still think the best movie of summer will be ‘The Dark Knight’.