Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

     Well, Cinnamon and I had a little money from yard sales and all, so we put together the money to take Mom to the 4th Indiana Jones movie, since she'd been wanting to see it.  It took a while to find a theatre that was still playing it, but I found one, an hour away, at $10 a ticket.  After searching, I learned that before noon, they have an AM cinema for $6.  Seems a bit much for matinee, but whatever.  What do you say to people who charge $3 for a fountain drink?

     WARNING: IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THIS MOVIE YET, THERE ARE SOME SPOILERS HERE!

     The movie had some funny parts, and it was kind of neat to see Harrison Ford back as Indy at his age.  I especially liked the end, where they finally get married, and Prof. Oxley says, "How much of human life is wasted in waiting?"  I mean, there they were, their son was grown, they spent so many years apart, knowing they only wanted each other, not saying what needed to be said.  I thought it was hilarious when he entered the government test town for the A-Bomb, climbed into a fridge, and miraculously survived an atomic blast.  

     On the whole, however, I was kind of disappointed.  I mean, Stephen Speilberg can make an incredible film (think Saving Private Ryan), and this is what he does with this golden opportunity?  Space aliens???  I mean, I was glad to see that they made it out like those foreign gods were not real, were just crazy ideas or whatever, but, I mean, they were space aliens who came down to Earth and taught the ancient people about farming and all that?  P'shaw!  That was pretty cheesy.  Some of the parts, I thought were kind of cheesy as well, like the duel between Mutt and Col. Dr. Spalko.  Oh, well, whatever.  I was mostly disappointed.

     That is generally the way of sequels.  But hurrah to the Bourne Trilogy!  Better with each film!  Somebody needs to convince Matt Damon to play David Webb/Jason Bourne for the Bourne Conspiracy!