I'm inclined to agree a little with both of you. I liked it well enough, but I have plenty of issues with it as well. I expected these isues, though, and was prepared for them. I didn't have nearly as much of a problem with Shia LeBeouf as I thought I would.
But they lost the gritty realism of the originals. The whole point of why Indy is so badass, that gritty, ""Indy is a badass because he takes realistic punches and falls underneath moving trucks in a way that looks like it could actually happen in real life," feeling. The movie required you to suspend reality a lot more in places besides the whole Ark of the Covenant/Holy Grail area thing. Also, I don't think I can offhand name one person Indy killed directly in this movie. WTF? Since when is Indiana Jones a humanitarian?
The plot wasn't bad, it fit with the times, as did all the storylines of the Indy movies. That I'm not complaining about. And overall, I think it was a pretty darn good movie. It had a tough name to live up to. I did catch a couple subtle Star wars references, as usual, and tons of call-backs to the originals.
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