Indiana Jones.

My rating: a nice round 10!

Out of 1000000000000000000000000000000000 to the power of infinity.

Yes, Indiana Jones: The… uh… Curse of The Crystal Skull(?) was an absolute let down. All I can say is that the movie comes down to one simple word – boring. The story line was rather bland and blunt and bland again and it falls short in many aspects. Case in point: It failed to capture my mind so to transport me into Indy’s world even though I am (very very very) easily moved by movies. In fact, this movie was so bad that it even failed to keep me awake!

Ok. Maybe I lied, my eyes were wide open. BUT I would have slept if it weren’t for the ticket paid. 6 ringgit gone down the drain I tell ya! The cinematography was absolutely appalling. If I am not mistaken, Indiana Jones (was/is) a green screen movie. Gosh, you charge RM11 for the tickets and you come up with this kinda claptrap? How tyrannical indeed… The action sequences are staged and edited sloppily, a far cry from the death-defying stuntman extravaganzas of yore. What’s more, they had 19 years to come up with something electrifying and fresh but all I experienced was a sense of laziness in Indy’s latest adventure; it has no ambition, little sense and false sentiment. In fact, the movie hardly has any scale.

I must say, however, in all honestly, it was packed with fights and chases and comedy; but then again, so were the old Tom & Jerry cartoons. All in all, the fact remains – it was a hit-and-miss; the kinda movie that you can easily forget if it wasn’t for its theme song (that got stuck in my head thanks to Hong Kong Disneyland).

Speaking of adventure flicks, I think National Treasure did a better job. National Treasure managed to put me in awe with its velocity, spirit, wits and scale. It is one of the best cinematic comfort food you can ask for – simple yet satisfying.

Nevertheless, many may argue that the movie is totally unbelievable, which may be true. On the contrary, I don’t know American history and I obviously don’t have any the of the facts in hand. So, if one is able to leave all sense of logic at the door, it's very hard not to have a good time watching this movie (even though Nicholas Cage wasn’t that cute).

Hmmm… Perhaps that’s what I should have done with Indy……

NAH!