Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"
Directed by Steven Spielberg

I was one of the fortunate few that didn't have their expectations set unrealistically high on opening night. Thank God. I just recently went to see the newest Indiana Jones film this last week with my son. I had heard so many negative things about it ("if it wasn't Indiana Jones I wouldn't have cared at all about the story or characters...") that my expectations were ridiculously low. This turned out to be a good thing. since I wasn't expecting anything at all I was pleasantly surprised. Admittedly (spoiler warning), I really hated the whole alien tie in. That tended to add an element of "cheese" to a franchise that had been mostly "cheese free." The characters didn't really change to much through the film and, the fact that we know at least two of the characters from past films not withstanding, seemed a bit flat. That was disappointing. However, I still managed to enjoy the film overall. It was fun and entertaining, although not the best of the four films.