An average movie

When I heard that this movie got some rather weak reviews, I was rather skeptical about the damned thing but since I have always been a huge fan of this franchise, I still wanted to check it out though. Well, to be honest, I don’t think it was so bad after all. Concerning the intro, I actually had some mixed feelings though. Indeed, on one hand, it was a solid Indiana Jones adventure taking place in the 40’s with our favorite adventurer facing a whole bunch of Nazi’s. However, on the other hand, the de-aging of Harrison Ford was technically so impressive, it was actually slightly creepy. Indeed, even if it was well made, you still could see that it was fake but it seems pretty obvious that, in 10 years time, the technologically will be so advanced that we won’t be able to see the difference which is rather unsettling. By the way, Harrison Ford at 80 years old was really impressive and, after all these years, Indiana Jones remain so fun and charismatic and it was really cool to spend more time with this iconic character. Concerning the rest of the cast, I really enjoyed the character played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Even though I always thought that Indiana Jones would chase at some point some Aztec treasure, they settled for Archimedes's Dial which was not a bad idea though and it was actually pretty neat to see the adventurer going back in time to actually witness some historical event taking place during the Antiquity. However, even if it was an improvement on ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’, this sequel still felt rather useless, I’m afraid. Above all, the damned thing was just too long. Seriously, when will they understand that there is really no good reason why such a blockbuster should last more than 2 hours? Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, I thought it was a decent watch though and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.