My review of the Indiana Jones series

Raiders of Lost Ark: I really cannot remember at what age I first watched it but it left such a impression that years on I am still a huge fan of it. As a child it was one of the most exciting movies I had ever seen. None of the sequels had the freshness Raiders had.

Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom: From the orignal trilogy this has dated the most. The only saving grace was the casting of Bollywood veteran Amrish Puri(coincidentally this wasn't his first Hollywood he appeared in, he was also in Gandhi which was released a couple of years before. It does to it's advantage have one of my favourite Indy moment, the ropebridge sequence was masterful. One moment cannot save TOD from being an Indy misfire.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: In my opinion the only sequel to come close to rivalling the orignal movie. There is the ingenious casting of former Bond Sean Connery who is excellent as Indy's father. Coincidentally Julian Grover appears as the villian and he is also associated with Bond because he came in For Your Eyes Only. What surprises me is twenty years after it's release and The Last Crusade is still thrilling movie that never fails to entertain me.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: In my opinion the indy series should have never been tampered and should have best been left as a trilogy. 19 years after The Last Crusade Indy returns but it's clear from the offset that the franchise has gone stale. The action sequences, which is what the Indy movies are famous I found rather boring. Add to that a poor villian in the form of Cate Blanchett. Shia Lebeouf lends Mr Ford a hand as Indy's son along with Indy's heroine from Raiders Karen Allen as his mother.
The only good thing to come from Kingdom of the lost skulls is that Temple of Doom is no longer my least favourite Indy movie. Now with the news that another Indy movie is in the making I have lost respect for Mr Spielberg who used to be one of my favourite directors. Although Kingdom was successful it received most negative reactions from fans of the orignal trilogy. My advice to Mr Spielberg is listen to the fans who have supported you throughout your career and made your movies successful.