Young Indiana Jones Chronicles II, The (German East Africa, 1916/London, 1916/The Congo, 1917) - Joel McNeely/Laurence Rosenthal

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of The Dubious Ending

Advantages: Harrison Ford, classic Indy humour and tension, the music
Disadvantages: That ending!

in the 1950s, still teaching and still adverturing. He comes into contact with Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett) who is searching for the legendary Crystal Skull in order to gain access to and power over the lost golden city of Akator. While trying to beat her to it, along the way he comes across Mutt (Shia LaBeouf), a young biker, and his former flame Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen), who we last saw in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Harrison Ford is Indiana Jones. Or Han Solo, depending on whether I'm in Star Wars or Indy mode...but as soon as he is in that hat, he's Indy. He doesn't even have to do anything in my book. But of course he does. He becomes that much beloved character who is now an intrinsical part of modern cinema history. The film is set in the 1950s, twenty years after the original trilogy set in the 1930s, which means there is ...

eilidhcatriona 14.08.2009 (15.08.2009) · Read full review
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Review of Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (DVD)

Lego Indiana Jones for the Wii

Advantages: It's Lego! Fun, great cutscenes
Disadvantages: Inability to save mid-level

I loved playing with Lego as a child (still do if I'm honest) and I also owned quite a few Lego video games. Lego Indiana Jones for the Wii is just as much fun as I expected it to be. The gameplay is quite simple in theory, made easier by the fact it would seem you can't actually die and lose, instead when you lose your health you just lose gems/points that you've collected. However that doesn't make the whole game easy, you still have to work at each level and it can occasionally be difficult to see what you're supposed to be doing. These seems to be a lot of life to this game, i.e. it seems that there is a lot of levels/stages and will therefore provide hours of entertainment. My favourite part has to be the cutscenes, they are simply hilarious. The characters don't talk, instead they grunt and have some rather amusing facial ...

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Review of LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Wii)

Indiana Jones Review

Advantages: It does have Harrison Ford in it
Disadvantages: It's nothing compared to the originals

Harrison Ford dons the fedora yet again for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, a mere 19 years after the last Jones film. This one, unlike the others, is set during the cold war and has the Russians as the enemies instead of the Nazis. Soviet agents are watching Professor Jones when a young man brings him a coded message from an old colleague, Henry Oxley. Led by the brilliant Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett), the Soviets tail Jones and the young man, Mutt, to Peru. With Oxley's code, they find a legendary skull made of a single piece of quartz. I'm 25, so I grew up with the original Indiana Jones trilogy, and I still consider them 3 of the greatest movies I've ever seen. I've seen each one umpteen times and yet, if they're on TV, I can still watch them and be entertained. That is the mark of a classic film. I ...

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Review of Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (DVD)