Keeping Up With The Joneses

I was never a huge fan of the Indiana Jones films, although I did like them and appreciate what Spielberg, Lucas, Kaufman and the cast were able to create with these stories. After seeing the new film today, I find myself being even more appreciative of what this crew is able to accomplish, especially in the far more jaded world of 2008.

"Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is a throwback to that kind of movie: a bonafide adventure epic, and when you realize that the original Raiders of the Lost Ark came out in 1981, this new film becomes even more of an achievement.

This kind of movie is generally no longer being made because the times have indeed changed, but yet here we have Lucas & Co pulling it off, and let's face it: these are the only guys who could - they're the only ones working today who have the scope, the vision and, even more importantly, the belief that such a film could still BE made in these more 'sophisticated' times.