Strangely, there's one Steven Spielberg film that doesn't seem to get talked about in the same exalted tones as the rest of them. And for good reason, because Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull is a total turkey, one of those awful returns to a beloved franchise which isn't just bad in the eyes of entitled fanboys. Nope, it's straight up terrible, a poorly made film with some stunningly poor CGI during badly paced action sequences, and a wildly varying tone. It sort of does ruin the originals a bit, too. Which could've all been different if Spielberg and producer George Lucas had gone with one of the earlier iterations of the script. There would've been no nuking of fridges, no fire ants, and no Shia LaBeouf swinging through the jungle like Tarzan. Aliens and crystal skulls were always involved, but previously in a fun B-movie way, not the weird spiritual crud and extardimensional stuff in the finished film. Nazis were involved, but Spielberg got cold feet again. It had potential, dang it! Where did it all go wrong?
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