10 Movies Everyone Wanted To Love (But Nobody Did)

Even the most vociferous defenders of the fourth Indiana Jones film, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, won't try and pretend that it's on the same level as its three statuesque predecessors.

Pre-release, hype was at an all-time high for Harrison Ford reuniting with Steven Spielberg to don the fedora once more, and all the ingredients seemed to be in place for another superb entry into the series.

Yet while broadly well-received by critics, the fourth film went down considerably less favourably with fans, who took issue with Shia LaBeouf's role as Indy's son Mutt, the middling visual effects, and the infamous sequence where Indy survives a nuclear blast in a fridge.

Is Kingdom of the Crystal Skull a crime against humanity like some fans, and the creators of South Park, might have you believe? Not quite, but the gulf in quality between it and its three prior sequels is huge, for sure.

No, it didn't ruin your childhood and Harrison Ford is still a lot of fun in the role, but there's no denying it's a huge step down from the first three, as a good measure of the charm just isn't there.

Fans are crossing their fingers and toes that the upcoming fifth film, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, might be a return to form for the franchise, but if you're genuinely expecting a movie on par with the original trilogy you're only setting yourself up for heartbreak.