I first saw Harrison Ford in 1973 in American Graffiti. Frankly I recall no impression one way or the other from that appearance, though it was a fun movie.

Next would have been 1977 with the premier of Star Wars, which I saw opening weekend in Tulsa, OK. However, it wasn’t Hans Solo that I loved, it was Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill). Again I saw him in 1980 in the Empire Strikes Back and maybe by then I was becoming a fan.

By the time I saw him in the first Indiana Jones movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 1981, I was on board and have seen nearly every movie he’s made since. But my favorite roles are unquestionably Indy and Jack Ryan. I would agree with Ang that he was “smokin’ hot” in the first three Indy movies as well as later. But, I thought he was looking a little tired in this one.

The difference in him at sixty and Sean Connery at sixty plus is polish. He doesn’t seem to have it. I also may be influenced now by his divorce from a long term marriage several years ago, as these things do cloud my attraction.

Regarding the movie, I liked it! Of the four in the series my least favorite was Temple of Doom. I had a bit of a hard time getting there with all the enslaved children working in the mine and the beating heart in the fist scenes. I also thought Temple of Doom ended poorly. Raiders and the Last Crusade would tie for first in this series.

The action scenes in Crystal Skull were equally as good I thought. And I did love that he and Marian found each other again, as she was always my favorite of his love interests. Had no problem with the lead refrigerator or the aliens personally.

There were a few things that were not time relevant to 1957 though. I’m not sure that flag at the beginning had only 48 stars on it. Certainly the cedar, dog-earred privacy fence was not right in the bomb test scene. It would have been a chain-linked fence in the 50’s. Seems as though there was another one, but can’t think of what it would be.

Also, the two lead women’s clothing was not time appropriate, though I can see it was necessary. Skirts would have been the uniform of the day. And certainly slack suits with jackets were not seen until the seventies.

Regardless these glitches, I thought it was a fun, action packed movie with characters that I have always loved. Thanks for the tickets!

This is one movie that, much like the Star Wars prequels, had too much thought and planning put into trying to revive a tried and true trilogy and make a few more bucks for the children’s trust fund. Almost 20 years of planning, and this is the best you could come up with? That is just sad and disappointing.

It’s starting to feel like perhaps he was lucky with the original Star Wars and Indy films, not a cinematic genius, just lucky.

So go ahead, hate me if you want but I said what I felt to be true.