It has been a long time in coming but every time I have seen a preview of the new Indiana Jones film and that classic musical score starts it gets me longing to see the actual film. In fact as most of the early previews were just scenes from the old films I have to confess that it is the music that makes me smile.

Some people might think that after "The Last Crusade" Indiana Jones should have hung up his Fedora but as that old saying goes you cannot please all of the people all of the time.

With Harrison Ford reprising his role as Indiana Jones (I don't think they could ever have made it without him) the Germans have been replaced as the villains of the piece by the Russians with Cate Blanchett playing Irina Spalko.

One thing I have always liked about the films is the fact that the Paramount logo would always start off the action with a little snippet of story that does not greatly relate to the rest of the film. In Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull we do get to see the Paramount logo blend in to the scene - However unlike previous films in the series we are introduced into the action straight away (in fact it is a good few minutes into the film before we first get to see Indiana Jones). Of course when you do see the silhouette of Indiana putting on the Fedora you just want to cheer, or at least I did but with a full cinema I doubt it would have gone down well. I don't want to spoil the film for anyone so if you want to know more about the plot you know what to do show

Personally I think Indiana Jones is a great character and I always enjoy watching the films. This film was good but not as good as the previous films, in fact I would say it was in a completely different league, everyone knows with these types of film that you have to give a little leeway when it comes to story lines but I felt this story was just not believable as the other films - that said I will still get the DVD when it comes out.

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