I just attended the midnight premiere of Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull in Wallingford. I'd give the film a qualified "thumbs up." There's definitely enough string content to make this movie worth catching in the theater, though I went in with my expectations sufficiently lowered such that I could enjoy it. There are some problems--especially with the final half hour of the flick--that I won't detail here for fear of spoiling some plot details, but it's pretty thrilling to see Indy and Marion back on the big screen. And certainly it's clear why the wannabes (Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, Brendan Fraser in The Mummy series, Nicolas Cage in the two National Treasure entries, et al.) suffer by comparison to the real deal.
