Walk Out

I did something last night I have never done.

I walked out of a movie before it was done. The movie was offensive only in that it the plot was so bad and I that I was swindled out of $20 bucks. Janae was squirming in her seat from the get-go, and I kept wanting the film to pick up speed. Instead, it laid an egg.

The movie was a sequel of a previously great trifecta of films; the first of the series debuted in 1981. I'm writing, of course, about the 4th Indiana Jones movie. ALIENS? Indy holding a "crystal" skull that looked like it came from Walmart and was stuffed with saran wrap? Or how about the scene where Indiana survived a nuclear blast by hiding out in a lead-lined refrigerator?

Even the beginning was curiously bad. Usually these movies have James Bond-like starts that rivet your attention. Instead, we were treated to cars racing through the desert.

As a HUGE Indy fan, I knew this was coming. Perhaps its why I waited so long to see this film since it opened in late May. The first 3 installments of the franchise were over-the-top great filmmaking. I also saw each of them with my dad and that made the memory even better.

Aliens? Lousy Russian accents? Harrison Ford going through the motions? Shia LeBouf a tough guy? Frankly, I think I could have wrote a better script.

And now I'm out $20 bucks.

Oh, and another $5 spot for a cold drink. How do families afford this today?