How Do You Rate Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull?

As requested by Gobi.

 

Thanks for your help.

I couldn't decide between a seven or an eight so I cut the film some slack and gave it an eight.

 

I'd say 9 out of 10. It definitely wasn't perfect, but it was pretty darn awesome all the same!

 

Probably 8 or 9. I voted 9.

It's not quite Raiders, but pretty much delivers what you could hope for in an Indy film 27 years later.

 

Just got back from seeing it again, and it's officially a 9.

 

Hesitant between 8 or 9 . . . and went with 9

 

Very solid 8 for me. I'd rate my two favorites - Temple and Crusade - each a 9, and in many ways Skull seemed like a cross of these two film's styles. Superb summer blockbuster, and more importantly, a great Indy adventure that combined some old school flavor with an equally appropriate degree of fresh direction.

 

9 out of 10 for me

 

Agreed. The first time I saw it, I would have said 7.

 

I'm thinking a juicy 9 after a second viewing.

 

Indeed, my 9 was confirmed after the second viewing

 

1. Raiders - 10
2. Crusade - 9.5
3. Kingdom - 9
4. Temple - 8.5

 

9

 

I gave it an 8. I still have yet to see it again, and I think I'll like it more a second time. So as it was a 7 on first viewing and thinking about it makes me like it more, I think an 8 is where it'll land. Which is a good grade, mind you, very good.

-sj loves kevin spacey

 

I tossed out most of the flaws and focused on the pros, and gave it an 8.

 

I gave it an 8, too.

 

8 out of 10, I might have gone as low as 7.5.

 

I went 9 out of 10. That monkey bit was what pulled it down for me. Only seen it once, so with more viewings, I could rate it higher.

 

4.5/10

 

10 out of 10 even though I'd rank it as my third favorite of the series.

 

I give it a 4, nowhere near the quality of storytelling I and III accomplished. The things that made it bad for me was the flying saucer in the end (what's next Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Aliens?), also the fact that none of the characters even seemed to be likeable (Mac, Mutt, Marion) they seemed like they weren't enjoying themselves. For about half, maybe even more, of the movie you didn't even know what exactly they were looking for and what the crystal skull was, and in the end Indy and co. got nothing out of it, nothing at all, not even proof. Not even like Last Crusade where they didn't get the Grail but where Henry was healed. The action scenes seemed dragged out and not even that tense, where one mistake could kill you as in the originals. And the music, not very noticeable, not like the scores of Raiders and Last Crusade that are memorable (Raiders March, Basket Chase, Desert Chase, Marion's Theme, Scherzo, Belly of Steel Beast, Penitent Man Will Pass, and Escape from Venice to name a few). I listened to samples of it, it all seemed too ambient, not a action-adventure score.

Seems Spielberg got a hand on the script, too much, where he crossed his love of alien movies with Indy. The entire movie seemed like a cross between X-Files and Indiana Jones, instead of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, I'm going to Indiana Jones: I Want to Know.

 

A lot of you people who are giving it 8+ ratings are still high on the fact that there's a new Indy film and you finally got to see it. Sure, it was entertaining. But after a few months, you'll look back on it, having rewatched it a couple times, and realize it was nothing more than a rushed reunion special. We went as a group of 20 to watch it, we all came out disappointed. My childhood still hurts.

5/10

 

Ok, well why do you care whether other people enjoy it or not? Some people here like it more than I do, and more power to them. Why should I try to make someone not like something they like?

-sj loves kevin spacey

 

Oh I'm not trying to make anyone do anything. I'm trying to make people aware that their judgement is affected by a dominating variable (all the hype). Basically, it's really too early to "rate" KotCS among the others because we're all caught up in the spectacle that there's a new Indy film out after 20 years. People gave The Phantom Menace "11/10" when it came out, started to argue about Jar Jar after a month or so, but now that the dust has settled they've come to realize the movie wasn't all that great. When all the hype has settled, and you're sitting in your living room one day with the DVD saying, "Let's watch Crystal Skull! I haven't seen it in a long time!"... you'll be able to make a fair, independent, and untainted judgement of the film.

You'll find the split among likers and dislikers between those who clamored after every bit of information and marketing like water in the desert and those who knew it was coming but didn't pay attention until it came out.

To those who will inevitably get upset with me and retort, realize I struck a nerve.