Reply #27: I haven't seen it yet so I can't comment on particulars [View All]

But from the threads I've seen, it seems like people are expecting this movie to be something Indiana Jones movies never were - serious.

The whole idea of the movies has always been to sort of mimic the over-the-top dramatic serials of the 40's. As such, they don't worry about historical accuracy or even believable plot (the Nazis are after the Ark of the Covenant? C'mon!). They're about action, adventure, tongue-in-cheek humor and a larger-than-life hero. They've never tried to be anything else and to look for "real" accents, precision dating of ancient civilizations and a well-grounded and rational plot misses the whole point. They're just supposed to be fun.

Now, if it's not fun, then there is a problem.