Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Boomer Self-Worship

SweetieBang and I saw the latest Indiana Jones flick last week and were both bitterly disappointed.
I notice that “Sex and the City” is the latest cinematic whipping girl while George Lucas (who co-created the “story” but not the actual screenplay) and Stephen Spielberg’s sloppy, self-aggrandizing garbage (which had to cost ten times the budget to produce) has gotten off fairly easily.
You’ll allow me a little rant, then, won’t you? I was, after all, the one who broke into applause at the first marvelous shot of Indiana Jones’ back. I was that excited to see him again.
But rant I shall, because in Lucas and Spielberg we have two of the great movie-making talents in the world, and for them to inflict such dreck on us is inexcusable. This film is a perfect example of what happens when you’re so rich, famous and well-respected in your field […]