In the middle of all this, Ford, of course, exudes his usual charisma in the definitive role of his career (and no, it is not Han Solo, Star Wars fans) and is an actor who can make just about anything halfway believable. LaBeouf also shows that he is a rising star and I only wish that Spielberg and Ford trusted his star potential more as aforementioned. The big miscasting, however, is the usually excellent Cate Blanchett, who sports a terribly caricatured accent and thus never truly becomes menacing.
I asked myself after seeing this film whether my disenchantment with the film is because it just didn’t live up to the original franchise. Many of the reviews I have read seem to like it simply because they embrace seeing Ford back as Indy. I enjoyed seeing him, too, and some of the nostalgic charm from the originals. But then, why should I have another movie merely reminisce the first three films for me instead of being its own film when I can just check out the original ones myself again?
Bottom line: Mediocre at best.
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