Chris Stuckmann reviews Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, starring Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent. Directed by Steven Spielberg.
7:55 that scene spawned one of the most famous maps in gaming history. Nuketown in Black Ops! One the artists designed Nuketown after watching the movie.
Mutt doesn't get the hat, but you may notice that in TOD, Indy actually lets Short Round wear it in one scene. The Short Round movie is what I really need right now!
You know I’d actually like it if we have Short Round (given the actor is now a stunt choreographer) all grown up join indy and Mutt on one last adventure. But I’d like it if we had Chris Pratt play Mutt instead.
I mean it does fit a lot of movies. But it's the fact it's an Indiana Jones movie. I remember how much hype this movie had from it's first trailer. And then the absolute unanimous reaction of anger and hatred after it's release.
@@FlyingV555 Hard to say, there are so many movies and other things that could be described that way that have come out in the last 30 years I'd say (definitely in the last 20) it's impossible to guess.
12:54 Having just watched all the films fresh for the first time, I didn’t see this moment as disrespect to Marcus like many fans understandably would. It plays out like a weird trick of fate that Mutt lays the trap, only for Marcus to in a sense foil their pursuit of Indy and Mutt. The smiling head of Marcus falling in their lap feeling like an in character interference from beyond the grave to help out his friend. While Mutt, the optimist in the story, reacts in amazement seeing it as miraculous as it was, very much like Indy did as a youth. Indiana Jones however, has a look of insult, shame, and pain. In his old age, Henry has become his own father, seeing everything Mutt does as stupid or unimpressive. Indiana Jones despite seemingly being converted to a life of faith at the end of the trilogy, now has lost the people in his life who helped him achieve said faith. He’s cynical of everything, surrounding himself with people like Mac who are clearly negative influences, until he meets this boy who he realizes is his son, and along with him, Marion. All of This coupled with the fact that he survives so many absurd things, seeing the Ark again, but also meeting beings who contradict the idea of God altogether, the film still ends with him under the holy roof of a Church. In the face of challenge, through Resilience of belief, Indiana Jones finally achieves what his father did: Illumination. This is not a great film by any stretch, but like the Star Wars prequels, it does have something to say. Also like the Prequels, the message is poorly executed in many respects. Thanks for the video, keep up the great work.
The scene with statue of Marcus reminded me of the scene when Indie was on the motorcycle with his father. Indie uses the pole by jamming it into the spokes of the Nazi's motorcycle. Indie has a big smile on his face, while his father as a disappointed look of derision. This is in contrast to Indie's father smiling when Indie takes out the guy while jousting. Because Indie's father was illuminated, he could tell the difference between a fair and noble fight and a cheap shot while at the time Indie couldn't.
I imagined a scenario I think would have been better. What if Marcus' statue had a different pose in which Marcus had an arm raised? What if the arm broke off and perfectly slapped a badguy of a motorcycle chasing them?
Not to be that guy, but he didn’t really call anything. When you consider the fact that when he filmed this video Ford was 78 and the movie was in preproduction
...and yet, quite a bit of practical FX work. They could easily have saved half the budget with CGI, which might have looked better. That overlit cinematography kills it!
Yeah right day Chris reads gives thumbs up to comments is day listen to people comments and review what they say which is never he don’t read comments people
It may be better to do the whole series, instead of just the one. 2 really just pics up like it is one continuous movie. 3 is not so good, but 4 is pretty good.
The nuketown scene is such a cool concept. Wakes up in a fake town, has no clue where he is, hears a noise. It’s great. I just wish there was maybe an actual bunker in the back yard of one of the houses like in the black ops map. Then it would have been a bit more believable. But the fridge is iconic as hell I can’t lie. It even appeared in Fallout: New Vegas if you have wild wasteland, witch I think is hilarious.
I think it’s the idea that Indiana Jones has become so iconic in the past 30-40 years, that he’s a superhero in a lot of people’s eyes. And that’s kind of ruined what he was established as in the first movie.
@@anorak775 It worked in minority report considering it's futuristic and clean. But Indy has always had a sweaty, dirty, grimy look and feel to it. This movie was just too clean, it just felt way off. Nothing in the world felt particularly lived in everything felt artificial and fake.
The girl who punches Mutt Williams (Shia LeBeouf) in the diner scene is Sasha Spielberg, daughter of director Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw (Willie Scott from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)). Cate Blanchett and Harrison Ford had never met before this movie. The first time they were introduced was on the first day of filming, where Indiana and Spalko first meet. Blanchett said it was ideal to be introduced to him dressed as Indiana Jones, because she'd always been a big fan of the character. This is the first Indiana Jones movie without Pat Roach, who had a role in the first three movies. Roach died in 2004. The character Mutt Williams is named after composer John Williams This is the only movie in the franchise in which Indy does not fire his pistol. This is the only Indiana Jones movie not to receive any Oscar nominations. The only movie directed by Steven Spielberg to win a Razzie Award (Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel.) Though others have been nominated Steven Spielberg cast Russian actors in the roles of Russian soldiers, so their accents would be authentic.
@@adriannn3720 yeah, I know. This is how I would rank them. 4. Temple of doom 3. The last crusade 2. Raiders of the lost ark 1. Kingdom of the crystal skull
"Indiana Jones movies should have exceptional ideas not acceptable ideas." Damn, Stuckmann, you're becoming as quotable as Ebert at the height of his powers
Neville Bezzina difference between ebert and Chris is ebert use to reply to email Chris never reply messages twitter, Facebook , youtube , flick pick reply sometimes Chris never does
@@dragonball3166 do you have any idea how many messages Chris has to reply to just so he can entertain your comment? Hundreds of mails can be received daily, millions of comments and tweets and posts will be received with the internet in just half of a day. Stop thinking people you see on the screen have the respnsibility to address you personally. Stop being entitled. Also, if you are watching Chris closely with his vids, you should know that there are two or three fans that approached him during a screening asking for a selfie after the film. After the film, he waited on the cinema theatre for them to find him, he even looked for them, and he didn't find them. He gave them a special mention on one of his vids that on the next screening he hopes to see them again and take that selfie. I don't know Chris personally, but I'm pretty sure he's a guy who will find it a pleasure to interact with fans.
Aliens fit right at home with the 50s theme though. As does the Russian psyops lady. The core concept had merit; it's just bafflingly bad in execution.
My understanding is that the conversation was kind of the opposite. The original idea was to lean hard into 1950s UFOlogy and SF movie tropes, but Spielberg didn't want to, because he'd played with that in Close Encounters. So instead we have anachronistic 70s style New Agey UFOlogy at the core, which doesn't work.
I think this is an underrated film and I really enjoy it, but I can understand some of the legit technical issues (I.e. the ADR, the eternally sterile costumes, even when characters are in the Amazonian jungle or getting all dirty and bruised). As for Mutt taking the lead in the action scenes as opposed to Indy, I think that was intentional. They were setting up Mutt taking up the reigns of the series (whether you liked that idea or not, that was definitely the intent). Also, Spalko is one of my favorite movie villains. I enjoy Mutt as a character personally, even though a couple jokes of his fall flat. I like the chase scenes, the larger sociopolitical themes woven into the story (which are appropriate for the time period), I LOVE how the movie recreates the fifties (this movie helped spawn my love for the aesthetics of that time period). I even like Mac as a character, after hearing David Koepp explain him a little more in-depth, as well as Ray Winstone (I was wishy-washy on the character for years). I don’t think Irina’s death was as creatively gory or creepy as it could’ve been (tho I understand why, after the controversy surrounding Temple of Doom’s violence and gore). I do appreciate that the movie was made with real sets, props and locations unless they absolutely could not achieve something without using CGI. I don’t like that Oxley just gets his memory back when the skull is returned (I understand that he’s connected to and speaking it’s language and all, I just feel like his return to normalcy just kind of happened). Overall, despite its flaws, I actually love this movie (it’s my second favorite in the series), and I love Chris’s review of it all the same!
To me, the greatest offense of the CSK script seems to be the idea of Indy leaving Marion at the altar. Any writer with even a shred of comedic timing (or respect for the Raiders universe!) would have it the other way around ... Marion's decision to raise her child on her own instead of forcing Indy into marriage would not only demonstrate her fierce indpendence, but also make for a great gag (by contradiciting traditional gender sterotypes)!
He was right to begin with, it was a B, as in BAD. And it even plays like a B movie at certain times. A B grade is more than fair depending how you look at it.
Harrison ford said that in a 2006 interview if is movie wasn't made by 2008 they should just forget about it so Steven Spielberg instantly starting planning the storyline
BattleUp Saber There's a fanedit of KotCS (either Raiders of the Lost Skull or the 15Maf edit) that use the trailer version of that line. I recommend seeking out either edit, they're both quite good. Especially the Raiders of the Lost Skull edit.
The MCU is guilty of this, too. The scene between Peter and Tony in the limo in Spider-Man Homecoming is better in the trailer than in the movie. (Go ahead and rewatch both. I’ll wait here. Now, search your feelings. You know it to be true.)
The minute I heard James Mangold is set to direct the last Indiana Jones movie I became a very happy man. I have faith he will give Indiana Jones the ending it deserves like he did with Logan.
@@ibnmianal-buna3176 Lol yea… not hearing great things unfortunately. Mangold is a damn good director, so I’ve been kinda surprised at the early reviews. Wondering if Disney ruined it or if it was just not a good script or both.
I just saw it at the cinema. It was…okay…didn’t quite have the charm and thrills of the older movies. It also lacked some good comedy but I didn’t dislike it. It’s 100% better than Crystal Skull and leaves the franchise on a better note. I just felt the film never really took off
This movie isn’t the worst movie in the world imo. It’s definitely the worst in the series and feels completely detached from the genius Spielberg made before with the other three films.
I feel like one of the reasons it looks more overlit is for a few reasons: 1. Spielberg in the 2000s went for a more overblown aesthetic in his blockbuster films, Minority Report and War of the Worlds for example. I feel like he could have brought that mindset here as well 2. This is the only Indiana Jones movie shot by Janusz Kaminiski. In general, he tends to overlight his films, especially windows being blown out to a considerable degree. Even look at Amistad, that's a very brightly lit movie. It could have been the different style of his vs the originals by Douglas Slocombe's. This is just a theory I have.
Robbie Moore, I was about to comment that exact same thing. Slocombe was an "old school" cinematographer who trained under Kubrick, and his frequent collaborator John Alcott, who all championed natural lighting, and it shows in the Indy trilogy. If I remember right, Slocombe never used a light meter the entire time he shot Raiders. Spielberg wanted him to shoot Crystal Skull, but like Connery, Slocombe had retired by this time and didn't want to return. Like you said, Kaminski overlit everything probably in order to give it that 1950's comic book like feel.
I also feel like George Lucas’ obsession with cgi and blue screen was a bad influence on Spielberg. This is probably the only film ever directed by Spielberg with below par effects.
This movie felt so extravagent and self-indulgent. Like they made a $200 mil B movie, shot on location, and made it look like a studio set. You're right, the uniforms were always so weirdly clean for me too & I couldn't stop noticing it.
I always admired George for doing this actually. He knew the future was CGI and invested more money and time in to the technology than anyone else (except maybe Steve Jobs.) The technology wasn't there yet but ILM was forced to push what was possible because of his movies and the film techniques are still in use today.
I appreciate your intelligent criticism as opposed to the groupthink typical with this movie. I'd never thought about the cinematography before but you're completely right, and it's baffling. Why did they want to make it LOOK like a set-bound CGI fest when it actually wasn't? Personally I give it a C+ probably, just because I got to spend more time with an old friend I love for one more adventure, and they got enough right that they didn't screw that part up for me.
It's bad but it's more just so deeply disappointing. After all the time between the third movie and this one (19 years) you'd think they could get everything right. Nope. All the time planning, rewrites countless drafts and who knows how much shot footage that was never used. This is the outcome.
I really loved the concept of the nuclear test town at the start of the film and him having to hide in the fridge, I just wish they had figured out how to pull the scene off better.
I really wish that they made a movie in the 90s, when World War II was ACTUALLY starting. Indy was an Army/OSS officer that fought directly in the war, so I have no doubt that there's a lot of amazing stories of him fighting the Nazis, or even the Japanese and Italians as well. I always wanted Sony to come through with a third person action adventure in the vein of Uncharted for Indy in the 40s and have Ford reprise his role for it. I know it'll never happen but I'd still like to dream.
Nah, it was the same, fake shit. And perhaps even worse since they mashed together several stories instead of sticking to the books. At least Indy had an original story written for him..........but yeah, both Tintin and Indy were raped.
I enjoyed this movie and still do. It's the weakest of the four, I agree, but not by a longshot. It was fun and honestly Aliens or "Interdimensional Beings" weren't a bad or wrong idea, especially when you think about the history of the cold war and the "space race". Also the Soviets being after the power to control the cohesive mind of their opponents sounds like a horror story right from that era. Where this movie fails a bit is in the overuse of CGI, the atomic bomb scene and that they don't really explain what the interdimensional beings were too much. But the villains in my opinion are well executed, Harrison did a great performance as an older Indy and the side characters were fun to watch.
I actually really like this movie, maybe because it was the only Indiana Jones movie we had in my Grandma's house so my cousins and I watched it so many times. It might be pure nostalgia but everytime I see this movie I remember my cousins and I pretending to be the characters in this film
YEP ! Still do...the Soviet thing was a true thing.... the love of B movies is what lucas and spielberg always preached and here is one more for the road. THe saddest part of this film is likely the las time the boys will ever work together again. Don't care, love the film!
@UN KNOWN He's afraid of being ostracized. Otherwise he'd openly admit it. It's like the people who hate on the prequels because they don't want to be looked down on.
For me one of the problems was Spielberg usually respects the age of an actor and gives them a role suitable for them. Tom Hanks in Bridge of Spies playing a lawyer and Daniel Day-Lewis playing a US President. With age comes a bit of dignity and authority and wisdom. Harrison Ford was in his 60s but they still wanted him to be like his younger 30 something action adventures star old self and it just didn't look right or feel believable. The problem was Indie wasn't a terribly deep 3 dimensional character in the first 3 films so trying to give him a more suitable role and maybe making it into more a thriller would have been a harder sell. So they just kept it as more of a straight forward action adventure film but with an old cast. Either that or they should have thought about recasting him and maybe give it to Christopher Nolan to direct? His films are always brilliant spectacles whatever else you think about them?
It’s interesting because if you look at some set footage shown in this video they actually have aluminum reflective sheets hovering above the cast. These are typically used to get a glow lighting effect in portrait photography... this is the first I have seen it used in cinematography... maybe they thought it would give for a more moody atmosphere.
I dont think Crystal Skull sucks. I agree with many of the points Stuckmann made, but many of those criticisms could be leveled at most action movies. Ive been getting into these arguments with Star Wars fans for decades. Star Wars was NEVER top quality cinema. Indiana Jones was NEVER top quality cinema. These are fun, light hearted action movies for all ages. Does the Phantom Menace and Crystal Skull have more objective flaws than others in the franchise? Yeah, but they are still, fun, engaging, and keep the spirit alive.
Came back to this because of the Indiana Jones 5 trailer release and this is one of my favorite videos. Lots of laughs and I love the scene by scene breakdowns
I still think it's funny that that single scene pretty much summarizes everything wrong with this movie. A moment of jumping the shark so ridiculous and extreme it completely derailed any believability the movie had left.
@@mnorth1351 I wasn't as pissed off as a lot of people were at the whole "oh it's aliens" thing. The series has always been about supernatural artifacts and stuff so it wasn't a huge jump but it was a noticeable jump to sci-fi from action adventure with mere elements and glimpses of what the series was previously. A lot of the action was really ridiculous in a bad way. The fights, the chases, the set-pieces (in particular Tarzan of course, nuking the fridge and the cliff edge vehicle scene) It really says something when the least problematic element of the movie is the alien stuff. I still think 99% of how this movie was received and currently looked at and remembered is due to the execution. Script,filming, acting and horrible cheap looking CGI all helped this movie become as hated as it is.
Pretty much the only things I like about this movie: HF still giving his all as Indy, the '50s setting and the motorcycle chase scene. That's about it.
Haven't seen this film since about a year after it came out, and it's interesting to find that your impressions are almost identical to mine. Although I wouldn't give it more than a D-. One note about the bright, harsh look of it that occurred to me was the fact that just prior to this film, Spielburg had worked with Janusz Kaminski for a slew of films, and they had shot on film and used bleach bypass during development-this creates a glowing effect, bright highlights, and a desaturated look, because of the silver retained in the negative. You can see this look starting with Saving Private Ryan and continuing through at least War of the Worlds. I suspect that the look of Crystal Skull might have been a half-hearted attempt to re-create a similar look digitally. Not so much the desaturated look, because the colors are very saturated almost to the point of fakeness, but the glow of the highlights.
Marion: “I’m sure I wasn’t the only one to go on with my life. There must have been plenty of women for you over the years.” Indy: “There were a few, yeah, but they all had the same problem.” Marion: “Oh yeah, what’s that?” Indy: “They weren’t you, honey.” Admit it, you all went “aww” after that exchange.
@@War624 She was talking specifically about after their relationship in Raiders when they were a serious couple though. Not their high school-college age relationship
I've always thought that Stargate was the movie that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was supposed to be. Oh, by the way- a LOT of people criticized Cate Blanchett for doing a terrible Russian accent, but it is actually supposed to be Ukrainian, and having worked with a Ukrainian woman for about two years, I can say for a fact that it is spot-on accurate.
I always liked stargate. But indy and aliens just don't go together, I think. If this movie was just the hunt for Eldorado it would have been fine. Oh yeah, and we don't even get that, because the treasure in the city of gold is of course meant to be a symbolic thing. At the end of that nicolas cage movie there is at least a real giant ass treasure
How? His biggest complaint is Indy not feeling vulnerable and the cinematography being too clean. That’s not what happens in DoD. Indy gets beaten up quite badly throughout the film and it’s shot waaaay better than this film. Dial Of Destiny has very big issues that prevent it from being a great film but it’s nowhere near as bad as KOTCS.
@@NathanDrakeTheGreat What? No it didn’t. It’s nowhere near as bad as KoTC because they actually shot on location most of it instead of green screening everything. The difference is night and day…
yea to think Spielberg use to be able to create suspense in his sleep back in the day. shows how difficult it is to make movies. you do a few elements wrong and it falls apart
I just wanted a good adventure movie with practical effects. I didn't get what I wanted. Just because you can do something doesn't excuse doing it. It is supposed to be a top grade B movie not a shitty AAA movie.
Hey Chris! I’ve really enjoyed your 4 Indy movie reviews! Love these films as much as you & generally agree all round with your reviews! Good stuff! 👍🏼
I love that the one thing everyone can say about all these bad sequels is that John Williams did nothing wrong and always creates greatness for the crap.
@@47imagine Forgettable sure but just by watching this movie alone, about all the things this movie did wrong, Williams' score is as always phenomenal. Was it his best? no, but it's still a good score
@@15Candles To each his own, I guess. I hardly think the score is phenomenal. Like everyone else who worked on this movie, Williams phoned it in. Just my opinion.
@@47imagine By no means it's his best score but to think a single redeeming quality of this movie, it's Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, and John Williams' music. It's not like everything about this movie is bad, the weakest in the Indiana Jones franchise for sure, but it's far from being one of the worst movies ever made
Chris...Dont understand how a grown man can expect and invest so much into this series of hollywood claptrap. Even the first one was for kiddiewinkies!!! Stick to real movies for christs sake!
The best thing I can say about this movie is it was the first movie I remember seeing in theaters. And if it was never made I would’ve never gotten into the other Indiana Jones movies. It’s a really bad movie, but at least it led me to watching Raiders and Last Crusade, which I really enjoyed
25:35 My friend, who is a huge Indi fan and watched this movie in 2008 told me that when that scene happened, people in the theater started booing and yelling and cursing at the screen
It was interesting Chris. Last night I had a section of my Dream devoted to you reviewing Indy 5 and you started out very emotional. Then you choked up at one point, looked at the camera with tears in your eyes and said "It was Awful". And the pain I saw in your eyes was brutal. Like it actually hurt you that they ended the franchise in such an awful way. I never got to hear what exactly was awful about it, but whatever it was, it had you in tears. I'm Hoping and Praying that this isn't a Bad Omen...
One thing you can't deny that's even prevalent now is that Harrison Ford is still charismatic and fit which is part why I love this film to my heart so much because he's still giving a phenomenal performance and giving it his all as both Han Solo in force awakens and as Indiana Jones because he is both!
Well, look at the tires on the car at the right at 18:42... They forgot to animate even THAT! Or it's the spare tire. Anyway it messes with my brain so I'll leave it at that!
In a sea of egregious errors, there are three things that bothered me the most: 1. Marion does not punch Indy when she is introduced. It's just all stupid smiles. She should have smiled and hit him square in the jaw. 2. The CG ants have no presence, and therefore there are no stakes. When you had REAL snakes, rats or bugs, you FELT that. Your skin crawled. These ants are just a big, fake nothing. 3. Marion and Indy get married, yet Sallah, a good friend to them both, is not there? He just had to be there for ONE scene guys. You could have made it happen. Also, to a lesser extent, Short Round.
John Rhys-Davies, answering the phone: "Hello? Steven who? Spielberg? Never heard of him. He wants to pay me all the money for a single afternoon of filming? Tell him no thanks, I'm busy." *click* John goes back to playing with his Gimli action figures.
Thank you for pointing out how clean the movie looks, including everyone's clothes. When I saw the movie, it always looked off, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Sure, the lighting is awful too, but really the spirit of the franchise was in part how gritty it is. Dirty clothes say a lot and when every scene looks like a photo shoot, it misses the point.
Yes! The Star Wars prequels had that same problem with bad lighting, everything looking too clean, and lots of ridiculous things happening throughout the movies.
@@MichaelP_IsMe It's just lucas being an incompetent filmmaker with directing and camera work. The prequels are a FIRST example of this. Spielberg directed this movie but you can see Luca's handprints ALL over this film entirely. It's fine in the prequel films for things to "look too clean" when their politicians in safe environments that are MEANT to be clean but when the characters are in action and the characters HAVE to get their hands dirty like the jedi and solders in fight scenes or a chase scene or a WAR ZONE, you HAVE to add alot of grit to all the clothing and uniforms. It's tricky to get "the right amount of dirty and grit" in a space sci-fi movie series where they have advanced tech and you EXCEPT the "slick clean sci-fi" look except to see in EVERY single sci-fi series to an extent. That's just how sci-fi generally is. I don't know what you mean by "lots of ridiculous things happening throughout the movies" because in Star Wars, you EXCEPT to see crazy things in the series! Same thing with Indiana Jones as the crazy stuff is WHAT you're in for and where all the fun is in!
I was 10 years old when KOTCS came out and I loved it. I have grown to see it’s flaws as an Indy fan but also don’t really care too much, it’s supposed to be a fun film for audiences and a fun adventure film for families and that’s what it is. It holds a special place in my heart due to how young I was when I saw it but also again I don’t really care about the bad parts because it’s just a fun movie to watch even though the glaring mistakes are there. Just like Episode I and II of Star Wars when I was young also hold special places with me. These films will always be ok in my book.
I truly enjoy your reviews and I'm rarely at odds with you. I have had a life long disagreement with a friend of mine about the use of "see" or "watch". I believe that we should say for example, "I'm going to watch a movie later" as opposed to "I'm planning on seeing a movie tomorrow ".
Yep. Caught a midnight showing and was super jacked for it. The girl I went with and I kinda groaned about the gophers early and especially about the fridge nuke, but the sword fight and Tarzan scenes, we were both like, "ok this is fucking stupid."
@@whiskeycorridor90 , no, it is that bad. Compared to Indy films of the 80's, this is tired, watered down and occasionally plain bad. Why are you defending this film? What's your excuse?
And to think I thought the raft scene from Temple of Doom broke my suspension of disbelief beyond repair -- I had no idea. Thank goodness Sir Connery had the good sense to let us remember him fondly from the Last Crusade.
Chris this is honestly one of the most fair and reasonable reviews of Crystal skull. I will be honest and say I'm one of the few people that legit likes this movie. It's never been a favorite, it's definitely the worst indiana jones movie. I think you did a great job of illustrating what works and doesn't work about the film, without just shitting all over it
One of the few movies I saw on opening night!!! I understand everyone's gripe to a point but I can see what Spielberg was getting across. I thought Shia LaBeouf was going to tank the film but he actually fits it perfectly because he's suppose to be this thick skinned tough guy but he has a complex from not having a father and you get to see that dynamic play out very well throughout the movie. Mutt is introduced as a tough guy thats too fast for old Indy but as we move forward Indy is just a badass and the little boy gets schooled. The dynamic of how Indy treats him before and after knowing he's his father is gold. The end of this movie sucks but other than that, I can enjoy this film just fine.