Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

‘Ode’ to the action genre. This franchise is renowned for quality action so expectations were high and excitement was pulsing as we headed off to the most anticipated action movie of the year. So did it live up to the expectations set by the prior trilogy? I’m not convinced.

However this is definitely a film all Indiana Jones fans need to see – and there were some fabulous and intense actions scenes, but was it better than the first three?

It’s obvious they are setting us up for more, but I have to say (this is going to shock many out there), I didn’t leave the cinema feeling fully satisfied. I felt the ending let the rest of the movie down.

Somehow it kinda lost its way… It left the path of the archaeologist and stepped over into the land of ‘too weird’ in a bad way, for an ‘Indy’ flick. Did anyone else think that?

Elizabeth – The Golden Age

I’d read reviews that said that this film was slow moving, so I prepared myself with low expectations. The reviewers got it right. It was slow moving and without much interest.

The costume jewelery was amazing, but Cate Blanchett and Clive Owen were not enough to make the film pop for me. I would have appreciated a prologue of historical events – for those of us who didn’t take history at school. Instead found myself lost in the film makers meandering plot. Consequently I’m none the wiser and will have to research it up myself (but at least I’m now interested enough to do so).

However a highlight was being encouraged by Mel and Richard to tap into our bad side and sit in the premiere seats (cozy and oh so luxurious leather seats) when we’d only paid for the cheap seats! Great fun! Such rebellion…

Steph’s rating: 6/10 (Seats: 10/10)