Okay! Indy 4 review now, while it's still in my head!

The non-spoiler-y part of the review -

Okay, totally unrelated to the film itself, but seeing midnight shows rocks. We had one guy come into the theater, walk down to the front, and crack a bullwhip for five minutes. When someone else got a bag of popcorn, a prop idol, and toy snakes, and proceeded to reenact the entire opening scene of Raiders, using the popcorn as the replacement sand bag. The bag stayed up there all night. :P

AWESOME. Just plain AWESOME. Is it high art? No. But it's a damn fun adventure, and it's a blast. Indy is back, baby!

It feels a lot like The X-Files meets Indiana Jones... but it works! It's got the action and the fights, it's got the comedy, and it has the dramatic and even a few poignant moments. There were definitely a couple of parts that had me going "...WTF?" But the good far outweighed the bad. It starts out rather slowly, and sort of has to build into the story, but once it gets momentum it's awesome.

While I was skeptical, Shia LaBoeuf makes a great addition to the cast. He really clicks with Harrison Ford, and their back-and-forth is great! AWESOME to see Karen Allen back, and she totally rocked the movie.

The score was fantastic - it was really fun hearing snippets from the other movies. I'm sure I caught tunes from both Raiders and Last Crusade... there may have been some Temple of Doom cues in there that I missed.

OMG MY MARION AND INDY SHIPPING PAYS OFF. Years of arguing pro-Marion/Indy and I get the pay off. :D Seriously, they ROCK together. The snark, the love, it's all there. The look on Indy's face when he first sees Marion again... PRICELESS. How quickly they clicked again threw me a bit - they stepped right back into the relationship as if nothing ever happened - but it worked out okay. The arguing over the relationship in the back of the truck? Priceless! And this bit of dialogue had to have gotten the biggest roar of laughter from the audience in the whole movie:
Marion: *in the quicksand* He's your son! Henry Jones III!!
Indy: ...why did you let him quit school?!
OMG LOVE. XDDDD
Hell, that whole SCENE in the quicksand was a riot. :D ("Say 'grab the rope!'") And I like that we got more about what happened between them. Almost married? That's news to me! In the comics they dated for awhile then Marion moved on, but no mention was ever made of marriage. I love that he still pined after her all those years, while she tried to convince herself that she was happy with Colin. (Her "I had a happy life!" rant was a bit too forced, as if she were trying to tell herself that more than him) I was kinda waiting for her to punch him, but I'll live. :P But OMFG FINALLY MARRIED. XDDD

I'll say it: I love Mutt. I was prepared to see him as a wannabe, but Shia really pulled it off and made Mutt a really likeable character. He was a GREAT foil for Indy - the two of them played off each other sooo well! The snark ("What are you, like, 80?"), the back and forth (Indy snatching the hat at the wedding)... they were a riot. Love it!

The fight in the diner between the jocks and the greasers? SO MUCH WIN.

Indy in the refrigerator during the atomic test? SO MUCH WIN.

The ark in the warehouse? SO MUCH WIN.

I loved seeing Indy's moment at the beginning to remember his dad and Brody. Very poignant, and made the getting back together with Marion and learning he has a son feel that much more fulfilling.

The whole "staying behind to try to grab the treasure thing that Mac pulled was a little too "Mummy" for me. And the monkeys and Mutt swinging like Tarzan had me headdesking. But that's a small price to pay for an otherwise very enjoyable movie!

There's probably about 20 billion other things I want to say, but I can't remember them now, so I'll leave it at that. Discuss away! XD