I honestly do not understand the sour criticism and gripes of feeling cheated evident here in the fray.

This is the fourth instalment of a long-cherished franchise. It completely delivers the thrill ride of action entertainment one expects. What's the damn problem?

NB -- you definitely have to check your suspension of disbelief at the door. I have a friend who had an issue with some of the extreme stuff, but I have to tip my hat to Spielberg and Lucas, and of course David Koepp, for dreaming up these outrageous action sequences and managing to pull them off within the world they created.

Indy 4 is spectacular entertainment, the likes of which is rarely achieved in contemporary Hollywood to such a high calibre.

I honestly don't understand why people here are so down on this movie -- it's not as if it's Matrix 2 or 3 !!!

RE: Suspension of disbelief- Just go back to three previous movies and their respective chase scenes Raiders- the Cairo bazaar scene with Marion, the Luftwaffe plane fight [improbable] Temple- Escape from Club Obi-Wan, escaping in mine cars from Palace guards and a deluge of water [improbable]. Crusade- Venice Boat scene, the Jones' dogfight, or fight on the tank [improbable]. Basically, however IMPROBABLE Indy & Co.'s success is, it was never IMPOSSIBLE. Spielberg always tempered this with great suspenseful, inventive and highly choreographed scenes. Indy 4 is a huge departure from this. Ok, I'm willing to concede the one line of dialogue on fencing that establishes the ensuing sword fight with Cate Blanchett. But WOW, I didn't really know what Simian Mobile Disco meant until I saw Shia LaBeouf swinging from trees, unleashing an avalanche of monkeys on the Soviets [impossible]. How can you not feel immediately cheated by something like this? -The Jungle Book had more plausibility and it at least was based off its own premise! Of course, I was already shaken by the first 15 MINUTES in with Indy escaping via test rocket, then surviving a nuclear explosion by being shot out of in a lead refrigerator like a Wile E. Coyote scene [impossible]. I'm fine with a 4th movie not meeting expectations, but standards (established by Spielberg mind you) are another thing. Indy 4 isn't the world that was originally created by Spielberg&Lucas, it was the result of lazy storytelling. Maybe, you're just trying to be tongue-in-cheek about this movie using words like "spectacular" and "high calibre," but even people that liked it, wouldn't use such hyperbole.

Just because suspension of disbelief is necessary to enjoy any movie doesn't mean one has to accept any bullshit washed down our throats by Lucas' increasingly delusional mind.

"Monkeys attack"? What next -- Indiana can fly through force of willpower and deflect bullets with his 5 o'clock shadow?