Indy 4 was great.
The people that do not enjoy the film simply do not understand both the film itself, or the entire series.
The original trilogy was set in the 1930's, therefore it was modeled after the adventure serials that came out during that time frame. 19 years later, Indy 4 was in the 50's - therefore it was modeled after the films that came out during that time as well, Sci-Fi "B" movies. I am not sure what film you guys watched but Indy 4 certainly felt like a "B" movie to me.
Also screw the haters, they are in a very small minority, Indy 4 was very well received. Don't believe me?
RottenTomatoes Score; 78%/User Score of 3.5.
-Empire Magazine's Top 500 Films of All Time voted by readers/website users
-Cannes Film Festival = Standing Ovation
-MovieWeb Fan/Critic Accumulated score; 82% and a 3.8 "Great" score.
-CinemaScore= B+ average
-MetaCritic Score - 65 (4 Pts less than acclaimed Avengers) 7.1 User
-MovieFone 3.5 Stars Audience/4.0 Stars Critics
-Yahoo! Movies User Score - 4/5 Stars/B
-BoxOfficeMojo Surveys; 41% gave it an A, 37%; B. Compared to Temple of Doom's
37% A ratings, with each film; having the same number of votes, relatively.
-Fandango Critic/Fan Accumulated Scores of Hundreds of Votes/Reviews = Go!
-AICN - Two 'A' reviews. "Indiana Jones 4 is our childhood captured in perfection."
-Fandango Users/Critics Rated it 'Go Now!
-Nominated Best Action Movie at the 2009 Critics' Choice Awards.
-The Visual Effects Society nominated it for Best Single Visual Effect of the Year, Best Outstanding Matte Paintings, Best Models and Miniatures, and Best Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture.
-Nominated by Saturn Awards for Best Science Fiction Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Costumes and Best Special Effects.
-Entertainment Weekly Review A-
-NY Times Review- A
-Coming Soon reviews = 8/10 and 7/10
-Billboard Review- B
-Saturday; Evening Post; - A
-Roger Ebert - 3/4 Stars
-Most Watched Film on TV - 2009/2010
-Top 3 DVD sales - 2008/09
-78% Voted Good to Excellent/Perfect at The Raven Net forums - 260+Voters.
-ComCast Cable Score - 3 out of 4 Stars
-SlashFilmSurvey; 24,356 votes, 83% voted 'loved it'.
-TheRaven - 78% out of 210 voters scored it a 7 and above out of 10. 8-9 were the most common answers.
-IndyCast - Reviews - 86.5% Positive from Listeners
Voted into Empire's Top 500 Films of All Time!
Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5 stars out of 4, a rating he also gave to The Last Crusade. Ebert argued that the only critical criterion for judging the latest film was comparing it to the previous three. He found it "same old, same old", but that was what "I want it to be."[117] Leonard Maltin also gave the film 3 1/2 stars out of 4, although he had only given 2 stars to Temple of Doom and 2 1/2 to Last Crusade. "After a 19-year hiatus", Maltin wrote, "Indy returns with the same brand of high adventure that marked the original Raiders of the Lost Ark."
The film was nominated for Best Action Movie at the 2009 Critics' Choice Awards.The Visual Effects Society nominated it for Best Single Visual Effect of the Year (the valley destruction), Best Outstanding Matte Paintings, Best Models and Miniatures, and Best Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture (the inside of the temple). The film ranks 453rd on Empire's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time.At the 51st Grammy Awards, John Williams won an award for the Mutt Williams theme. It was nominated at the Saturn Awards for Best Science Fiction Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Costumes and Best Special Effects. It won Best Costumes.
Rotten Tomatoes Consensus =
Though the plot elements are certainly familiar, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull still delivers the thrills and Harrison Ford's return in the title role is more than welcome.
ComingSoon.net -
"Raiders" was best followed by "Last Crusade," "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" in a very close third, and "Temple of Doom" rounding out the four.
The film inspired scenes in Call of Duty; Black Ops and Fallout; New Vegas
EmpireOnline -
Does it feel like a real relation? Yes indeed. It feels very much like an Indiana Jones movie, despite Indy's bus-pass age and the crowded castlist, it's still the same old Indy (literally), cracking his whip and punching baddies in the jaw. Good sequel especially 20 years older!
Vanity Fair - 2008
At best, The Crystal Skullâ was an interesting new way to enhance Indy with sci-fi. After all, the fourth film cleared almost $800m at the worldwide box office, so something connected with the rest of the world.
Sean Connery himself stated that he liked the film, describing it as "rather good and rather long."
Spielberg politely dismissed the more negative reviews of the film, saying, "I'm very happy with the movie. I always have been."
Also people are WAY too hard on the Nuke the fridge scene. He could have survived it, he could NOT have survived the Raft scene from Temple of Doom.
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Indiana-Jones-Actually-Could-Have-Survi ved-Nuke-Fridge-35710.html
But Reel Physics, a Web series linked by Badass Digest, analyzed the scene and came to the conclusion that Jones actually could have survived the blast if he in fact stashed his arthritic body in a lead-lined fridge. Their theory also takes into account the weight of the appliance, which would contribute to the forces that would help Jones survive the blast and the toss. So science proves that nuking the fridge is an accurate stunt. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, George Lucas haters!
http://indianajones.wikia.com/wiki/MythBusters
Episode 20 (Season 3) "Escape Slide Parachute" - The MythBusters team tested the plausibility of surviving a fall from an airplane in a life raft, as depicted in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. After 3 drops with their test dummy in a raft, they determined that it was not possible to survive as shown in the film, and called the myth "busted".