It is true fantastical stuff happened in the originals, but within reason. The only part I can think of out of reason was the dingy/cliff drop, that was it.
CS has the fridge, waterfalls and the monkey swing. The fridge I can live with - it is just a "Big bang" to finish up the first part of the movie like the dingy incident. The waterfall scene shoud have had the cast fight for their life and not just sit there, but at least it was part of the plot they had to follow 3 drops. The fridge and the waterfall scene somewhat have an Indiana Jones gritty action feel to them.
The monkey swing just wasn't needed and feels too polished and cartoony, and I'd have been fine with monkeys attacking Spalko if she had just smashed in to a tree of them and they attacked her out of rage,as opposed to the monkeys suddenly for no reason boding with Mutt and swinging down with him. Also why the vines dragged him up in to the tree is a mystery.
I did like Irina and Mutt as they had a sword fight, it felt cartoony, but it was generally within the realms of Indiana Jones more than the money swing. I wish Indy had a go at battling Irina, but at least we saw him shove her out of her jeep at the start.
I want George to be asked the questions Shia was, and to be given the quote concerning where Indy is not viewed as a super-man.
Shia is talking rubbish about the audience being jaded. I can live with fantastical moments, but sometimes things go too far. To make it worse though, the monkey swinging section didn't even involve Indy, so it distances it from the Indy world even further.