Indian Jones

Let me begin by saying that I will not give anything away, so if you have not yet seen the new Indiana Jones movie, it is safe to continue reading this! May I begin by saying that I went into the theater expecting utter crap. This was my way of taking 311's advice "You can't be let down if you don't expect the world." I love the first three movies (well, I at least consider the second one a good 'Indy on vacation' type flick), and really was skeptical of the making of a fourth, a ridiculous 19 years after the last one.
My biggest concerns were as follows: Harrison Ford is old and, therefore, Indy will be old; Shia LaBeouf (who I think had his best role and did his best acting in Holes, and honestly just annoys me) was not only to play Indy's son but his greaser son; Sean Connery, who nearly eight years ago when talks were in full swing for this fourth installment was involved, is not back for this flick.
All I have to say after viewing the film last night is that each of those possible problems was handled extremely well and should have been the very least of my concerns! (The following is the closest I will get to a spoiler, just in case any of you really want to have no idea about the movie). All I will say is that during the first 1/2 or 3/4 of the movie I was pleasantly surprised and then I had to pinch myself b/c I thought I was back in Idaho with Aaron and Lane watching the 2 hour SciFi network "documentary" on the crystal skulls.

It's over.

Just wanted to announce the successful completion of my comprehensive exams. It really was an endurance test, and the oral defense proved to me that I can sweat from places on my body that I did not deem possible before. Minnis really gave it to me, and it made me have Clark flashbacks, minus the flying chalkboard erasers or karate kicks to the back of my chair. Hope you all finished up well. Lay-tar.


mike