i still maintain that this movie was good... up until indy and mutt got to south america. then it went downhill pretty fast. especially when marian shows up, movie turned into a fucking cartoon. i don't mind the fridge nuking, i don't even mind the aliens. but I do mind cardboard cut out characters on an hour long universal studios ride. (not that the first three movies were intensely deep and thought provoking, but you catch my drift)
it's funny because i think what afflicted this movie - chopped up script - is the exact problem with Terminator Salvation .... studio greenlights movie, everything's good to go except a script which nobody can agree on, time is running out. so what you have is everybody settling on a sort of frankenstein script where everything's abbreviated or amended to please everyone, and despite some competent acting and direction, the finished product comes out hollow
i'm still down for an indy 5 though. 1960s, hippy mutt, soviets ... lots of stuff to do, just get a competent script writer