Indiana Jones 4 Looks Pretty Bad

I'm a pretty big fan of the first three Indiana Jones movies, I own them all and have seen them countless numbers of times, but this new movie looks like a big piece of you know what. I watched the new trailer several times hoping that it might get better or I might get more excited but that never happened. I'm pretty sure this movie is going to be bad for multiple reasons.

Watch it if you haven't seen it.

First of all, it was written by David Koepp who's given us so many "amazing" pieces of work in the past, such as Secret Window and the Lost World. Next, it's pretty obvious from the trailer that they are going to make about 100 jokes throughout the movie about Indiana getting old and him not being able to do the things he used to. I think that's an okay part of the story line, but does it really have to be used with such cheap comic relief? I've seen this before in Lethal Weapon 3 & 4. It's funny for about five minutes, but the novelty wears off real quick. Why does Spielberg deem it necessary to add these little bits of comic relief into his movies? If you remember Minority Report, there is a scene where a guy using a jet pack flies through an apartment building and in the midst of destroying everything the flames from his pack conveniently cooks the hamburgers that the tenants were making for dinner; oh man is that hilarious or what? How stupid is this country that that is the type of stuff that makes people laugh? Whatever happened to the witty, intelligent humor we used to see in years past? I guess it went out the window once the Bachelor and American Idol took over our TV screens and Jackass became one of the highest grossing comedies of all time. Finally, I have this horrible feeling that this is going to be one of those "pass the torch" type films and in a few years we are going to see a Shia LaBeouf spinoff/sequel. If that does happen I don't know if I can ever go to the movies again. It's gotten to the point where they will exploit anything and everything that affords them a chance to make a quick buck, whether or not it's destroying the integrity of a great film franchise.

Why is it that Steven Spielberg can't seem to stay on a steady pace with his movies? He really has made some great films. But in pretty much all of the great ones he has managed to stay away from the cheap and petty comic relief. I loved Catch Me If You Can, and he had plenty of opportunities for some cheap comic relief in that film, but he avoided it and I applaud him for that because it made it seem a lot more genuine. I just don't get how he can go from that to making crap like AI or War of the Worlds. And why do all of his movies have to have a story book ending? The only movie he's made in recent years that didn't have a story book ending (excluding movies based on real-life characters) was Saving Private Ryan, which was a great movie and one he deserved his Oscar for. You're a great director, just stay away from the comic relief, please, I'm begging you. Seriously, I'm begging. Just stop it. Stop it now. I'm sure this movie will make a billion dollars anyway, but so did Titanic.