If you haven't seen Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, I'd recommend saving your money, or seeing something else. I'd not really even recommend renting it later.

For my part, I'm going to pretend it never came out. It offers nothing new in my opinion, and the trailers show all the best lines and action sequences, except for one tiny bit where the Ark peeks out of a damaged crate.

The best thing about seeing it today was the free movie pass we received for the fire alarm chasing us out of the theatre half-way through the film. When allowed back into the building we watched the second half, which wrapped up with a number of rather predictable outcomes and many over-the-top action sequences and cliches.

Ah well.

Next movie in my sights: The Hobbit, recently announced to begin filming next year, as two films shot back-to-back, to appear in theatres in 2011 and 2012. Jackson will exec. produce and it will be filmed in New Zealand. The same actors who played Gandalf and Gollum will return.