nine things that could have made 'indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull' amazing

1. there was no wonder. i seriously felt like indy was on a treasure hunt instead of learning about the history and being amazed by what he saw.
2. none of the ridiculous shout outs to the old films that were being made, including score pieces of the older films. why was the ark in that warehouse? why did he say, 'your grandpa is looking down and smiling'? seriously.
3. the fridge? really? wow.
4. why the crap was ray winstone in the movie? i'm pretty sure he added negative amounts of anything to it. 'oh, indy, i'm your oldest bestest bud that also betrays you. huzzah!'
5. swinging through the vines? dude. the crazy cg monkeys. so embarrassing. like, if shia had run through the forest at an angle to cut off the trucks and then grabbed one vine and swung across and kicked a dude, that woulda been hep.
6. was karen allen even in the movie?
7. the warehouse action sequence was by far the coolest part of the movie and should have happened later.
8. why did they show the aliens? keep some mystery and suspense. like alfred hitchcock with the important stuff happening off screen. you knew it was god that got rid of the germans in 'raiders of the lost ark' but you didn't have to actually see him.
9. the macguffin at the beginning should have had nothing to do with the rest of the film. that's how the movies always started. he was after something and then either got it or lost it and then it would segue into the actual film adventure.

i wanted this movie to melt my face off, and there were some scenes i really enjoyed. but over all, after it was over, i was like, 'sigh.' not to mention harrison ford hasn't done anything that's rocked my socks since 'the fugitive,' steven spielberg hasn't really done anything i've been excited about since 'saving private ryan' and george lucas...well, georgie boy, hasn't really impressed me since 'indiana jones and the last crusade.' but the flick did have the indiana jones theme, and that always makes me girly giggle.