I enjoyed it. I just re-watched it on Christmas with my family. I do agree with Swindle that it seemed too CGI'd, and obviously filmed on soundstages, but I read somewhere that Spielberg didn't want to travel for this one, so he was happy to use Lucas's green screen technology.

I also agree with Ender that it seems silly that the movie's critics can't accept aliens when they are able to live with God in a Box, removing someone's still-beating heart from their chest, and a cup that gives eternal life.

I didn't really care about getting Marion back... I've never understood why people think she's "the one" for Indy. I never picked up anything more between them in Raiders than we saw from Willie in Temple of Doom or even Elsa (before we knew she was evil) in Last Crusade.

I also agree that Mac was great, but I wish he'd stayed good in the end. The movie could have used some Sallah, though.

Somewhere, floating around the internet, is a script for George Lucas's original idea, "Indiana Jones and the Saucer Men From Mars." I've never read it, but I hear it's pretty good. Obviously as the title indicates, there's way more aliens involved. Lucas's idea was that since the originals were set in the 30s and were a tribute to 30s adventure serials, then a movie set in the 50s should be a tribute to 50s sci-fi B-movies. That actually makes a lot of sense to me, but I guess Spielberg and Ford disagreed.

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