So. "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." Maybe you've heard of it? The 800-lb Hollywood gorilla of this year's Cannes showed at the Palais at 1 pm today to a jammed house and cheers for the opening credits. By the end credits, the applause was noticeably less enthusiastic and I heard some sniping from the more jaded media folk -- how easy and how much fun to dismiss something so hyped as irrelevant. Me, I had a very good time with the movie, divining early on that whatever was on the menu, surprise wasn't going to be part of it. My review's running in tomorrow's paper and it's posted here, too; the gist is that it stands, for me anyway, as easily the second best in the series.
The jaded media folk of course swamped the ensuing press conference to shout "Steeeven!" and "'Arrison!" Here's a video clip of Cate Blanchett and Harrison Ford responding to a few questions about their roles: