My review of Prince Caspian (**1/2) is up. It's pretty enough, but at 147 minutes it's about one battle sequence too long. I also tend to think If they'd excised 75% of the scenes where the Pevensie kids look meaningfully at each other while contemplating the passage of time upon their return to Narnia, it would've come in under two hours.
Also, I have seen Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and deem it my favorite of the IJ sequels, though it falls well short of Raiders. And I knew I shouldn't watch those goddamn trailers. They don't give everything away, but a few things that would've been nice surprises end up somewhat diminished.
Finally, I'm glad I wasn't actually aware of comments George Lucas made about continuing the Indiana Jones franchise without the Indiana Jones character before I saw the movie:
Speaking to Fox News ahead of the film's Cannes Film Festival debut, Lucas said he wanted to shift the emphasis away from the Indiana Jones character for the next film.
"I haven't even told Steven or Harrison this," Lucas told Fox News. "But I have an idea to make Shia [LaBeouf] the lead character next time and have Harrison [Ford] come back like Sean Connery did in the last movie. I can see it working out."
Yeah, I can imagine what "Steven or Harrison" had to say about that.
I'm pretty sure Lucas is simply talking shit just to rile up the fanboys, because it's made rather clear in Crystal Skull that they have no intention of passing the whip to LaBeouf.