It's more than you might think.By Sharon McGovern The Indian Jones movies are more than they seem; canny explorations of the American presence in the world, the power of (and responsibility to) the sacred, and—in the latest—a thorough denunciation of one of the great evils of the 20th century, communism. While the last isn’t—or shouldn’t be—controversial, it is unusual. And the construction of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull pays homage to its successors in such a way that the set is tied together beautifully. It is more than its reputation would suggest. The first Jones movie,...
