The surly cinema critics at Screen Junkies have set their spoof trailer sights on the latest Indiana Jones film, and it looks like five years isn't long enough for the taste of the movie to wash out of their mouths.
The spoof trailer gleefully points out the myriad of perceived problems with Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, such as terrible special effects, poor casting, baffling plot turns, and past their prime actors.
The Screen Junkies have been making honest spoof trailers for a while now, putting popular films like the Dark Knight and The Lord of the Rings in a less than favorable light.
Cranky Critical Spoof Trailers
The Screen Junkies Set Their Sights on the Latest Indiana Jones
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