History YMMV / IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull

* FanDumb: Many fans complain how Indy surviving a nuclear explosion in a refrigerator is silly and unrealistic, and how it completely ruined both the film and series. However, these same fans conveniently ignore how silly and unrealistic the raft scene in ''Temple of Doom'' was. Though in fairness falling unharmed from ridiculously lethal heights onto water is a more commonly accepted fallacy in cinema.
** It is also nowhere near as unrealistic as surviving a nuclear explosion at short range. Fridge or no fridge.

** The original 1982 ''BackToTheFuture'' script featured Marty [=McFly=] survive a nuclear blast in a fridge-time machine, in order to return to the present. This was scrapped in rewrites simply because it was too expensive to pull off. If that sounds at all familiar, it's because Spielberg was also executive producer of that film. Why he decided to dust off an idea that was ludicrous over 20 years ago, is ''anyone's'' guess?

** The original 1982 ''BackToTheFuture'' script featured Marty [=McFly=] survive a nuclear blast in a fridge-time machine, in order to return to the present. This was naturally scrapped in rewrites simply because Bob Gale and Bon Zemeckis realised how ''utterly ridiculous'' it was?! If that sounds at all familiar, it's because Spielberg was also executive producer of that film. Why he decided to dust off an idea that was ludicrous over 20 years ago, is ''anyone's'' guess?

** The original 1982 ''BackToTheFuture'' script featured Marty [=McFly=] survive a nuclear blast in a fridge-time machine, in order to return to the present. This was naturally scrapped in rewrites simply because Bob Gale and Bon Zemeckis realised how ''utterly ridiculous'' it was?! Sound at all famililar? Guess who the executive producer was?! Why Spielburg decided to dust off an idea that was ''ludicrous'' over 20 years ago, is ''anyone's'' guess?

** The original 1982 ''BackToTheFuture'' script featured Marty [=McFly=] survive a nuclear blast in a fridge-time machine, in order to return to the present. This was naturally scrapped in rewrites simply because Bob Gale and Bon Zemeckis realised how ''utterly ridiculous'' it was?! Sound at all famililar? Guess who the executive producer was?! Why Spielburg decided to dust off an idea that was ''ludicrous'' over 20 years ago, is ''anyones'' guess?

* InferredHolocaust: The tribe that lived near the temple most likely were killed by the deparing spacescraft or drowned by the river flooding the valley. Guess the Crystal Aliens weren't very benevolent "''Gods''" in the end, huh?

** The original 1982 ''Back to the Future'' script featured Marty McFly using a time machine made from a fridge and having to survive a nuclear blast in order to return to the present, which was naturally scrapped in rewrites because it was ''utterly ridiculous!'' Sound familiar? Guess who the executive producer was?!

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A common complaint of it's disappointed viewers. Some long term fans critised the heavy emphasis on CGI for many of it's action set pieces (and in general) when the original trilogy was famous for its now iconic stunt work and great use of practical effects ''alongside'' CGI. Furthermore the shift away from supernatural/fantasy elements to sci-fi/aliens was a move too far for many.

* FanDumb: Many fans complain how Indy surviving a nuclear explosion in a refrigerator is silly and unrealistic, and how it completely ruined both the film and series. However, these same fans conveniently ignore how silly and unrealistic the the raft scene in ''Temple of Doom'' was.

* SpecialEffectFailure: The prairie dogs and the monkeys have been derided for this. The scene involving the monkeys
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A common complaint of it's disappointed viewers. Long term fans critised the heavy emphasis on CGI for many of it's action set pieces (and in general) when the original trilogy was famous for its now iconic stunt work and great use of practical effects. Furthermore the shift away from supernatural/fantasy elements to sci-fi/aliens.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A common complaint of it's disappointed viewers. Long term fans derided the heavy emphasis on CGI for many of it's action set pieces when the original trilogy was famous for iconic stunt work. Furthermore the addition of sci-fi elements as opposed to supernatural and fanatasy elements.

* SpecialEffectFailure: To a few, both the prairie dogs and the monkeys.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A common complaint of the dissers.

* FanDumb: Many fans complain how Indy surviving a nuclear explosion in a refrigerator is silly and unrealistic, and how [[RuinedForever it completely ruined both the film and series]]. However, these same fans conveniently ignore how silly and unrealistic the the raft scene in ''Temple of Doom'' was.

* RuinedFOREVER

* ContestedSequel: '''Moreso than any film GeorgeLucas has made ever'''.

* ContestedSequel

* CriticalDissonance: Critics generally enjoyed it, while more hardcore fans loathed it.

* OlderThanTheyThink: The 1999 video-game ''IndianaJonesAndTheInfernalMachine'' used Soviets as villains and featured {{Sufficiently Advanced Alien}}s from another dimension as a major plot point about nine years before this movie did.

* HateDumb: A LOT of the haters seem to have made up their minds to hate it ''before they even knew what it was about'', solely because it was new and came after two [[ThePhantomMenace widely]]-[[AttackOfTheClones loathed]] and a [[RevengeOfTheSith similarly divisive]] film that sullied GeorgeLucas' reputation.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A common complaint of the dissers.
* XPacHeat: ShiaLaBeouf as Mutt.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A common complaint of the dissers.

* ContestedSequel
* HypeBacklash