Having become increasingly politically sidelined under Putin, the KPRF, the Russian Communist Party, is trying its hand at film criticism.
The BBC quotes St. Petersburg Communist Party chief Sergei Malinkovich telling Reuters that the new Indiana Jones movie was “rubbish”.
Certainly, he is in good company. The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw was not impressed either. Nor was The Times's Kevin Maher, who calls it “the worst in the series”.
But it was not the paper thin character development or pervasive CGI gimmickry that got Malinkovich hot under the collar.
“Why should we agree to that sort of lie and let the West trick our youth?” he asked.
“They will go to the cinema and will be sure that in 1957 we made trouble for the United States and almost started a nuclear war.
“It's rubbish… In 1957 the communists did not run with crystal skulls throughout the US.”
Watch out, Ebert!
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