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Agree. After re-watching the first four, my takes are Raiders is class, just the benchmark. Temple is a lot poorer than I remember, the 'demonic' scenes when Indy is under the spell are ridiculously long and overblown, takes up way too much of the film. Opening sequence in China and the first half hour absolute genius though. Crusade almost up there with Raiders, the Nazi stuff is hilarious, let down a bit by the love interest, a bit squirmy, and Connery's chemistry with Ford makes the movie great. Crystal Skull, i actually think it was unfairly panned, definitely not up to the previous movies but i thought it was watchable. (my family members disagree!)
I find it hard to pick significant faults with any of them, although having re-watched them all over Christmas with my youngest I agree with you re the scenes in Temple of Doom.

I recall being cynical about Crystal Skull, worrying that Ford was too old for that sort of comeback but I enjoyed it. I was REALLY cynical about him coming back last year for Dial of Destiny (and, yet again, with the Nazis) but it's hard not to enjoy.