Indiana Jones and Questions Left Behind

I watched Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull yesterday, surprisingly, there were not many disgusting scenes such as mass of snakes, rats, or tropical wild creatures this time, instead, some cute gophers showed up. Still, it's not very successful IF they planned to tell people how important school education (or "knowledge") is in the movie.

Firstly, Indiana keeps blaming Mutt for not finishing his school, and at the end of the movie, he claimed "Knowledge is the treasure". -- No one disagrees.

Secondly, Professor Jones commented on one of his students that he should step out of the library to gain more practical knowledge (experiences) even when the professor himself was under such a dangerous situation. -- No problem with it either.

However, when Irina (acting by Cate Blanchett, one of my favorite actresses in Hollywood) was asked to tell her wish which could be fulfilled by the "alien" power, she said she wanted to know everything.

Everything! She has such a thirst in world knowledge, which is supposed to support the theme of illustrating the "importance of knowledge", but unfortunately, she happens to be the "bad" leading role in the movie, whose task is to educate people the "right" thing through their "bad" experiences. So here it forms a twisted contrast between the theme and this "bad" woman character. And her ending was rather ambiguous: Did she die or not? Did she enjoy the moment of "knowing everything" at all? Usually, our common sense tells us when you hear a woman screaming like that, the result is not too difficult to imagine.

I also noticed there were several groups of young students in the cinema, and I believe the purpose of arranging them to watch this movie is to let them hear what the "hero" says about "education and knowledge", who usually does a better effect than their teachers in everyday life. But the problem arises from here... "Should I learn more about the world? According to Indiana, yes; but take another look at Irina who always wanted to know everything, definitely no! Unless I want to become a bad person and gone from this world as a beam of light."

Of course it's JUST a movie, no grown-ups would take it too seriously, but teenagers who haven't had enough life experiences to judge or control over what they should believe in or not, would be easily confused and even misled if the explanation work is not done properly by adults.

So, let me ask once again, "Should we learn more??"

Maybe the answer is "The more the better, but we shouldn't know EVERYTHING! Because it can be dangerous sometimes..."