Oooh, there's a little option for staff members to keep a blog.  This might not be a good thing *evil laughter* 

Anyways, yes, that says book review, and NOT movie review.  (Seen it twice, with a third time coming Saturday!)

There is an adult novelization of the movie by James Rollins.  Now, in all the media tie-ins I've read, they always tend to be hit or misses.  Some writers either just rehash the script without adding more, or add too much and take away from the story.

This one?  I felt was right on.  Not only did it follow the movie completely (though probably from a draft of the script one or two revisions before the final), Rollins has a wonderful sense of character and is able to keep them true to the Indiana Jones feel.  Plus, you're able to really see a bit more into the minds of some characters to get to know them better.

Especially Mutt and Spalko.  Very nice characterizations to expand on their history and the background that isn't shown in the movie cut.

I would suggest reading this after watching the movie.  There are a lot of action scenes that have to be written out, so if you have the movie visualizations in your mind's eye, it helps getting through what might be confusing text.

Oh, and the sword fighting junkie in me is happy at the beautiful writing of the sword fight scene.  Right down to the perfect terms and choreography for the book scene (which is different than the movie!)

This is on my MUST READ list.  It's only in hardcover ATM (unless you like e-books), but most bookstores have it on discounts from 20-40% off right now because of the movie release.  Otherwise, the paperback will be out in November.

Enjoy!