Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - Review - A Joyless Slog Completely Devoid of Imagination
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2023
- My review for 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny'.
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Turning Indiana Jones into a grumpy old Clint Eastwood is not what people want to see with a sidekick who bullies him😒
Only 1 person wanted to see that: Kathleen Kennedy
She literally just made the movie for herself lol
I don’t think she ‘bullied’ him anymore than Willie Scott did in TOD
Oh come off it Helena bully Indy,most of the time he just ignored her or tolerated her presence,trouble is when you look for fault you will find it,stop looking ,thinking,critiquing and feel and focus on Indy he will carry you through all these critics.
The point (of this movie) is obvious - the STAR and REAL TALENT in this bloated mess is Feeble Wallet-Dirge (NO-ONE else). Now THAT'S ................................THE MESSAGE!
@@daveroche6522 In your opinion dont forget others have a opinion, if you want to focus on Indys sidekick you empower that view.
For me the main focus is Indys back everything else is minor,this is like that Indy stare that says"Am I bothered".
Short Round should have been Indy's successor.
I would absolutely see a movie with Short Round as an adult.
He just won an Oscar.
They missed GOLD by not casting him in this..
I'll stick with the OG Trilogy
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Right. I can’t stand Indy’s side kick in this one ugh. That lady was annoying as hell. I mean if she wasn’t in it I would give it a slight better rating and considered a good Indiana Jones films.
Yup. They stuffed it.
It’s time for Hollywood to stop the Phoebe Waller Bridge thing. She ain’t it.
Stop trying to make fetch happen.
Men are just intimidated by her. /s
@@BungieStudiosi don't like her either and I'm a woman.
@@ikkespillendekarakter3924Yeah, your comment is a dead giveaway.
YES.
Warmth and affection in movies are supplanted by resentment. It’s heartbreaking.
Absolutely heartbreaking 😢
It lacked the “Spielberg magic” what a shame , why didn’t he direct?
@@cynthiahusband106 He read the script.
The feminist ideology is specifically built to allow the most contemptuous and resentful, the most bitter and miserable to rise to the top and usurp power.
The Helena charactor played by Phoebe Waller Bridge had very little EMPATHY so most people are not going to find such a person as endearing. Aside from that, there were just so many things wrong with this story. So sad, it could have been awesome.
That's because the people involved in the movie don't really understand the concept of "empathy", or human emotion, for that matter.
@@Enriqueguiones prove this claim
@@alucard2010Half of the people working at modern Lucasfilm aren't fans of the stuff they work on. It's been known for a while now. There seems to be contempt within the company against Lucas's classic films.
@@ActionHero2000 once again, this is an assertion. Has anyone from lucasfilm said they don't care or are you just making shit up?
If she would have gotten killed in the movie people would have been cheering.
I like your comparison of this era of Hollywood to the late 60s.
I think you're right. It's time for a new generation of creative filmmakers to make their mark with smart, modestly budgeted films.
I think that's less likely due to streaming content. Young film makers don't need to pursue a career in cinema when they have corps such as Apple, Amazon, Netflix financing content.
We're in the streaming era where film makers can make medium to high budget content for TV.
I think cinema is in terminal decline. People will still go to see a few big budget tentpole movies per year - Avatar is the biggest movie franchise in the world so cinema can have huge appeal - but many other big budget movies are struggling to make decent money. The pandemic and streaming have changed the movie landscape. People are less inclined to spend money on many medium to big budget theatrical movies when they can watch similar content on streaming and video on demand rental. Too much choice.
@@bobsmithy9024Is it not a movie when streamed at home as opposed to seen in the theater? Streaming services have been producing some great movies including several prominent academy award winners (Roma and CODA off the top of my head). Sure these films have theatrical releases (often limited), but the primary financial motivation is there potential as streaming properties.
i agree, this situation is similar to what happened in the late 60s when WESTERNS, MUSICALS and EPIC movies were bombing.
@@Berrylol.123 Not exactly, because even the lesser titles of that period had a much better understanding of techniques and storytelling, as opposed to everything looking like it's in a computer and you have a Norse god like Thor sitting on his bum playing Fortnite like a pure loser or Hulk taking selfies and not fighting like a spineless cuck. As of now, it is the Dark Ages of cinema, and nobody should be relying on corporate scum to save imagination and creativity.
@@recurrenTopology Yeah that is like only two movies that are just simply nothing more than pretentious artsy fartsy titles that have no soul whatsoever. When you have something on streaming, it's not a movie, it's a digital file. 'Movie' refers to moving pictures coming from a reel. You put the reel in the projector, the pictures start moving. "Movies" being put on streaming is nothing more than a non future. The exclusives are rubbish, and many of the titles from the past that were good will be deleted due to expired contract and you got to go to another streaming and pay even more for the same movie that will likely be deleted again anyways. 'Film' is a physical entity, and it doesn't matter whether it is a DVD/Blu Ray or it is a goddamn original 35mm print, people must realize that they need to own art in their hands, and good art at that especially.
I like how you distinguish "Thrilling" from "Exhausting"
Probably earlier versions were actually a lot worse. That's something to think about. They took their time releasing this, shot a lot of footage, and did a lot of tweaking. So this is the absolute best they could make this movie. With an essentially unlimited budget.
It was. It was gonna involve Old Indy meeting his younger self and the end Young Indy dies thus causing Old Indy to be erased from history leaving Phoebe Waller Bridge to retroactively become Indiana Jones.
@muigokublack6487 straight from the Kathleen playbook. She killed all the legacy characters in the SW sequel trilogy and wanted to do the same to Indy. Looks like Bob Iger stopped her last minute and ordered the reshoots lol
@@muigokublack6487 please prove it
@@ARBLACKx the same Kathleen Kennedy who was involved with other movies I know you Love 🙄
@alucard2010 I'm talking about the modern Kathleen Kennedy, you know the CEO of Lucasfilm who has literally now destroyed 2 beloved franchises. Not the one from the past who used to give coffee to Steven Spielberg.
06:20 you wanna talk about chase scenes? How about when Indiana dragged himself under the truck in Raiders! That simple yet complex scene required ZERO CGI but it’s still as amazing today as it was 45 years ago.
While I sympathize with you from a visual standpoint, nobody was put in harm's way for a movie stunt. Fair trade.
Which is why movies today suck so badly, because the smarter audience spots the fakery that cheapens everything.
Even more amazing when you recall it was done by stuntmanTerry Leonard who did the same stunt the year before, and got RUN OVER. Luckily by "just" a stagecoach but still put him down for awhile. Evidently the ditch that had to be dug under the truck was for his massive balls(!)
@@LarryFleetwood8675 No, it's because audiences today are too jaded and short on attention to appreciate the movies they're seeing. No movie will ever stand up to that level of scrutiny. If you invested time or money into watching a movie, then you really ought to do yourself a favor and just chillax. Sit there and watch the movie that you're watching. If it's really that bad, you can always leave or watch something else, but watch what's on the screen while you're watching.
If you want to do the hyper-picky criticism, that's fine, but at least watch the movie through ones before doing it. You'll thank yourself later for not having deprived yourself of that much.
At the end of the day, it's hardly the studio's fault that people are going to movies deliberately looking for problems rather than trying to enjoy it. It's not like I didn't notice the ridiculousness of the main villain getting clocked by that water spout in the opening series and then being without any obvious disfigurement when he shows up again. I just didn't fixate over something that doesn't really matter.
Short Round should have been back with Indy in this, another opportunity forever lost by Disney and KK… they never got Luke, Leia and Han together in Force Awakens if you recall.
I heard that they did numerous re-shoots and re-editing due to horrendous early test screenings which explains the squirrelly patchwork nature of the movie.
Not surprised by your review James. Im still surprised they made an Indiana Jones film 1 more time. Hollywood needs to start investing in new ip instead of lazily trying to reuse some of the great franchises of 80s. I don’t think i saw RotLA in theaters but I for sure saw TofD and both films kinda terrified me as a kid lol.
They kind of had to after the way that Crystal Skulls went over. I just don't get why it took 15 years for it to happen. People were already complaining about how creaky Indy was in that movie.
It's also worth recognizing that times have changed, so little of what I've seen in terms of criticism seems to be coming from people who were willing to sit through the movie and just take it in. It's a bunch of hypercritical stuff that wouldn't matter to anybody at all if they weren't deliberately looking for it. I definitely noticed most of these problems, it's just that I got to enjoy the movie because I just ignored them. I feel very fortunate that I got to enjoy the movie, whereas so many others ruined it for themselves. It's not a perfect movie by any stretch, but it was fun and sometimes that's enough. It's definitely not a boring movie, I had no problem sitting through it and I can rarely sit through an entire movie without wandering away to do something else.
I saw it and couldn’t believe what I was watching lol. Mission Impossible, Barbie and Oppenheimer are gonna kill this at the box office
With a $300 million budget (+ marketing) Indy 5 will be one of the biggest BO flops of all time
I'm saving my $20 and ordering a pizza, a much better investment.
@@ARBLACKxHow can a $300m+ film possibly be of low quality? You know how much money that is?
@@BungieStudios it's enjoyable I just watched it.
@@BungieStudios Any movie can be low quality, money has nothing to do with it. Do you think another 300M would have made it an oscar winner?
I can completely relate to your point about wanting to make videos about movies being a love letter to an actors career rather than something negative, but it's getting increasingly difficult to do that these days...
Can you do like a top 10 best adventure movies of the past 50-60 years?
FANTASTIC point you made at the end about the parallel with the collapse of the studio system and today. I am surprised I did not see that myself!
"Indiana Jones and the Hapless Harridan": A 20-30 minute adventure movie from LucasFilm and Disney.
Winslow Arizona, across the street from the posada hotel is the brown mug cafe. On the wall above one booth is a framed notice: Harrison Ford (the actor) sat here.
Well said! Could we just start having fun again going to go see a great popcorn flick
The Last Crusade is the best of the 3 films
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was to Indy what the prequels were to Star Wars and Dial of Destiny is to Indy what the sequel trilogy was to Star Wars.
The train chase could have been so cool, but they did it on a volume stage.
Bear in mind they had the use of a private 20 mile railway in stunning Yorkshire scenery, that is fully operational with vintage trains.
I remember as a kid in my grandparents' countryside home exploring around with my satchel, a rope on my shoulder, and a big stetson hat larger than my head, looking after lost pre columbian temples, and hidden treasures...That's my level of fondness for tthe Indiana Jones character! The first three movies are Awesome pieces of entertainment, being "Raiders of the Lost Ark" the crown jewel of modern action Adventure cinema ... Adventure! That's truly a word that inherently has some mysthicism, at least That's what I got From Fiction, From media, enjoying the Indy series, as well the 80s Tales of The Gold Monkey, Big Trouble in Little China , or yes, even The Mummy (1999), because wether the NPC like it or not The Gen X loved such "scoundrels" like Indy , Jack Burton, or Rick O'Connel por their "corsair" spirit , but mostly, for The fun they gave us, FUN, a word sadly dismissed by the "Woke" ( Bolshevik ) crowd ...That's why I will ignore Indy 5 and its truly possible postmodernist deconstruction (destruction!) of a character, but mostly so, the swashbuckling Adventure cinema which I grew up. And we complained for Kingdom of The Crystal Skull! ... Funny, I never thought it was "bad" , just the weakest of the series.
S of the Golden monkey was such an amazing show but the ending was strange series never got a proper send off
Trunk of The Past, isnt? Jake, Sarah, and Corky find an island of the last living remnants of the Egyptian civilization...I loved it for its fantastical, Supernatural background. After all, its creator, Donald P. Bellisarius, draw his inspiration from old pulps, like George Lucas.
@@danielpitti6030 series box set I had had the final episode as the one where the Japanese princess gets assassinated were there more episodes?
Dammit get out of my head! I wore out a dozen whips on the ravines behind my house in the early 80's and wore a gas mask case everywhere until everyone kept calling it my "purse".. not to my face as I also carried a machete everywhere. And Gold Monkey? I had a homemade Flying Tigers "blood chit" on my jacket all winter of '82. Especially loved John Calvin but 4 decades later those almost-human monkeys still haunt my nightmares.
@@crazydudedoesrandomstuff9095 That was the last.
Dune, Oppenheimer, and Mission Impossible are the only movies I'm spending any money on for the rest of the year.
I maintain that the indiana jones dvd sets of the future will always come in date night theme… three great films and 2 coasters
Thank you for a precise review!
I watched this movie today, and I loved it. Was it perfect? No, but what movie is? Did I have fun? Yes, definitely! Many scenes were great and classic Indy, like the opening Nazi chase scene on the train-amazing! The moto cab chase through Tangier was a real blast. The horse parade scene in New York City was great. The underwater scene and tomb exploration were perfect. The finale in ancient Sicily was wonderful. Overall, I loved it! You want to throw rocks, fine. But I am tossing roses.
This was a very interesting video lots of good information to watch. I loved how he included indiana jones clip in there.
I wasn’t pretending I enjoyed the experience - I enjoyed the experience, and I’m such a big fan of the series that I have pets named Indiana and Sallah. The word you used that I agree with is “joyless”, and that to me stems from the tragedy that had befallen Indy and his lonely existence in 1969. I wish they hadn’t gone with a story where he seems to have lost his passion, but that’s life. This movie would’ve been even more implausible with a 70 year old Indy still acting like it’s the late 1930’s. I loved the story-Crystal Skull was brutal, in my opinion, but I thought they wrote a really clever story around the Dial. Helena is a complicated character for me to digest but I certainly don’t project the kind of hatred on her that I’ve seen elsewhere.
It’s not as good as the original trilogy, obviously.
It’s much, much better than Crystal Skull.
I’m sorry you feel as strongly as you do. I know the feeling and it sucks.
Woke garbage. That is all.
agree with you
I expect that there will be a reevaluation of the movie over the coming years. I' saw it on 6/30, and I agree, it's definitely better than Crystal Skull and not quite as good as the original trilogy. I do think that people who have decided that they won't ever watch are missing out on something. I have no intention of ever watching Crystal Skull again, but I may well wind up buying this one to go along with my box set of the original trilogy.
Overall, it's a middling Indy movie, assuming that you can set aside the criticism to just enjoy what's on offer.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade are you kidding? nothing makes sense in this crappy excuse for a movie...nothing! and the woke crap is over the top...what drugs are you on cuz I want some...
Agreed I enjoyed it too I almost wanted to remain in cinema and watch again.Did not leave cinema thinking about the Helena chracter or the other issues many are hyper critical about.As you state similar formula to the other films only Harrison is now 80 can he do it,it is what it is.
My immediate question was its comparison to IJ4 and you got that out of the way real quick, and in a very objective manner I think, so thank you for that. I mean, I have to go see it for myself, but I just don't know how I personally will react.
James 'finally' goes REAL.
Great and honest review.
Thanks for the review! I really enjoyed it. I hope the big budget studios take this to heart and learn from it, but I'm not holding my breath.
6:00 Remember that scene in Live and Let Die where Roger Moore/007, having commandeered the double-decker, being pursued by the goons, does the BUS v BRIDGE thing? BEST! SCENE! EVER! [ plus the boat chase(s), natch ].
Here we go. 😂
Could not agree more.. Fantastic review absolutely nailed it... I was so wanting this to be good but deep down I knew this would be the end result.. I actually called it on twitter a while ago..
How did Mads Mikkelsen's character survive what happened to him on top of train???? And even if he survived, no evidence of any injury from that train fall, when he reappears later in the 60s????!!
Whe I saw "Joyless slog devoid of any imagination," I immediately thought you were talking about Asteroid City.
I remember seeing the teaser trailer for this film and I knew right then…I wasn’t going to see it. From old man Harrison being pieced together by stunt doubles and de-aging vfx, to the title of the film itself (Dial of Destiny?! Really?!) to the hiding/quick cutting of certain action sequences, so you didn’t get to see Harrison in action for too long. …I knew I wasn’t going to give it a chance. And your review confirmed everything I felt when watching that teaser.
Keep fighting the ‘good narrative’ fight Mr. Hancock! Been following your content since DARK Season 1 🫡💪🏿
Pretty stupid as the trailer really doesn't do this film justice and highly mis leading. And Harrison ford is in it plenty
If your going to complain about the title did you complain about temple of doom or the cheesy Indy books like curse of horror island or the lost treasure of Sheba? Oh yeah the toxic internet wasn't around back then 🤡
I took a couple of Tylenol but I do love Harrison Ford I only went to see this movie only to see Ford don’t give a damn if he’s 80 don’t give a damn it’s the script that was bad.
Liked your review you said several things I thought of while watching the movie.
@@cynthiahusband106 confirmation biases
The reason the NY scenes look so strange and digital is because they were filmed here in Glasgow. I watched them do it. We quite often double for American cities here.
This is the best review I've seen so far
I think the reshoots for the ending were true! At least PWB doesn't take over as the new Indy! That woulda been so much worse!
I tuned completely out when in the middle of the Indian Ocean, bad guys innately knew the exact harbor Indy was going to (which was over 2000 MILES away according to the travel dots,) and arrived there at just about the same time despite the large vessel being damaged by an explosion.
David Keopp also was credited on the script to Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
KK is to Disney what Alissa Heinershied is to budweiser.
“Raiders of the Lost Ark” will always be the greatest movie in the history of mankind. They can make sequels (good or bad) all they want but it will never tarnish the greatest movie in the history of mankind. 👍
"Chase scenes are not hard to do" -"We have a different opinion," says the people who died making "Ben Hur".
Huh? Holbrook was firing back after the plane/dragon started taking arrows. The guy in front of him at the door of the plane took an arrow at one point.
That's a fair point but the rest of the review I can't disagree with.
Great review.
great review ,thanks im sooooooo sad ,went to the first movie ,in 1981 when i was 16 saw the temple of doom in New york had to stand in line for two hours ...just very bum out
Best review I've seen so far.
Idea for next (FINAL?) movie - “Indiana Jones - LEGACY”
Premise: It’s a drizzly, overcast day and we start with a large crate being returned to the wax exhibits of Indy, Marcus etc. in the Museum (as in Raiders) - there’s one empty space. The crate is opened to reveal the statue of Helena Jaw/Feeble Wallet-Drain (could be the original - difficult to tell!). As it’s being placed back on its stand, someone mentions that it mysteriously disappeared one evening; no-one knows what happened to it or how it was returned. Still, no-one actually missed it. At all.
A few days later there’s a family/school tour visiting and 2 of the kids (NOT precocious/dislikeable, instead average, reasonably smart) are rather taken with Indys statue - they having read up on his exploits. They notice the statue of Marcus is holding a drawing/image of the Chachapoyan Fertility Idol (yep, from the start of Raiders) and mention it’s a pity Indy never got to get it back from “That guy to took it”. One of them recalls bits of something (s)he once read about the Idol - “If you hold hands with heart that’s pure, your dearest wishes will endure”. So they hold hands with the Marcus statue and wish Indy had indeed recovered & displayed the Idol. The Marcus statue sheds one, small, unseen tear.
That (stormy) night [natch], Marcus comes alive and meets ‘the Council’ - wax figurines who also have temporary life - they advise him there may - may - be a way to obtain the Idol - snag it, the clues are somewhere about the museum. GO FETCH, Marcus!
Not so easy, considering Indy has said he once saw Marcus getting lost in his own museum - high jinx ensue. But NOT in ‘Night at the Museum’ style, rather something NEW and CREATIVE, involving some brainwork, dangers and IMAGINATION, Disney. Not to mention effective (but not overused) CGI - just enough for the story.
Main movie happens, a few laughs/jumpscares along the way - final scene shows the Indy statue holding a replica of the Idol (OR IS IT THE ORIGINAL?????).
Just brainchompin’. ua-cam.com/video/DPe7RS9eN7Y/v-deo.html
First 20 minutes already felt more like an Indiana Jones movie than the whole of Crystal Skull. It was pretty decent.
Agreed non stop fantasy action no different from the other films oh yeah Harrison is a lot older,but he just pulls this of oh final scene a touch over sentimental but for, action,chase,adventure,multi locations,stunts,spfx,music,any Indy film
Joyless is the key word. I kept waiting for Indy to get that sparkle in his eye as he went through the events of the film and made discoveries, but he just stayed dour and depressed. The final act is fun and I thought was the only part that took any real chances. I was fine with Crystal Skull and this one has some moments, but overall forgettable.
How special effects have gone downhill is beyond me other than equity hiring practices.
Tom Cruise is putting all of these film makers to shame.
Why save the spoilers for the end? The inherent meaning of the word implies there is something of value to begin with for the spoiler to spoil. Not the case with this movie.
100% agree ... best Review yet - it's exactly the same Feeling and Critism I have about this BS after watching it. What a Disaster
The movie was totally ok, definitely not boring or bad. Too long, yes.Too many car chases? Yes. But it is fine adventure movie, better than most movies being put out there in past years. And Skull is far from horrible movie as well, apart of monkey scene.
A comedy movie a few years ago might describe Lucus Film making the Lunch Lady in charge of the company!!!!!!
Superb review.
There's a scene early on where Indy calls an artifact a "fake. A recreation." That's what this is. A movie trying so desperately to feel like the other films, playing it so safe, like trying to navigate a booby trapped maze, trying not to piss off fans, that it feels like a hollow recreation, with no identity of its own. A fake. And in the process, it ended up pissing people off anyway.
A hundred percent agree, they have been making amazing chase scenes for a long time. Buster Keaton nearly perfected them. You could even take it back to 1903 and “the great train robbery”. This movie is going to lose so much. George Lucas, we need you back man. Please.
sadly, there is some continuity from "crystal skull:"indy is growing older, the world is changing, and younger people who are actually representations of our era gradually push him aside. for all we know, there may yet be a sixth film, in which he is actually killed. this would be the indiana jones equivalent of the last star wars trilogy.
I'm a little gutted I was hoping this would be a good to ok send off for the character of Indy its crying shame that it has to end this way but like you say maybe the youths will dive back in time and find the magic
I’m glad you spoke your truth; The Last Crusade is the… LAST …Indiana Jones movie. (Fact!)
Thanks for your review
It literally has last in it's name.
It sounds like they should have made a 90 minute action blaster and that's all folks.
16:32. They won't because they'll think the older films are old and boring. Another problem with films these days is they must appeal to people with low attention spans. They only like fast paced action, CGI eye candy and explosions every 5 mins.
Knowing that this was to be the final Indiana Jones film, the decision to introduce a new character (Helena) with the hope of setting up a new series of films (which was clearly the intent) was a mistake. IF Indiana Jones is to be given a sidekick/partner then it should have been an established character from his past. Someone that the audience already knows and has an affection for. They also should have taken the runtime into consideration from the beginning in order to make sure it had a similar length to the runtime of the previous ones. When you're making an adventure film which is supposed to generate excitement and thrills you don't want the pacing to drag or to be overly long, but this is about half an hour longer than the others.
Was it though? It was definitely gonig to be the last one with Harrison Ford, but I don't think that it's guaranteed that there wouldn't have been more had the film not bombed so badly at the box office. There had been the intention of making the series more like James Bond with a rotating cast of actors playing the lead. But, that seems to have fallen by the wayside even before this movie came out.
It definitely could still happen when people start to reevaluate this movie and whether it's really a bad film. So much of the criticism I see has little to do with the actual movie and more with the political views on "wokeness" and the movie isn't any more or less woke than previous ones were.
No Spielberg, no care.
If you want joy, don't hire Mangold. Phoebe was not bad, she just got some of the stunts that belonged to Indy. And too much drama and violence (what's the point of murders in NY?) And if you put in Archimedes, make a good scene with him
Where did the money go? Who pocketed the cash? Is Disney being stripped through the back door? Why did the Financial Officer resign? Shareholders, IRS, FBI due diligence needed.
Not that difficult to do? Where can we see some of the epic chase scenes you've created?
Good review and fair enough if you did not like it. Yes there was too much CGI and a few too many chases in the middle but I thought the last 45 mins was fab and the last 5 a perfect ending for Indy. I am a massive fab too of the films. Raiders is a classic 10/10 movie and almost perfect, TOD is very good. When I saw last crusade at the cinema aged 16 I was underwhelmed but overtime I love it. Crystal Skull I did not like at the cinema and on repeated viewings doesn’t get much better with so much wrong with it. Walker Bridge is good and you mention the banter between them but let’s not forget that Indy bickered with his co- characters in all the films especially Kate Capshaw character Willie Scott in TOD. This film is never going to recreate the bravure of the early films and should not do so due to Ford’s age but adapts well to the situation and to cap it all the ending is perfect in my view. 8/10 film
few typos in there, sorry
Glad to hear Mads is at least good in it.
I can't believe what I'm going to say, but: Crystal Skull was a far better ending.
I re-watched Crystal Skull after Dial of Destiny to compare the two, it genuinely didn't seem so bad anymore.
Now, you're just being hurtful. Crystal Skulls was never as bad as people were saying. It just had a tacked on ending that didn't follow from the rest of the movie. I've personally been saying that for well over a decade now, and people are finally admitting it.
How long until people have to begrudgingly admit that maybe this movie isn't bad, either? Sure, it's not as good as the original trilogy, but it's hardly a bad movie.
You are spot on as there is no chemistry & the story is too long in the tooth!
I thought that was a great review. Very fair, noting the issues with it, but not getting caught in the weeds like other channels are.
The de-aging could have been better, however it’s done for a reason not just for the sake of having using CGI
Feeble Wooley-Minge strikes again!
The stumble walk. I know that feeling.
"A joyless slog" isn't as bad as most reviews. Maybe they'll quote that on the back of the DVD.
The writers seriously thought time travel should be used in an Indiana Jones movie?
Because sci fi was so well received in the franchise by the fans in Crystal Skull. My eyes they are a-rolling.
@@kaykutcher2103 People hated it in Crystal Skull because it wasn't established early in the movie, and the franchise was set around the supernatural, not aliens. And not even just aliens, but interdimensional ones with absolutely no reason to expect it coming.
Spending $300 million dollars in a movie which is the 5th and last installment of an really old franchise is already risky. At least Mission Impossible and Fast franchise have recent entries from a couple of years ago so it’s easy to project the potential return.
Not to mention if their intention is to have Indy pass on his role to PWB, that’s even riskier as she’s not a household name.
They need to fired whoever’s in charge of the budget, aka Kathleen Kennedy as this was a lost costs from day one.
I think this franchise needs a "successor" for the lead role and a new direction. The last Crusade is imo the conclusion for the series, the next two movies (including this one) are failed attempts to milk the franchise. The original trilogy was also during the ww2 era, which gave it a more "heroic" vibe. Afterwards they replaced the Germans with the Soviets, it was not a bad idea but was executed poorly...
They should find a younger actor who resembles Harrison Ford and shoot a new trilogy.
Star Wars should do the same with Mark Hamill.
Why continue the franchise and do it further damage? Just end it, and come up with a new idea.
@@kelaarin Tbh, I don't disagree at all.
I don't know why this is, but I keep watching reviews of this turkey, even though I have no interest in seeing it and gave up on the genre years ago. Maybe it's just gratifying to see a cinematic dinosaur/behemoth/juggernaut like this slide into oblivion.
I’m glad you mentioned about the colours and digital feel of everything. There’s no natural sunlight in this movie. In raiders it was bright and clear, but in this, every shot feels as if it’s buried behind over grading and fog.
I couldn’t stand this movie, one of the worst I’ve seen in decades.
I haven't seen the movie. But I see the pattern. Just like with the Star Wars sequel trilogy, it is just action-packed with member-berries using tropes that are tiresome for fans who want a good story that makes the character justice.
It is so cliché having Indiana Jones as an old man with sorrow and regret - lured out on a new adventure. This is what they have been doing to other franchises that they have tried to reboot, like Star Wars and Star Trek: Picard. I'm for once happy that they did not kill off Picard.
This is only appealing to people who are into it for the action, and familiarity with the character and with how the story is unfolding.
But the question that we should ask is whether they really should have made the sequels at all.
Great commentary. Your last point about a new generation is spot on. Why you only have 30K subscribers is beyond me. Perhaps more hate and less intelligence is the answer.
What surprised me the most is that Phoebe-Waller Bridge plays this asshole - they want to set her up for her own Indiana Jones Disney+ show, but she is just not likable.
Kate Capshaw (Willie Scott) and Karen Allen (Marion Ravenwood) had this chemistry with Indy, which was really fitting. I couldn't feel that in this movie.
It is super ironic how you can’t get more capitalistic than Disney😂
I saw the movie and honestly I didn't mind it. Mind you my expectations were low going in I knew this will not be like the 1980s indy movies. How can it be that world and era has gone. This is the type of movie that would be made from the late 1990s onwards. A lot of CGI etc. Fast cuts and fast pacing. Rather than the slower pace of 1980s action movies. Thats exactly what I got. I was not disappointed by it because I knew exactly what I would get going in, but then I am an indy fan. I am easily impressed. I understand most people did not like it. I am not one of them. I actually enjoyed the movie and thought it was a pretty good action adventure with Harrison Ford on one last advernture. These are the sought of movies that have been around since late 1990s. Don't expect the 1980s to return because it won't. People today are different and people who make movies these days are different to the 1980s. I think its easy to be a critic these days expecting movies to be like they were in the 1980s. Thats like asking the world itself to rewind back to the 1980s. The 1980s are gone. Critics of this movie should try and understand that. I love the 1980s its my favourite decade with a bit of the late 1970s and early 1990s era thrown in as my favourite periods. But I think after people seen the 1980s indy movies a thousands of times expect any indy movie these days to be exactly like in the 1980s. Thats never going to happen. I enjoyed the movie for what it is. I honestly enjoyed Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Better than the terrible Crystal Skull.
Why the hell is no one bringing up the fact that he's fucking 80!? Isn't it ridiculous how an 80 year old is fighting with fit young men? Isn't it ridiculous how he is still swinging that whip around the place? Are people just afraid of being ageist or something?
Whilst Crystal Skull looked too digital, this movie looks cartoonish.
reviewing movies and not understanding that someone likes something you dont is not a good fit 😀
I just saw it and god damn, it dragged. I didn't mind the second half of the movie but some of the chase scenes just went on forever. The first part of the move was great. The chases scenes dragged. Archimedes tomb looked like it was pulled out of Goonies. I didn't mind the time travel stuff, that was cool, and the ending just sucked.
that "beautiful" line is also cringe.
I'm pretty sure that was PWB's idea.
She needs to know that she is objectively not beautiful.
Show, don't tell, and you can't tell me something is beautiful, when my eyes tell me it's not.
I think a smaller budget would have benefitted this movie. There was an overreliance on cgi during dull action sequences.
I don't understand how Kathleen Kennedy still has a job after what she did to star wars...💚🇬🇧🌱
So sad they couldn't either have stopped after Crusade, or just recast and continued on ala Bond films. I would have been totally cool with that, but no, not what the creators wanted. Sometimes creators just don't really understand what they have created. Franchise could have made them many more $, and left much greater a legacy. I don't care if I ever see this.
It isn't Lucasfilm that's running both Star Wars and Indiana Jones into the ground, it's Kathleen Kennedy