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Agreed. If a song’s placement takes one out of the film, I’d say it’s a distraction at the very least, and careless on the part of the filmmakers at worst, since it’s easy to confirm the availability of pop culture items from the last 50-60 years. If it doesn’t take one out of the film, then no...

Characters from the original trilogy would be great, but even better would be if they had a substantial role to play. That's why Spiderman: No Way Home worked well for many people - there was advancement, and some closure, for the returning characters.

Not Howard the Duck? 😉

Oh, for sure! I called him Mr Round earlier in this thread. But I used Short because 1. that's all we have to go by, and 2. I was going to refer to him several times, and Short was the quickest way to do so!

If Indy made it possible for Sallah to go to America, then why not Short? I believe Short is an orphan, so I'd like to think that after Temple of Doom, Indy brought Short over to the US and had him placed with foster care or adoptive parents. And Short doesn't have to live in Manhattan. Maybe...

I hear what you're saying, but to also be fair, it shouldn't need Ke Huy Quan's resurgence for him to be cast. After all, Karen Allen (who I think is great, but not really a box office draw at the time) didn't need a resurgence to be included in Crystal Skull. Since KHQ had a pretty sizeable and...

Definitely a missed opportunity to bring back Mr Round. I don't know when Mangold et al started developing the story, but given Ke Huy Quan's resurgence in the last couple of years, it would have been a great idea to bring him back (nostalgia and all). For me (and many others, I would think)...

A sidekick can have a contentious relationship with the hero (which makes it more "fun"), eg. Marion in Raiders and Willie in Temple of Doom, but they were at least trying to attain the same goal as Indy. Helena, I felt, was working against Indy for the first 2/3 of this movie, which made her...

Maybe it's this story. https://variety.com/2013/film/news/disney-acquires-indiana-jones-rights-from-paramount-1200927216/ "Paramount will continue to be responsible for distribution of the first four films in the franchise and will receive a financial participation on any future films that are...

Yes, the "running man" didn't move in a natural way.

One thing I haven’t mentioned is that a lot of the early action was filmed very close-up, which didn’t quite work for me as it reduced the sense of space and where everyone or everything was. Close-ups can work in many situations, but here it distracted me. A close analogy is sitting in the 1st...

Same, I missed it. But then I was looking for a fade into a mountain 😉

Agreed! There would definitely be a different feel. And the first couple of action scenes, I think, would have been crisper and not as prolonged, given Spielberg’s efficient style. It goes to show how there is a rarefied class of modern-day directors who are experts at directing action, to...

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One thing I missed, even if only a minor thing, is

I was disappointed in Dial of Destiny, even with lowered expectations. In a way, I’m glad this is the final film with Ford as Indy. No more potential sullying of his legacy!

A $300-350m budget for an Avengers film would also be high by itself, but given the likelihood that it will make more than $1.4 billion worldwide, not a bad investment. A $300m budget for an Indy film seems less sound, even though Indy is one of the greatest film characters of all time. For...

4pm tomorrow for me!

Like you said, getting the best seats depends on the film. I think even for Endgame, I didn't get the best seats even though I tried getting tickets as soon as they were released. My ideal seats would typically be 2/3 of the way up from the screen, middle of the row. While it's not a hardship...

My reasons for buying tickets early, especially to opening night Thursdays: 1. To avoid being spoiled (eg. for MCU and similar films) 2. To get the best seats I can 3. To be able to participate in HTF discussions that night! :D

And I love seeing the perfectly timed toss of the date in the air, and Sallah's catching it before Indiana eats it... followed by the zinger: "Bad dates." BAM!

As has been said, whether a character change in a later chapter modifies your opinion of an earlier entry is subjective. I can see both sides. 1. Does Palpatine returning in Rise of Skywalker change how I look at Return of the Jedi? Not particularly, in that I (emphasis on "I") considered it a...

I’m wondering if Disney tried to buy distribution rights, since they did for those MCU Phase 1 films distributed by Paramount? In any event, partnerships for box sets between different studios have happened before, I believe, for Alfred Hitchcock and Marilyn Monroe box sets?

ToD (to this day, still one of the fastest paced films I've seen - so fast it's a detriment in some ways!) showed a level of passion and hunger in story and action design (the Asian setting may have helped) that flowed from the success generated by Raiders. By KoTCS, however, that passion (I...

Stay strong, Sam. You can do it!

I did a double take when I saw how youthful Harrison is in that picture... and then a triple take when I saw Shia LaBeouf! But great pix!

Purely as a movie, IMO Crystal Skull was OK. Some good action sequences were somewhat undermined by clunky/ridiculous moments such as nuking the fridge and swinging with monkeys through the jungle. But the most radical departure (again IMO) was changing the McGuffin from one based on mystical...

Looks great! Time travel definitely seems to be involved, especially with the quick shot of the giant boulder that rolled after him at the start of Raiders?

Looks more like a dial of density?