Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) (1 Viewer)

[Winston T. Boogie]

I'm a fan of the first and third Indy films. I guess subscribing to the idea that the odd numbered films are better...however...my big issue with Kingdom was the CGI which looked horrible and really destroyed the film for me. The great thing about the two Indy films I like is the sense that you are there in these exotic locations and there is a real feel of danger for the characters. The long chase through the jungle was horrible. Kingdom was like watching a video game and there was no sense of investment in the characters or their plight. There was no chemistry between Ford and Shia...which I guess is not a surprise as the rumors say he is a bit of a pain in the ass to work with and Ford does not seem a guy that will suffer fools gladly. I also thought Harrison looked a bit tired in the role. Plus the sets sort of looked like something on a Disney ride rather than real places. In my opinion this was horrible for the film.

 

[Greg.K]

CGI didn't bother me. I mean, the face melting scene in Raiders was all that realistic looking, but doesn't really take away from the movie. I can overlook that for the sake of a good story.

 

[TravisR]

I'm a fan of the first and third Indy films. I guess subscribing to the idea that the odd numbered films are better...however...my big issue with Kingdom was the CGI which looked horrible and really destroyed the film for me.

CGI didn't bother me.

I understand how bad effects (CG or practical) can take people out of the moment and thus the movie but generally, I just accept that there's a limit of what effects can do and roll with what's being depicted onscreen.

Somewhat in that vein, I've been rewatching The Lord Of The Rings for probably the first time since the theaters and I was surprised by how obvious all the CG was but at about 15 years on, it's bound to happen.

 

[Mikael Soderholm]

Well, I just rewatched Indy 1 last night, first time on blu (I know, I took forever to upgrade ...) and it is amazing how well it has stood the test of time. Still feels fresh, and still drags you into the action.
Great movie! Can't remember how many times I have seen this in the theater, on VHS, DVD and now blu.

 

[dpippel]

Couldn't agree with you more. RotLA is about as perfect a film as one can find IMO. EVERYTHING works, and works well.

 

[Malcolm R]

Couldn't agree with you more. RotLA is about as perfect a film as one can find IMO. EVERYTHING works, and works well.

Isn't ROTLA the film that Sheldon and Amy debated about on "The Big Bang Theory," saying that Indy is completely superfluous to the plot/story? That you could remove him from the movie completely and essentially nothing would change (except it might have taken the Nazis longer to find the Ark)?

From a synopsis of the episode "The Raiders Minimization":

(Amy) found the movie very entertaining except for the large plot-hole. Sheldon tells her that it was made by two of the most gifted film makers of our time, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. Sheldon has watched it 36 times except for the snakes and the face melting that he won't watch after dark. Sheldon defies her to find a plot hole to make his jaw drop. Amy explains that if Indiana Jones were not in the movie, the plot would still be intact. the Nazis would still find the Ark of the Covenant, would still have taken it to the island, then opened it up, and all would have died.

 

[dpippel]

Yeah, yeah. Amy's theory if full of shit. That's just TBBT doing what it does best - being all cutely nerdy and hipster-like.

 

[Mikael Soderholm]

But the plot is NOT how the nazis find the ark, it's how Indy finds it, right? And thus, he is needed in the plot
But I lol'ed

 

[Johnny Angell]

Yeah, yeah. Amy's theory if full of shit. That's just TBBT doing what it does best - being all cutely nerdy and hipster-like.

is she? Don't the Nazis really find thee Ark with or without Indy? If he's not there they get that medallion that goes on the head of the staff which is the key to finding the Ark. That was a funny episode and I need t watch again to see if she's really right.

 

[Dennis Nicholls]

CGI didn't bother me. I mean, the face melting scene in Raiders was all that realistic looking, but doesn't really take away from the movie. I can overlook that for the sake of a good story.

Really that's the only scene in the film I don't like.

It would have been better to have had the "bolts" turn the Nazis into white "statues". Indy would go over to one, rub his finger on it, and taste the end of his finger. Marion: "Salt?". Indy nods, "yeah, salt".

Recall the fate of Lot's wife when she turned and looked back at the wrath of God.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

is she? Don't the Nazis really find thee Ark with or without Indy? If he's not there they get that medallion that goes on the head of the staff which is the key to finding the Ark. That was a funny episode and I need t watch again to see if she's really right.

We don't know how the Nazis found Marion - for all we know, she had disappeared so quickly that they only found her because they were following Indy. (Indy, having been sent out by the U.S. government, probably had a paper trail.) We don't know that Marion would have given the medallion to the Nazis, perhaps she would have gotten away.

 

[dpippel]

We don't know how the Nazis found Marion - for all we know, she had disappeared so quickly that they only found her because they were following Indy. (Indy, having been sent out by the U.S. government, probably had a paper trail.) We don't know that Marion would have given the medallion to the Nazis, perhaps she would have gotten away.

Exactly. There are too many unknowns in the chain of events to definitively say that the end result would have been the same without Indy in the storyline.

 

[Sam Favate]

This will make you glad Harrison Ford has signed on to another film and that Frank Marshall has said no one but Ford will play Indy:

Megan Fox Wants to Play Indiana Jones

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/me...diana-jones/1100-6439478/?ftag=GSS-05-10aaa0a

 

[Jonathan Perregaux]

I support this idea for a number of reasons:

1. Megan Fox is a talented and capable actress, with a number of awards under her belt
2. You wouldn't have to rename the character
3. Steven Spielberg would enjoy working with her
4. She actually looks and sounds exactly like Harrison Ford
5. I am on drugs

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

Maybe I should put this in spoilers but in Indy 5 word is that Jones loses his dentures and goes on a wild and epic search to find an ancient and priceless set of false teeth that had belonged to Attila the Hun while a hapless and clumsy Peter MacNicol plays a determined AARP employee that chases him across the continents attempting to deliver his new membership card.

 

[SamT]

Breaking! At the [URL='https://twitter.com/AmericanFilm']@AmericanFilm Tribute, #StevenSpielberg confirmed that #JohnWilliams will score #IndianaJones 5![/URL]
https://twitter.com/MovieMantz/status/741091519180869632
https://twitter.com/MovieMantz/status/741091519180869632

 

[Osato]

Breaking! At the @AmericanFilm Tribute, #StevenSpielberg confirmed that #JohnWilliams will score #IndianaJones 5!
https://twitter.com/MovieMantz/status/741091519180869632

Great news!!

 

[Jonathan Perregaux]

Well he scored the last one, too... and it didn't help.

 

[TravisR]

Here's a story about the Williams AFI event: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielberg-george-lucas-toast-901491

 

[Sam Favate]

Williams will be 87 in 2019. Not, IMO, too old to create a rousing score. In fact, he may be one of the few left who knows what a score should be!