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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Sentimental closure, a movie for a very very limited audience
Indiana Jones movies are supposed not only to be great but also addressed to almost everyone.
All my friends and parents loved Raiders of the Lost Ark in the 80s. Temple of Doom was bit dark, but still widely likeable. I remember watching Last Crusade with my grandmother in 1989 in the theater and even she liked it. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull tried the same, they just couldn't do it.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is something else. It's closure and it's addressed to hardcore Indy fans, aged 40+, educated, with a lot of attention to detail and the understanding that with Indy and Harrison, the viewers who grew up with these movies, have also aged.
Anyone else will probably hate it.
I am one of the few who liked it and I would have scored a 9 (or even 10) hadn't it been some extremely long, exhausting, pointless action scenes and some horrible cgi (very few - it was just too distracting).
Felt like the approach to Logan and I saw Mangold's work in this, although in action sequences Spielberg is much superior. But I don't mind because his judgement went to hell in Crystal Skull.
I also don't mind the 3rd act, it is as plausible as any other artifacts from previous movies. We were young then and we bought it, that's all.
Surprisingly, for a $300M movie, I think all the above was intentional. And I say surprisingly because it clearly won't make any money.
Ford mentioned in many interviews this is closure for the character, or how would this character end up in his late 70s, how emotional, realistic, pragmatic, even depressed.
This is why there aren't any jokes, not because the movie is bad.
I honestly teared up in the last scene. I haven't done that in a theater before.
If you are a true fan, conscious and romantic you will enjoy it.
A Few Good Men (1992)
Great movie, poor dialogues
This is certainly an excellent movie, with great cast that give amazing performances.
I must have watched it 5-10 times and it will always attracts my attention till the end.
Yet one thing that always annoyed me is that effort in the script to make everyone's lines pompous throughout the movie. It is as if every character has to keep saying things that will shake every one else and the audience.
This could be true come from Jessup's character, Cedricks' or perhaps one of the marines who surely express a passion of their work and duty.
But it is tiring to hear heavy lines from everyone throughout the movie. Especially in a court drama it is distracting from the points /meanings the story is trying to pass.
Battleship (2012)
You CAN enjoy this movie
OK, let's just clear that this is an aliens vs earth blockbuster movie. So first of all, you need to set your expectations on that level.
I watched the movie having absolutely no idea what was it about or referred to. I think this is the only way you can enjoy it.
The 2 reasons I enjoyed it, was that I found 2 really original ideas; 1. Aliens would be a short of equal opponent (no acid dropping, mind reading, laser shooting, flying saucer maneuvring) 2. Battle would take place at sea and btw the directing of the battle scenes was quite good.
Yes, the movie has a lot of clichés, some stupid lines and surely, creating a reference between a movie and a paper based guessing board game, is a miss.
So it's not Independence Day, yet it is still enjoyable for what it is.
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)
Cheap, early 90s, TV movie
Bad acting, horrible cgi, Pearl Harbor (movie) rip off, Jaws (movie) copy, minimum cast used (really????), no plot, bad photography, TV movie directed as TV movie and looking extremely cheap
I actually stopped watching beforw reaching half and I almost never do this
Such a great (and true) story deserved better luck; sucj a movie should simply not reach the theaters
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Indy is Ice Cream Cone
Am I the biggest Indy fan? Sure, we all are. What best character for a child to love. I consider him better that any Star Wars persona, cause he is down to earth. Even when he jumps in the air.
We watched Raiders at what age? 8? What an experience. What a plot. Lucas and Spielberg at their finest. And the special effects! And the music!
Then Temple of Doom came. Are we 12? About so. And it was fine and quite gore and we didn't understand the Hindi myths so it was enjoyable. Indy jumping around again.
And just as we were about to lose innocence, comes Last Crusade, and the plot is amazing, and the jokes hilarious, and Sean Connery is there, cracking us up and what a genius ending!!!!
So as we enter the Video Game universe spending some serious time on that 80286 and adventure games rock, Fate of Atlantis comes and WE can make Indy jump again. The plot is 100% solid and the music and the jokes and the action is there.
See how this was going? What a timing. Everything came perfect. Like a 4 course meal, each plate served the moment you were hungry again. But since the cooks are there, you don't want the meal to finish; you're just waiting for the next course, or at least for fine dessert.
So since then, nothing. How many movies did we watch since? 1,000 probably. Nowadays how much can a movie surprise you? It's a bit sad actually. And CGI? I cannot tell the difference anymore. Sorry. X- Files was good. (I will use this last part later) So we grew up, that's always both bad and good.
It's 2008 and Indy is back. How old were you? I was 30. How to see Indy with the same eyes? You just can't. You're not a child any more. Get over it. You want to be. I feel like I had a smaller disappointment than others. I liked the movie. I think the reason was that the previous evening I sat home, switched off the lights and watched Raiders full, no interruptions, phones, or popcorn. Felt a bit like 10 again. Remembered the feelings. And I hit the 6pm feature the next day, weekday, so we are like 10 people in the theater; was quite focused.
So quickly I'm getting chills down the spine seeing the fedora hat and that the old warehouse was Area 51. And Indy looking old, it's OK, now plot is in the 50's; so he just grew up, like I did, they are not faking him to be 30, I like that. And he's jumping around again and yes, I like the opening scene as always. Damn, I thought that was closer; hilarious, Indy being sarcastic on himself. And look, the 50's FBI agents from the X Files are there and Roswell is mentioned; would Indy be involved in Rosswell? Of course. And he survived the nuclear blast. Hmm
am I still 10? No, but OK, I'll buy it. I'm still not buying how he didn't break every bone in his body spinning at 150kmh (he outran that speeding car, remember?) But it was something I never saw before, so it's original; I think I'd buy it better if the fridge was in the basement and he was salvaged from the ruins.
But I don't want to see aliens in an Indy movie; even if I was 10. If only they were an innuendo throughout and left us with question marks at the end. You know, like the X Files. And nobody likes Shia, sorry. And why in an Indy movie, where historical facts should be given attention, am I shown an image of Pizarro, being told this is Orellana? No one will notice?
Was the plot thin? YES! Like Doom, only I'm not 12 anymore. I don't mind that much, what I do mind is, after so many years was this really the best they could come up with?
Why is CGI horrible? I honestly do not understand. I mean, this is Steven Spielberg and George Lucas; they don't pass through Movie Special Effects History; they ARE history ;) Didn't they see the result? It looked fake. Even if I was 10, I would say fake. Raiders' ghosts do not look fake even today.
So I am thinking; this is just something made without attention. Probably JUST for money. Had it more attention would it be OK? No. We were waiting too long, not hungry like kids any more.
What if, this exact same plot, cgi, came then, around 1995- 1996; you know, around our 20s, X-Files era. Could we see it differently? I think so. Would we like it more? Yes. But if we didn't, we wouldn't mind that much. Because we were still hungry as young.
KOTCS is a machine vanilla ice cream cone after a superb 4 course meal.
I don't have ice cream cone for dessert any more. Especially at fine dining. I'm having cheesecake with caramel decorations; or just a double espresso.
But when I DO have ice cream cone, I REALLY enjoy it because it reminds me how it was when I was a kid. And if you are seriously in your 30's, thoroughly analyzing why you don't like ice cream cone any more, you're just stupid.
I think this last part resolves my only true concern, why was the movie a poor dessert: When Steven, Ms. Kennedy, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Koepp and Harrison read this script, and their first thought was "Fans will not like it" I think their second thought was, "Indy is like ice cream cone, who cares if it is good or not, everyone will eat it".