Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Saw it last night and really enjoyed it. For me it's a classic example of people having their minds made up by the critics before the movie releases. Went in with very low expectations but left totally elated. The one criticism I have of the OG trilogy is that Indy's character is a little flatly written and that it's HFs performance that really helped shaped the movies into a legacy (as well as the excellent direction, obvs). In DoD his character felt a lot more human. It wasn't pure power fantasy fulfillment all the time.

Thought they stuck the landing hard as well. Can see why that ending might have put some people off, but I don't see how it's any more outlandish then those of the original trilogy. It worked for me in the same way those did.
 
MissChief said:
Might take Son to see this, he’s never seen the previous ones. Will this be a problem?
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Mmm, maybe. You don’t need any prior knowledge, but it may be pretty boring for a kid that has no affection for the character in the first place.

It’s not like he’s the most charismatic he’s ever been, considering his old age!

Edit - on the other hand, if your kid has seen and enjoyed the recent Uncharted film, I’d say that DoD was much more coherent, interesting and well made than that.
 
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MissChief said:
Might take Son to see this, he’s never seen the previous ones. Will this be a problem?
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He's imagining being there now.
 
I just got back from seeing this at the Stafford Odeon.

I loved the car chases, and especially the chase with the tuk-tuks. It had a James Bond feel to it, but the older style Bonds which I prefer anyway because it's less serious than the Daniel Craig ones. I liked the 1939 Nazy Germany train invasion near the start, again a James Bond feel to it, and the submerged / underwater bit in the middle of the film. On the Indiana Jones front, it reminded me of the Temple of Doom in places due to the Jones / lady / little boy set-up, and also the caves / mines bit near the end where it's crawling with insects and booby traps.

The Dial itself and its purpose reminds me of the Golden Compass (alethiometer) from His Dark Materials book trilogy by Philip Pullman.

I give this 8/10. Much MUCH better than the Crystal Skulls which I never really acknowledged as being part of the Indy Jones 'trilogy'.
 
Temple of doom is the one I saw most as well.

In fact I remember I first saw on the childrens ward, in hospital, when I was about 9/10 and had just had my Appendix out.

Last Crusade is probably my favourite though.
 
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^^ Indeed that is very funny, but before people jump onto using that to evidence how pants the film ‘(probably) is’ remember that he rips all films to absolute shreds, even excellent ones :p

In respect of box office performance, it was quiet / few people when I watched it… I noticed this because there was nobody talking or being annoying. A nice quiet audience… ahhhh!
 
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Nitefly said:
^^ Indeed that is very funny, but before people jump onto using that to evidence how pants the film ‘(probably) is’ remember that he rips all films to absolute shreds, even excellent ones :p

In respect of box office performance, it was quiet / few people when I watched it… I noticed this because there was nobody talking or being annoying. A nice quiet audience… ahhhh!
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Got to love pitch meetings....

I saw it in our local Cineworld. Premium large screen c300 capacity opening day showing.

There were 8 of us in the screen.

Which was still 2 more than The Flash....
 
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