Last Crusade was the perfect ending with Indy riding off into the sunset. Now I really appreciate that Back to the Future has been left untouched and there's no modern cash grab sequels with that franchise.
Say no more, I beg you. Let's not put into the ether that about Back to the Future... But 100% agree; The Last Crusade was about as good of an ending of a trilogy as you could get. For me, that's when the series ended. I'll likely watch this when it comes to streaming (and likely once, just like I did Crystal Skull).
Well hold your horses on Back To The Future thing. Unless Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale are both dead, Hollywood can milk Back To The Future as long as they want. Main reason why Back To The Future is still safe is because Zemeckis and Gale shared the rights with the studio
@@Chet_24him, sean bean, nicole kidman, and tom cruise to me all do really good in films even if theyre bad..his mummy movie was bad but he acted his ass off in it
Something to be said about Crystal Skull is that, while The Last Crusade ended in sort of a open ended way, with the gang riding to the sunset towards their next adventure, Crystal Skull absolutely put an end to the franchise. Indy got married and retired, with a MINISCULE implication that his son might take on the mantle someday. Like, there's absolutely no reason for there to be a continuation to Indy's saga after that.
They should’ve done Indy 5 as a prequel to Indy 4 just like Indy 2 was a prequel to Indy 1 (Temple of Doom is set in 1935 a year before the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark). Edit: Harrison Ford still looks exactly the same as he did in Indy 4. He hasn’t aged much since Indy 4 so they could’ve easily got away with it if they did Indy 5 as a prequel to Indy 4.
One point i would like to add, Helena never interacted with Indy in a truthful, from the heart kind of way, she always had an agenda and was always using Indy in some way. Contrast her with Marion, Short Round, Henry Jones Sr, even the insufferable Willie Scott or Elsa the Nazi, they all (at some point) interacted with Indy honestly and spoke from their heart. Their interactions seemed organic and real. But Helena, even when she was pleading Indy to not stay in the past, she still cared nothing about Indy, she just all of a sudden cared about the flow of history. I cannot care about a godfather-goddaughter relationship if the goddaughter had not showed any hint of her caring about her godfather.
Yes, Helena (and perhaps Phoebe Waller Bridge) as you described is a sociopathic narcissist. A vapid soulless thing, a non entity that is on par with or worse than the baddy nazis in the film. Destroyed the film like Amber Heard destroys souls..
Loved the point about the difference between a franchise ending and a franchise dying. Rest in peace Indiana Jones, you deserved much better than this.
@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist9 Do you honestly believe that coming into the comments section of a YT video which has absolutely nothing to do with religion is going to convince people to accept your mythology? Really?
@@anaperez5442 Well to be fair, Indiana Jones did drink of the Holy Grail so this isn't completely unrelated as weird as his youtube comment missionary attemps are.
"Cinematic Zombies..." What a great phrase to describe all that is happening in much of modern cinema! Thank you, you have put into two words what I have been feeling about modern cinema. 😢
When Jeremy said, "When someone can responsibly decide it's time to end a story or end a character, it becomes something else entirely. It becomes legend. A film series ends by ending. It dies by pathetically hanging on past its expiration date." All I could think was....man...that hit so hard because that's how I feel about Star Wars at this point.
1:36 - Wouldn't it have made more sense for Helena (the Phoebe Waller-Bridge character) to be the daughter of Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott), Indiana's friend and colleague from Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade? I got nothing against Toby Jones - he's a fine actor, but it seems unusual to introduce an old friend of Indy's so late in the game. It would definitely tie the series together that much more.
@@mercianthane2503And we could say everything that happened from the start up until the wedding is just Shia Lebouf’s character telling a story he would hope was cool. But, nah, he’s just a greaser who wished it happened.
I love what Jeremy says at the end. A film series can end without dying. It almost represents a very human desire to not accept death in reality. So we approach our art the same way. It’s sad really…
i've got to say, I LOVE that they brought back the trope from the original trilogy of 'The movie starts at the end of a previous Indy adventure we haven't seen.'
And the expositional lecture scene where we learn the history of what we are going to see later. It's such a standard conceit that I'll always give it a pass. Here it felt like a wink from and old friend.
@@Bwk-mj4pm I watched in a cinema and honestly enjoyed it for all its length, if it wasn’t an Indiana Jones movie I think it would have fared much better. The first scene is the best one though.
I think what hurts the most is someone pointed out they totally could have brought back Ke Huy Quan as Short Round to be the sidekick and the one to take up the mantle and I will never forgive them for not doing that.
they filmed this movie right before Ke Huy Quan got his career resurgence. No reason they couldn't have done a reshoot where they bring him back in a cameo at the end like with Marion though
I think the Rocky movies showed you can successfully resurrect a franchise and even give the hero a dignified send off. Rocky V is pretty much akin to Crystal Skull, except it was worse. But Rocky Balboa resurrected the character properly, and then the Creed movies gave him a very dignified sign off and retirement. But man that is really hard to pull off. I was hoping Indiana Jones could do it, but I guess not.
John Williams is a national treasure and will be treasured long after he’s gone, no more important composure has ever contributed so much to movies and culture in general.
Agree, Zimmer is up there making memorable scores that one can recognise w/o any visual cues, i.e Lion King, Inception, Pirates of the Caribbean, the list goes on 😸
The older I get, the more I believe it’s better to be a Firefly than a Family Guy. It’s better to go out on top and leave the audience demanding more, than to persist for decades past your prime as a shambling zombie of what you once were.
Serenity was a good end to the series though and to give the fans some closure. They never need to open that back up and as for FG, yeah... that show lost its luster and keeps getting worse since season 5 or 6.
@@aw3someinc175thats prob cause it was exactly that but im bot complaining. The big reveal was incredible and the movie was a great sendoff to what could have been the greatest sci fi series ever
Every Indiana Jones rankings just comes down to "do you prefer Raiders or Last Crusade more and also do you dislike Crystal Skull or Dial of Destiny more?" Poor Temple of Doom is always gonna be #3
Temple's such an odd movie. There's classic things people like from it, like Short Round. There's a lot of great moments that are memorable and it does the character justice. But it's just so dark and gross it doesn't fit with the others. It's also off from a mythology standpoint, as it's the first time an artifact of a non-Christian deity was proven real. Technically the Crystal Skull wasn't even supernatural, just alien.
I know a lot of people who think Temple of Doom was the best one actually, because it's so different and dark. Not a big fan of it myself though. Mostly cause of the annoying blonde lady
@BlazingOwnager no more darker than exploding heads, melting faces, and a life-sucking grail. I give you temple of doom does have the different feel, but it's not like a saw movie lol. He literally saves an entire villiage. More noble than just trying to unearth artifacts or the usual nazi squabbles
One of the silliest takes I've read is that Indy drinking from the Grail in TLC actually rendered him immortal and unable to die, but he still feels the weight of age and thus spirals into being a sad, alcoholic version of his past self.
Idiots whom put that theory forward are numb numbs. Did they forget that Henry Jones Sr. literally died between The Last Crusade and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, despite drinking from the Cup of Christ? They are are the same dumb dumbs who claim that George Lucas totally and literally intended Jar Jar Binks to be a secret Sith Lord.
@@tsvetomirsheev3882 i also hate it, but thats life for real, some person die alone cause all of their families are already dead. Dont illusion yourself, otherwise it may even hurt more someday.
I like all the Indiana Jones films, but if I had to rank them, I'd say 1. The Last Crusade 2. Raiders of the Lost Ark 3. Temple of Doom. But all three of them are terrific.
@@astartesrex Anyone who has read one chapter of LOTR know it sound nothing like how Tolkien was writing things and if you paraphrase you have to mention it otherwise you're lying.
Crystal Skull may not be the best Indiana Jones film, but at the very least Indy still had his touch in it. Mutt felt like a sidekick rather than a replacement, there were still some scenes in the film that people talk about (even if some of those scenes were infamous), and at the very least Spielberg and Lucas were both directly involved in it. I had a fun time watching it regardless of the flaws. So much fun in fact, that the very movie people despise is the very movie that got me into the series (minus the original trilogy that I watched on VHS). Call me crazy, but this trash is my treasure. Same can’t be said for the latest film, unfortunately.
Bro I rewatched Crystal Skull yesterday and I used to be an avid hater but after rewatching it to prep for 5. I found myself loving it more than I remembered. It for sure was ridiculous but there was some sort of charm behind it and u can see the speilbergian flavors in it that I ended up loving the film overall. Went from 2/10 to 7/10
@@MaceSyre I noticed those "Spielbergian Flavors" rewatching a couple of the movies, in this case Raiders and Crystal Skull. One is better than the other, yes, but both still have good camera work and levels of creativity.
@@Coloring_Books_Zenthusiast I'll never forget Chris Stuckmann grinning at the screen wide-eyed and saying, 'Just go and see it.' What film was that for? The Last f***ing Jedi. Last Chris Stuckmann video I ever watched. Total shill.
It is SO OBVIOUS that any movie about an elderly Indy about to finally put away his hat and whip should include an adult Short Round as a competent adventurer or researcher, and the fact that his actor isn't back for the final Indy movie is such a missed opportunity. On the other hand, Ke Quan Huy did get his own win in Everything Everywhere All At Once, and I wouldn't want to take that away from him.
An adult short round would have been immensely, immensely more entertaining than Phebe Waller-Bridge. Does ANYONE like Phebe Waller-Bridge??? I mean, literally anyone? Does her own mother?
My favorite was Last Crusade, exactly because of the dynamics between Indy and his father. Right below comes Ark, then Temple of Doom, and the fourth one. Sean Connery was only 12 years older than Harrison Ford. In Crusade, they did an awesome job of characterizing him as an old bookworm who couldn't keep up with his son's action antics, but had an important involvement in the plot because of his knowledge (in the form of the diary, and later his skills in interpreting the Grail Temple traps), and wits (the pen is mightier than the sword in the tank, the umbrella fight against the airplane, etc.) It was almost unbelievable that the same Spielberg who directed the first three movies also directed the fourth, which not only had the absurd fridge nuking, but also an old Indiana Jones exchanging punches with young ripe soviet soldiers. I really don't understand why they cannot just look at what they did with Sean Connery's character and try to do something like that with old man Indy. The pairing with a youngster thing gives a nice framing for playing the generational contrast. In Crystal Skull I think they missed the mark with Indy's son, his character was simply too annoying and boring. The idea of using Fleabag as his goddaughter should theoretically work, it should be only a matter of putting her front and center and moving Indy to the old mentor archetype and the two actors would make it work... Well, at least Phoebe Waller-Bridge should do it, she's terrific, Harrison Ford is kind of being typecast these days as a grumpy old man, but it should work.
The best and perfect ending. Finally went to see this and it's not that bad. Great opening train sequence that's worth the price of admission. Overall flea bag proved herself and Mads Mikkelsen kills every role he's in. Not sure why fans didn't show up.
My rankings for Indiana Jones films go like this. It might not be popular but I go with: 1. Last Crusade 2. Lost Ark 3. Temple of Doom Most have Lost Ark as number one but I prefer Last Crusade.
I feel like you've nailed the common possibilities. Ive only ever met one person who calls Temple their fave, and they hadnt watched the films since middle school.
The reason No Way Home did so well with the nostalgia glasses is that it treated the legacy characters with respect. Tobey's spider-man got a happy ending at the end of his trilogy. His life isn't perfect, but he made it work with the girl of his dreams and he hasn't lost his spidey-spark. He isn't alcoholic, he isn't depressed, and he isn't a shell of himself that some Strong Female Character™ will replace. His story conclusion is treated with respect. Andrew Garfield is also treated with respect. He never got to finish his trilogy, so he's stuck in his second movie phase where everything sucks. He's lost his hope, he's lost his way. But he isn't a shell of himself. He's still a character with potential in a state of transition awaiting his proverbial third movie to pull him out of that slump and complete his arc. NWH works as a bridge to that hypothetical third movie because he's able to be a warning to Tom's Peter about going down a dark and bitter road while also getting some redemption of his own and regaining some of that spark. I don't know what Disney is smoking, but they need to trash it because all they know how to do is to take these franchises they purchased specifically for the audience those franchises usually bring in (the male audience) and then did the greatest heel-turn in history and shat all over the characters, making them depressed, broken shells. Life is already a like that. We're already like that. Men are already broken and male mental health is already ignored. Why do you think that we want to see that same real-world circumstance applied to our beloved hopeful space wizard or adventure-junkie professor?
I think another good comparison is into the spider verse the Peter in Miles universe dies saving the day an homage to the ultimate spider man comics but also had the dead beat Peter but was still somehow written relatable that most people besides morons didn't have a problem with it
@@hibarikyoya854 the thing is that "deadbeat" Peter want a deadbeat. He was depressed because he lost MJ and he felt like he was in a rut. He lost that spark and inspiration but was still doing the hero thing because he felt responsibility. By th4 end of the movie, he regains that spark and during the movie, he still proves he is spider at his core and he isn't a shell, he was just going through a rough patch. He was well written.
I agree with mostly everything you said. I always pictured that Tobey's Peter had his daughter Mayday, and that she will eventually become Spider-Girl. Maybe that's what Tobey's Peter meant when he said things are complicated, he is busy trying to raise his daughter who has Spider-Powers.
@@JustSomeMexicanwithaMustache that would be interesting, but now I feel like it would be seen as derivative if into the spiderverse by modern audiences.
Saw this yesterday night and it was a sad sight seeing dozens of disappointed middle aged guys silently trudge out of the theater with their families in tow. It's incredible how dumb the script was, to the point where it actually made Crystal Skull look like Raiders by comparison. D+ is being generous.
Like when the girl (who was unlikable through the whole film) lied to the nazis and sped of with a boat (the nazis only had dingis and no boat, the other boat was sinking from dinamite) yet somehow knew exactly where to go and actually got there even with no boat Or the fact Indiana survives being shot in the shoulder for like 30 mins, half of which was on a plane And many many other things
The day they released the clip with Phoebe Waller Bridge’s character responding to Indiana Jones question of: “How did you end up like this”? And she responds with: “What do you mean? Daring? Resourceful? Beautiful? Self-Sufficient?” I knew EXACTLY what type of movie this was going to turn out to be…..I will NOT be giving Disney my money on this one..
What is worst PWB is only failing upward. She destroyed Solo with feminist robot, now Indiana with this and next on agenda is Tomb Raider. Any project with her suffers the same faith and she is still somehow employed.
Kingdom of the Skull has major problems, but at least that movie’s ending is happy and he settles down with his wife and son. Great job, Dial of Destiny!
With Ke Huy Quan being brought back so wonderfully to the spotlight, I just wished he could have played a part in a sequel movie. I mean since _"poochie went back to his home planet"_ having an elderly Indiana Jones reunite with a hypercompetent Short Round would have been heartwarming, and brought even more validation to Temple of Doom. But it's better for him to have been in E,E,AAO, and I'd never want that to change.
@shyaminator I googled and tried to find it, but it's been buried by him showing up at the premiere. I saw it maybe 2 or 3 weeks ago that she vetoed it because he had a small cameo scene in the script.
I'm usually un-bummed whenever a celebrity passes, but when it eventually happens to John Williams I will be genuinely sad. Heck, I'm tearing up just thinking about it now as I'm typing this…
Yeah, I'm almost surprised I haven't seen news of John Williams' passing yet, he's in his 80s. I was so glad that he was even able to finish all the Star Wars movie soundtracks, and he's still going.
As always Jeremy ...I couldn't agree more with your reviews ! Even your gestures when speaking about Connery having that zest for life and Ford being nothing but a drunk says it all . Well put !
To me, It's not just the movies. It is America itself. Tired, Out of ideas, with a President way past his prime. Hollywood is like America; Obsolete and just waiting to be passed by a new foreign Superpower. What country will begin making movies the world actually wants?
Temple or doom was so underrated. Short round was fucking amazing. Fun fact... Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is the reason movies began receiving a PG-13 rating.
The first 3 are great. Temple of Doom is my favourite personally - maybe because it's visually darker? Being an 80s child it was similar to other films, cartoons and books I was into and struck a chord in that regard. I treat 4&5 as non-canon, almost fan fiction in a way. 4 was dirge and I expect 5 to be no better.
@@my3dviewsexactly! 99% of the people here are just regurgitating the hate from TH-camrs who make a living nitpicking films. They should go form their own opinions, then these TH-camrs wouldn’t get this undeserved attention.
@@tobyonatabe2601 I don't pay much attention to what people say about a movie that I want to see. I avoid watching previews or listening to or reading reviews until after I saw it. I took someone else, and both of us liked it. Saw it in IMAX and it looked great. Not sure what all the hate is about. It was great to see another Indiana Jones movie. I agree, too many people that criticize it haven't even seen it.
Last Crusade was the perfect end cap to the series and remains my favorite entry. Possibly one of those “perfect” films with a nearly infinite rewatch factor. For me Temple of Doom comes in next because it’s just so damn fun…but admittedly Raiders is the better story. I heard there’s one called Crystal something…but I think it’s just rumor.
I think the whole film was building to Indy staying in the past. It would of made sense aswell, start a new adventure in a period he clearly loves - the happiest he is in this movie is when he talks about the past! - the world gets to continue to move on, but he gets his happy ending by remaining in the past where he feels he belongs. I mean I wouldnt be suprised if that was mangold original ending and Disney forced the ending we got to play it safe but that's me starting conspiracy theories. But yeah I really think it would of made much much more sense and actually good ending if it did ened with him remaining in the past as his world continues to evolve away from him.
I was thinking the same thing. I pictured the last scene of the movie at a modern day archaeological site uncovering some relics that tell the story of a stranger in a hat appearing from out of nowhere to save an ancient people, and becoming a hero/revered elder type to them, while the archaeologists uncover the remains of a fedora at a gravesite as the Raiders theme starts up.
I would of liked that ending way more. It would of been a parallel to indianna 3. Basically him risingin into the sunset. Instead he gets to live in the past. His goddaughter knocking him out and dragging him back to the present felt way too anticlimactic.
It was supposed to end with Helena taking up the hat and being the new Indy with Teddy (discount Short Round) but numerous leaks and test screening disasters changed it thank god
I mean he gave The Little Mermaid a somewhat positive review whereas Chris didn't post his review on that movie which shows that he disliked the movie so that's a completely different reaction too
Really? I say that ever since Chris decided that he was going to be vague and neutral about movies, that they’ve had very different reactions. Jeremy is authentic, Chris is just playing it safe so that his Shelby Oaks movie doesn’t get negatively reviewed.
Unfortunately, Chris has kind of refused to speak negatively about movies since he started working on Shelby Oaks. And I get it, I do, I understand why, but I am to the point now that I no longer expect complete honesty in his reviews.
I remember in middle school during a book fair i talked to a student that was such a big Indiana Jones fan and he told me how much he loves the series and was very excited for Crystal Skull i never actually found out if he liked it or not but looking back it is really disappointing that these sequels really never live up to that optimism i saw in that fan i think that the original trilogy is something that could never be recaptured and it is time to let Indy retire and live on as a legend and remember for the fun adventures he gave us back then.
@@benzaiten933 That is true nothing is impossible with works like maverick and blade runner 2049 show there is still life in a property although its not that common unfortunately for people to take them to new hights.
@@benzaiten933 I'm not much of a Tom Cruise fan but atleast he had the balls to keep the series real, Harrison should have retired years ago instead of tarnishing his reputation for more paychecks
Its trash but I don't agree with this postmodern attitude that you are literally only as good as your last movie. I kinda liked some stuff in Crystal Skull too. I just think if you disliked Crystal Skull no way should you see this crap is all.
Speaking as someone who loved Indiana Jones and was also in middle school when Crystal Skull came out, I really enjoyed it at the time. I didn’t care about the dumb plot, fridge nuke, or aliens, I was just thinking I was watching a new Indiana Jones movie and cool stuff was happening. Obviously now, I can see how bad it actually was, but as a kid, it was enjoyable.
More than its competitors, Disney can withstand some of its movies functioning as loss leaders. In addition to racking up ticket sales, the studio's films are designed to boost interest in toys and theme parks. So although "The Little Mermaid" barely floated past the $500 million mark, the return of Ariel is helping to sell themed Legos, backpacks, dolls, bedding and nail polish. The same goes for underperforming Marvel adventures like "Ant-Man," which brings an influx of interest to Avengers Campus, a Marvel Cinematic Universe-themed area at the Disney California Adventure park. "They may not make it at the box office, but Disney will make up for it in merchandise sales and the longevity of the property," says Jeff Bock, an analyst with Exhibitors Relations. "That's a lot different than Paramount or Sony, who needs to make all their money back at the box office."
Little Mermaid and other MCU bombs don't do well _enough_ in merch sales because no kids who didn't watch it or watched it but spent most of the time on their iPads because the movies sucked so much are going to want a toy. This is different than the Cars franchise, they are expecting a _boost_ not a mostly same merch sale if they weren't making a movie at all. They expect these movies to both do well and the merch sales to do well in turn, that is what they aim for, when they don't get either or just average merch sales but a bomb in the box office then the movie is considered by most oulets to be a bomb, if everything was hunky dory with the new movies Bob Iger himself wouldn't literally be saying it was disappointing, he would be making the same flawed argument you are making but keep coping I guess.
7:02 KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL stands out, because it was straight sci-fi. That skull was from an Alternate dimension! The first 3 films dealt with mysticism and religions. It even had a FLYING SAUCER in it! Give Crystal Skull credit for being the DEEP SPACE-9 of Indy films.
I tend to call this “X-Files Syndrome”. A concept that had they brought it to a close at the right point, it would be something that could continue to live on and be admired in syndication (like Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul). But, because they decided to keep digging it up and dragging it on, it ultimately killed it. X-Files should have stopped after Season 7 (with two movie’s following to wrap up the mythology). Indiana Jones should have stopped at The Last Crusade. But that’s Hollywood for you…
X-files got too long winded in general but it was just the nature of that show. I could still watch new Mulder and Scully just because I love those characters so much. And in the end I didn't think they did anything to ruin those characters thank goodness. But what Disney did to IJ and SW is just that
@@woulfhound Tron Legacy wasn't a cash grab. It was very ambitious and they worked on it for years. It only went into production after the right director, the right technology and the right script was available. Even the spin-off series Tron Uprising wasn't just a quick cash grab. This franchise remained on a very consistant quality level. Let's hope, modern day Disney doesn't fugg it up in the newly announced Tron movie. Greetings from Germany :=)
@@woulfhoundtop gun maverick was good also and the creed franchise because they let apollo creed's son be the focal point and rocky was just a mentor thats all hollywood needs to do....give nostalgia with a good fleshed out story the lets the new lead take the mantle
X-Files could have continued on as occasional seasons - David Duchovny even said that "As far as I'm concerned, it's not over until one of us dies". In fact, the issues the X-Files had foreshadowed in the 90s - surveillance, biotechnology, AI etc. - had become even more relevant. The problem was Chris Carter. He couldn't distinguish between good and bad scripts, and he refused to drop his obsession with the mythos that just kept getting more and more bizarre. Or let someone else have more creative control. So in that case it wasn't like the series ran out of steam, it was that the creator lost his mind.
Can we just take a minute and thank Jeremy for always giving great and honest reviews without a clear bias to huge studios like stuckman has ever since he started working on his own movie
@@astrosquirrel5038 na man I loved No Time to Die. That was so awesome,it was never made before in the franchise,this James Bond actually felt like a human being and not some indestructible super spy.
Props to Jeremy for actually going in and giving this movie the scrutiny it deserves. He doesn’t let any nostalgia or any other kinda professional bias impact his review. Lookin at you stuckmann
Nothing against stuckmann but for me he seems to examine Film from an artistic point of view not from a casual audience point of view and there's nothing wrong with that it's just I fall more into the latter camp and Jeremy tends to align with my taste more.
@@dogood8750 The problem isn't that Stuckmann is analyzing film from an artistic point of view, the problem is that he's afraid to give any form of criticism because he's trying to break into the film industry. I miss the old stuckmann who would give great analysis but also tear into something that really deserved it
Or Stuckman just happened to like it? Who gives a shit what he thinks? Why criticize someone for liking something others don’t or put words in their mouth, assuming they are just afraid to criticize it in a way that fits your own narrative.
@@idawg7332tuckman said it himself, he didn't want to shit on films, now, he says that once he's got HIS foot in the moviemaking door. Before that he would happily defend reviewing films on youTube and not class it as shitting on them. It's the thing all humans do, we change our perspective depending on our circumstances and what suits us. Stuckman will now ONLY give reviews where he likes a movie and has positives to say about it. To be honest it's not a great policy to have, I'm sure you understand why. I appreciate all he has went through in his life, but I never thought his turning on TH-cam reviews and his new rules in place for any review he puts up was acceptable (for someone still claiming to be a "reviewer") but he had/has a fan base that due to his circumstances or just loyalty, they were ok with it.
THANK YOU! Your thoughts are exactly how I feel. Yet everyone I talk to are like, "you're wrong SkeL, this movie is amazing, you're just overthinking it". I thought I was going mad. It's a shame as like you say, there's elements that could have worked here.
Say what you will about Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but it at least gave Indy a perfect ending, with him finally marrying Marion and having a newfound family with his son. I assume with this movie portraying him as an old drunk, they also went out of their way to kill off Marion and estranged him from Mutt. This just makes me feel bad for Harrison Ford, because you can tell how passionate he was to return to a role he loves most in recent interviews, even getting emotional in one of them.
Arguably every film gave Indy a 'perfect' ending. Indiana Jones doesn't need a 'definitive' ending like Star Wars because at its core it's an anthology series. That's what Indy 5 has missed - it's trying to portray itself as the film which is giving the 'final, definitive' say on the story when that was never the nature of the Indy films in the first place.
Mutt is killed in Nam, and Marion is divorcing Indy, they just wanted to create conflict so by the end he can connect with Marion again, so people have an artificial cute and emotional moment, in overall it only amplifies the fact that this movie is objectively unnecessary. Indiana Jones is a trilogy and I'll die on this hill. :)
@@Ali007572 Crystall Skull is just another adventure. Everyone says that Last Crusade was the perfect 'definitive' end to the series, but what does that actually mean? The main struggle in that film was Indy resolving the conflict with his father - that wasn't a conflict in TOD or ROTLA. It's exclusive to TLC, there's not meant to be an overarching grand narrative from the previous films like in Star Wars. It's like the Bond films before Daniel Craig.
Well said, 4 really isn’t as bad as they make it sound, also that sounds really awful for indy 5 and i don’t consider it canon like all of disney’s projects
I can't wait for this movie to have the same effect as TLJ on the prequels. "Guys, I finally got over myself and rewatched Crystal Skull. Still not as good, but a lot better than I remember."
I always thought Crystal Skull was at least better than Temple of Doom. Not Raiders or Crusade good, but not the worst either. And the ending send off for Indy is fantastic.
@@gameragodzillafinally someone else who dislikes Temple of Doom compared to the praise it gets. There were some really stupid things about the second movie. Way over the top with a lead woman who was absolutely annoying. Sorry, but even Short Round either saving the day or needing saved was tiresome.
@@krystofthepolishguytalksan310 I found it merely okay. Part of the issue is it’s tonally inconsistent. It tries to be darker with slavery, human sacrifices, insects, and heart ripping, but it also tries to be too goofy with the silly and annoying sidekicks. Also the best part of the movie, the villain, is only introduced in the last third of the movie so he doesn’t get to do much. Plus his death was kinda lame compared to the others (though from what I heard of Dial of Destiny, that guy’s death is even more lame). So I already found it silly that people constantly dismiss Crystal Skull and say “there’s only 3 Indy movies”. There’s only two truly fantastic Indy movies. If Temple of Doom is acceptable, so is Crystal Skull. Doesn’t mean Temple of Doom is bad, I enjoy all the Indy movies thus far, but Crystal Skull is not the worst even without Dial of Destiny.
All I wanted for 2.5 decades was for Indy to go find Atlantis in a movie. I'm aware of the video game Fate of Atlantis and hoped they'd turn that into a movie. But no, I'll just settle for Last Crusade being the finale.
I rewatched crystal skull before watching this and I’d say it significantly better. I know it’s got it’s problems but it always puzzles me as to why some people think it’s worse than this new one
Indy 4 was better directed than 5 (and I think I prefer Williams score, too), but I vastly prefer 5. The story itself, the characters, the action, the small (but effective) serious lines of dialogue, the ending, all of these worked way better for me. I wanted a better movie to end the saga and altho it's not perfect (too long, pacing problems) I'm happy that Indy 4 is not the last one anymore. I had a smile on my face all along (well, most of it!)
Agreed. Nobuo uematsu is talented beyond belief. His music is so varied its insane and he somehow managed to make every track suit whatever was being made perfectly. I would love to meet him someday but that probably won't happen.
@@shack8110final fantasy composer. He was mentioned in this video along with John Williams as one of the great composers. Which I completely agree. John Williams is the best film composer of all time and Nobuo Uematsu is the greatest video game composer of all time, and no one can change my mind.
Knowing you are an Indy fan I appreciate your sincerity. It’s sad to hear and hear the result of something that shouldn’t been made. This was the last living franchise from LucasFilms, and as you say, it has become a Zombie.
I actually really liked the film, take what Jeremy said with a grain of salt. I loved how Indy wasn’t living a perfect life, it gives his character much more weight. And the villain is much better than just wanting power. 8.5/10
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 Some characters is fine ..but not when it comes to iconic main protagonists ....you can see the backlash for yourself . Its cool If eventually the character redeems itself though
To each their own. I was enjoying the film well enough. I didn’t grow up with Indy in my house, but I watched them as an adult and enjoyed the spirit of the film like you did with RRR. It’s completely nuts but the production design, top class CGI when it’s working, and the acting is all fantastic. I did not guess the twist at all and it’s pretty silly, but I kind of liked that Indy got a happy ending. It’s an 8/10 for me, B+ is not a bad time. It reminded me of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, where a film from the ground up is a weird concept (80 year old Indy still doing his thing for one last hurrah) but in terms of execution, this is the best we’ll get. You can tell James mangold poured his heart into it and it didn’t feel corporate compared to the marvel/Star Wars stuff. There’s a reverence to the material that’s not present in much of modern Disney, away from the circlejerking.
This man is the only critic from back in the early 2010's to emerge on TH-cam to keep his integrity and not have turned into a soulless corporate shill. Thank you, Jeremy, for staying true to yourself and being honest with your fans.
@@jaimeysanchez9541Since he started making films he no longer posts negative reviews, which while understandable given he now has to play the industry game, means he tends to be a bit overly positive
For me, The Last Crusade is the best one. It refined the formula to perfection, did an interesting twist on the love interest, and yeah, Sean Connery helps too. After that are the Raiders and the Temple is last.
Last Crusade is great.. but it always kinda bothered me that Marcus was suddenly a dimwitted doofus, just for the sake of few slapstick laughs .. not like he was a well developed character in Raiders, but he definitely wasn't portrayed as an incompetent fool.. Raiders is the best. It's perfect
Yep Last Crusade is the best. Raiders, not in my opinion. First yes, best no. Sean Connery elevated Last Crusade above the rest, because it was not just about MacGuffin chase, but about a nuanced and realistic father-son relationship. (Good relationship in some ways, appalling in others) Temple of Doom is a bit too dark but more importantly I hated the female character
When I saw Mads’ character take that hit I literally flinched imagining his head caving in and then immediately thought he’s gonna survive that and come back with no explanation
I'm impressed not only with Jeremy's appreciation of the nature of music, but that he put Nobuo Uematsu and Yasunori Mitsuda in the same echelon as John Williams. Fuck yeah.
Actually i rewatched crystal skull recently and it wasnt even as bad as i rememebered. Maybe the fact it is a 2008 movie and we went through 10+ years of shitty, unispired garbage, cash-grab movies helped the re-valuing of that movie.
I've heard the newest release of Crystal Skull has new & improved colour grading. The movie no longer looks like someone smeared Vaseline all over the lens.
I don’t like Crystal Skull, but I will always appreciate its ending. Indy getting married to his first love, Marian and starting a new relationship with the son he never knew about? That’s as good an ending as any protagonist could get. Could have worked as a real passing of the torch.
Honestly, only way this film could have worked is it being mostly focused on an adventure from Indi's past where we do see Harrison Ford for a short period, maybe telling his grandkids about a past adventure in which that would have introduced us to the NEW Indiana Jones.
True. That’s why Hollywood’s adage is always that it’s better to have bad press than no press. In the internet age, hate clicks pay just the same as any other engagement, but no engagement equals death of the public figure
I feel like if they wanted to do another Indy movie they really should've focused on a reunion between Indy and Short Round. There's actual emotional background for them to build upon. Trying to force emotional backstory out of nowhere is so frustrating.
I have to say this. Going to the theater is so expensive and time consuming that I have to choose carefully what I see. Jeremy‘s review cinched it for me, I’m not going to waste my time going to the theater for this. I think going to the theater altogether has lost its magic for me. I wish it wasn’t the case, but I think it’s where I’m at at this point.
It’s the last Indy movie, Im in, it’s on 61% on rotten, the audience will like it, I think everybody has high expectations, I just want an adventure movie
James Mangold gave us one of the greatest blockbuster franchise sequels ever. It was a masterpiece in bringing back old characters and showing how time has worn them down and they’ve lost a lot of the shine and heroism they once had. He masterfully explores how tortured our hero is after all these decades and that movie came out 6 years ago and was called Logan. but he also did this.
Just about to watch IJ5, the franchise is one of my favorites from my childhood ♥ I didn't mind #4 as it passed the torch on so to speak and they could have potentially even made a 10-12 episode series with Shia on different archeological cases like going to Gobekli tepe (a somewhat recent discovery) and making use of that in a fun and interesting way.
I wonder what the conversation in Lucas Film was when they came up with the plot for this movie. I imagine Kathleen Kennedy walks into the room and says, "I was watching this cartoon, and it was OK, but then this new character Scrappy Doo showed up out of nowhere, and I was just transfixed... Let's do that!"
I edited my comment. I realize I was being harsh and responding to what I read. That’s not how I am normally with regard to media. I love the film Raiders of the Lost Ark. one of my favorite films. I’m looking forward to seeing the new Indiana Jones film. Thank you
@@azurephoenix9546 hello I had a change of heart the other day. I didn’t get the chance to edit or change my comment I realized Harrison is really happy with the character arc for Dial of Destiny and I haven’t watched the movie yet. I believe I allowed myself to get caught up in negative messages I noticed online You make a good point regarding Simon Pegg. I need to see the movie and remember how difficult it is to make these films. Bless your heart and I appreciated your response.
@schottschott6825 The 2 leads annoying each other and becoming friends in the end is totally doable, but it is also very difficult to get it right. It's one of those things that either lands really well or slaps like a fat man's belly flop. 🤷🏽♀️ We'll see how it shakes out
I admit I was hoping for a sarcastic thumbnail of you holding a whip and gun with a HUGE smile on your face haha. Your Rise of Skywalker thumbnail still gets me.
Saw Last Crusade in the cinema, not only is it a great film, it's arguably the best end to a cinematic trilogy. Octogenarian Indy going on adventures seems like something from a parody.
I knew this was not going to be good. Lucasfilm have burned me too many times and the trailer and leaks were not promising. But I saw everyone else getting their hopes up over James Mangold and I knew they were setting themselves up for disappointment. After the last 7 years I know how Disney and especially Kathleen Kennedy's Lucasfilm operates. It doesn't matter what big name director they get at the end of the day the one's calling the shots are the execs and the director will make the movie the execs want them to make. Why do you think Spielberg didn't come back? Because he knew that Kathleen Kennedy wouldn't let him have any creative control. Why do you think Lucasfilm has such a problem keeping directors and getting movie's made? Because none of them could deal with Kathleen Kennedy's controlling nature. The only one who could is J.J. Abrams who does whatever he is told and Rian Johnson who shares her sensibilities. As long as Kathleen Kennedy runs the show at Lucasfilm then this are the type of movies you are going to get. She is the common denominator in all of the problems Lucasfilm has had since it got sold to Disney and it doesn't matter what big name they get to make their next movie nothing will change while she is still there.
7:21 you got all of my respect for saying this lmao, I see so many people online complain when movies have a shorter run time and it's like why?? I don't want a movie to take up my entire afternoon and evening, I got other shit to do lmao
Crystal Skull wasn't a good film, but it gave Indy a happy ending with him having a family. They honestly should have gone ahead with Mutt picking up the mantle and running into Shortround if they wanted the franchise to continue.
Perhaps. But Shia's "Mutt" was not a good choice. Shia is a big reason--imo--why "Skulls" failed. Honestly, the ONLY thing I ever liked Shia in was "Eagle Eye". His death in "Constantine" was quite noteworthy, as well.
Last Crusade was the perfect ending with Indy riding off into the sunset. Now I really appreciate that Back to the Future has been left untouched and there's no modern cash grab sequels with that franchise.
Say no more, I beg you. Let's not put into the ether that about Back to the Future...
But 100% agree; The Last Crusade was about as good of an ending of a trilogy as you could get. For me, that's when the series ended. I'll likely watch this when it comes to streaming (and likely once, just like I did Crystal Skull).
Yet...
Agree. Last Crusade was the high water mark not just for the series, but for this type of movie.
Greed
Well hold your horses on Back To The Future thing. Unless Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale are both dead, Hollywood can milk Back To The Future as long as they want. Main reason why Back To The Future is still safe is because Zemeckis and Gale shared the rights with the studio
Mads Mikkelsen is indeed a true professional. Never seen him at anything less than 100%, no matter if the movie is a masterpiece or a dumpster fire.
He's a great actor. I loved his performance in 'Arctic'
Pusher 2's one of the best movies I've seen in years.
They wasted him in Casino Royale. He should have been Blofeld.
@@Chet_24him, sean bean, nicole kidman, and tom cruise to me all do really good in films even if theyre bad..his mummy movie was bad but he acted his ass off in it
@@JohnnyBurnes They made a Pusher 2?!
Something to be said about Crystal Skull is that, while The Last Crusade ended in sort of a open ended way, with the gang riding to the sunset towards their next adventure, Crystal Skull absolutely put an end to the franchise. Indy got married and retired, with a MINISCULE implication that his son might take on the mantle someday. Like, there's absolutely no reason for there to be a continuation to Indy's saga after that.
I love crystal skull ever since i was 10 i don't get the hate
especially with some random granddaughter that came out of nowhere.
@@marcussmith4913goddaughter. There's a difference
but money
They should’ve done Indy 5 as a prequel to Indy 4 just like Indy 2 was a prequel to Indy 1 (Temple of Doom is set in 1935 a year before the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark).
Edit: Harrison Ford still looks exactly the same as he did in Indy 4. He hasn’t aged much since Indy 4 so they could’ve easily got away with it if they did Indy 5 as a prequel to Indy 4.
One point i would like to add, Helena never interacted with Indy in a truthful, from the heart kind of way, she always had an agenda and was always using Indy in some way.
Contrast her with Marion, Short Round, Henry Jones Sr, even the insufferable Willie Scott or Elsa the Nazi, they all (at some point) interacted with Indy honestly and spoke from their heart. Their interactions seemed organic and real.
But Helena, even when she was pleading Indy to not stay in the past, she still cared nothing about Indy, she just all of a sudden cared about the flow of history.
I cannot care about a godfather-goddaughter relationship if the goddaughter had not showed any hint of her caring about her godfather.
Short round is a chad!
She brought Marion back
Helena is such a punchable character
Really makes you hate her
Yes, Helena (and perhaps Phoebe Waller Bridge) as you described is a sociopathic narcissist. A vapid soulless thing, a non entity that is on par with or worse than the baddy nazis in the film. Destroyed the film like Amber Heard destroys souls..
@@clayufcmusicfan
That does not redeem her. At all.
Loved the point about the difference between a franchise ending and a franchise dying. Rest in peace Indiana Jones, you deserved much better than this.
@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist9
Do you honestly believe that coming into the comments section of a YT video which has absolutely nothing to do with religion is going to convince people to accept your mythology?
Really?
@@IVtitude Then you are pretty fucked up.
@@anaperez5442 Well to be fair, Indiana Jones did drink of the Holy Grail so this isn't completely unrelated as weird as his youtube comment missionary attemps are.
Seems like Lucasfilm is cursed or something
You haven’t even seen the movie lmao goody
"Cinematic Zombies..." What a great phrase to describe all that is happening in much of modern cinema! Thank you, you have put into two words what I have been feeling about modern cinema. 😢
For Cinematic Television I’d go with the Simpsons, they just will not let it die.
There are many great smaller movies but not a lot of people buy tickets to see those.
@@predetor911yeah I haven't watched the Simpsons In years I don't know anyone who has 😢
Creative bankruptcy started this zombie cinema apocalypse
you notice its always the "rise of" this and that
that suggests lazy writing
When Jeremy said, "When someone can responsibly decide it's time to end a story or end a character, it becomes something else entirely. It becomes legend. A film series ends by ending. It dies by pathetically hanging on past its expiration date."
All I could think was....man...that hit so hard because that's how I feel about Star Wars at this point.
I also feel that way with fast and furious and toy story
@@NYGx1991 they are far better than this curse
Disney ruining these franchises by thinking they can just keep them going forever with boring cashgrabs
There are only 2 Alien Movies.
There are only 2 Terminator Movies.
There are only 2 Predator Movies.
@@NYGx1991Fast and Furious was never something special, I mean come on.
1:36 - Wouldn't it have made more sense for Helena (the Phoebe Waller-Bridge character) to be the daughter of Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott), Indiana's friend and colleague from Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade? I got nothing against Toby Jones - he's a fine actor, but it seems unusual to introduce an old friend of Indy's so late in the game. It would definitely tie the series together that much more.
Shit, it could even have been Ox's (Crystal Skull) daughter
Does everybody need to be related?
@@kingstarscream3807 It helps. Otherwise, there's little reason for the protagonist (or the audience) to care about the new, unrelated character.
Would've made more sense to NOT MAKE THIS PIECE OF CRAP!!! :)
@@kandoo1316 Perhaps. But it's an improvement over the last one.
Indiana Jones is a perfect trilogy and had an epilogue at the wedding scene with Marion. The rest doesn't exist.
"wedding scene with Marion" is in Christal Skull... you know, one that sucks (that is 4th)
This is canon in my head.
@@rubberduck2401
You could add just that wedding scene as part of the canon. And nothing else.
@@mercianthane2503And we could say everything that happened from the start up until the wedding is just Shia Lebouf’s character telling a story he would hope was cool.
But, nah, he’s just a greaser who wished it happened.
"The rest doesn't exist."
That's my stance on Fast n Furious after 5.
The opening reaction is gold
He's like "yeah, whatever. Bye now"
Mangold
Thought I didn’t have sound a first lol
Why not purple?
Facts
I love what Jeremy says at the end. A film series can end without dying. It almost represents a very human desire to not accept death in reality. So we approach our art the same way. It’s sad really…
And you can kill a series by keeping adding crappy sequels or prequels and what the hell. So a series can go on even when it's dead, thanks Hollywood!
Hollywood has gone Moebius.
$$$$$$$$$$$
Cinematic Zombies...Yeah, I'm talking to you Dark Fate.
I disagree. All you have to do is ignore the last 2 movies. Pretend they aren't canon.
i've got to say, I LOVE that they brought back the trope from the original trilogy of 'The movie starts at the end of a previous Indy adventure we haven't seen.'
The first scene was a short movie by itself. If it wasn’t a two hour movie and ended with the prologue, I still would have enjoyed it.
And the expositional lecture scene where we learn the history of what we are going to see later. It's such a standard conceit that I'll always give it a pass. Here it felt like a wink from and old friend.
It was the best part
@@shinybearevidra2hr 40mins. It was brutal
@@Bwk-mj4pm I watched in a cinema and honestly enjoyed it for all its length, if it wasn’t an Indiana Jones movie I think it would have fared much better.
The first scene is the best one though.
I'm so sick and tired of seeing Disney write our favorite heroes later in life as broken shells of themselves.
That's Kathleen Kennedy's way to lift up the women (Rey, Phoebe Waller Bridge's character, Riva, Bo Katan etc).... Knock down the old dude heroes.
@@Theratron Gotta be the dumbest shit, I’ve read today.🤭
just watch the movie, Harrison said that it was his idea, it’s nothing more than an adventure film.
They only do that to the male characters too.
Laurie Strode though
I feel like you can always trust how a review is gonna go by the little preview he does 😅
Check out the Rise Of Skywalker review.
Yeah no.bullshit. if Jeremy doesn't like it then the film is usually garbage.
@@etharchildres3976best click bait in internet history
I know right😂😂😂
@etharchildres3976 man I can still hear the "how did we get here? What happened to star wars??" in my head
“I have a bad feeling about this.”- Han Solo
Crystal Skull felt like a solid ending for the character and I stand by it.
“Cinematic zombies” is a brilliant way to describe what Hollywood is these days.
The CCP owns Hollywood..
I think what hurts the most is someone pointed out they totally could have brought back Ke Huy Quan as Short Round to be the sidekick and the one to take up the mantle and I will never forgive them for not doing that.
Truth!!! They are pure garbage
That was what I wanted
they filmed this movie right before Ke Huy Quan got his career resurgence. No reason they couldn't have done a reshoot where they bring him back in a cameo at the end like with Marion though
Aww.. poor thing. Didn’t get your way? Life was mean to you? Jesus.
that’s what was missing. and they tried to make a short round 2.0 but that kid doesn’t have keyhong charm.
That wordless frustrated shrug at the beginning was perfect. With that one motion you told us exactly what to expect from this film.
I think the Rocky movies showed you can successfully resurrect a franchise and even give the hero a dignified send off. Rocky V is pretty much akin to Crystal Skull, except it was worse. But Rocky Balboa resurrected the character properly, and then the Creed movies gave him a very dignified sign off and retirement. But man that is really hard to pull off. I was hoping Indiana Jones could do it, but I guess not.
So Rocky 5 totally sucks?
@@reek4062 Yea, it's pretty bad.
Rocky V makes even less sense than Crystal Skull lol
@@reek4062Yeah it was bad, even Stallone regretted doing the movie
creed 1 and 2 treated rocky perfectly and then he just disappears in creed 3
John Williams is a national treasure and will be treasured long after he’s gone, no more important composure has ever contributed so much to movies and culture in general.
He should be preserved in Ice for future resuscitation
Hans Zimmer would like a word 😏 lol
Williams is excellent though. I agree.
Agree, Zimmer is up there making memorable scores that one can recognise w/o any visual cues, i.e Lion King, Inception, Pirates of the Caribbean, the list goes on 😸
Danny Elfman is offended
@@KabbalahSherryI love Zimmer, but even he agrees he's nowhere close to Williams
The older I get, the more I believe it’s better to be a Firefly than a Family Guy. It’s better to go out on top and leave the audience demanding more, than to persist for decades past your prime as a shambling zombie of what you once were.
Serenity was a good end to the series though and to give the fans some closure. They never need to open that back up and as for FG, yeah... that show lost its luster and keeps getting worse since season 5 or 6.
I didn’t like Serenity, it felt like a couple seasons worth of development crammed into two hours.
@@aw3someinc175thats prob cause it was exactly that but im bot complaining. The big reveal was incredible and the movie was a great sendoff to what could have been the greatest sci fi series ever
"Better to burn out, than to fade away!"
as sad as it sounds it may be true, that series was so good
Every Indiana Jones rankings just comes down to "do you prefer Raiders or Last Crusade more and also do you dislike Crystal Skull or Dial of Destiny more?" Poor Temple of Doom is always gonna be #3
Temple's such an odd movie. There's classic things people like from it, like Short Round. There's a lot of great moments that are memorable and it does the character justice.
But it's just so dark and gross it doesn't fit with the others. It's also off from a mythology standpoint, as it's the first time an artifact of a non-Christian deity was proven real. Technically the Crystal Skull wasn't even supernatural, just alien.
Not for me, doll
I know a lot of people who think Temple of Doom was the best one actually, because it's so different and dark. Not a big fan of it myself though. Mostly cause of the annoying blonde lady
@@gutar5675i’m kind of one of those people
Also don’t you dare insult Spielberg’s wife!!!!
@BlazingOwnager no more darker than exploding heads, melting faces, and a life-sucking grail. I give you temple of doom does have the different feel, but it's not like a saw movie lol. He literally saves an entire villiage. More noble than just trying to unearth artifacts or the usual nazi squabbles
One of the silliest takes I've read is that Indy drinking from the Grail in TLC actually rendered him immortal and unable to die, but he still feels the weight of age and thus spirals into being a sad, alcoholic version of his past self.
That indeed isn't correct.
That would only apply if he didn't pass the seal, the knight told him that. So he passed the seal, and is now mortal.
the immortality of the holy grail only lasts as long as you're in the temple you troglodyte
Idiots whom put that theory forward are numb numbs. Did they forget that Henry Jones Sr. literally died between The Last Crusade and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, despite drinking from the Cup of Christ? They are are the same dumb dumbs who claim that George Lucas totally and literally intended Jar Jar Binks to be a secret Sith Lord.
Yes, but the Grail passed the Seal, and made them mortal.
I just hate that Indiana’s family is just all gone. That’s terrible
That's ife
@@ComandoPadentrothats bullsht
@@ComandoPadentrothat’s what all the people say
@@tsvetomirsheev3882 Life can be bullshit too
@@tsvetomirsheev3882 i also hate it, but thats life for real, some person die alone cause all of their families are already dead. Dont illusion yourself, otherwise it may even hurt more someday.
I like all the Indiana Jones films, but if I had to rank them, I'd say 1. The Last Crusade 2. Raiders of the Lost Ark 3. Temple of Doom. But all three of them are terrific.
Right there with you on those rankings.
One of the greatest trilogies of all time
"Evil cannot create anything new. It can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made."
- JRR Tolkien
"Don't believe everything you read on the internet. Sometimes, people come up with bullshit I never said."
- JRR Tolkien
@@emilefoy-legault1031 You marxists destroy everything you get your hands on
@@emilefoy-legault1031
That’s literally a quote from LOTR. It’s also an illusion to Catholic theology, but that’s besides the point.
@@astartesrexword youre looking for is allusion
@@astartesrex Anyone who has read one chapter of LOTR know it sound nothing like how Tolkien was writing things and if you paraphrase you have to mention it otherwise you're lying.
Crystal Skull may not be the best Indiana Jones film, but at the very least Indy still had his touch in it. Mutt felt like a sidekick rather than a replacement, there were still some scenes in the film that people talk about (even if some of those scenes were infamous), and at the very least Spielberg and Lucas were both directly involved in it.
I had a fun time watching it regardless of the flaws. So much fun in fact, that the very movie people despise is the very movie that got me into the series (minus the original trilogy that I watched on VHS). Call me crazy, but this trash is my treasure. Same can’t be said for the latest film, unfortunately.
Bro I rewatched Crystal Skull yesterday and I used to be an avid hater but after rewatching it to prep for 5. I found myself loving it more than I remembered. It for sure was ridiculous but there was some sort of charm behind it and u can see the speilbergian flavors in it that I ended up loving the film overall. Went from 2/10 to 7/10
Your bar is set very low. 😂
@@fatClydestfu bruh
@@MaceSyre I noticed those "Spielbergian Flavors" rewatching a couple of the movies, in this case Raiders and Crystal Skull. One is better than the other, yes, but both still have good camera work and levels of creativity.
@@fatClyde Not as low as the Hollywood offerings.
Crystal Skull is fun...and rewatchable.
You didn't waste our time Jeremy, you saved us two hours we'd never have back.
Two and a HALF hours
Tell that to Chris Stuckman.
@@Coloring_Books_Zenthusiast I'll never forget Chris Stuckmann grinning at the screen wide-eyed and saying, 'Just go and see it.' What film was that for? The Last f***ing Jedi. Last Chris Stuckmann video I ever watched. Total shill.
@@FrancisXLordI hate TLJ and I still think it's worth seeing once. Once.
@@FrancisXLord My god are you still not over the last jedi? Get over it my guy, it was 6 years ago
It is SO OBVIOUS that any movie about an elderly Indy about to finally put away his hat and whip should include an adult Short Round as a competent adventurer or researcher, and the fact that his actor isn't back for the final Indy movie is such a missed opportunity.
On the other hand, Ke Quan Huy did get his own win in Everything Everywhere All At Once, and I wouldn't want to take that away from him.
AND DOD started filming AFTER EEAAO was DONE filming, OVER A YEAR LATER!
An adult short round would have been immensely, immensely more entertaining than Phebe Waller-Bridge.
Does ANYONE like Phebe Waller-Bridge??? I mean, literally anyone? Does her own mother?
Yeah that would have been messed up if Ke Huy did this Disney crap rather than won Oscar glad it didn't happen.
@@BlazingOwnagerI liked her in Fleabag.
That would have been pretty cool, seeing them on screen together again. But you see, that's a good idea, and we know disney abhors those
I think Jeremy's face in the thumbnail says it all.
My favorite was Last Crusade, exactly because of the dynamics between Indy and his father. Right below comes Ark, then Temple of Doom, and the fourth one.
Sean Connery was only 12 years older than Harrison Ford. In Crusade, they did an awesome job of characterizing him as an old bookworm who couldn't keep up with his son's action antics, but had an important involvement in the plot because of his knowledge (in the form of the diary, and later his skills in interpreting the Grail Temple traps), and wits (the pen is mightier than the sword in the tank, the umbrella fight against the airplane, etc.)
It was almost unbelievable that the same Spielberg who directed the first three movies also directed the fourth, which not only had the absurd fridge nuking, but also an old Indiana Jones exchanging punches with young ripe soviet soldiers.
I really don't understand why they cannot just look at what they did with Sean Connery's character and try to do something like that with old man Indy. The pairing with a youngster thing gives a nice framing for playing the generational contrast. In Crystal Skull I think they missed the mark with Indy's son, his character was simply too annoying and boring. The idea of using Fleabag as his goddaughter should theoretically work, it should be only a matter of putting her front and center and moving Indy to the old mentor archetype and the two actors would make it work... Well, at least Phoebe Waller-Bridge should do it, she's terrific, Harrison Ford is kind of being typecast these days as a grumpy old man, but it should work.
Yeah I love last crusade and to me the best part of temple of doom is short round! He’s amazing!
The best and perfect ending. Finally went to see this and it's not that bad. Great opening train sequence that's worth the price of admission. Overall flea bag proved herself and Mads Mikkelsen kills every role he's in. Not sure why fans didn't show up.
My rankings for Indiana Jones films go like this. It might not be popular but I go with:
1. Last Crusade
2. Lost Ark
3. Temple of Doom
Most have Lost Ark as number one but I prefer Last Crusade.
I prefer Last Crusade as well. Harrison Ford and Sean Connery’s performance together put that film over the top for me.
Always loved last crusade the most
I agree with your rankings
100% the same. I think Last Crusade is miles above the rest. 🙌
I feel like you've nailed the common possibilities. Ive only ever met one person who calls Temple their fave, and they hadnt watched the films since middle school.
That well placed Palpatine line of "do it" had me rolling!😂😂😂
Lol same 😂
Best usage I think I’ve ever seen lol
Did it really have you rolling?
The reason No Way Home did so well with the nostalgia glasses is that it treated the legacy characters with respect. Tobey's spider-man got a happy ending at the end of his trilogy. His life isn't perfect, but he made it work with the girl of his dreams and he hasn't lost his spidey-spark. He isn't alcoholic, he isn't depressed, and he isn't a shell of himself that some Strong Female Character™ will replace. His story conclusion is treated with respect.
Andrew Garfield is also treated with respect. He never got to finish his trilogy, so he's stuck in his second movie phase where everything sucks. He's lost his hope, he's lost his way. But he isn't a shell of himself. He's still a character with potential in a state of transition awaiting his proverbial third movie to pull him out of that slump and complete his arc. NWH works as a bridge to that hypothetical third movie because he's able to be a warning to Tom's Peter about going down a dark and bitter road while also getting some redemption of his own and regaining some of that spark.
I don't know what Disney is smoking, but they need to trash it because all they know how to do is to take these franchises they purchased specifically for the audience those franchises usually bring in (the male audience) and then did the greatest heel-turn in history and shat all over the characters, making them depressed, broken shells. Life is already a like that. We're already like that. Men are already broken and male mental health is already ignored. Why do you think that we want to see that same real-world circumstance applied to our beloved hopeful space wizard or adventure-junkie professor?
I think another good comparison is into the spider verse the Peter in Miles universe dies saving the day an homage to the ultimate spider man comics but also had the dead beat Peter but was still somehow written relatable that most people besides morons didn't have a problem with it
@@hibarikyoya854 the thing is that "deadbeat" Peter want a deadbeat. He was depressed because he lost MJ and he felt like he was in a rut. He lost that spark and inspiration but was still doing the hero thing because he felt responsibility. By th4 end of the movie, he regains that spark and during the movie, he still proves he is spider at his core and he isn't a shell, he was just going through a rough patch. He was well written.
It got quite blatant with "let the past die". Thank you
I agree with mostly everything you said. I always pictured that Tobey's Peter had his daughter Mayday, and that she will eventually become Spider-Girl. Maybe that's what Tobey's Peter meant when he said things are complicated, he is busy trying to raise his daughter who has Spider-Powers.
@@JustSomeMexicanwithaMustache that would be interesting, but now I feel like it would be seen as derivative if into the spiderverse by modern audiences.
Saw this yesterday night and it was a sad sight seeing dozens of disappointed middle aged guys silently trudge out of the theater with their families in tow. It's incredible how dumb the script was, to the point where it actually made Crystal Skull look like Raiders by comparison. D+ is being generous.
Like when the girl (who was unlikable through the whole film) lied to the nazis and sped of with a boat (the nazis only had dingis and no boat, the other boat was sinking from dinamite) yet somehow knew exactly where to go and actually got there even with no boat
Or the fact Indiana survives being shot in the shoulder for like 30 mins, half of which was on a plane
And many many other things
The day they released the clip with Phoebe Waller Bridge’s character responding to Indiana Jones question of: “How did you end up like this”? And she responds with: “What do you mean? Daring? Resourceful? Beautiful? Self-Sufficient?” I knew EXACTLY what type of movie this was going to turn out to be…..I will NOT be giving Disney my money on this one..
Did you see it turn from yellow to pink as he was drinking it?
What is worst PWB is only failing upward. She destroyed Solo with feminist robot, now Indiana with this and next on agenda is Tomb Raider. Any project with her suffers the same faith and she is still somehow employed.
@@johnsnow04and of course she's gonna call out trolls or man babies if they don't like her views or personality
@@johnsnow04 I'll just stick with the Angelina Jolie Tomb Raider movies. They were actually pretty fun.
@@DavidMartinez-ce3lpthe newest tombraider wasnt the worst movie ive seen , its watchabke compared to movies made these days
Kingdom of the Skull has major problems, but at least that movie’s ending is happy and he settles down with his wife and son. Great job, Dial of Destiny!
I agree, it's a very average movie but Indy 4 a least gave him a great ending and Marion returning was cool.
Yes totally pointless and shouldnt have been made - but doesnt spit in the face of its character and fans.
@@Dartanyoogles Too little too late.
"He's one of the greatest composers in history. Not film history. Earth's."
Classic
And it's true too. John Williams's work will still be loved long after he's gone
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
We lost a lot of great composer but John Williams still the last man standing haha Lets enjoy while it lasts
I prefer this much more than Crystal Skull. Surprised to see it to have 88% audience approval on RT.
With Ke Huy Quan being brought back so wonderfully to the spotlight, I just wished he could have played a part in a sequel movie. I mean since _"poochie went back to his home planet"_ having an elderly Indiana Jones reunite with a hypercompetent Short Round would have been heartwarming, and brought even more validation to Temple of Doom.
But it's better for him to have been in E,E,AAO, and I'd never want that to change.
Kathleen Kennedy vetoed it. He was supposed to be in it.
@@matthewhewitt4145
That woman……
She ruins everything she touches.
@@matthewhewitt4145do you have any proof of that at all? I googled around and didn’t see anything.
Sbort round should have had fleebags spot
@shyaminator I googled and tried to find it, but it's been buried by him showing up at the premiere. I saw it maybe 2 or 3 weeks ago that she vetoed it because he had a small cameo scene in the script.
Kathleen Kennedy just said she is open to Phoebe taking over for Indy in future movies. They never learn.
Wtf
Well. I’m pretty sure 2 or 3 people want to see that. Let that smal minority have some fun too.
Should have named her Diana, Diana Jones would go well with Jane Bond in the future. I'm sure they'll make it happen, unfortunately.
She was going to star in an Indy TV show but that's been canceled. Now she's been hired by Amazon to make a Tomb Raider series.
Yeah, we can’t have a sexy Lara Croft in current year. Thats male gaze and misogony
I'm usually un-bummed whenever a celebrity passes, but when it eventually happens to John Williams I will be genuinely sad. Heck, I'm tearing up just thinking about it now as I'm typing this…
Felt the same with Ennio Morricone. When he finally did pass, it wasn't unexpected, but man, it hurt.
Yeah, I'm almost surprised I haven't seen news of John Williams' passing yet, he's in his 80s. I was so glad that he was even able to finish all the Star Wars movie soundtracks, and he's still going.
@@HarmonicWavewithout looking it up, I believe he is well into his '90s actually
As always Jeremy ...I couldn't agree more with your reviews !
Even your gestures when speaking about Connery having that zest for life and Ford being nothing but a drunk says it all .
Well put !
Cinematic Zombies is a great way to describe this era of studio filmmaking
To me, It's not just the movies. It is America itself. Tired, Out of ideas, with a President way past his prime. Hollywood is like America; Obsolete and just waiting to be passed by a new foreign Superpower. What country will begin making movies the world actually wants?
no it isn't, ya'll dont' support smaller films and it has always been that way
“I just call it 3 movies and a coaster” damn that was an appropriately brutal burn 🔥
Temple or doom was so underrated. Short round was fucking amazing. Fun fact... Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is the reason movies began receiving a PG-13 rating.
You mean PG-13. R rating has existed as long as the rating system itself.
@@jacobmonks3722 Yes you are correct. My mistake.
Yes, TOD and Gremlins were responsible, however Red Dawn was officially the first movie to be released as a PG-13... thanks @Echo_Raptor
And spiderman was the reason movies started recieving 12a ratings in the uk
@@TheHAM1980No it wasn’t. The Flamingo Kid was.
Red Dawn was the first to release with a pg13 rating, TFK was the first to be assigned it
The first 3 are great. Temple of Doom is my favourite personally - maybe because it's visually darker? Being an 80s child it was similar to other films, cartoons and books I was into and struck a chord in that regard.
I treat 4&5 as non-canon, almost fan fiction in a way. 4 was dirge and I expect 5 to be no better.
I thought that the new one was very good. :-)
@@my3dviewsexactly! 99% of the people here are just regurgitating the hate from TH-camrs who make a living nitpicking films. They should go form their own opinions, then these TH-camrs wouldn’t get this undeserved attention.
@@tobyonatabe2601 I don't pay much attention to what people say about a movie that I want to see. I avoid watching previews or listening to or reading reviews until after I saw it. I took someone else, and both of us liked it. Saw it in IMAX and it looked great.
Not sure what all the hate is about. It was great to see another Indiana Jones movie.
I agree, too many people that criticize it haven't even seen it.
Last Crusade was the perfect end cap to the series and remains my favorite entry. Possibly one of those “perfect” films with a nearly infinite rewatch factor. For me Temple of Doom comes in next because it’s just so damn fun…but admittedly Raiders is the better story. I heard there’s one called Crystal something…but I think it’s just rumor.
I do think it's very impressive that they managed to make a fifth film in this trilogy...
There are only three films
I think the whole film was building to Indy staying in the past. It would of made sense aswell, start a new adventure in a period he clearly loves - the happiest he is in this movie is when he talks about the past! - the world gets to continue to move on, but he gets his happy ending by remaining in the past where he feels he belongs. I mean I wouldnt be suprised if that was mangold original ending and Disney forced the ending we got to play it safe but that's me starting conspiracy theories. But yeah I really think it would of made much much more sense and actually good ending if it did ened with him remaining in the past as his world continues to evolve away from him.
I was thinking the same thing. I pictured the last scene of the movie at a modern day archaeological site uncovering some relics that tell the story of a stranger in a hat appearing from out of nowhere to save an ancient people, and becoming a hero/revered elder type to them, while the archaeologists uncover the remains of a fedora at a gravesite as the Raiders theme starts up.
I would of liked that ending way more. It would of been a parallel to indianna 3. Basically him risingin into the sunset. Instead he gets to live in the past. His goddaughter knocking him out and dragging him back to the present felt way too anticlimactic.
@@rmcnycthat gave me goosebumps
God I'm so glad you people don't write movies
It was supposed to end with Helena taking up the hat and being the new Indy with Teddy (discount Short Round) but numerous leaks and test screening disasters changed it thank god
It’s amazing how Jeremy and Chris had completely different reactions to this movie lmao. You rarely see that nowadays
I mean he gave The Little Mermaid a somewhat positive review whereas Chris didn't post his review on that movie which shows that he disliked the movie so that's a completely different reaction too
Really?
I say that ever since Chris decided that he was going to be vague and neutral about movies, that they’ve had very different reactions.
Jeremy is authentic, Chris is just playing it safe so that his Shelby Oaks movie doesn’t get negatively reviewed.
Chris liked Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Jeremy didn't
Unfortunately, Chris has kind of refused to speak negatively about movies since he started working on Shelby Oaks. And I get it, I do, I understand why, but I am to the point now that I no longer expect complete honesty in his reviews.
@@Jalanko13People can have different opinions :)
I remember in middle school during a book fair i talked to a student that was such a big Indiana Jones fan and he told me how much he loves the series and was very excited for Crystal Skull i never actually found out if he liked it or not but looking back it is really disappointing that these sequels really never live up to that optimism i saw in that fan i think that the original trilogy is something that could never be recaptured and it is time to let Indy retire and live on as a legend and remember for the fun adventures he gave us back then.
but there is Top Gun Maverick, so if there is still a story to tell, it can be done!
@@benzaiten933 That is true nothing is impossible with works like maverick and blade runner 2049 show there is still life in a property although its not that common unfortunately for people to take them to new hights.
@@benzaiten933 I'm not much of a Tom Cruise fan but atleast he had the balls to keep the series real, Harrison should have retired years ago instead of tarnishing his reputation for more paychecks
Its trash but I don't agree with this postmodern attitude that you are literally only as good as your last movie. I kinda liked some stuff in Crystal Skull too. I just think if you disliked Crystal Skull no way should you see this crap is all.
Speaking as someone who loved Indiana Jones and was also in middle school when Crystal Skull came out, I really enjoyed it at the time. I didn’t care about the dumb plot, fridge nuke, or aliens, I was just thinking I was watching a new Indiana Jones movie and cool stuff was happening. Obviously now, I can see how bad it actually was, but as a kid, it was enjoyable.
Last Crusade is one of my favorite movies of all time & just a perfect film, in my opinion.
Exactly thank you!! It's literally the best Indiana movie . 🍻
Raiders is mine
More than its competitors, Disney can withstand some of its movies functioning as loss leaders. In addition to racking up ticket sales, the studio's films are designed to boost interest in toys and theme parks. So although "The Little Mermaid" barely floated past the $500 million mark, the return of Ariel is helping to sell themed Legos, backpacks, dolls, bedding and nail polish. The same goes for underperforming Marvel adventures like "Ant-Man," which brings an influx of interest to Avengers Campus, a Marvel Cinematic Universe-themed area at the Disney California Adventure park.
"They may not make it at the box office, but Disney will make up for it in merchandise sales and the longevity of the property," says Jeff Bock, an analyst with Exhibitors Relations. "That's a lot different than Paramount or Sony, who needs to make all their money back at the box office."
Little Mermaid and other MCU bombs don't do well _enough_ in merch sales because no kids who didn't watch it or watched it but spent most of the time on their iPads because the movies sucked so much are going to want a toy. This is different than the Cars franchise, they are expecting a _boost_ not a mostly same merch sale if they weren't making a movie at all. They expect these movies to both do well and the merch sales to do well in turn, that is what they aim for, when they don't get either or just average merch sales but a bomb in the box office then the movie is considered by most oulets to be a bomb, if everything was hunky dory with the new movies Bob Iger himself wouldn't literally be saying it was disappointing, he would be making the same flawed argument you are making but keep coping I guess.
7:02 KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL stands out, because it was straight sci-fi. That skull was from an Alternate dimension! The first 3 films dealt with mysticism and religions. It even had a FLYING SAUCER in it! Give Crystal Skull credit for being the DEEP SPACE-9 of Indy films.
I tend to call this “X-Files Syndrome”. A concept that had they brought it to a close at the right point, it would be something that could continue to live on and be admired in syndication (like Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul). But, because they decided to keep digging it up and dragging it on, it ultimately killed it. X-Files should have stopped after Season 7 (with two movie’s following to wrap up the mythology). Indiana Jones should have stopped at The Last Crusade. But that’s Hollywood for you…
X-files got too long winded in general but it was just the nature of that show. I could still watch new Mulder and Scully just because I love those characters so much. And in the end I didn't think they did anything to ruin those characters thank goodness. But what Disney did to IJ and SW is just that
The only cash grab sequel that I did like was Tron Legacy.
@@woulfhound Tron Legacy wasn't a cash grab. It was very ambitious and they worked on it for years. It only went into production after the right director, the right technology and the right script was available.
Even the spin-off series Tron Uprising wasn't just a quick cash grab. This franchise remained on a very consistant quality level. Let's hope, modern day Disney doesn't fugg it up in the newly announced Tron movie.
Greetings from Germany :=)
@@woulfhoundtop gun maverick was good also and the creed franchise because they let apollo creed's son be the focal point and rocky was just a mentor
thats all hollywood needs to do....give nostalgia with a good fleshed out story the lets the new lead take the mantle
X-Files could have continued on as occasional seasons - David Duchovny even said that "As far as I'm concerned, it's not over until one of us dies". In fact, the issues the X-Files had foreshadowed in the 90s - surveillance, biotechnology, AI etc. - had become even more relevant.
The problem was Chris Carter. He couldn't distinguish between good and bad scripts, and he refused to drop his obsession with the mythos that just kept getting more and more bizarre. Or let someone else have more creative control.
So in that case it wasn't like the series ran out of steam, it was that the creator lost his mind.
Last Crusade was lightning in a bottle. Absolutely magical film. Raiders and Temple are great fun too.
Raiders is far better than the last crusade
@@_Boobear_ Nope. The father son dynamic puts it easily ahead of Raiders. Good talk though 🙃
@@DefenestrateYourself opinions. Raiders is awesome
Raiders of the Lost Ark is the best of the franchise.
@@_Boobear_ fuck no it isn't the last crusade was the best one in the franchise
Can we just take a minute and thank Jeremy for always giving great and honest reviews without a clear bias to huge studios like stuckman has ever since he started working on his own movie
What you smoking 😂😂😂
Agree
Stuckmann said he enjoyed TLJ as a Star Wars fan in his review, been unsubscribed ever since.
I don't even bother with Stuckman anymore
@@JB-vq6xvStuckman is a sellout.
Can't get over Hollywood's fetish of making heroic characters miserable and jaded, first Star Wars now this.
James Bond too. They're wrecking all our favorite heroes.
@@astrosquirrel5038 I think Craig Bond is kinda overrated tbh, just Casino and Skyfall are any good imo the rest are mid.
IKR it’s like what’s the point? Even in Legends Luke was never perfect, but he was still Luke
@@astrosquirrel5038 na man I loved No Time to Die. That was so awesome,it was never made before in the franchise,this James Bond actually felt like a human being and not some indestructible super spy.
@@JDog2656lmfao Legends Luke was completely OP and in God mode.
Props to Jeremy for actually going in and giving this movie the scrutiny it deserves. He doesn’t let any nostalgia or any other kinda professional bias impact his review. Lookin at you stuckmann
Nothing against stuckmann but for me he seems to examine Film from an artistic point of view not from a casual audience point of view and there's nothing wrong with that it's just I fall more into the latter camp and Jeremy tends to align with my taste more.
@@dogood8750 The problem isn't that Stuckmann is analyzing film from an artistic point of view, the problem is that he's afraid to give any form of criticism because he's trying to break into the film industry. I miss the old stuckmann who would give great analysis but also tear into something that really deserved it
Or Stuckman just happened to like it? Who gives a shit what he thinks? Why criticize someone for liking something others don’t or put words in their mouth, assuming they are just afraid to criticize it in a way that fits your own narrative.
@@idawg7332tuckman said it himself, he didn't want to shit on films, now, he says that once he's got HIS foot in the moviemaking door. Before that he would happily defend reviewing films on youTube and not class it as shitting on them. It's the thing all humans do, we change our perspective depending on our circumstances and what suits us. Stuckman will now ONLY give reviews where he likes a movie and has positives to say about it. To be honest it's not a great policy to have, I'm sure you understand why. I appreciate all he has went through in his life, but I never thought his turning on TH-cam reviews and his new rules in place for any review he puts up was acceptable (for someone still claiming to be a "reviewer") but he had/has a fan base that due to his circumstances or just loyalty, they were ok with it.
I don't like Stuckmann approach at all. I have tried, but not for me. Either not sincere enough, or just too bland
THANK YOU! Your thoughts are exactly how I feel. Yet everyone I talk to are like, "you're wrong SkeL, this movie is amazing, you're just overthinking it". I thought I was going mad. It's a shame as like you say, there's elements that could have worked here.
nah, its a mediocre flick. Nostalgia is just blinding people
Say what you will about Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but it at least gave Indy a perfect ending, with him finally marrying Marion and having a newfound family with his son. I assume with this movie portraying him as an old drunk, they also went out of their way to kill off Marion and estranged him from Mutt. This just makes me feel bad for Harrison Ford, because you can tell how passionate he was to return to a role he loves most in recent interviews, even getting emotional in one of them.
Scratch that, reverse that.
Arguably every film gave Indy a 'perfect' ending. Indiana Jones doesn't need a 'definitive' ending like Star Wars because at its core it's an anthology series.
That's what Indy 5 has missed - it's trying to portray itself as the film which is giving the 'final, definitive' say on the story when that was never the nature of the Indy films in the first place.
Mutt is killed in Nam, and Marion is divorcing Indy, they just wanted to create conflict so by the end he can connect with Marion again, so people have an artificial cute and emotional moment, in overall it only amplifies the fact that this movie is objectively unnecessary. Indiana Jones is a trilogy and I'll die on this hill. :)
@@Ali007572 Crystall Skull is just another adventure. Everyone says that Last Crusade was the perfect 'definitive' end to the series, but what does that actually mean?
The main struggle in that film was Indy resolving the conflict with his father - that wasn't a conflict in TOD or ROTLA. It's exclusive to TLC, there's not meant to be an overarching grand narrative from the previous films like in Star Wars. It's like the Bond films before Daniel Craig.
Well said, 4 really isn’t as bad as they make it sound, also that sounds really awful for indy 5 and i don’t consider it canon like all of disney’s projects
I can't wait for this movie to have the same effect as TLJ on the prequels.
"Guys, I finally got over myself and rewatched Crystal Skull. Still not as good, but a lot better than I remember."
I always thought Crystal Skull was at least better than Temple of Doom. Not Raiders or Crusade good, but not the worst either. And the ending send off for Indy is fantastic.
@@gameragodzillafinally someone else who dislikes Temple of Doom compared to the praise it gets. There were some really stupid things about the second movie. Way over the top with a lead woman who was absolutely annoying. Sorry, but even Short Round either saving the day or needing saved was tiresome.
@@gameragodzillaI think Temple of Doom was best in the series!
I had a lot of fun with Crystal Skull
@@krystofthepolishguytalksan310 I found it merely okay. Part of the issue is it’s tonally inconsistent. It tries to be darker with slavery, human sacrifices, insects, and heart ripping, but it also tries to be too goofy with the silly and annoying sidekicks. Also the best part of the movie, the villain, is only introduced in the last third of the movie so he doesn’t get to do much. Plus his death was kinda lame compared to the others (though from what I heard of Dial of Destiny, that guy’s death is even more lame).
So I already found it silly that people constantly dismiss Crystal Skull and say “there’s only 3 Indy movies”. There’s only two truly fantastic Indy movies. If Temple of Doom is acceptable, so is Crystal Skull. Doesn’t mean Temple of Doom is bad, I enjoy all the Indy movies thus far, but Crystal Skull is not the worst even without Dial of Destiny.
What a perfect way to encapsulate modern Hollywood’s movie making. “Cinematic Zombies”
Whos here after he made it number 1 on his worst films of 2023 list? 😂
Well deserved in my opinion. Helena Shaw is one of the worst characters in a movie I've ever seen
The only opinion I care about when it comes to movies is Jeremy. I always trust his judgment.
Nah he's wrong here
All I wanted for 2.5 decades was for Indy to go find Atlantis in a movie. I'm aware of the video game Fate of Atlantis and hoped they'd turn that into a movie. But no, I'll just settle for Last Crusade being the finale.
Great game. Totally agree. Should have been brought to film
5:47 Using Star Wars to punctuate bringing a series back to life that should have stayed in the past is downright poetic.
I rewatched crystal skull before watching this and I’d say it significantly better. I know it’s got it’s problems but it always puzzles me as to why some people think it’s worse than this new one
Indy 4 was better directed than 5 (and I think I prefer Williams score, too), but I vastly prefer 5. The story itself, the characters, the action, the small (but effective) serious lines of dialogue, the ending, all of these worked way better for me. I wanted a better movie to end the saga and altho it's not perfect (too long, pacing problems) I'm happy that Indy 4 is not the last one anymore. I had a smile on my face all along (well, most of it!)
Well for one thing, Indy isn't a punching bag for everyone else.
Agreed. Nobuo uematsu is talented beyond belief. His music is so varied its insane and he somehow managed to make every track suit whatever was being made perfectly. I would love to meet him someday but that probably won't happen.
Don’t you mean John Williams?
who?
@@shack8110final fantasy composer. He was mentioned in this video along with John Williams as one of the great composers. Which I completely agree. John Williams is the best film composer of all time and Nobuo Uematsu is the greatest video game composer of all time, and no one can change my mind.
Koji Kondo?
@wavion2I think the only real competitor to Uematsu is Koji Kondo, and even then Uematsu has him beat
Knowing you are an Indy fan I appreciate your sincerity. It’s sad to hear and hear the result of something that shouldn’t been made. This was the last living franchise from LucasFilms, and as you say, it has become a Zombie.
what does it mean to be a shell of yourself??
I actually really liked the film, take what Jeremy said with a grain of salt. I loved how Indy wasn’t living a perfect life, it gives his character much more weight. And the villain is much better than just wanting power. 8.5/10
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674To no longer be what you were in the past - ambitious , charismatic , confident , full of energy , optimistic .....
@@maxim196 what’s wrong with having some characters like that?
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 Some characters is fine ..but not when it comes to iconic main protagonists ....you can see the backlash for yourself . Its cool If eventually the character redeems itself though
Hats off to 90 year old man 😂
For doing stunts in the movie
he's only 80 81 this year
You're about 10 years off bud. A quick Google search would have shown you that he's not 90 years old but 80. That's quite a difference.
@@LeighMet he looks 90
@good.grief. I know a fair bit of +90 people, they look like a dash of wind might blow their skin away. Ford, not even a little bit, he looks 70
@@mirkecWii he is? god damn,Stallone is 76 and still going strong. We all really gotta pick up the weights and morning walks.
To each their own. I was enjoying the film well enough. I didn’t grow up with Indy in my house, but I watched them as an adult and enjoyed the spirit of the film like you did with RRR. It’s completely nuts but the production design, top class CGI when it’s working, and the acting is all fantastic. I did not guess the twist at all and it’s pretty silly, but I kind of liked that Indy got a happy ending.
It’s an 8/10 for me, B+ is not a bad time. It reminded me of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, where a film from the ground up is a weird concept (80 year old Indy still doing his thing for one last hurrah) but in terms of execution, this is the best we’ll get. You can tell James mangold poured his heart into it and it didn’t feel corporate compared to the marvel/Star Wars stuff. There’s a reverence to the material that’s not present in much of modern Disney, away from the circlejerking.
Did Jeremy namedrop Yasunori Mitsuda as one of the greatest composers ever? What a legend
I mean, where's the lie though?
This man is the only critic from back in the early 2010's to emerge on TH-cam to keep his integrity and not have turned into a soulless corporate shill.
Thank you, Jeremy, for staying true to yourself and being honest with your fans.
There's plenty of others, you don't need to throw shade at other people to prop someone up, you know?
what about Chris Stuckmann?
@@jaimeysanchez9541he's kind of bland. No one does it like our man here.
@@jaimeysanchez9541Since he started making films he no longer posts negative reviews, which while understandable given he now has to play the industry game, means he tends to be a bit overly positive
@@jaimeysanchez9541homie is a big time shill… never a negative review from him and his insipid fanboyism gets annoying
For me, The Last Crusade is the best one. It refined the formula to perfection, did an interesting twist on the love interest, and yeah, Sean Connery helps too. After that are the Raiders and the Temple is last.
Last Crusade is great.. but it always kinda bothered me that Marcus was suddenly a dimwitted doofus, just for the sake of few slapstick laughs .. not like he was a well developed character in Raiders, but he definitely wasn't portrayed as an incompetent fool..
Raiders is the best. It's perfect
Yep Last Crusade is the best. Raiders, not in my opinion. First yes, best no. Sean Connery elevated Last Crusade above the rest, because it was not just about MacGuffin chase, but about a nuanced and realistic father-son relationship. (Good relationship in some ways, appalling in others) Temple of Doom is a bit too dark but more importantly I hated the female character
@@shredd5705 I hated her too.. and Spielberg married her😳
@@disf5178 Yup. Maybe IRL she was less whiny and useless. If not, poor Spielberg
@@shredd5705 to be fair, she's just playing a role. She's totally the opposite in Black Rain (w/Michael Douglas)
When I saw Mads’ character take that hit I literally flinched imagining his head caving in and then immediately thought he’s gonna survive that and come back with no explanation
I'm impressed not only with Jeremy's appreciation of the nature of music, but that he put Nobuo Uematsu and Yasunori Mitsuda in the same echelon as John Williams. Fuck yeah.
This mention made my day
He really likes his video games.
This man games.
Wow the people who seriously messed up the Sequel trilogy messed up the new Indy movie? No way!
Actually i rewatched crystal skull recently and it wasnt even as bad as i rememebered. Maybe the fact it is a 2008 movie and we went through 10+ years of shitty, unispired garbage, cash-grab movies helped the re-valuing of that movie.
I've heard the newest release of Crystal Skull has new & improved colour grading. The movie no longer looks like someone smeared Vaseline all over the lens.
@@ThePreciseClimber The 4K definitely looks better and more natural.
Crystal Skull still sucks
I don’t like Crystal Skull, but I will always appreciate its ending. Indy getting married to his first love, Marian and starting a new relationship with the son he never knew about? That’s as good an ending as any protagonist could get. Could have worked as a real passing of the torch.
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve rewatched just the intro here.
Honestly, only way this film could have worked is it being mostly focused on an adventure from Indi's past where we do see Harrison Ford for a short period, maybe telling his grandkids about a past adventure in which that would have introduced us to the NEW Indiana Jones.
Hate isn't the opposite of love, apathy is. Demonstrated by everything Lucasfilm touches these days
Apathy is death
Whats the opposite of hate then?
True. That’s why Hollywood’s adage is always that it’s better to have bad press than no press. In the internet age, hate clicks pay just the same as any other engagement, but no engagement equals death of the public figure
@@woulfhound Also apathy. You need to care about something enough to love or hate it.
Man, the analogy of ending and dying is so spot on brother. Zombie Hollywood. Nail on the head.
I feel like if they wanted to do another Indy movie they really should've focused on a reunion between Indy and Short Round. There's actual emotional background for them to build upon. Trying to force emotional backstory out of nowhere is so frustrating.
I have to say this. Going to the theater is so expensive and time consuming that I have to choose carefully what I see. Jeremy‘s review cinched it for me, I’m not going to waste my time going to the theater for this. I think going to the theater altogether has lost its magic for me. I wish it wasn’t the case, but I think it’s where I’m at at this point.
I prefer to watch movies alone, idk I feel more connected to a movie or show when I watch it alone
Yeah I'm just busy and I don't want to give these companies my $$$ for the crap they put out now
It’s the last Indy movie, Im in, it’s on 61% on rotten, the audience will like it, I think everybody has high expectations, I just want an adventure movie
Same here
It depends on the movie. The movies have to be good for people to see them in theaters.
James Mangold gave us one of the greatest blockbuster franchise sequels ever. It was a masterpiece in bringing back old characters and showing how time has worn them down and they’ve lost a lot of the shine and heroism they once had. He masterfully explores how tortured our hero is after all these decades and that movie came out 6 years ago and was called Logan.
but he also did this.
I feel like it’s because marvel wasn’t interfering with mangold as Disney more than likely was
@@RealPointVPoint Honestly I’m pretty sure you’re right
And he also did Ford vs Ferrari which is amazing.
@@adraino7345 Disney did this
I knew as soon they announced him as director that somebody at Disney watched Logan and went "holy shit, that was awesome, let's rip it off for Indy."
"three movies and a coaster!" CLASSIC!
Just about to watch IJ5, the franchise is one of my favorites from my childhood ♥ I didn't mind #4 as it passed the torch on so to speak and they could have potentially even made a 10-12 episode series with Shia on different archeological cases like going to Gobekli tepe (a somewhat recent discovery) and making use of that in a fun and interesting way.
“Three Movies and a Coaster” had me unexpectedly gut-laughing. It’s funny (AND sad) because it’s true.
Yup, Temple Of Doom sure does make a good coaster
Indiana Jones ended with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Indy and Marian and got married, reunited with his son, and lived happily ever.
@@benm5970Temple of doom is underrated
We all knew this was a Trojan horse for Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
I wonder what the conversation in Lucas Film was when they came up with the plot for this movie. I imagine Kathleen Kennedy walks into the room and says, "I was watching this cartoon, and it was OK, but then this new character Scrappy Doo showed up out of nowhere, and I was just transfixed... Let's do that!"
I always feel like Indiana Jones as a franchise have seen better days. Just a relic from the past that should’ve stayed in the past.
It belong to à muséum
@@jeanfrancoisrondeau6444 “So do you.”
I edited my comment. I realize I was being harsh and responding to what I read. That’s not how I am normally with regard to media.
I love the film Raiders of the Lost Ark. one of my favorite films.
I’m looking forward to seeing the new Indiana Jones film. Thank you
Nothing better than watching an eighty year old depressed man getting chased across the world by another old man and three other people 😍🥰🥰
To be fair, that's basically the entire premise of the Nick Frost/Simon Pegg franchise
@@azurephoenix9546 hello I had a change of heart the other day. I didn’t get the chance to edit or change my comment
I realized Harrison is really happy with the character arc for Dial of Destiny and I haven’t watched the movie yet. I believe I allowed myself to get caught up in negative messages I noticed online
You make a good point regarding Simon Pegg. I need to see the movie and remember how difficult it is to make these films.
Bless your heart and I appreciated your response.
@schottschott6825
The 2 leads annoying each other and becoming friends in the end is totally doable, but it is also very difficult to get it right. It's one of those things that either lands really well or slaps like a fat man's belly flop. 🤷🏽♀️
We'll see how it shakes out
@@azurephoenix9546 that’s a really great point your making. Greetings from Fargo. North Dakota
I admit I was hoping for a sarcastic thumbnail of you holding a whip and gun with a HUGE smile on your face haha. Your Rise of Skywalker thumbnail still gets me.
Saw Last Crusade in the cinema, not only is it a great film, it's arguably the best end to a cinematic trilogy.
Octogenarian Indy going on adventures seems like something from a parody.
I knew this was not going to be good. Lucasfilm have burned me too many times and the trailer and leaks were not promising. But I saw everyone else getting their hopes up over James Mangold and I knew they were setting themselves up for disappointment. After the last 7 years I know how Disney and especially Kathleen Kennedy's Lucasfilm operates. It doesn't matter what big name director they get at the end of the day the one's calling the shots are the execs and the director will make the movie the execs want them to make. Why do you think Spielberg didn't come back? Because he knew that Kathleen Kennedy wouldn't let him have any creative control. Why do you think Lucasfilm has such a problem keeping directors and getting movie's made? Because none of them could deal with Kathleen Kennedy's controlling nature. The only one who could is J.J. Abrams who does whatever he is told and Rian Johnson who shares her sensibilities. As long as Kathleen Kennedy runs the show at Lucasfilm then this are the type of movies you are going to get. She is the common denominator in all of the problems Lucasfilm has had since it got sold to Disney and it doesn't matter what big name they get to make their next movie nothing will change while she is still there.
Spot on and well said.
When great directors work for Lucasfilm results are..., you know yourselves 😅
7:21 you got all of my respect for saying this lmao, I see so many people online complain when movies have a shorter run time and it's like why?? I don't want a movie to take up my entire afternoon and evening, I got other shit to do lmao
Crystal Skull wasn't a good film, but it gave Indy a happy ending with him having a family.
They honestly should have gone ahead with Mutt picking up the mantle and running into Shortround if they wanted the franchise to continue.
Perhaps. But Shia's "Mutt" was not a good choice. Shia is a big reason--imo--why "Skulls" failed. Honestly, the ONLY thing I ever liked Shia in was "Eagle Eye". His death in "Constantine" was quite noteworthy, as well.
@@LyfaLeeZhure_DavidShawn Paranoia, that one western flick with Tom Hardy... Shia is a great actor.
It’s as though they showed us the first 20 min to say, “See? We could do it if we wanted to. But you’re not getting that, you’re getting this.”