'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' Review | Is it the Ending Indy Deserves?

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  • @fixation9281
    @fixation9281 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    There’s a photo of Mutt in a military uniform on a shelf in Indy’s apartment, it’s right next to a folded flag and a photo of Indy’s dad. It’s the scene where Indy is woken up by the hippies

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja ปีที่แล้ว +14

      There is one of his dad [Sean Connery] next to it which was a nice touch.

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @krazykajeevie In fairness to me I originally was going to comment it was a nice follow up to the scene where his dad's pic is next to Marcus in 'Crystal Skull' but I forgot to add that!

    • @valdivia8383
      @valdivia8383 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I noticed it too , I was wait…is that an slightly older Mutt in military uniform with a folded…flag…next to Indy dad…oh no….

    • @TheRealBGregz
      @TheRealBGregz ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep! I didn’t notice the folded flag, but I certainly did see the army photo of Mutt. I was immediately flooded with questions, akin to “Shia actually okayed that?!”.

    • @valdivia8383
      @valdivia8383 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@TheRealBGregz same , and I was like ummm why go that route? Writers could of had be busy with his family, or go off on his own adventure by sending a letter to his dad. A lot of people and reviewers were surprised

  • @davidjames579
    @davidjames579 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Since Mads Mikkelsen's in this, they should have called the child sidekick, Another Round.

  • @J.White86
    @J.White86 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    The perfect send off was The Last Crusade, with Indy, his dad, and Marcus and Sallah riding off into the sunset.

  • @louisdellalucca8969
    @louisdellalucca8969 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    They really should’ve teamed him up with Salah and Short-Round in this movie. No time for live Dr. Jones!

  • @julianmhall
    @julianmhall ปีที่แล้ว +33

    One man's meat is another man's poison. I recall one review which panned the Hugh Jackman movie Van Helsing, but the factors he listed that he hated back-fired in my case because what he hated I loved. His intentionally bad review made me go see it, and I love it! Calvin may enjoy the last Indiana Jones movie, and I may hate it, and there's nothing wrong with either view.

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The proof really is in the pudding. I've avoided movies because how they've seemed, and then when watched really enjoyed for reasons I never anticipated. Likewise I've watched a film, disliked it, and then later watched it again, and found myself actually enjoying it from things I never took on board before.

    • @GrosvnerMcaffrey
      @GrosvnerMcaffrey 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Some people like playing with dog shit it's just a matter of to each their own. Just because someone likes something dosen't automatically mean it isn't bad

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@GrosvnerMcaffrey Subjectively bad. There's good reasons for not playing with dog shit. But watching a film isn't bad for your health.

  • @Mr.Aficionado87
    @Mr.Aficionado87 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    As one who went into this pretty apprehensive, I personally was pleasantly surprised by this one. While this is a relatively low bar, I think its an improvement over Crystal Skull ( which I'll agree is not the bubonic plague people make it out to be), and actually succeeds at things that Crystal Skull did not. I'm also glad they did not simply "ignore/retcon" that film out of existence. I also think they did a believable job bringing the character into yet another era, and incorporated just the right amount of age jokes. The ending was very touching to me, as was Indy's time travel monologue. Overall a good film and a satisfactory send off for Ford!

  • @barbarjinxed
    @barbarjinxed ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I thought the film was a massive disappointment.
    Other than the opening in WWII, the rest of the film dragged and I was bored.
    I honestly thought Crystal Skull was better, and that film was pretty darn poor too.

  • @bonghunezhou5051
    @bonghunezhou5051 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What if the fourth and 5th entries had been produced and released during the _1990s_ ...?! 😒

  • @warl0ck2
    @warl0ck2 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The device/mcguffin of the movie is a real artifact that is considered an enigma in that it is seemingly a device that is not of its era. In the movie, they use not as a "time machine" but a locator for the time portal/fissure that occurs every in certain locations at a specific time. There are instances in history that indicate that this may be possible, and this as a plot device is more convincing to me than the one in the crystal skull.

  • @DaveBlu92
    @DaveBlu92 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    There was a picture of Mutt in the first "modern" sequence, pretty much the opening shot as it takes you through Indy's apartment. I remembered thinking "oh good, he still exists, they're just doing the Sean Connery thing from the last movie by just having a picture". But then a few scenes before Indy actually talks about him it dawned on me randomly that there was a folded flag next to his picture and I then had a pit in my stomach getting to that scene where Indy would speak of him. A bold move that I felt was the emotional crux of Indy and the Dial. And of course he's been around long enough to know it wouldn't be worth meddling with regardless of his deepest intentions, so I was glad they didn't go the direction of him trying to use it in the way he explains to Helena on the boat.

  • @jacliffh9221
    @jacliffh9221 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    There are a lot of subtle similarities between this film and NTTD in my opinion, and I’m surprised to feel it actually handled the ‘being the send off movie while having to clean up the 4th movie’s mess’ thing better here?
    (Spoiler)
    When the third act unfolded I felt they were going to push for an ending where Indy would die in the past, so when he was punched my theatre had the biggest giggle of the entire film, almost out of relief.

    • @smurfie8412
      @smurfie8412 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Woke trash

    • @thatdude5353
      @thatdude5353 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Exact same felling I had, I was so nervous towards the end for a NTTD style ending, but I cheered when they pulled through.

    • @jeromemanley7885
      @jeromemanley7885 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Totally agree! With Phoebe Waller Bridge in it, it reinforced it even more.

    • @samuelbarber6177
      @samuelbarber6177 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I have a feeling that his death was the original ending, but then they changed it after test screenings or whatever. I dunno, just the way they built it up felt a bit… hmmm…

    • @bonghunezhou5051
      @bonghunezhou5051 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@samuelbarber6177 "Test screening"...or the polarising reaction to the ending of NTTD, released in 11 of '21, giving those with "Dial" plenty of ⏰ to course-correct!

  • @SergioMach7
    @SergioMach7 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Very NTTD vibes near the end with Indy wanting to stay in the past. The weird thing is that;
    A) I would have been fine having Indy and Archimedes chilling out for the rest of the film. You could have done something like the ending to The Two Popes where they just chill out and talk history.
    B)Its still a good thing that he remains in the present even after all of that.
    No Time To Die was more contrived in getting Bond to his demise, despite Dial Of Destiny literally bending time and space to get into a similar situation.

  • @WildPomStudios
    @WildPomStudios ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Very disappointed in this film. The first 20 min was great and felt like the old Indy, but then it was all downhill from there. It would have been a much better film if Phoebe Waller wasn’t in it. What a sad way to send off Harrison Ford.

    • @WildPomStudios
      @WildPomStudios ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PatriotJedi BINGO! Exactly! So many will shill just because its Disney even if they didn’t even like it!

  • @adotgif
    @adotgif ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Calvin is a big reason I never got into producing TH-cam videos. We're of similar age and I discovered his channel in early days. From that time, through to our maturing, his thoughts nearly always mirror mine - only better, and far more charming. This is not one of the exceptions. Felt very much the same about this film!

    • @calvindyson
      @calvindyson  ปีที่แล้ว +31

      HA! Even now I’d encourage anyone to get into producing TH-cam videos if it’s something you’d have fun doing so if the bug every catches you again you should totally go for it! And I anticipate I’ll watch your videos and nod along with agreement entirely 😂

    • @bradjurn8323
      @bradjurn8323 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I love Calvin's reviews! Whether they're films or book!

    • @adotgif
      @adotgif ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@calvindyson there's that charm 🤣. And, I should put out, you've put a meticulous amount of hard work and care into this for years, so it's more than having the thoughts!

    • @CaminoAir
      @CaminoAir ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@adotgif If you do decided to make YT videos, my advice would be to remember that some people cannot accept that a difference of opinion is not a personal insult to them, just an expression of your own opinion and personal preferences. Just keep that in mind and you'll be able to deal with the inevitable blow-back of "This is my favorite film/book/game, etc. How could you not agree with me about it?!!"

    • @AntonyRG1
      @AntonyRG1 ปีที่แล้ว

      Calvin Dyson needs to take his rancid cultural-Marxist [indoctrinated] hands off of Indiana Jones. Dial of Destiny is pure woke/cultural-Marxist excrement.

  • @clsekkhs
    @clsekkhs ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I loved it! Ford was great as usual. Mikkelsen was a perfect villain. Waller-Bridge's Helena is my favorite Indy "companion". I liked her story and character arc and how capable she was. (Didn't care for the "wombat" nickname. That was just odd). My only nit to pick is the length. I was aware while watching it that it was going on a bit long. I would have cut the boat/diving section. The pacing of that section was too slow and out of kilter with the rest of the film. It was the only part where I missed having Spielberg as the director. I get what they were going for but I don't think it worked. I loved how he could have stayed with Archimedes and that would have felt like a perfect ending, and how the ending they went with was also perfect (and brought tears to my eyes). I didn't notice the CGI. I thought the de-aging was great. I would watch a whole new set of Indy movies with Ford de-aged.

    • @ideac.
      @ideac. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      the ending was satisfying honestly and yeah it made me cry

  • @chrisr5975
    @chrisr5975 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The actor who plays sallah is pushkin in TLD i met him last year his cameo secret

  • @bonghunezhou5051
    @bonghunezhou5051 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Crystal Skull had "interdimensional beings" - not space aliens!

  • @Beatleboylevi
    @Beatleboylevi ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I enjoyed the film overall. I didn’t care too much for Bridge’s character until the end. I also didn’t love that Indy was kind of the broken hero trope again but I will say all and all I really enjoyed this film as well.

    • @tmmartinesq.6216
      @tmmartinesq.6216 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm Gen X and minored in film in undergrad; based on your comment, perhaps I will see the film at my home theatre-- as a case study. You know, Society is aging rapidly, maybe the movie is actually targeting the Boomer generation not the traditional younger demographic. Maybe this movie is a very expensive experiment to see if they can make money off Boomers nostalgic enough to suport this movie (technically 80-year old Ford isn't even a Boomer, but he plays one in Dial, I believe (70).) Too bad, though. Dial of Destiny isn't tracking well at the box office. I doubt they break even on a $300 million bloated budget.

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think Indy had to be in a down place at the start. If he was happy with Marion and playing with grand kids it would be hard to pull him back into the action again when he's content in retirement. It also allows him to have a character journey [where he can get his happy ending at the end].

  • @madelyn3245
    @madelyn3245 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I'm here with you Calvin... Ive always been both a huge Indy and Bond fan, there's a ton of overlap, but... Man, I walked put of my theater crying, not only because I was emotional, but also because it was so good. Im going to have to see ut again, it was a lovely addition to the franchise.

  • @playedout148
    @playedout148 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Mads Mikkelsen: Riders of Justice. 👍

  • @moose6509
    @moose6509 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Makes Crystal Skull look like a masterpiece......

  • @acct5910
    @acct5910 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Helena Shaw and the Dial of Destiny would be a more appropriate title.

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja ปีที่แล้ว

      Indy always has a sidekick/team around him [such as Salah, Marcus and his father in Last Crusade]

    • @Retrosys
      @Retrosys ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The movie’s plot couldn’t have happened at all without Indiana Jones. It’s not Helena’s movie at all. It’s more his journey about finding his place than it is her journey about learning how to actually care about people and also history rather than profit from it.

  • @gumbycat5226
    @gumbycat5226 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I am so glad, Calvin, to find a reviewer who wasn't reflexively prejudiced against this film. I only watched it because my ex boyfriend wanted to go, I had trepidations from what I had read. And then, as soon as it started I realized that I was going to have a good time. It definitely isn't as good as the first or third Indiana but I liked it more than the second and much more than the fourth.
    I thought they made all the right calls - you can't have an 80 year old behaving like a 40 year old, so how do you deal with that? And his side-kick, an insensitive, opinionated know-it-all who also happens to be a thief - she's got noting of her father's wisdom and all the superficial knowledge he gave her. I really loved that they had such different agendas and how, gradually over the movie, it was him who gave her the character arc of becoming a good person, a person grateful to be around her adopted family, a person who had found connectivity. And him, having to come out of the stupor so many older people find themselves in, that their glory days are behind them, their achievements unacknowledged in the superficial new world that has replaced theirs, that "damn it" moment when he realizes that she's stolen the device and intends to sell it on the criminal market - and off he goes reluctantly on the best adventure anyone can reasonably imagine an 80 year old embarking on. The only problem I had with his journey was the diving sequence which seemed just a tad too much even for this particular 80 year old.
    I found some of the chase sequences in the middle of the film a little dull. I am not in any way interested in CGI and Tom Cruise has made those things laughable. I was also disappointed with the CGI New York of 1969. You could actually see where the moving CGI stopped and a static picture took over. After Once Upon A Time In Hollywood this no longer feels acceptable. And I also found the teenage boy without any interest, such short change after the brilliant Short Change. But all the big decisions were perfect and the ending was deeply moving for me, like you, someone who loves the character and feels that it was better than I could have imagined.
    I do hope people give this movie a chance and have the fun time I had.
    One big point I'd like to make is that I feel that the whole concept of the Antikythera Device might be a bit much for most people, as too the siege of Syracuse. For someone familiar with both stories and deeply aware of how Archimedes aided in the city's ultimately unsuccessful defense, the moment the aircraft burst through the fissure in time, I knew exactly what was happening and I was absolutely thrilled. It had been signalled throughout. But I suspect for the majority of viewers (including you, if I understand your explanation) this is one of very few films from Hollywood which actually may be expecting a little too much from its audience instead of the routine over-exposition spoon-feeding of a lame plot.
    Regarding the Antikythera Device, its function was only discovered in 2021, it having been dredged up from the little island of Antikythera near Rhodes in 1970. It is amazing that they were able to work such a clever little elaboration on one of the most fantastical mechanical things ever built, in such a short timeframe. Bravo to the script writers.

    • @zakwojnar4714
      @zakwojnar4714 ปีที่แล้ว

      Swimming and diving are easier than other stunts for old people. Look up Valerie Taylor, one of the most popular divers of all time. She’s been doing it for more than 60 years, and she was already an adult when she started. I interviewed her once. Google my name and hers and you’ll find it.

  • @damienfenton3880
    @damienfenton3880 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I differ from your overall opinion of the film, Calvin, for reasons that you touched upon. Don't get me wrong, Dial of Destiny has some good moments (I'd give it 3 out of 5) but this movie is very much sad tired old man Indy. It might have worked for Logan but Indy is a totally different character who appeals to audiences for different reasons. This probably effects me as much as it does because Indy is my second favourite movie hero after Bond.
    The sequel Star Wars trilogy took the trio of heroes from the original trilogy and made their lives after ROTJ miserable. For all its faults, at least KOTCS gave Indy a happy ending with Marion. But then DOD undoes that happy ending to make Indy miserable again. The problem is that Indy remains miserable for most of the film. He has little agency in the film and was often dragged along by Helena or having being kidnapped by the villains.
    Undoing Indy's happy ending from KOTCS and making him a sad sack for most of the film in aid of a cliched character arc just seems like cheap screenwriting basic box-ticking instead of giving fans what we actually want to see in an Indy movie.
    I also think it is incredibly cheap and stereotypical that older heroes are now sadder versions of their younger selves (again, see Star Wars). Ford is 80 but I believe Indy was born in 1899 so he is actually playing a 70 year old. Not sure how old Henry Jones was supposed to be in The Last Crusade. Connery was 59 at the time and I think he was playing him older. But nevertheless, Henry still had that sense of adventure, still having fun and enjoying the escapades. His elderly age didn't dull that excitement.
    To be fair, I think I read it was Ford's idea to bring the character down that road and I can understand that from an actor's viewpoint. And I also think that Ford gives an excellent and often heartfelt performance especially on that boat scene. But this new aspect of Indy's twilight years has come at the expense of his sense of fun and adventure that endeared audiences to the character in the first place. Now that I know what to expect, I'm curious to see the movie again to see if my opinion improves.

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But what else were they supposed to do when Harrison Ford is 80 years old? He needs to be a position where he's restless and needs to have one last adventure. If he was happy in retirement it would be hard to buy why he's throwing himself into the fray one last time.

    • @damienfenton3880
      @damienfenton3880 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jamesatkinsonja There are many ways a script could have him coming out of happy retirement for one last adventure. In Mission Impossible 3, Ethan is retired from field work and is happily engaged, but he goes back into the field to rescue a former colleague. The same could have been the case for Indy. Or perhaps there is an antiquity that had alluded Indy his whole life and he finds a new clue about its whereabouts. But this kind of goes back to my core point - elderly age doesn't equate to a loss of a sense of adventure.

  • @HOTD108_
    @HOTD108_ 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I liked Dial of Destiny overall, but my one major complaint would be the cinematography of the action. During action scenes, the shots are just way too close, making it difficult to get a sense of what exactly is going on. The older films had plenty of wide shots during action scenes, but Dial of Destiny barely did at all, and I think that hurt the film. That's my only major complaint though, otherwise I am happy with this movie.
    Edit: I also wasn't too keen on the CGI Indy face. It just looked off to me.

  • @samuelmackenzie5267
    @samuelmackenzie5267 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The fact that they killed off mutt and divorced Indy and Marion’s marriage made me hate the film since I love crystal skull. To me this movie is just fan fiction because they took away the ending of the previous film. It really sucked for me.

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja ปีที่แล้ว

      Given Harrison Ford and Shia fell out he was never going to be in this film [he was ruled out a long time ago] so they either could ignore him or use him in to aid Indy's character. If Indy was content with Marion with grandkids he'd have no reason to risk it all again so they needed to separate them [and the ending means they fit that within Indy 4 rather than having Marion die off screen].

    • @linseyem92
      @linseyem92 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamesatkinsonjathey could’ve recast him…or just done what they did in creed with Rockys son had him in another state, married with kids

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja ปีที่แล้ว

      @@linseyem92 But that ties into the Marion point-if Indy had grandkids he has less reason to want to get back in action at 80 while Mutt dying serving his country in a conflict which seems to be making little progress is a shock to his values [given he served in WW2]. Given the bad blood between Shia and Ford/Spielberg I was half expecting the character not to be mentioned at all honestly. There does seem to be a reluctance to re-cast in the same continuity now unless its absolutely necessary [such as Rachel in the Dark Knight].
      Creed is a valid example but that was forced by circumstances as the film was made shortly after the death of Sage Stallone [who played the character in part 5] so out of respect to Sly killing him off wasn't an option and it does tie into Creed being a sort of surrogate son to Rocky.

    • @linseyem92
      @linseyem92 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamesatkinsonja i only found out recently about the whole conflict between Ford,Spielberg & LaBeouf, so I can sort of understand to an extent but at the same time it kind of made KOTCS pointless because the whole premise of that movie in my eyes was Indy who was fully aware that he wasn’t getting any younger in the beginning of KOTCS thought he was all alone and at the point in life where “life stops giving you things & starts taking them away” & by finding out he had a kid with Marion gave him a new lease for life & a family. I just felt like he deserved better in that sense. I’m one of the few who actually likes KOTCS and even though I can see why people don’t like it, enjoy the movie for what it is a fun movie. Also I would like to ask didn’t Indy have a daughter in the young Indiana jones chronicles? And grandkids? I’m pretty sure he did but now I’m doubting myself.

  • @vendelayindustries
    @vendelayindustries 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I really enjoyed this movie. People always say the last two movies are too unrealistic, but aren't they all in different ways? After seeing all 5 movies I think this is my ranking of them (From best to worst); 1. The last crusade 2. Raiders of the lost ark 3. The dial of destiny 4/5. Temple of doom & Kingdom of the crystal skull.

  • @julianmhall
    @julianmhall ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Calvin may I suggest chapters in your videos, so for example in this case a viewer could skip the Spoilers chapter.

  • @davidjames579
    @davidjames579 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Did the Aegean diving sequence, with the villains boat appearing alongside the heroes remind anyone of For Your Eyes Only? However in this case, the villains watch the heroes leave on their boat, rather Bond and Melena watch Walter Donovan leave on his boat.

    • @bonghunezhou5051
      @bonghunezhou5051 ปีที่แล้ว

      ...and Melina Havelock watch KRISTATOS...

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bonghunezhou5051 I was cross-referencing since Julian Glover did play both.

    • @jettjones9889
      @jettjones9889 ปีที่แล้ว

      And they stole the chase scene from Octopussy

    • @ari-pekka6446
      @ari-pekka6446 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In fact it did, especially when we had the view from underwater to the surface. And btw, when Indy said he had an old friend in Greece, I was wondering if he was talking about Kristatos 😅

    • @waynedowney7869
      @waynedowney7869 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@jettjones9889similar in that it was tuk tuks but I wouldn't say stole. The vehicles are the only similarity.

  • @TheHorrorGuy179
    @TheHorrorGuy179 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Movie was shyt. I love the "it was a great ending" people. Yeah because a guy who like Indy should end as a broken, sad pathetic old man whose son died hating him. Definitely important to forget he is an absolute hero in every movie only to be a complete whimpering coward that needs constant saving and put in his place by Pheobe.

  • @ethanpatterson7511
    @ethanpatterson7511 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I liked it alot, but it's more somber tone was a tad off putting at times and I felt that PWB's character Helena wasn't written quite as well as she could have been, but again, I liked it overall quite a bit.

  • @kenlawson3336
    @kenlawson3336 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I love your videos. However, the film left me depressed and I was personally saddened after the first 20 minutes. I felt it was a film about disrespect and destruction of a hero. I remember riding my bike to the movies when Raiders came out and seeing each other movie over the decades. I am not a fan of PWB, but I can see where she has talent. She would make a wonderful Joan Crawford in a bio flick. Nevertheless, I felt that her character was poorly written and undercut Indy. Also, the child sidekick was just unneeded. I am still heartbroken by this film and its failure to recapture my heart.

    • @miam1074
      @miam1074 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      disrespect and destruction of a hero? he got old, his son died and his wife left him. life chewed him up, as it does everyone else. did helen's character really undercut Indy? how??? because she was clever, fast, fearless - and a bit neurotic? she was not written as a character to boost the male ego and make him look good. she was her own person, flawed and all. I see the internet is in a meltdown about this, and it makes me giggle. all the tough guys suddenly feel disrespected by the fact that there is a woman in a movie they can not handle. sweet.

    • @kenlawson3336
      @kenlawson3336 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@miam1074 Respectfully, I think you are right: The Indy character in Dial of Destiny didn't boost my male ego at all. I think instead of Indy being beatdown by life, I would have had still kept the tragedies, but I would have made him more philosophical based upon his father's character, his lifelong search of ancient artifacts and understanding his own person history, in line with understanding world history. In think that PWB's character was too one dimensional and could have been given the grit of Katherine Hepburn in Lion in Winter, toughness of Ripley in the Alien series and humor of Roslind Russell in Mame. The script failed PWB and her talents. There was no sense of partnership between Indy and PWB's character and this lack of balance undercut both actors' performances in my mind. If the scriptwriters had drawn upon the energy of the African Queen and Boggey's and Heburn's dynamic, I think it would have translated better. Thank you for your thoughts. I did feel depressed by the whole thing. Just like I did when I saw Crystal Skull but differently as a man turning nearly 60. For me, the magic that I experienced with Raiders and Last Crusade just were not there and the lack of the magic of good literature (whether poem, book or film) left me wanting.

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kenlawson3336Personally [and people are free to disagree] I actually like how PWB's character did have an arc in the film. She starts off as selfish and mercenary [happy to manipulate Indy and sell objects to the highest bidder] to caring about Indy [including helping him reunited with Marion at the end]. I think only having Indy+ Helena [with her sidekick as support] was a good move, given Indy 4 had a gang around him, which helped the focus on the characters.

    • @bethwhithaus3248
      @bethwhithaus3248 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I totally agree. And though I agree that the relics that he was going after belonged in a museum, I thought it was funny that she was going after them to sell them on the black market!

    • @thegreypath1777
      @thegreypath1777 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @kenlawson3336 - As am I.
      Producer Phoebe Waller Bridge (hereinafter abbreviated as PWB) wrote this film to specifically disrespect and deconstruct Indy, because she wants to take over the Indy franchise.
      PWB should be given a one-way ticket back to The UK. We will keep Harry.

  • @tweazz
    @tweazz ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I loved this so much.
    I thought they went a bit too far with making Helena unlikable before her redemption arc and thought that the New York bits went on for a bit too long, but after they got to Morocco the movie hooked me and did not let go.
    I left the cinema grinning like a small child. I may or may not have listened to the main theme on repeat during the drive home.

    • @Kacpa2
      @Kacpa2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's completely unearned and hardly redeems her. All she did was exploit everyone, lie, backstab and be a greedy selfish despicble unempathetric human being, until she does a 180 in tomb of archimedes. Her stupid decisions lead to death of Indy's friends and coworkers, have him framed for murder, because she let Voller's men to him and left him for dead. Then we learn she exploited that rahim gangster character who seemingly loved her, just so she could sell artifacts on black market using his hotel, she almost got him shot in the head during the chase.
      Then she constantly mocks and insults Indy and is stupidly judgemental of him. Without Indy should wouldnt even have a way to get the graphikos, then she ignores the fact his friends gets killed, and het stupid decision to offer and read the graphikos cipher could've easily lead to Indy getting shot dead instantly by Voller as he wouldnt deem him useful anymore.
      Despite her being such an awful and abrasive character i still enjoyed the movie IN SPITE of how awful she is. It's both on writing and performance.

  • @Reidak12
    @Reidak12 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I liked how overtly anti fascist this one was. Like, in the past it was Indy looking for a thing and the nazis getting in the way. This time it was trying to stop a nazi from getting the thing in order to save the world. It may be a coincidence, but it’s also cool to me that the Soviets were the bad guys in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull which was made at a time when the very idea of fascists coming back to power was laughable and now here we are in 2023 and we needed Indy to remind us that punching nazis is very important. I will say though it’s a shame that Ke Huy Quan had his comeback just barely too late to be in this film. Would’ve loved to see him team up with Harrison Ford again.

    • @thegreypath1777
      @thegreypath1777 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @Reidak12 - I agrée. Bringing Short Round along for the adventure would have turned this movie from a F to an A+. But producer Phoebe Waller Bridge was too threatened by the male leads, and didn’t want them in the movie, and/or wanted the time for the male leads to be shortened as much as possible (for example: killing off Indy’s son Mutt [also known as Henry Jones III] in the Vietnam War).

  • @DeanJones_92
    @DeanJones_92 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Saw the film myself yesterday, after marathoning the previous four films over the course of the week. I found it to be a bit flawed in places, but I did have a decent time overall and Ford is terrific. Definitely curious to see it again, just to see how it plays on multiple viewings. As far as a ranking goes right now , favourite to least:
    'The Last Crusade'
    'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
    'The Temple of Doom'
    'The Dial of Destiny'
    'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'

    • @cooperwolfe5478
      @cooperwolfe5478 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I did the same thing. I binged through the series as well, and I’m so glad I did. Personally my ranking would be:
      1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
      2. Temple of Doom
      3. Last Crusade
      4. Dial of Destiny
      5. Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls

    • @plosis
      @plosis ปีที่แล้ว

      Exact same ranking at the moment, but eager to see how it works on small screen and does it hold multiple watching. Big screen it kind of looked too cgi:y at times :( but not in the way like crystal skull :D

    • @tropicthndr
      @tropicthndr ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A bit flawed? Is that a joke, there’s a really good reason it’s bombing faster than Bud Light.

    • @residentsteve
      @residentsteve ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tropicthndrtake you negativity somewhere else I enjoyed this like I did the previous 4.

    • @intheclear3492
      @intheclear3492 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That’s my same ranking

  • @anssirulamo2298
    @anssirulamo2298 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    For me the moment I teared up was when Indy met Arkhimedes. There was something epic and moving about Indy meeting a figure from history. As a whole that time travel sequence bordered on ridiculous, but I still enjoyed the sense of wonder when you weren't sure which time they were going to pop into. All in all I was pleasantly surprised by this movie.

    • @jordyhitty
      @jordyhitty ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pleasantly surprised by the movie 💀💀💀 You do realise that Phoebe Waller-Bridge or whatever her dumb name is, kinda sucks really bad at acting and is extremely annoying, arrogant and makes no common sense for a side character. Wtf

    • @savagestarlight7311
      @savagestarlight7311 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I keep hearing people call the time travel and the last act of this film ridiculous and stupid. Fair enough if you feel that way I suppose... But to those people I would ask have you seen the other four films? Is time Travel more ridiculous than the god of Abraham melting Nazis faces off for daring to open the Ark of the Covenant? Is it more ridiculous than a cult leader employing Voodoo to rip people's still beating hearts out of their chests? Is it more ridiculous than a knight of the crusades spending seven centuries alone in one small room surviving on nothing but water from the cup of christ? Is it more ridiculous than interdimensional beings uplifting the Aztecs and hiding their flying saucer underneath one of the pyramids? The time travel and the ending of this film seems completely on brand to me.

    • @swishfish8858
      @swishfish8858 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@savagestarlight7311You're forgetting that Christians genuinely believe the artifacts from the first and third films are real and have those powers. It's not ridiculous if you're a Bible-belter.

    • @savagestarlight7311
      @savagestarlight7311 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@swishfish8858 This is true... The Bible is definitely ridiculous... A global flood? Two (seven depending on the verse) of every single kind of animal on earth all surviving on a single wooden boat?! Talking snakes and magical fruit?! A hippie coming back to life after being dead three days?? The list goes on and on... That book is one never ending fairy tale and the god depicted within it's pages is a vengeful genocidal monster. Yet people seem to think they're a god of love and compassion for some reason...

    • @mariocoutinho125
      @mariocoutinho125 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I felt this moment as a parallel to his father meeting the Grail Knight, however Indy doesn't have a reason, i.e. a son, to go back. Helena steps in and helps him let go the way she can.

  • @mr6oodstuff79
    @mr6oodstuff79 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    They should have left PWB in ancient Greece and see if "No Time to Die" would have had a different ending.

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Even the Danny Boyle version of Bond 25 had that ending. That and Bond having a child were the only things kept from his version to the finished film.

    • @tmmartinesq.6216
      @tmmartinesq.6216 ปีที่แล้ว

      And, that's why Danny Boyle walked away from NTTD. He wanted no parts of that polarizing ending. Bravo Danny Boyle! 🇬🇧

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tmmartinesq.6216 He said in an interview with Esquire last year that not only was that ending part of his version but he was in favour of it being in the final film [to quote the article 'he's seen No Time to Die and liked it's finale']. As he said in the article his version was going to have Bond taking on the Russian Government but Eon 'lost confidence in it'. Writer John Hodge said in an interview with the Guardian that Eon wanted his script re-written but he and Boyle came as a pair, hence they both left and the idea was scrapped.

  • @MichaelOdendaal
    @MichaelOdendaal ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I’d honestly prefer a younger recast Indiana Jones. Grumpy and old Indiana Jones is not why I love the character. The movie wasn’t bad it was just unnecessary…
    We have a recast Bond every few years and I feel Indiana Jones could benefit for that as well ? Indiana Jones is a character that has so many stories to tell.

    • @tmmartinesq.6216
      @tmmartinesq.6216 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Geezus! Indy was grumpy AF in Skull and now people are saying he's even grumpier in DOD? LMAO!! There is a way for extremely super senior actors to continue in stories if anyone would just care to take a page outta the Sean Connery playbook. At any rate, with all of Indy's adventures and hot-blooded libido, it shocks that he doesn't have other kids out there that look and sound just like him i.e. Arnold Schwarzenegger IRL with Joseph Baena. One of those Indy kids could take over the franchise...Just saying, screenwriters. Haha😂

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Indy is an idealist ['it belongs in a museum'] but isn't naïve as he's aware he's in a cynical world and does have his grumpy side [particularly with Willy in Doom 'I'm willing to let you tag along'] and is happy to play dirty if necessary [such as shooting the swordsman in Raiders rather than fighting him]. His relationship with his father is also fractious and complicated.

  • @lawrenceharris8919
    @lawrenceharris8919 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Calvin, Thank you for an honest review. I enjoyed the movie, except for the final scene, which was obviously a re-shoot and wasn't connected to the rest of the movie. One big plus, the earlier New York scenes accurately captured the sense of the 1960's. I grew up in New York in the 1960's and the subway scenes brought back my experiences on the New York City subway. My mother graduated from Hunter College (There actually is a Hunter College.) I sat in on one class, and classroom and office scenes resembled he school. I also enjoyed the street scenes with a Con Edison truck, a Cadillac convertible, and a 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 taxi. The 1967 Ford Galaxie 500's and Cadillac convertibles were everywhere in the late 1960's. Finally, the Grand Union shopping bag was accurate. Grand Union was one of the most popular supermarkets in New York City.

  • @billkanas6417
    @billkanas6417 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great review, and largely agree with all you said. And was going to mention the Mutt photo but others beat me to it!

  • @fixation9281
    @fixation9281 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    After having some time to process the film, I think it’s a satisfying conclusion. I have some gripes with it, but I had a blast from start to finish and I’m thankful that we got one last adventure

  • @azhorsley
    @azhorsley ปีที่แล้ว +4

    @calvindyson There is a black and white photo of Mutt (Shia) in Indy's NY apartment.
    But, despite your great review, I didn't enjoy this film at all.
    I wish they'd left it as a trilogy with Indiana and Co riding into the sunset.
    But the fact they repeated the exact same character beats for Indy as they did for Han in the Star Wars sequels was sloppy writing (separated from wife, son gone, miserable life etc)

  • @philippeh3904
    @philippeh3904 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I must have been in a bad mood, because I hated this film and I liked Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. But I’m happy seeing so many people liking/loving this movie. That’s always the best.

  • @WasatchWendigo
    @WasatchWendigo ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I thought the Helena punch out of Indy was disrespectful of the masculinity of the character. I mean, Indy fans kind of look at him as a combo of maybe Chuck Norris and Humphrey Bogart. Would you have a female literally knock out either of those guys? No. Of course not. It would be absurd. She also did it in such a stupid snarky way. What if the role were reversed and Indy knocked her out to save her, wouldn't that be a rather horrific plot device? That part was really disappointing to say the least!

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't think it was what they were going for to be honest or thinking that deeply about it. It's worth noting that Indy was never a macho 'no feelings' hero given his complex relationship with his father [and he talks about losing his son earlier in this film] and when taking on heavies often takes a beating but he uses his wits to survive [such as backing the heavy into the propeller in Raiders]. Similarly, part of the initial appeal of Die Hard's John McClane was his vulnerability [given how beaten up he gets in the original die hard] and his flaws [trying to save his crumbing marriage] but that was lost as the sequels went on as he just became an invincible macho hero.

  • @dalebaker9109
    @dalebaker9109 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Calvin I really needed this thanks mate. Have been and still am quite unwell, but this certainly bounced up my spirits. Can’t wait to see this film, and frankly spoilers have never spoiled my enjoyment of any film ever. More power to you Calvin. 👏 👏

  • @grahamjohnson4002
    @grahamjohnson4002 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thought it was a decent movie. Poignant in places, harking back to past adventures and the villain was great.
    It's almost asif we are introduced to an Indiana Jones who is broken. He's a grumpy man who's seen his share of sunrises, lost a son and his wife. So for him to want to stay in the past kinda made sense. It wasn't so much about finding treasure or stopping the bad guys it felt more like finding himself again and an adventure that nearly found him living in the past but with the knowledge of today would've been a happy retirement place for him. Eventually Marion and Indy found each other again and a purpose.
    What was great when the film was over was people gathering outside the cinema saying that wasn't too bad and better than the 4th one. It was also great to hear people humming and singing the theme as we walked away from the cinema. A nice end and for me it's the 3rd best I the series behind Last Crusade and Raiders

  • @jdsantibanez
    @jdsantibanez ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Did we see the same film?

  • @TurbidTG1
    @TurbidTG1 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I gotta be honest, I didn’t like it. 1. It was too long. 2. Helena is EXTREMELY unlikeable. 3. Indy is now a broken down drunk old man who basically has a death wish which just made everything depressing. 4. After a while, I just got bored. There’s only so many action sequences you can get into until you realize that you weren’t feeling any danger and you were just watching the somewhat, (in some scenes) questionable visuals. 6. Too much CGI. A few times the de-ageing seemed off plus why spend $300 million USD when you still have a 40 year old Harrison Ford STILL sound like 80 year old Harrison Ford?! You couldn’t hire the best impersonator money can buy??? In the tuk-tuk chase, you can clearly tell it’s CGI when Indy and Helena are bickering. You can see it’s CGI a few times when Indy is on the horse, especially on the two or three close-ups of Indy’s face upwards. You can easily see that it’s a CGI background, which takes us out of the immersion. 7. Teddy is a Great Value version of Short Round, but isn’t as likable or cute. He’s almost like a younger Helena, which is awful. (I could barely stand one!) 8. The best sequence is the prologue on the train, after in 1969, it quickly becomes such a slog. 9. What happens at the end with Indy and Helena annoyed me. (She spent the entire time being so ageist and annoying that for me, I was like, “Okay, we still got 15 minutes to go, I think I’m going to dose off a little.” Because at this point, I just didn’t care anymore and I just wanted to have it be over with! 9. Was Indy ever cleared??? 10. I’m sorry but Crystal Skull is better than this imo. I enjoyed it better. Looking back, Mutt and aliens don’t look as bad anymore. (They did him dirty btw.) 11. It only made $24 million USD only for Thursday preview and Friday debut. Against a $300 million budget, this is god awful news. It seems(like this movie), it’s a long and far journey to even BREAKING even! There’s no way it’s reaching the heights of $800 million USD plus! 12. Why was this necessary?! Everything goes basically back to depressing reality minus one thing by the end! I’d rather have just had Crustal Skull’s happy ending if we needed a semi recent Indy movie, just leave it at that! And 13. Why couldn’t they have brought Short Round back? He himself saw Indy as his own father figure. He could have become an archaeologist himself and reaches out to Indy, (who is happily still with Marion and who is now thriving and president of his university and who has become wealthy and semi famous after writing several books about his adventures that which would evolve into the young Indiana Jones Chronicles ) to help him on a mission and the movie goes with them instead of Helena. Plus Mutt and Indy are on good terms now, with Mutt being much maturer and wiser after all this time. Perhaps he joins too? SR and Indy can have a really touching moment somewhere in the movie too. I started thinking about it throughout the movie. Just on what could have been. God what a disappointment!

  • @MatthewHarkin
    @MatthewHarkin ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ahhh!!! Calvin! I just saw your letterboxed review - haven’t listened to the full review yet but !!!? You GET IT 😍😍

    • @MatthewHarkin
      @MatthewHarkin ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh! Also! There is imagery of Mutt! There’s a picture in his war uniform at the start in Indy’s kitchen! Plus, you can faintly hear on the news report before he’s rescued by Sallah that “Dr Jones is currently in the middle of a separation from his wife after loosing their son”

    • @calvindyson
      @calvindyson  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ooooft good catches! I’ll be looking/listening out on a future rewatch!

  • @jasongarufi8187
    @jasongarufi8187 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Calvin, I just saw Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and also has low expectations, but I enjoyed watching it, may be it could of been 10 minutes shorter. Will you do a review of the new Mission Impossible on You Tube?

  • @MGEX8206
    @MGEX8206 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The start was brilliant, very much vintage Indy, can't go wrong. The ending was...for my money, genius. It helps that I do like my time travel but I like the way they wound up doing it. I'm glad Voller's plan didn't work with them going back to 1939 because...what the hell is an older Indy going to do in 1939?
    Put him in 3rd century BC alongside a bunch of Nazis...gave the climax that much more of an edge and given that I found the midsection of the film fairly dull with an older Indy seemingly just going through the motions...hell did it need that edge. You had no idea how things were going to play out, what was stopping the Romans from killing the lot of them? What was stopping Indy from just seeing out his days hanging out with Archimedes? There would have been worse ways for him to go.
    That climax allows it to pull away from Crystal Skull in the ratings but it still nowhere near the original trilogy. 7.5/10.

  • @stuartroberts9545
    @stuartroberts9545 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I saw it last night and couldn't make up my mind - were the green screen effects deliberately bad for nostalliga or were they actually bad?

    • @ideac.
      @ideac. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i didnt even notice them
      the cgi was pretty good actually. pretty immersive

  • @leroystea8069
    @leroystea8069 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Calvin, I always appreciate hearing your views about a film. From James Bond to Alfred Hitchcock to Indiana Jones, you have such a love for this experience of cinema that it is an absolute Joy seeing your videos. I watched all the way through, spoilers and all even though I hadn't seen the film yet. Have to say you have convinced me to go see this. Am a huge fan of the Indiana Jones, so I am looking forward to this. Thanks🤗

    • @vinson1445
      @vinson1445 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, just give it a chance. Better to be pleasantly surprised than to miss out on a good thing.

  • @tris421
    @tris421 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Another movie with a broken old man? ffs.

  • @TheDukeofMadness
    @TheDukeofMadness ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As a friend of mine put it, three movies, a coaster for your drinks while you watch the three moves and, well, a miscarriage (to steal from the co-stars' tv show).
    That said, I begrudge no-one enjoying anything they want to enjoy.

  • @CharlesJenkins-be2cv
    @CharlesJenkins-be2cv ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wish they would have added a narly death for the main villain as all the classic Indy Films have an iconic practical and brutal kill, like Toht's melting head, the tearing out of the heart in Temple Of Doom, The agings in the Last Crusade or even the Russian Geezer who gets eaten alive by ants in Crystal Skull. The opening was definitely the best part for me because they kept the old title font which was nice and that German Soldier getting brutally ran over by the car ressembled that classic violence in the original movies. Just my opinion though.

    • @joshhunt4146
      @joshhunt4146 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, the horror element was missing unfortunately

  • @moserfugger6363
    @moserfugger6363 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It was an unnecessary movie. Over 2,5 hours to get Indy pretty much to the same point where he was at the end of "Crystal Skull". Minus his son, which was simply depressing and didn't really fit into this movie series. If they didn't have to add something more relevant to Indy's story, they simply should have left the franchise alone. An iconic character like Indy deserves the happy ending he got with the fourth movie.
    Even if you don't like "Crystal Skull", the finale is really heartwarming and gives the other movies a great bookend (Indy finally settling down and accepting his role as a father and husband, after he pretty much ran away from those things his whole life, having grown up with a very distant father himself). The ending of "Dial" was a reshoot. So when they made this movie, they really had no well thought ideas what the point of the whole story should be. Yes, the reshot ending probably was the best part of "Dial", but the rest of the movie feels completely pointless.
    Greetings from Germany :=)

  • @PaddyDukes52
    @PaddyDukes52 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I know this only applies to me but what kind of affected my enjoyment of the movie was the divorce plot thread for Indy. I’m just coming off a difficult divorce and I saw the movie with my dad to escape and remember what it was like to watch an Indy movie with my dad when I was a kid but once I saw those “separation agreement” paperwork I was just distracted the rest of the movie 😔 but I’m glad Indy’s story had a happier ending than mine at least

  • @andrewb5429
    @andrewb5429 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've read that this is the last Indiana Jones movie, and that doesn't surprise me. I hope to see it at the movies. If I don't, I'll check it out from the library when it comes out on DVD.

    • @Karifi
      @Karifi ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DVDs are still a thing?

  • @heartbeatcity23
    @heartbeatcity23 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Absolutely 5 out of 10 solidly put together but not a Indy Film at all nor a send off. He's a character who deserves a happy ending .they knocked him down without giving him a chance to punch back up

    • @astropictures4396
      @astropictures4396 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He literally got a happy ending…?

    • @mirekg5704
      @mirekg5704 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But he have a happy ending in Dial of Destiny.

    • @ideac.
      @ideac. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      did you even watch the movie

  • @plosis
    @plosis ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Kind of spoilery!!
    Just saw it, kind of liking it! But maybe should have had more practical things in action. Just saw Mangold's Ford vs. Ferrari and hoped that kind of "action". I was very pleased to hear one of my favourite soundtrack pieces from Williams at the first act, but somewhat taken from the moment away. Second act dragged at times, but I liked more old Indy than de-aged Indy. Age thing was handled pretty well in the 1969 showing that Indy really is old and not trying to make him "young" like Roger Moore in AVTAK :D Third act worked for me very much, was kind of "wow" and thought that "thing"should have been more, more "places", but maybe it would have been too much after all :D It didn't make me go like "what the hell is this" like Crystal Skull :D Ending was pretty neat and good closure, scared at first at oh no not this again, but way to go Mangold/screen writers. Above Crystall Skull, but not taking over any of the original trilogy. Interested to see how this works on future viewings.

  • @delc4387
    @delc4387 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another Bond connection: one of the “Dial of Destiny” writers - Jez Butterworth - also co-wrote “Spectre”; he and his brother (and DoD co-writer) John-Henry also adapted “Edge of Tomorrow”.
    And Mangold is very much a Western fan, from his “Cop Land” (brilliant Stallone performance) to his “3:10 to Yuma” remake, and even here where the Western motifs gel well with Indy’s sensibilities (the final shot especially)

  • @simmiewilliams5970
    @simmiewilliams5970 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I enjoyed the film because I love this character, and that ending was perfect in my opinion. People have complicated relationships that end exactly like that...new beginning held together by history.

    • @markholohan4446
      @markholohan4446 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If I wanted complicated and real storyline I'd watch Eastenders. Indiana Jones was made to entertain and get you to forget about life for a couple of hours. This just depresses me. It seems to me Hollywood has forgotten about entertaining because they want to get the message into all their movies lately.

    • @haze154
      @haze154 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@markholohan4446didn’t really feel like the ending sent a message? No one took over after him, he once again just grabbed his hat

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@haze154 Half the time people look for 'messages' that aren't there.

    • @haze154
      @haze154 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jamesatkinsonja almost like people want to hate it

    • @simmiewilliams5970
      @simmiewilliams5970 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Imagine saving the world many times, but can’t share those details with the public. Knowing the truth can make you a grumpy old man, especially if the government has you gagged. And the 1969 setting was a perfect backdrop for a grumpy Dr, Henry Jones Jr...but I like tragic hero’s.

  • @chris_stokes
    @chris_stokes ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I loved it too . A great send-off as far as I was concerned. His age is well-handled, more specifically his 'time of life' in terms of career and personal circumstances. But what I really like is the confidence of this film - Crystal Skull (which I also like good enough) *felt* conscious that it could fail as a new Indy film after so long with Ford being much older, whereas Dial of Destiny just feels like it knows its end goal and seems completely confident that even though the stakes are higher with this one, it will make its end goal and stick the landing. Which is why it fully leans into the craziness of the climax and I LOVED it, but can obviously see how it will be divisive.

    • @calvindyson
      @calvindyson  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Happy to hear you loved it too, Chris!

    • @MartianRobusta
      @MartianRobusta ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My feed is nothing but people lambasting it right now and it's made me wonder if people actually hate the movie or if they're following a trend.
      And I'll bet you they'll be a ton of comments telling others that we're shills for liking this movie because, god forbid, we're allowed to have different opinions on the internet.

    • @tmmartinesq.6216
      @tmmartinesq.6216 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If Dial of Destiny sounded in time travel, they should've had Indy go into an alternate universe featuring a much younger Indy, de-age the EF out of him and have that younger actor who actually looks and sounds like the younger Harrison Ford--the one from "Age of Adaline," not the poor bloke from "Solo.") That way, the franchise could continue with new adventures. P.S. I absolutely adore Mads Mikkelson because he elevates whatever he's in, but doubt he could even compel me to peek in on this sad movie. We'll see. . .😮

    • @NobleRaider2747
      @NobleRaider2747 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@MartianRobusta it's a trend. it's all just "muh woke! woke! woke!"
      it's toxic discussion at its worst

    • @miam1074
      @miam1074 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MartianRobusta most of the hate is about casting PWB and her flaws as a female lead - they have a lot to say about her looks... - and character.

  • @chrisallegre2897
    @chrisallegre2897 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I gave it a 6.5 out of 10. I didn't hate it and it did some things better than Crystal Skull but this was the least enjoyable film out of the series for me. Maybe it'll move up in the ranking the more I re-watch it but I don't really have the desire to re-watch it anytime soon.

  • @cosmedelustrac5842
    @cosmedelustrac5842 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderfull review! Speaking of Harrison Ford could you review Air Force One and/or Patriot Games (the second Jack Ryan movie) next ?

  • @amymorrison4213
    @amymorrison4213 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you! Helped realize I never left an IJ luving at the time, but only over time came to! Excludes, or Allows adding Bondian recast 1930s-40s perilous episodes though now we know he lives to get old??

  • @olafpieters
    @olafpieters ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Relieved to see a nuanced review. Thanks for sharing! Had more or less the same experience when watching the movie. Was really moved by the ending as well.

  • @dcflake5645
    @dcflake5645 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Calvins channel is so old it belongs in a museum.

  • @SpaceCattttt
    @SpaceCattttt ปีที่แล้ว +27

    It's not the ending anybody deserves...

    • @marthastubbs8321
      @marthastubbs8321 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Didn't watch the video

    • @haze154
      @haze154 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@marthastubbs8321or the movie apparently

  • @AdeBamforth
    @AdeBamforth ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sadly, for me it completely lacked the wonder, adventure, fun period detail and especially humour that Spielberg and Lucas built the series around. Maybe an okay Harrison Ford movie but not Indy.
    The events of the finale actually gave the film a lift and is no more ubsurd than in earlier films, if lacking the literal magic. However since they took it that far, didn't anyone else feel that the conclusion Indy desired would have been a far more happy ending (brushing off the consequences) than the downbeat one which unfolded?

  • @billkoenig1552
    @billkoenig1552 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    John Williams was still around, possibly his final film score. Actually, he's done TV and film scores my entire life and I just retired.

  • @JamesBrophy
    @JamesBrophy ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm normally very forgiving of cg people but even I had to make myself commit to the CG Indi at the start. Once I was over that, I had a terrific time with the film.

  • @HunterJ1999
    @HunterJ1999 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I just got back from seeing it and really enjoyed it, despite being conflicted about the final 20 minutes. As abrupt as the ending was, I did get emotional with the kiss here scene. It did perhaps feel like the magic of Spielberg was missing, but Mangold did a great job nevertheless. Despite all it’s flaws, there is still something so charming about seeing Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones one last time.

    • @tmmartinesq.6216
      @tmmartinesq.6216 ปีที่แล้ว

      Flick was a complete cash grab.

    • @gaminganimators7000
      @gaminganimators7000 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@tmmartinesq.6216a good cash grab

    • @christianemden7637
      @christianemden7637 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I know how you feel, I had to keep sitting and listen to the entire raiders march, very conscious that it’s likely the last tine for ne to hear this in the theatre.

  • @AverageJoe483
    @AverageJoe483 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The Last Crusade was the ending Indy deserved . 👍

    • @residentsteve
      @residentsteve ปีที่แล้ว

      🥱 and you still have that ending I’m glad we got another 2 adventures from him.

    • @AverageJoe483
      @AverageJoe483 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@residentsteve 🥱 I’m glad you enjoyed the two additional 👍👍. Sincerely !

  • @MegaGordyboy
    @MegaGordyboy ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the carnival scene was filmed in glasgow like a lot of films these days.

  • @lasnico_7
    @lasnico_7 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When that time travel scene happened I thougth first oh good lord but then I remembered that I've been quite enjoying the belgian comic series Blake and Mortimer lately which kinda is James Bond and Indiana Jones going on adventures and they have a lot of SF elements in their stories. So I ended up rolling with it.

  • @thethinkingcatakaneonormie3527
    @thethinkingcatakaneonormie3527 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I watched it and its an ok movie bit like the new transformers movie, weirdly a few weeks ago i watch SISU and that felt like a Raiders of the Lost Ark movie with nazis dropping like flies and a hero really in over his head and a plot to do with a fortune, still I'm realistic too as Harrison Ford is 80 he's good but he's so old.

  • @bradjurn8323
    @bradjurn8323 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was on board up until the last 40 minutes. I wanted him to go out punching, not laying on the ground needing help to get up.

  • @NathanielWhittoUpdates
    @NathanielWhittoUpdates ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I enjoyed most of it, there were some good Indy moments, well done action, looked good, but the very end was disappointing for me. Overall, I will probaby enjoy it more once my initial reaction was worn off. Been a lot of hyperbole regarding the film

    • @cooperwolfe5478
      @cooperwolfe5478 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree with you on the ending. It felt weird that they bring Marion back for basically a 2 minute cameo and all they do in the scene is just recreate a scene from Raiders.

  • @johnsmith651
    @johnsmith651 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It was adequate. But Indiana Jones deserves more than adequate, especially for his final film

  • @beethockmtee8565
    @beethockmtee8565 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I didn't like the film at all -- but then I loved No Time to Die, so it's only fair we get to do a little exchange in sentiments!

  • @DafyddBrooks
    @DafyddBrooks ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I like to sort of think this movie is like Rocky 6/ Rambo 4 in that it leaves the film series in a good place(Guys, Rambo 3 is silly amazing OK haha ). If you were to do a marathon of all 5 of these movies, then you would end on something gratifying, but you can always end on 'Last Crusade' if you want. No one will push or blame you. But it leaves you on something that gives you a question, could INDY have stayed in the past and be happy or confront his dilemma?
    I do feel that if Shia hadn't gone through the faze that he went through in 2013/14 then not only would he had been in this movie, but i feel that maybe it would have been Marion that would have passed away and that the movie then tries to deal with Indy trying to rekindle with his Son by the end.
    The fact that the movie dares to try and address the absence of the son was something I feel the film makers certainly were coming back and forth over weather do they address it or leave it out and carry on with the adventure in the script meetings. Especially after Speilberg left the directors chair in that there was always a question of "What would Speilberg do" or "What can we do instead" ?
    And heck, a similar situation with Terrance Young leaving Goldfinger and then Guy Hamilton does his own thing, so it goes to show that not only can anyone do a Bond movie but maybe anyone can do an INDY aswell as a STARWARS movie! Who knows though, maybe Steven just didnt have it in him to top something where he said repeatedly that he was done with back in 1989 and only did the 4th movie for George (seeing as George thought Harrsion looked great in that 'Young Indy TV show' epsisode). He doesnt just want to do action movies after all.
    18:01 SPOT ON i feel the same and good for feeling what a 4th indi movie would have been in the 90's with Harrsions look had they had done one then.
    It is sad however that while Salah has himself grandchildren in the movie, Indi however will have to live the rest of his days knowing that he will never have any grandchildren of his own :( . Kinda does make me a little sad actually and one that the film makers were always in the meetings going back and forth over. But in the end, the movie instead doesn't end on a BANG, but it ends......on a wimpar. Something I feel know one would have expected, even for a summer BLOCKBUSTER and it creates conversation with friends afterwards.
    Lets not forget that there were those that didnt like that Elsa died, but it took some time afterwards to except that 'Last Cruesdae' was a father and son movie. A good one to end on :)
    Mike Stoklasa from 'RedLetterMedia' did say in his 'Temple of Doom 'Re:Veiew' recentley (and his Crystal skull review is amazing as always ) that Indy's appeal is a adventurer that does crazy wild things and is not a Three Dimensional character and that's whats great about him which can be argued with James Bond too. How far do we go to try and add depth to our action heroes and not lose what made them great in the first place? Mariella Frostrup even argued about that in the ' The James Bond Story OO7' documentary (check it out on TH-cam Calvin). Something I feel they wanted to do with Daniel Craigs Bond, which has its great moments, but did it end well.........some people say yes and some people say no.
    I will say however that Indy getting shot, he should have lost a lot of blood and be a little bit more weak and sweaty than he was in the movie, hahah. But its fine!
    OOOOO did you kind spot the tribute to Harrison supposedly being in 'the great escape' when he sits down on the nazi trains at the beginning? Because people thought he was an extra in that movie for many years. it does look like him in 'the great escape' hahaha.
    I hope you talk about the 'Young Indianna jones ' TV one day Calvin, all the best :)

    • @calvindyson
      @calvindyson  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Very good point about Shia! If he hadn’t taken the turn he did I fully believe he’d have taken over the series or at the very least we’d have had 3 films with him in the lead by now

    • @heartbeatcity23
      @heartbeatcity23 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@calvindyson he could have been easily recast though in my opinion by alden erinirech or Anthony ingruber

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja ปีที่แล้ว

      @@heartbeatcity23 They don't really do recasting now a days if it's in the same continuity, particularly as the films are readily available online unlike the old days. Rachel in the Dark Knight was one of the few in recent years and that was out of necessity.

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja ปีที่แล้ว

      @@calvindyson George Lucas said that was the plan [with Ford maybe carrying on in a support role] but of course the Shia fallout but the kibosh on it.

  • @josephryan362
    @josephryan362 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love Indiana Jones and the dial of destiny it is better than kingdom and the Crystal skull I give It a ten out of ten I saw it in the cinema last year with my dad and me and my dad got out of the cinema screening room think the film that I have just seen with my dad is really good

  • @tmmartinesq.6216
    @tmmartinesq.6216 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The man never evolved? WTH is he still doing running around looking like that? Indy should now look like his dad as played by Sean Connery in Last Crusade. They really blew it, only featuring Connery in one film. Golly, the Indy film ft. Connery was the best!❤❤❤❤

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The original 90's drafts of what became Crystal Skull started with the wedding scene [to a new character not Marion] as a device to get old characters back, especially Indy Sr who would be trying to talk him out of it. Of course by the time the film was actually made Connery was in retirement.

    • @tmmartinesq.6216
      @tmmartinesq.6216 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@jamesatkinsonjaConnery could've been cajoled to return for the right price. OUR LOSS😢

  • @user-zp5qy6wl1i
    @user-zp5qy6wl1i ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey Calvin, new subscriber but been a viewer since getting into the bond series a couple years back, really appreciate the positive light on what is a good enough Indy movie, cheers🎉

  • @caricaturesbytonym
    @caricaturesbytonym ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Totally agree with you, Calvin. Loved the film. I was surprised why it got so much bad press. Each to their own!

  • @glenaitken9403
    @glenaitken9403 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The de-aging Indy was fine, in the most part anyway, but it was very jarring to me that he still had Old Harrison's voice. 😁😁

    • @generalilbis
      @generalilbis 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It was a bit jarring to hear Indy's voice sound as reedy as it did during the 1944 section, especially since they used Anthony Ingruber (who has played a pretty pitch-perfect younger version of Ford in "Age of Adaline", including voice) as one of Ford's stand-ins.

  • @dogood8750
    @dogood8750 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Here are my pros and cons
    Pros
    -The acting especially by Harrison Ford he really care
    -The nostalgia and remember berry's
    -the opening flashback sequence
    -The slice of life we see of Indy
    -Recapture the classic adventure feel and the action was well done for Indy's age
    -the very ending with Indy and Marion I loved
    Mixed
    -Old Indy I think as a character he is more like Marty McFly or Spiderman part of the fantasy is him being a young guy I think he not like Batman of something I like the take on old Indy but I think you do lose something
    -Helena the I don't have any prejudice towards her but I didn't like how antagonistic they were to each other in a way I didn't enjoy I get they tried to mirror her like a young brash Indy as her act care more about other then fortune and glory I thought it could have been done better
    Con
    -The length I think 20 minutes have been trimmed down
    -3rd act get really crazy that felt out of place for Indy and it ended sort of anticlimactically
    Overall I did have fun with the movie it was nice to have one final adventure I don't think it is the swan song that Indy deserves however. But it's better then crystal skull and I had enough fun to the point we're I'm satisfied 6-6.5/10

    • @tropicthndr
      @tropicthndr ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is this the gay channel, because Dyson really fits the personality, seems like all his commenters have the same “hide in the closet” personality also.

    • @malafakka8530
      @malafakka8530 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@tropicthndr don't you have anything better to do? What an utterly pointless comment. Well done. Be proud of yourself.

  • @YouCantBeatBlue
    @YouCantBeatBlue ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The best reason I can think of for going to see this in the theaters is nostalgia. Unfortunately, nostalgia is about 75% of everything that's being pumped out now, Reboots, remakes, spoofing. I'm exhausted. So I haven't seen it yet. I think I'm going to wince a lot. The time travel, as described, sounds very embarrassing. Sounds like they tried hard to justify it thematically, but perhaps the better choice would have been to do something else instead of hammering an idea into a series that doesn't seem to have a place.

  • @greymack
    @greymack 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I seem to be in the minority here but i found it dull and lacking the humour and excitement of the original trilogy and i never thought I'd say this but i prefer crystal skull.

  • @RenePeraza
    @RenePeraza ปีที่แล้ว

    As a course correction, there's at least now the slimmest chance they could bring the Indy character into 1981 (the year "Raiders" was released) and have Ford play his actual age (Indy was born in 1899) and give him a proper send-off, honoring the legacy of the franchise. And, maybe we'd see how he ends up with eye patch he's sporting in the 'Young Indiana Jones Adventures!'

  • @da-vt4ig
    @da-vt4ig ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I loved this film in theaters, and I think it might be my third favorite overall. I actually quite liked Phoebe-Waller Bridge’s character- I loved how she was basically a mirror of Indy before his pseudo-character arc in Temple of Doom, only in it for the fortune and glory. She even had her own Short Round, albeit less memorable

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed. A lot of the hate seems to be just insulting her rather than based on the film. It's also much more interesting that she is a flawed character that the older wiser head can help change [such as pointing out her sidekick shows she has a good side to her].

    • @jamesatkinsonja
      @jamesatkinsonja ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@PatriotJedi This video is Calvin's opinion, not a 'box office' report or a 'general consensus'. For example he did a semi positive review on Crystal Skull and even gave Zardoz a fair shake. It's only going to not 'age well' if his opinion changes.

    • @Retrosys
      @Retrosys ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PatriotJedicry more. The movie exists whether you like it or not. It was entertaining and crybabies like yourself that call everything they don’t like “woke” are going to end up screwing yourselves and everyone else over when studios close or just stop making movies.

    • @paulthomas3247
      @paulthomas3247 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PatriotJedi Gotta be honest, I don't particularly like either Last Crusade (I know, I know) or Crystal Skull, and wouldn't have gone to see this in the cinema but my dad wanted to. I really enjoyed it. I'm hoping good word of mouth brings those numbers around, especially with the army of whiners online who went in ready to hate it for, um, reasons.

  • @dougsims4242
    @dougsims4242 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lovely to see a positive review. I must confess I left the movie feeling ambivalent. I wanted to love it. Your points are well taken and in fact you've prompted me to see it again, which upon my initial viewing I had decided once was enough.....unheard of for an Indiana Jones film. Perhaps this is best viewed with the knowledge that no-one can touch the original trio of movies. Thank you sir

  • @adamx6000
    @adamx6000 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like your TH-cam channel a lot. You bring a lot of entertainment and insight with your charm and filmmaking knowledge but don’t you work for Disney? If so shouldn’t you disclose that? This is the most positive review I’ve seen.

  • @lionspawfilmandphoto
    @lionspawfilmandphoto ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I enjoyed it enough for a single watch and appreciated the ending probably the most. I thought the movie had one pursuit too many and should've trimmed off at least a half hour considering how little story there was.

  • @ornfree
    @ornfree ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Similarly, I grew up with the Indy movies. Similarly, I came back around to crystal skull in recent days (although I never properly hated that film, just moments of the ending I struggle with), and similarly I really liked Dial of Destiny
    It's a bittersweet film, deals with legacy, loss, age. It was a slower paced Indy movie than expected, but that's no doubt by design - it didn't feel like an Indy adventure, more like a bookmark... Something a bit more substancial.
    And yes the ending was a bit wild, but it was relevant thematically so I was more than ok with it.

  • @gornallbell5459
    @gornallbell5459 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great review however I don't understand how you didn't get the time travel as it was really well explained in the movie! 😂

  • @astropictures4396
    @astropictures4396 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There is actually a photo of Shia in the opening shot of the 1969 segment. It’s near the top of the frame next to the flag used for the funeral

  • @LukasTheFilmmaker23
    @LukasTheFilmmaker23 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I agree with everything you said. I am so glad that I am not the only one who had a positive experience with the film😊🤗