Did I want another Indiana Jones after the debacle that was Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? Not really. Did I get excited when I heard they were doing it again? Sure. Did I love the original three growing up? Hell yeah! So, where would my opinion fall with Dial of Destiny? They cast Mads Mikkelsen and hired James Mangold do direct, so it couldn’t possibly be worse that its predecessor.
The film spends 20 minutes on a scene that takes place 20 years before the film’s present day (the day the astronauts return from the moon landing in 1969). We find Indiana Jones having been captured my nazis, and a digitally de-aged Harrison Ford. He finds pard of the famed Dial of Destiny and steals it from Mads Mikkelsen whilst saving his friend on the way out.
Fast forward to 1969, and Indiana is a bored, retiring professor who ends up following his God daughter on another adventure after she steals the dial from him. There are car chases. A deep sea dive into the ocean. And a little bit of time travel.
All in all, I found this send off to Indiana Jones to be an enjoyable ride. The action sequences are great and there is humor peppered throughout without being over done. Karen Allen makes an appearance, making my excitable heart happy. I wasn’t as fully invested in Teddy as the film wanted me to be, but whatever. He wasn’t unpleasant.
My only complaint is the digital de-aging of Harrison Ford. In many shots, its just not believable. And there is one shot of him running on top of a train where it is so obvious that it isn’t Harrison Ford that I may have rolled my eyes. Honestly hope this doesn’t become the norm in Hollywood because it just isn’t believable yet.
Otherwise, what a ride. A couple thumbs up from this girl.
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Did I want another Indiana Jones after the debacle that was Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? Not really. Did I get excited when I heard they were doing it again? Sure. Did I love the original three growing up? Hell yeah! So, where would my opinion fall with Dial of Destiny? They cast Mads Mikkelsen and hired James Mangold do direct, so it couldn’t possibly be worse that its predecessor.
The film spends 20 minutes on a scene that takes place 20 years before the film’s present day (the day the astronauts return from the moon landing in 1969). We find Indiana Jones having been captured my nazis, and a digitally de-aged Harrison Ford. He finds pard of the famed Dial of Destiny and steals it from Mads Mikkelsen whilst saving his friend on the way out.
Fast forward to 1969, and Indiana is a bored, retiring professor who ends up following his God daughter on another adventure after she steals the dial from him. There are car chases. A deep sea dive into the ocean. And a little bit of time travel.
All in all, I found this send off to Indiana Jones to be an enjoyable ride. The action sequences are great and there is humor peppered throughout without being over done. Karen Allen makes an appearance, making my excitable heart happy. I wasn’t as fully invested in Teddy as the film wanted me to be, but whatever. He wasn’t unpleasant.
My only complaint is the digital de-aging of Harrison Ford. In many shots, its just not believable. And there is one shot of him running on top of a train where it is so obvious that it isn’t Harrison Ford that I may have rolled my eyes. Honestly hope this doesn’t become the norm in Hollywood because it just isn’t believable yet.
Otherwise, what a ride. A couple thumbs up from this girl.
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