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This felt like the virgin version of your favorite cocktail. Sure the ingredients are there, but it's not the same.
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY felt like Disney said "Well, we have this I.P. sitting here, we may as well use it."
There's some story beats that had me scratching my head, and one that made me mad. A LOT of fan service that I'm sure INDY die-hards will filp for but had me snickering. It's a better movie than THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, but the parallels are there for what they both set out to do, which is giving the fans what they want. At a price.
The new characters are fine or don't make mark at all. There's one new character played by a very well represented leading man in his own right. Completely wasted. And when he exits the movie, I felt nothing. And above all of my problems, it's this fault where Spielberg would've made it sing.
And what they do to the minorities in this is shameful.
The action is all chases. Again, Spielberg knew how to do these. No offense to Mangold, but they were largely the same with most of them ending in heroes being captured. Again. And again.
And they only spend a total of fifteen minutes out of a 2 and a half hours movie in a tomb.
We need to put de-aging on ice for a minute as while it looks the best it has here, it still doesn't entirely work.
I'll give Spielberg this. At least he shot most of KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL on sets. Here, 90% of this is CG.
I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it. Honestly, the more I think about it, the more I don't like it.
Boy does John Williams' score do a lot of heavy lifting here. ------------------------------------------ America from 9:00 on: https://youtu.be/GUwLCQU10KQ
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