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https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230519-indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-review-gloomy-and-depressing-final-act
Yeah I’m not sure what part they’re thinking of with that last sentence, I don’t recognise that. To be fair, I can see where they’re coming from generally with that review: some sequences are overlong, the flare of Spielberg is missed (but I would say that the complex action is very easy to follow: it’s well made, make no mistake) and there is a gloomy air to the thing where Skull at least aimed for sunny and fun. It feels like Mangold was aiming more for Raiders grittiness but arguably with even fewer gags ( a lot of people get murdered in this! Including some innocents), it works as an Indy film, but there is an air of slight sadness to it perhaps.
It’s weird: I think it’s a better film than Skull, but there are elements to that film which are missed here- the goofiness, the gags, the Spielberg. If the two could be combined somehow (this has tension and danger and a more real-feeling human story, plus a more inventive plot that doesn’t just retread Raiders again) you’d end up with a pretty perfect Indy movie.
I'm sure I'm going to enjoy it as well. Hopefully I'll get time to see it next week.
One thing I love after seeing the trailers is it's not as bright as Indy 4, needed sunglasses on to watch that film
Ha! Yes indeed. Although have you seen the new version on 4K, now on Disney+ and Paramount+? They’ve re-graded it and it looks so much better; the golden glows have been toned down to match the originals more.
I'm wondering if the licence plate shown repeatedly in Italy (SR 14 1981) isn't a reference to the release year of Raiders.
Cheers mate, I'll have to give that a watch.
I still remember watching it in the cinema thinking it looked to clean, the thing I love about Bond, Indy and Die Hard is they look beaten and bloodied by the end of the film, like they've been through an adventure
If it does surpass that film on an enjoyment level, then I'll be a happy man.
Yeah, it obviously doesn't make it into another film or anything, but it does bring it in line with the first three more visually, which does help. I would say have a look at the diner/bike chase especially- I think it looks pretty gorgeous now.
By the way, I liked the gopher burrow as the first shot of KOTCS.
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You know, the Brits -- with their recon planes and ships -- based in Gibraltar, Malta and Alexandria.
It's a dumb moment in the film, but not as dumb as the German truck convoy not simply stopping for a moment so one of the troops can casually shoot Indy like a helpless dog.
I think the idea was that Indy let go to avoid drowning just prior to arrival at the sub base.Also the truck convoy were in a race to get the ark to Berlin so no time to stop.
This is absolutely fantastic! I love seeing the artwork - both official and fan-created - coming out of this movie. Something about Indiana Jones lends itself to a rich palette of artwork.
I think we just have to extend our Bond-proven ability to suspend disbelief to these scenes. All those German troops getting on board of the freighter would not have fit into the U-boat in the first place. And most of all, there is no way they could have put the ark into the U-boat afterwards, just like it wouldn't have fit into the flying wing aircraft. But hey, both make a great setting. And if Indy was on deck of the U-boat, he either would have drowned (since the boat wouldn't always dive at periscope depth) or have been discovered if it was on the surface. But ok, forgiven, and I promise not to be as critical of DOD when I see it tomorrow.
Hi, Zeb (@zebrafish)...thanks for the good wishes, and the same to you and your wife. I sort of resent being called a child of the eighties, since I was already 24 or so when seeing ROTLA for the first time (in the U.S.). But yes, it still has a formative influence, and I wouldn't want to miss this movie even if I only intended to complain about it (I certainly won't).
But in your neck of the woods, do you have a chance to see the original version, or only the dubbed one?
Ha! That's a good point. I've always wondered how they planned to fly it out on the Flying Wing: to my mind there's nowhere it would have fitted in there either!
This is not exactly my original idea. The entire thing has been discussed on the IMDb "goofs" page for ROTLA for quite some time...just to give adequate credit. Did you know that the U-boat they used for ROTLA was the replica that they had built before for "Das Boot" as "U-96"? Trouble is, it's a "VIIc" type (IIRC) which was only built in reality after 1940 and not the earlier type that "U-26" should have been. But hey, as I said, suspension of disbelief is what counts.
I did know that, it's a fun bit of trivia! But as you say, it's just a movie so the inaccuracy is easily ignored. Indy's famous satchel is a WW2 gasmask bag from the UK, which he obviously can't have owned in the 30s, but it doesn't really matter :D
This is not aimed at Max at all as he was just sharing it with us, but I think it's important to remember what an absolute shower of lies these YouTuber liars were peddling at the end of last year.
With all due respect to Nino Rota, one may suppose that he has reused a theme from far earlier, as he doubtless did several times, and so it may have been known well enough in 1969. Rota has been famous for recycling earlier compositions, even if they were his own, as I recall. Doesn't take away any glory from him, he was one of the greatest.
But remember that Rota's Academy Award nomination for The Godfather was rescinded because he used much of his earlier score for 1958's Fortunatella. And if I'm not wrong, I find quite a few other pieces from his earlier work he recycled here and there, so I wouldn't be surprised if that Amarcord piece might have been available in 1969...especially if it's Sicilian, which may just be a traditional tune.
That being said, I acknowledge the fact that your message was meant to be facetious, especially regarding the feminist agenda etc.