I recently re-watched the whole saga because i wanted to have a fresh memory of them; and watching them now that i'm older and i have seen a lot more movies than when i was 10, i found them all boring, repetitive, badly acted and written, and many other issues. And i'm safe to say that this one not only is not the exception, but i think is even worse than KoCS. First of all, while re-watching the saga, and watching this one, i couldn't help to take out of my mind the "issue" presented in The Big Bang Theory (i know, is kinda stupid, but at the same time is not): Essentially Indiana usually doesn't alter the outcome in any way. The "bad guys" end up getting the artifact of the movie (one way or another), end up dying in a horrible way, and that's it. Here, Voller had the first half of the dial. Then Indy stole it. Then Voller got it back. Then got the second half. Travelled in time to ancient greece and crash his airplane. The only thing Indy did maaaaaaaybeeeee, was delaying the whole feat. If he hadn't stole the first half, Voller would probably had done everything sooner, but die in the same place. I don't know, maybe it's a stretch, but couldn't mind to notice the same pattern in all the movies; in some more noticeable, in others less; but still there.
About the movie itself, the story is more or less the same as the other 4 (nazis, again. Mild shock). As i said, the acting is mostly poor (even for Mads). DEFINETLY Harrison Ford is no longer in shape, form, color, sound, frequency or wave length to do an adventure movie. The few scenes were you can see him "running" (more like a fast-paced walk tbh), you are half expecting him to crumble into dust or break his hip for stepping wrong. I like Phoebe Waller-Bridge, but i found her character annoying. It could very well have been a passing torch to her, but i don't think they should continue, reboot nor remake the story. I think this should be Indy's end, even if it is not appropiate. I hope Disney gave the CGI team a fat bonus for this one, because between all the de-aging, and the scenes where they put Indy's face into someone younger; must have been hard work.
Anyways, for me is a bare 5, and i'm being generous.
Review by WitherBlockedParent2023-08-29T20:47:00Z
I recently re-watched the whole saga because i wanted to have a fresh memory of them; and watching them now that i'm older and i have seen a lot more movies than when i was 10, i found them all boring, repetitive, badly acted and written, and many other issues. And i'm safe to say that this one not only is not the exception, but i think is even worse than KoCS. First of all, while re-watching the saga, and watching this one, i couldn't help to take out of my mind the "issue" presented in The Big Bang Theory (i know, is kinda stupid, but at the same time is not): Essentially Indiana usually doesn't alter the outcome in any way. The "bad guys" end up getting the artifact of the movie (one way or another), end up dying in a horrible way, and that's it. Here, Voller had the first half of the dial. Then Indy stole it. Then Voller got it back. Then got the second half. Travelled in time to ancient greece and crash his airplane. The only thing Indy did maaaaaaaybeeeee, was delaying the whole feat. If he hadn't stole the first half, Voller would probably had done everything sooner, but die in the same place. I don't know, maybe it's a stretch, but couldn't mind to notice the same pattern in all the movies; in some more noticeable, in others less; but still there.
About the movie itself, the story is more or less the same as the other 4 (nazis, again. Mild shock). As i said, the acting is mostly poor (even for Mads). DEFINETLY Harrison Ford is no longer in shape, form, color, sound, frequency or wave length to do an adventure movie. The few scenes were you can see him "running" (more like a fast-paced walk tbh), you are half expecting him to crumble into dust or break his hip for stepping wrong. I like Phoebe Waller-Bridge, but i found her character annoying. It could very well have been a passing torch to her, but i don't think they should continue, reboot nor remake the story. I think this should be Indy's end, even if it is not appropiate. I hope Disney gave the CGI team a fat bonus for this one, because between all the de-aging, and the scenes where they put Indy's face into someone younger; must have been hard work.
Anyways, for me is a bare 5, and i'm being generous.