Indiana Jones & The Dial Of Destiny FILM REVIEW

OK a new Indiana Jones film is out, and I have been looking forward to this for a long time! I am a big fan of Dr Jones and yes I do like Crystal Skull. Buckle up and put your hats on and let's get ready to go back in time with the new Indiana Jones film review.

Our fave daredevil, whip wielding, hat wearing, archaeologist is back and this time he is nearing his retirement. 12 Years after his last adventure Indy is down on his luck and has lost his family and has aged to be in his 70s, so his body is beaten, tired and scarred from his past adventures and time is catching up to Indy, but he won't tell you that. The film starts in 1944 as we flash back to a younger Indy infiltrating the Nazi's for an artefact, only to end up finding a fake but then walking away with something even better and quite mythical, a time travelling piece of Archimedes dial. So in 1969 some Nazis from Indy's past return and are after his god-daughter when Indy gets all caught up in the scheme for the dial of destiny and must go on one last adventure to keep the dial out of evil's mitts and save the world once more.

Dial Of Destiny as a film is OK at best. The end was so rushed. 

***NOW WE COME TO SPOILER TERRITORY SO LOOK AWAY NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT ANY SPOILERS*** 

Killing off Mutt off-screen was a low blow. Wish Spielberg had made this rather than Mangold. Harrison always delivers as Indy. I was not a fan of Phoebe's character Helena Shaw. Mad's character Vollen should have died in the intro after we see him get hit by a pole on a moving train, his face should have been seriously messed up, and he should have died but nope he lives and has a tiny scar to show for it. The first 20/30 mins of the film with De-aged Indiana Jones were brilliant then the rest was just a totally different film. Lots of people ragged on the de-aging and lip sync for young Indy, but honestly I had no issues with it. It's nice to have the references to characters and events in other films but not name-dropping Short Round is another criminal offence. There is a new kid in this whose sidekick to Helena Shaw, and honestly he is just useless and forgettable, he is sort of a short round lite, oh hang on he's not that useless he randomly flew a plane when time was needed even if he had no idea or lessons of how to fly a plane. The Last Crusade had the first brilliant ending to the Indy series BUT Crystal Skull also had a brilliant and happy ending too despite that film's flaws but in my honest opinion after Rewatching Skull the other day, Dial Of Destiny is worse than Crystal Skull. The ending here in this film was so anticlimactic, basically Indy and Helena are back in time to like 215BC and Indy got shot he is dying and wants to be left there with history and Helena just goes "lol nope" knocks out Indy then he wakes up in his flat in 1969 and Marrion and co are back there and all seems well and good. Helena and co go grab Ice Cream while Indy and Marrion kiss and the film circles in on Indy's hat drying outside his window when he grabs the hat and pulls it back into the flat. There's a lot in the film which the film wants us to disband our belief and toss our brains out the window and again point proven from the intro with Vollen surviving. This is said to be "Indy's final adventure" so I had high expectations it would send him off well, and we'd get a decent action adventure from our fave archaeologist but all I got was the dial of mid.

5/10

Thanks for reading and visiting my blog, I hope you enjoyed the new Indiana Jones film more than me.

Top 10 Steven Spielberg Films!

Hello there, how are you doing today? I hope the metallic nation is well.

Some films on this list have sequels or numerous sequels and of course i could put them in order on the list but i don't feel it's right and would rather include them as one film on the list just like what i did with Kill Bill on my Tarantino list. 

10) War of the Worlds - Not as good as the musical or audio series but it still has some great and tense scenes.War of the Worlds is a big, clunky movie containing some sensational sights but lacking the zest and joyous energy we expect from Steven Spielberg,even hostile invasions need a bit more character and plot development. 6/10.

9) A.I. Artificial Intelligence - Not seen this in years but from what i remember it has flaws but  its beautifully crafted, unimaginably complex, visually dazzling and deeply affecting. 7/10.

8) Jaws - Classic horror film that truly scared me for so many of my childhood years even the song scared me and my dad used to chase me around or scare me humming that song, scary times yo. I actually sat down and watched it in my late teens and you know seen or rather realised the shark is a rubber mechanical thing you know and that's when i lost my fear of Jaws films but still the song is scarily tense. 8/10. 

7) Catch Me If You Can - A great story here of a cat and mouse story based on real events which is tense and entertaining back and fore with Dicaprio and Hanks. 8/10.

6) The Terminal - Another great story here with Tom Hanks starring yet again, at first glance it may seem like a boring flick but its a very touching story which has you rooting for it's main character Viktor. 8/10. 

5) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - A lovely film i have not seen in so many years must have been about 12 or something last time i seen this so forgive me for not going in depth about this. I remember being about 8 when i first seen it and yes E.T. is funny as hell as he is curious about us and our world as we the viewers were curious about him and he made us laugh so much when he was screaming in the dress and it was sad as hell when he "died" but touching and moving when he came back to make Elliot fly and to then be reunited with his people to finally go home. There's so much interesting backstory and continuation to be made from E.T. it's a shame we wont ever get it, perhaps we will with a reboot however. 8/10.

4) Hook - My fave take on Peter Pan. Dustin Hoffman i found out like a few years ago plays Captain Hook which blew my mind but i love Robin Williams and the whole take on an older Peter really enjoyable classic film. 8/10. 

3) Saving Private Ryan - A war classic. Incredibly powerful war action scenes in this movie really sets it apart from the other war films. Thanks to Hanks, and Spielberg's technical finesse, this develops into a powerful and potent portrayal of men at war, and those opening 20 minutes are worth the watch. 9/10.

2) Jurassic Park & The Lost World - Classic films here. Scary and tense scenes with the T-Rex and the Velociraptors.We ask for two things from big-budget thrillers like this: Make us believe and make us jump. Jurassic Park delivers on both counts and the practical effects is amazing in both films. Jurassic Park 9/10 & Lost World 7/10. 

1) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark,Temple of Doom, Last Crusade & Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Seems mad or odd to include 4 films being number one even if one is kingdom of the crystal skull but for the sake of this list as i said i have put any films with sequels directed as one film number on the list. I love Indiana Jones, the characters, settings, actors, treasures, story everything about Indiana Jones films i love besides Crystal Skull it's not very good but it's still Indy. I have only ever seen two films in cinemas with both my parents and Indy and the kingdom of the crystal skull was the second we liked it. I mean yeah it is good but the aliens near the ending just ruins it. Moving on from Skull, Last Crusade is a highly entertaining film i love the screen time we have with Connery and Ford very funny and this film gets you quite emotional a few times and it was a sad when as a kid after watching the Indy trilogy that at the time Crusade was the last one and there was no news that there would be more, fast forward years later they revealed Kingdom was coming i got excited and felt like a kid again. Temple of doom is perhaps the darkest entry of the series even if the series has dark moments in each film the brainwashing of Indy was quite something and the whole Kali mah thing with the heart being pulled out still beating scared me as a kid, i could not believe it and i remember for a few days after it i would go to school and be covering my chest if people got too close or i'd do the Kali mah to them haha and also who does not love short round in the film? Now for the best in the series with Raiders, so many famous memorable scenes, arab swordsman, golden idol and the face melting opening of the ark. The face melting scene as a kid for years scared me and as i got older you know you realise it's just wax melting but god is it cool but creepy still. Indiana Jones made me want to become an archaeologist adventurer love to explore so many lost wonders of the world although i'd die going against the kinds of people indy dealt with haha. Raiders - Last Crusade 10/10 but Kingdom Of Crystal Skull 6/10. 

Now to list all the other films i have either seen or have yet to see....

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Not seen the original, only the remake and the remake was crap. 

Bridge of Spies,Minority Report,Schindler's List and Empire of the Sun - Not seen these but i have wanted to see them and one day i shall. 

This list took me a good while to create and tough to list fully. So thank you for visiting my blog and reading my list. 

See you soon!