Major spoilers in this review for the plot points I'll be talking about! As usual, I'll start with what I liked, what I didn't like & my conclusion/rating! It was 7 years ago that they announced Harrison Ford was going to play Indiana Jones again and Steven Spielberg was going to be directing it until he left that's when they gave it to Kathleen Kennedy & it was all downhill from there! Let's start with the positives; some of the de-aging for Young Indy looks good and some of it is not that good, I liked that Steven Spielberg mentioned 3 indispensable people at the Indy 5 premiere including; the person who created Indiana Jones: George Lucas, the person who is Indiana Jones: Harrison Ford & finally the person who is the glue to all five of these films (which Kathleen Kennedy thought was going to be her) that gave us all of our rhythm and all our melody the great maestro: John Williams! No applause from Kathleen it was the greatest and funniest moment of this year! The last positive thing I like to mention before we jump into spoilers is that; the music by John Williams is outstanding 1 hour 8 minutes! I'm glad he's accomplished a lot in his life & I'm happy for him that he's retiring to focus on film concerts! Okay, spoiler talk; before I watched this movie I went back and rewatched Young Indiana Jones Chronicles cuz this film connects to the show in Dial of Destiny Indy didn't want his son Mutt to fight in the war just like how his Dad didn't want him to fight in the great war in series! A YouTuber by the name of; OverlordDVD has been reporting this movie since June 2021 & #DoomCWasRight! Director James Mangold attacked his channel by denying the reshot ending, now he has to apologize to the fans for lying about it! The worst part of it was the bait-and-switch with Fleabag even worse if you thought the old man jokes in Crystal Skull were bad just wait until you see the elder abuse in this one! That's right Fleabag punches old Indiana Jones & it ruins what was so special about Crystal Skull's ending! Overall was very excited to see this before the leaks and rumours turned out to be true boy was I disappointed! That's why I'm giving this a 5/10! Go watch the first 4 films or the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles show they're much better than this movie!
After all the delays and reshoots this movie is not only worse than the trilogy but ruins the ending of Crystal Skull!
22 November 2023
Warning: Spoilers