Indiana Jones and the Denial of Disney

[@PossumReviews]

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[@sena36725]

Can you review the Little Mermaid 2023? I'm really curious about your thoughts. You should also discuss the race swapping controversy. I personally think they should've casted Arianna Grande instead.

[@andrewwilliamson5121]

Why did the goblin turn on the stove??

[@roadlifeproductions4905]

@@andrewwilliamson5121I wanted to ask that this time. So instead, I’ll ask this. Why was that foot there?

[@pqsnet]

Im amaized over that you havnt done a video about Rings of Power... Or you might be even less entertained of that than Velma lol.

[@Ramdileo_sys]

The scene where Phoebe Wallet Bridge punch unconscious to a sad 80 year old man.. like if she were a common street thug.. is in the movie?? 🤨.. or they re-shot that??🤔 ..

[@ericchung3177]

Shia Lebouf swinging with cgi monkeys isn't the series lowpoint anymore. Truly, an amazing accomplishment.

[@theblackflame4002]

That's why I don't buy into this is what ruined the franchise....four really paved the way, this just iced the cake.

[@b_radbrad8899]

Tbh I think 4 isn’t a bad as people think. It paved a way for what could have been the next generation. It’s a shame Shia hated working with Spielberg and they clashed.

[@ericchung3177]

@@theblackflame4002 4 was awful don't get me wrong, but the two positive things I can give 4 is that even if you hated it you could still more or less just ignore it, AND Indy wasn't a sad meaningless loser in that one yet. He was still out there going on adventures, teaching students and even had a son to carry on after he was gone. After this one he doesn't even have that stuff anymore, he's an empty shell that wished for a time travel death.

[@DavidsSanity]

Yea crazy

[@petriew2018]

@@b_radbrad8899 4 was bad but it was salvageable, and the ending was an acceptable way to leave off for Indiana Jones. With a bit of recasting and a functional adult writing it and you could have at least carried the series forward with Indy's kid.... not ideal, but workable 5? holy fucking christ. This is one of the worst movie's i think i've ever seen released into theaters. The Franchise is now dead and not only buried but burned and scattered to the winds

[@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375]

Harrison Ford really doesn't care if he is willing to let two of his characters get assasinated by Kathleen Kennedy

[@techmaster9781]

For once it's not a Kennedy getting assassinated

[@Snp2024]

Dude is old now probably just thinking of pay checks and leaving enough money to his family at this point. But yeah kinda bummer 2 of his major characters had to end like this.

[@gehtdichnixan3200]

@@techmaster9781 in this special case i would not care if

[@freelancenerd4804]

Wait till he does the next Fugitive film where he actually kills his wife and the 1 armed man is a brunette British woman that saves the day… just wait.

[@Thane3999]

Kathleen Kennedy is like mythical creature to you people. Omnipresent and all powerful, able to influence events, writing and stuff beyond her jurisdiction and job responsibilities And you blame her whenever things go awry. Do you put on garlic necklace whenever you enter movie theater just in case there is Kathleen hiding in the screening room? Just lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@PORCHMANKEY]

It would’ve been a better story if Indy was looking for the dial in order to save his son (Mutt) from dying in the Vietnam War. At the end, Indy could have found that Mutt survived, and after fighting his way out from the past, he could have had all of his friends from the other movies help him rescue Mutt. Giving Indy one last hurrah and giving his supporting cast one last reason to be shown together on screen. It’s generic, but would have been a much better send off.

[@geardog24]

Sad that we don't have more comments like this in order to make a decent movie.

[@hellacoorinna9995]

@@geardog24 I suspect one of the reshoots was "Indy dies, BruntetteBritishDisneyLucasLady(tm) replaces him" and then the studio went, "Oh... oh no that didn't go well last time. Let's give him a vague happy ending."

[@justinbaker5749]

I think that Shia LeBouef didn't want to come back for this film (at least that's what I heard somewhere). The problem is that Disney has ruined it's reputation to such an extent that even if they get a good script and don't get absolutely blasted by Disney suits, no self respecting actor would want to play in it, unless they just see acting as a job and nothing more. By making these reboots instead of making original ideas, by giving massive budgets that remove creativity instead of using small budgets and problem solving, and by trying to appeal to as many people as possible, they're actively stripping away their chances at staying afloat and succeeding.

[@dimsumboy22]

they probably WANTED to do that since Shia is basically retired or doesnt want to do big blockbusters anymore, and godforbid an 80s hero has a positive relationship with his SON

[@aweigh1010]

@@justinbaker5749 Just recast Mutt.

[@MaztRPwn]

Everyone should just forget this movie and play Lego Indiana Jones. Man that game is amazing and fun.

[@Valkbg]

Or most other Indiana Jones Games.

[@Pikashades]

Emperor's Tomb is a good game. I played and reviewed it last year.

[@samuelgoodman2825]

True.

[@beauwalker9820]

The old SuperNES game was good too.

[@DrDolan2000]

At least Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls feels like it could've been an ending with Indy's dignity still intact. He wasn't too old, he isn't treated like an idiot, and him and Marion even get married

[@handznet]

He wasn’t treated like idiot here either. The whole movie is about how life has ups and downs

[@dazzake7431]

​@@handznetShut up.

[@someangrypotato7197]

@purpleemerald5299terrible take. Indiana contributed just as much as Helena did to find the dial which makes sense. Every movie shows he’s cunning and capable, but still in need of help and this movie respects that. He’s old, you can’t expect a man whose body is breaking down to fight like he’s 30.

[@crushedcan5378]

@@someangrypotato7197 the why did they do it if he cant do what he did in his thirty's?

[@someangrypotato7197]

@@crushedcan5378 can you rephrase that, please?

[@dannyprickle7312]

Having just recently watched Jason and the argonauts for the first time, it really made me realize just how fun practical effects are. They may not be very realistic but man are they fun to see. The skeleton fight scene in particular is incredible even to this day.

[@skaetur1]

It was incredible for the time to this day. It looks very much like green screen stop motion.

[@AbrasiousProductions]

they feel so real, like no matter how fake they look, something is there, it's not just soulless cgi crud

[@S_047]

Practical effects are always better. American werewolf in London The Thing

[@AbrasiousProductions]

@@S_047 the dark crystal labyrinth never-ending story krull

[@thomasjefferson2676]

Love that movie! Thanks for the reminder!

[@n.a.4292]

I said it elsewhere, but I'm 100% sure the watch-wearing skeleton in Archimedes' tomb was supposed to be Indiana, shot dead and left in the past, before reshoots.

[@hellacoorinna9995]

Most likely.

[@magma_fire_bagwan]

Yea, probably was. I'll admit the idea of seeing Indiana's skeleton with the hat on oddly sounds cool, but the audience would of rioted over that version of the ending anyway so it had to get nixed from the film.

[@handznet]

Nah. But ending with discovering actual Jones tomb with his hat and whip in it would be best ending

[@thomasjefferson2676]

If done properly, that could have been amazing. Him being discovered like his own discoveries.

[@Adelynoir]

Imagine: At the begining Indie's old friend is telling him about his daughter, then ends up dying so Indie can escape. Flash forward, and Indie is sad because his wife recently passed away. He meets his god daughter who reminds him of both his wife and his old friend in that she has a good heart and loves adventure, but she is also very caring and selfless. At the end, he discovers that they can't both go back to the future. The dial doesn't have enough power. God daughter tells Indie to go. She is young and strong and she studied this time period so she can handle it. Plus, who knows what she can find in the past, that has been lost to the present. But Indie sends her instead, with a little whispered secret. In the future, God daughter is on an adventure, and comes across a particular tomb with a skeleton with a hat and whip and a little message just for her. Then, in true Indie fashion, someone trips a wire and the whole tomb collapses in, ending on a a classic Indie adventure

[@OldMovieRob]

Last Crusade showed that they could tell a good story with an older character (namely Henry Jones Sr), without having to do the whole "he's initially a grizzled old failure who hates his life" routine.

[@chesterstevens8870]

It was never about showing an older character in a positive light. This is Kathy's misandrist revenge porn, it's a 300 million dollar humiliation ritual where she pisses on the legacy of everyone who ever helped her reach the status of producer.

[@handznet]

The movie doesn’t present him as failure he was just going through rough time after his son died and it caused end of his marriage. It was actually believable and sad

[@dazzake7431]

​@@handznetShut up.

[@someangrypotato7197]

My dad who grew up with these films disagrees with you on this one.

[@dazzake7431]

@@someangrypotato7197 Be quiet.

[@osets2117]

As another reviewer pointed out the reason Indy sounds off at the beginning of the movie with his de-aged self, his voice sounds older than he looks (they didn't bother to de-age his voice), as you get older your voice changes (shocker I know), which creates the disconnect that you're feeling

[@handznet]

It was weird. But it was weirdly mostly noticeable only in first few scenes

[@txwtw]

Instead of the deepfake they could have just gotten Anthony Ingruber to play young Indy.

[@dontworry4945]

no beer can intro? possum taking care of himself recently and I'm all for it 🥰

[@drakeloki4214]

Lucas wanted Temple of Doom dark because he was miserable going through a divorce, Spielberg added the comical bits.

[@jwnj9716]

The dial of misery. I'll stick with the first 4 Indy films.

[@HUKIT.]

The first three as I pretend the fourth doesn’t exist(although the final moments of the movie are good).

[@austinreed7343]

Wait a minute, Temple of the Forbidden Eye isn't a movie, it's a ride, you silly! Or is that Fate of Atlantis.... wait, that's a video game! Emperor's To- video game, again. The Young In- that was a TV show... so close enough.

[@Ghost_of_a_Flea]

Mary Sue dragging Indiana Jones' corpse around for 2 hours

[@jackholloway1]

She isn't a Mary Sue

[@austinreed7343]

@@jackholloway1She's worse than a mary sue. She's NOTHING whatsoever.

[@txwtw]

She really is a Mary Sue, almost everyone loves her, she’s perfect at pretty much everything she does. Also how on earth was she able to hang onto that plane? If she was a really strong lady then sure but she’s just a skinny normal lady. Oh yeah, plot armour. Never mind. She was just so frustrating. She was just so disrespectful and bratty to a point where it’s just frustrating.

[@pqsnet]

This ---> 04:25 Must be one of the best and most pedagogic takes on why old movies has a quality feel to them, and modern movies just feel rushed and badly scripted. I have watched a lot of channels, ranting, reviewing and discussing Hollywood of today. But i have not heard anyone hit the mark as concise, simple, yet clean and clear as this take. Its well explained, for both the nerd and casual viewer. Well done!

[@ser6Ijvolk]

Possum is an actual reviewer. Not to be confused with a lot of vloggers who are in the whining about bad modern media grift. Reviewers provide entertainment in form of jokes and insight. The grifters merely whine about how bad something is and how the producers of it are bad at business, first of which lacks substance and the second relevance.

[@pqsnet]

@@ser6Ijvolk Well, i watch a lot of reviewers with quote good and spot on analyses. But i havnt seen anyone do a take this good. He is saying what many subconsciously knows, but cant translate into words. Simple but well saturated with facts and few to no unnecessary rant takes.

[@billusher2265]

The thing is, deconstructions are not inherently bad, bringing back a classic hero as an older person isn’t inherently bad, even a tragic end to a well known character wouldn’t be inherently bad. The problem is they are doing it in the worst possible way to prop up painfully unlikable replacements.

[@UnwantedGhost1]

Exactly. If Kathleen Kennedy is going to do that to every classical franchise under her jurisdiction, count me out.

[@gettysburgeddie9924]

See, for example, "Logan."

[@Robby_Rob]

@@gettysburgeddie9924Totally agree. In Logan they deconstructed him by stripping away his abilities and his environment, but not his character.

[@rinslittlesheepling1652]

I mean, what to expect, when all these tropes became popular thanks to "Hero being good and winning is generic" 90s-00s generations attitude. Now they are grown ups and making their "special" movies, that are not only far more cliche, but also just blatantly bad in every other aspect.

[@vidmastereon]

deconstruction without reconstruction is vandalism

[@requiemagent3014]

I actually had to look up how old Harrison Ford is. Like this men is 80 years old now. Like Disney. Let this men rest and enjoy his bingo in the retirement home

[@viscountrainbows2857]

Harrison Ford is a good actor trapped in a Hollywood shell of himself. If the rumors are correct, he wanted to be killed in The Force Awakens because he was tired of being Cool Star Wars Guy Solo. Then they had the gall to call him again for Rise of Skywalker and he was like "Fuck you I'll show up but I ain't cutting my hair or shaving just give me my check". Dude was having more fun in The Expendables than these infinite money machines.

[@requiemagent3014]

​@@viscountrainbows2857When did I say Harrison Ford is a bad actor? I love the work of him. I literally said Disney should let this poor men rest for crying out loud. Do you even realize how old 80 years is? This men doesn't need to make movies anymore. Has Disney trapped his soul for ransom or something?

[@maxtaylor5665]

@@requiemagent3014yes

[@Tee008]

​@requiemagent3014 If I was in his shoes and 80, and I got to do a movie of bringing down disney, I'd do it in a heartbeat. That and doing movies with family, no point in doing solo movies anymore, not a starwars pun.

[@requiemagent3014]

​@@Tee008Can you please explain to me how this is "bringing down Disney"? You do realize Disney doesn't make movies for the domestic market anymore. They couldn't care less how much this movie makes in the west. They literally cash in with this crap in China. They watch it anyway. Disneys money mainly comes from the foreign market in china. So all this does is making Harrison Ford look foolish without any consequences for Disney. They made their money back already.

[@DanielKay06]

Speaking of the special effects and "how did they do that?", in the movie "Kingdom of the spiders" they have a scene where a biplane goes out of control and crashes into a building. It's filmed from the side and from the crash to people looking at the wreck in the building it's all done in one take. When you look at it you see ho they did it, the plane actually flew past behind the building, in the exact moment it passed by the detonated an explosive load and the plane wreck was already inside the building so when the camera comes around it looks like it crashed. But that doesn't change just how effective that scene setup and execution was, to the viewer it looked like a real plane crash.

[@jonathankozenko]

Actually, in regards to your counter-argument of "Well action movies need to be cut quickly to keep the energy high" (not verbatim), you could've also used Tony Jaa's The Protector, which had a 4 1/2 minute long tracking shot where he beat up dozens of guys, sometimes demolishing entire chunks of the set along the way. And this was a 2005 Thai production, so it was done by a group of filmmakers that didn't have nearly enough money to guarantee successful results (fortunately, and miraculously, they pulled it off, and it's awesome!)

[@The_Bigot]

The protector is only good for its action sequences. Other than that every thing about that movie is awful. The editing is bad there too. The story is ridiculous. It’s literally only worth watching for the fight scenes. Thankfully they are plentiful and they save an otherwise terrible movie. Tony jaa is a hell of a talented martial artist but he’s not a very good actor. All of his movies are basically just highlight reels of him doing some amazing shit but the movie itself is a piece of shit that makes almost no sense. In the protector you’re literally just moving from set to set and fighting with some Of the worst dialog and editing in between.

[@jonathankozenko]

@@The_Bigot Oh indeed - I actually recently rewatched it and realized that the dialogue is literally about 1/3 cliched dialogue lines (like "I put you with him so that you could keep him in line, not so that you can become like him!"), and almost all of those bits didn't even apply to the scenes they were in. There were some dialogue exchanges so badly done that I genuinely think they should be shown in Screenwriting courses. Having said that, I did really enjoy the scenes with the elephants themselves. They were the one good thing when there was no action - fortunately, there was plenty of action.

[@dragonofepics7324]

Children of Men is a great movie with multiple well choreographed tracking shots.

[@jonathankozenko]

@@dragonofepics7324 They were genuinely outstanding as well!

[@wolfetteplays8894]

Hell yeah, I love that movie @@dragonofepics7324

[@billbillinger2117]

My favorite bit of hypocrisy happens throughout the film... Where Indiana Jane insults Jones repeatedly as being a grave robber...even though she is doing the exact same thing, except that what Jones finds goes to museums ...and what she finds she just hocks it on the black market for profit...so dumb.

[@raymondle2007]

The John Wick franchise has long actions sequences that are incredibly choreographed in different environments and situations.

[@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r]

Tbh I actually noticed a lot more self aware humor than expected, especially when concerning Pheobe Waller Bridges character of how "beautiful" and "self sufficent" she is compared to old ass Indy. Disney literally knows that they're turning Indy into an absolute joke and they think its hilarious to see a beloved hero turned into a loser in his own film.

[@AdrianFahrenheitTepes]

The whole self-aware humor feels just to me like it's overused. I mean that's part of Deadpool and always has been, but Deadpool is a parody character he’s meant to mock everything else.

[@christuffer]

Just a hint of woke is enough to put off an audience going, now. The game is up. I want to watch feel good movies again, with heroes and no identity preaching. And so do most other people.

[@handznet]

It worked pretty well. Helena was a fine “strong” female character not annoying unbearable woke brat like for example new Predator. I enjoyed their interaction in the screen. It was better than 99% crap movies made today

[@Hazzard2theworld911]

It’s the same treatment they gave Luke Skywalker.

[@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r]

@@handznet It was really bad lol. I couldn't even stand one minute of her due to her lack of charisma and awful acting

[@thechangeling3851]

The sad part is...they could have made a prequel series of a younger Indiana Jones set prior to raiders with the actor from solo to carry things on sort of...but they had to drag out old nostalgia and the sacrifice it on the alter to modern cinematography and sensibilities.

[@zakan4898]

There is already a series ,,adventures of young Indiana Jones".

[@hellacoorinna9995]

*The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles* (March 4 1992 - June 16 1996)

[@mallios13]

Barring the fact that they literally already did kid Indy back in the 90s, why would you even suggest that they do it nowadays? Especially since this is a Disney IP. Disney, who has famously been producing TV shows of longrunning IPs only to emasculate the longstanding male characters with garbage female characters. Not only that, but a new attempt at a younger Indy would just piss people off because you could never cast someone who would satisfy fans. Look at Solo; people largely didn't accept Ehrenreich as young Han and Glover as young Lando. So you're basically asking for Disney to make a TV show which would only miscast someone as Indy, and then proceed to neuter Indy with "Female Badasses™."

[@leichtmeister]

@@mallios13 The problem with Solo was the script, not the actors. People didn't except how they changed an established character background with a lot of depth into the bullshit that movie was. For what I know, the casting was the least criticized part about it.

[@thatguythatdoesstuff5899]

Regarding the kingdom of the crystal skull: I rewatched it and I payed closer attention to the quality of the movie. And it was very enjoyable up until the point the movie just shit the bed. And that point is when Marion showed up. Seriously. Go watch it and hit pause when she shows up. Then make mental notes of the good and the bad up till that point. Then continue watching until the end and do the same. The difference is astounding.

[@UnwantedGhost1]

*"Because every movie now has to have the "strong female character" now."* - Based Possum

[@ricknuzzy]

"It wasn't quite as bad as I was expecting but that's not high praise" is the perfect one-sentence review of this one. On the injury thing, in Indy movies my suspension of disbelief is high but this one is out there. Remember in Raiders when when Toht just off-screen escapes the bar burning down in Nepal and we get the reveal that he survives and has the medallion inscripted on his burnt hand? It's a stretch, but it's a good reveal and more importantly moved the plot forward. With Mads Mikkelsen in the opening scene I was genuinely like "whoa, they really killed him off?" Only for it to be revealed that he not only survived but he still looks like Mads Mikkelsen. He took a bell to the head holding onto the side of a train. He is fucking dead. Happy for a new vid though, thanks for the laughs!

[@30noir]

inscribed maybe, not inscripted.

[@ArloTheDuck]

I mean we do see Toht escape the bar when he tries to pick up the headpiece, he runs out of the tavern and puts his hand in the snow

[@ablosch2452]

Or how about him surviving being in a tank falling off the side of a cliff? Nobody thinks that was hard to believe?

[@jacobsantana915]

​​@@ablosch2452 not as much as the fridge, with the cliff you can just guess he grabbed onto a rock or something, it really doesn't matter.

[@kylele23]

Something I don’t like about these long-reboot-esque-sequels is how execs think it’s an exciting prospect to completely replace beloved characters. It tries to tell the audience that the characters have always been old and smelly. It’s an extremely numb approach that reads as “why did you like *those* guys anyways? Check out these new people we say are way better so we have cheaper talents to dig up the grave of this franchise with!” It’s only malicious. No one wants Luke or Indiana to just be forgotten about like a used up toy line. It’s only higher ups that mandate making them look as bad as possible for their last outings in a sad attempt to convince people that they’re outdated and *need* replacing, no attempt at naturally integrating new characters. It’s one of the things top gun maverick avoided since no one really exceeds him in that movie or pretends they can. One of the few 80s revival heroes that got to keep a “ride into the sunset” ending and still be respected by all the newcomers.

[@kazekamiha]

This. If you want to move the franchise onto new characters then either have the old ones pass the torch in some way or have their legacy respected. Making Luke an old, bitter hermit is only going to frustrate people with 'what ifs'.

[@nofillergamingknight7319]

I HATE that indiana Jones HAD to be miserable in his old age. Not all old people end up that way. Some old people Don't lose basic cognitive abilities and can still do things. Some old people are surrounded by loved ones that care about them in old age.

[@noravanguard]

0:44 that dinner is to show that the people of the palace are corrupt. Their is a seen earlier in the film where Willy doesn't want to eat the village food because she thinks it gross but Indi is enjoying it. Showing that Willy is the problem, not the village food. Also a movie dosen't have to have one tone through out it; to make it good. But it is important that each scene stay tonally consistent. Look at Black Butler if you want a show that has no clue what the tone of each scene is. The IJ films are meant to be 1930s to 1940s serials. So there meant to have a bit of a lighter tone. So it's not bad if it's not like the Godfather in tone. But to be fair there is a limit on how far each scene can be tonally different from each other till the audience taps out.

[@Dec4AllTimeAlways]

It really comes down to one reason: Phoebe Waller-Bridge. That's it. Her character was leaked over a year ago and how she was going to ruin the film. This already turned off a lot more hardcore Indy fans. Then it opened in Cannes. The RT 🍅 scores were horrible. Some of the audience were said to be looking bored. So then the early reviews come in from some of the core Indy fans and it was all true. That's why nobody ran out to watch this film. This was a year-long process of "lowering" expectations from those leaks because Kathleen Kennedy inserted herself into this film. Emasculate another iconic character after turning into an old man. Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Han Solo, Willow, and Indiana Jones all broken down old men. Han and Indy were separated from their wives. And only Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and Johnny Lawrence got the finale they deserved.

[@thebeast1348]

Unlike Maverick and johnny lawrence the difference is that these characters actually evolve. Notice how both of those characters have absolutely no development over the last time we see them?

[@tomlewis5105]

@@thebeast1348 Becoming completely different characters to when we last saw them with no reasonable or feasible explanation is not character evolution, it's simply bad writing.

[@austinreed7343]

@@danjoredd Let’s not forget Woody.

[@MARStheFORSAKEN]

oh no no you ARE correct they DID do reshoots,indi was suppose to die in anceint greece so the woman can take the lead and dawn the hat but last minute changed that when it was apperant that would be commiting suicide for the franchise,,,not that its gonna save it.

[@irkalla100]

Swear Disney just hired all writers off fanfic websites. "Oh, you wrote two 200 page stories where your totally original oc saves the day with her god powers? HIRED!"

[@JohnWilliamNowak]

No, typically fanfic communities slap that shit down. I'm confident fanfic websites would do better.

[@randomprotag9329]

fanfic writers actually like and have respect for the series. a fanfic writer would do something that respects the seris even if it writing flaws

[@JohnWilliamNowak]

@@randomprotag9329 Exactly. While it's fair enough to point out that "Mary Sue" is a real problem in fanfic, it's also true that decent writers learn why people don't like it, and stop doing it. It's part of learning how to write, and I think fanfic communities really aren't a bad way to learn how. Typically, when people start writing fanfic they're letting strangers read their stuff for the first time. It's a common problem most fanfic writers overcome. Inserting a brunette Mary Sue with a british accent -- and doing it at least three times (I dunno, was there one in the Willow series) shows inability to learn at a truly shocking tier.

[@brokefangmagepunk3685]

I heard this about marvel, wouldn't be surprised if it's all of Disney. They do NOT want fans writing for them, or in any creative position. A diehard fan of any material, with good writing skills, will push back on the agenda, them changing important lore, shooting down their dumb ideas because in no way does it fit in the canon. And I think they think it makes them look bad. Look at us we hired a nobody fanfic writer that hasn't received a useless degree, to them that's embarrassing. Remember it's not about talent it's about optics and doing as your told

[@robbycooper6787]

No, because those people either don’t have the skill to write engaging stories, have bizarre crossover ideas, confused character writing that doesn’t line up with the original to force the illogical plot that feels like it only exists to make the OC suffer along or it’s a strange thing that the author made to conceive a child to.

[@EivindFlores]

They should have made him like Sean Connery. Old and charming. Resourceful and light-hearted. He is not young and agile. He is old, wise and better for it. Such a shame.

[@williamdistefano5698]

Smartest, most confident, most capable character... you even have a clip of her actually TELLING us how smart, confident, capable and ... *giggle* beautiful she is Dr. Evil: riiiiiiight

[@jackholloway1]

Do you understand that that line is presented to let the audience know she is a self absorbed narcissist? Are you that slow that you take everything literally and at face value?

[@ironicugandan5826]

I remember Harrison Ford getting all teary eyed and saying how much he cares about the franchise...

[@lowerclassbrats77]

Why couldn't Shia Labeouf have been the Indy while Harrison Ford be the Sean Connery of this film?

[@Drac0blade16]

From what I've heard, lots of internal/legal reasons.

[@guillesuperior]

Because Shia Labeouf is too problematic and I’m sure he’s blacklisted from Hollywood

[@pyromaniac709]

Cuz stans would go insane,indiana jones has never taken itself seriously but the fans are rabid

[@hammerofscience534]

That's logical, Hollywood doesn't do logic.

[@TheDevilinThePaleMoonlight]

God, Remember back in the day when Directors had creative control over their own movies and we would get long, epic, wide shots that took a high level of artistry to create and pull off? Remember when an important scene would pull u in and linger, it gave u a chance to breathe long enough for u to get properly invested in the characters and the story? Remember when the camera would follow an actor's every move, and u could witness a perfectly timed, expertly choreographed action scene without the need for excessive cutting and editing? Pepperidge Farm Remembers and so do I 😢 Its a damn shame whats happened to the art of filmmaking. The studio executives think the lack of creativity can be hidden with excessive cutting and clever editing, without even thinking that those things make it all the more noticeable. I cant even watch modern movies anymore, the industry is just a sad shell of its former self.

[@michaelreich4827]

KK knew 2 important things: -How Spielberg took his coffee -How he liked his duck sucked

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

She's not even attractive. I don't know why people in the industry give her favors for favors of all people

[@theguylivinginyourwalls]

​@@GrosvnerMcaffreyCorpo Queen

[@mickieg1994]

I like the idea that you could have a really depressed indy in the beginning, slowly revealing that he is in mourning for his wife, see him struggle through it and have a plucky student remind him of how he used to be and help with the depression and loss he feels, then pursue the idea that indy has the side plot of wanting to see his wife one more time with the dial of destiny

[@tjman4616]

Bro that's a perfect idea

[@mr.nobodyx]

these companies have access to the whole internet, and instead of scouring the comment sections for good ideas and paying for comments like these, they hire and risk everything on complete weirdos. it really shows how they don't do their jobs AT ALL. I mean, these execs have only one job: to guess what people might like. it is not really that hard.

[@euphoriam4020]

I was debating seeing this, thanks for saving me 40 bucks and 2 hours, as well as my memory of one of my favorite movies of all time.

[@handznet]

Go see it with clear head. These reviews are all on hate bandwagon. I hate most of current movies and especially franchise continuations and this didn’t make me mad at all.

[@euphoriam4020]

@handznet Glad you liked it, but I still think I'm going to sit this one out, if for no other reason than I can't really fathom an IJ movie without Spielberg's direction.

[@jackholloway1]

It's genuinely good, the KZbin review crowd decided they'd hate it off fake leaks and are now saving face by pretending the leaks were true but reshot. It's not as good as the 80s trilogy but is miles clear of Crystal Skull and is worth a watch

[@euphoriam4020]

@myaccountusername Like I said I haven't really like what I've seen from the trailers, it just doesn't look like Indiana Jones to me.

[@jackholloway1]

@@euphoriam4020 that's fair enough, I had real reservations about it but enjoyed it, I'd say it's worth a watch but it's up to you of course

[@tranceemerson8325]

remember that scene in back to the future 3 where Doc Brown is explaining the future to cowboys in a saloon, and they are all laughing at him? I feel like I would have been in the same kind of disposition if I time-travelled back to myself in the 80's and explained the future of cinema to myself.

[@FKYT]

You are so right about the 3 to 4 second cuts. It was a very big fad even on youtube of people changing angles or just cutting to a zoom in zoom out every few seconds. They do this even if they are just talking in front of a web cam and it is very annoying.

[@Elementa2006]

I think the film itself was decent overall, the problem is "decent" isn't a glowing recommendation for a close to 300 million budget film being promoted as the final film in the franchise and released in between two of the busiest box office months this year with better options out there.

[@FloPm3ister]

Nailed it. Hollyweird doesn’t take the time to write a script. They just film a bunch of ideas then show those to a test audience & based upon their reactions & the focus group stuff, they paste together the movie using all the scrap footage they have then fill in the blanks with cgi & reshoots

[@alfredvickers4054]

Hey, that dinner scene is iconic and we'd all be worse off without it!

[@hammerofscience534]

Yah going back into the past and being offended when no one was is getting really old. Just admit it, we all loved that scene and not once did race enter our minds.

[@AbrasiousProductions]

I miss geriatric characters who still had a youthful spirit, like despite how aged they where they still had the gumption of a fireball, that should've been Indiana jones in this movie.. an old man with a young spirit who lived in a peaceful place, not a run-down depressing apartment but like a garden of sorts.

[@chrisl8277]

15:28 Why did the goblin turn on the stove? For the experience.

[@geardog24]

It's bad enough that they won't give Indy a proper retirement, but to also have a Mary Sue try and take over the series is just embarrassing.

[@silverscorpio24]

I guarantee the ending WAS going to be Indy going back in time and dying in Greece while Flea-Bag retconned the whole franchise.

[@wouterl5316]

Temple of Doom was great. That mixed tone worked perfectly for me. :-)

[@Chest_Rockwell1]

“I was afraid they were going to use time travel as a way at to retcon the entire series with a gender swapped Indy” Funny enough that WAS the original ending for the movie. It was so disliked by test audiences that they reshot it at the 11th hour.

[@TheRedRaven_]

Temple of Doom is probably my favorite out of the series, probably a bias because it was the first film I saw as a kid (oh, now I know why I'm messed up in the head lol).

[@stallionsLP]

The longer I think about this movie, Star Wars and more, the more I think Kathleen Kennedy either has enough dirt on Disney to bury the company for 20 years, one of the higher ups essentially has her as their waifu and thus is hellbent on making her forced into more popular IPs because they believe it'll lead to 'favors' later on, or San Fran types infiltrated Disney so hard that she's just being used as the figurehead to change everything to what they feel is the 'proper' future for the company. Either that, or the one directing has too much of a thing for brown-haired british women and is destroying everything for the sake of this. Aka the Final Fantasy XIII problem of a creator letting his 'waifu' take over and engulf so much of the franchise it can't breath, everyone gets sick of the mary sue and it causes a decade of issues by the time it finally ends.

[@Charlotte_WilliamsFYTG]

I think it'll still get worse from here. Disney could potentially make a movie where Mickey Mouse and Kermit the Frog, team up with Hank Hill and Peter Griffin to stop Dr. Doom and Darth Vader, from using the Terminators to control the Xenomorph for an invasion of Earth.

[@grissnagck]

Is nothing holy anymore....

[@roflchiefmcjoflchief1791]

What fucking kingdom hearts bullshit did I just read

[@dominothealphaandomega5512]

… Am I the Only one who thinks that would be SICK? I mean, Disney would probably find some Way to Fuck it up, but still Give Kermit a Gun

[@roflchiefmcjoflchief1791]

@dominothealphaandomega5512 yes. You are the only one who thinks that would be sick. With any other company it could be cool, but not disney

[@chesterstevens8870]

Imagine the nightmare world it'd be if KK suddenly realized that she could very well move on from Lucas's filmography, to the library of games produced by LucasArts. I don't want to live in a world where Kennedy got to shoot a modern film adaptation of _Grim Fandango._

[@NewGoldStandard]

Remember that scene in Howard The Duck where she's going through his wallet and finds a condom? I totally did not get that joke as a kid. I thought it was a weird credit card or something.

[@SpikeTheNeuropsych]

Movies are way much better when they cater to 13 year olds. Seriously, we peaked culturally in the 80's.

[@CMCAdvanced]

Ren and Stimpy and Beavis and Butt-Head were made in the nineties though

[@raynwolfsbane2084]

Tons of great stuff was made in the 90s. Jurassic Park, Terminator 2, Gargoyles, Batman: The Animated Series, the Monday Night Wars in wrestling...

[@UnwantedGhost1]

Obviously we peaked. And we're never ever going to get a repeat or more.

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

@@UnwantedGhost1 I think that there is so much control corporately that suppresses unique ideas, unique, talented people, that we need a major change for that stuff, that talent to float to the surface - and that we probably haven't really "peaked," so much as the ability for people to float to the surface that have unique and new visions, talent, are suppressed. IDK if that phrasing of it makes sense, perhaps I'm just overthinking my words. 😂

[@friedrichwulfgang3655]

Things went downhill in the good old year of 2009.

[@sidekickz2180]

MY Indy ran off into the sunset with his estranged father. MY Indy doesn't have a stupid greaser son, etc. My Indy died happy and rich, off-screen

[@NotAGoodUsername360]

Imagine if the original version shown to test audiences that leaked made it to theaters, where Indy winds up erasing himself from existence and getting completely replaced by New Rey.

[@fiendishdevil808]

Hit the nail on the head about practical effects vs CGI.

[@chasehatchett4756]

The one thing I got most out of my film degree is being able to understand everything Possum talks about.😂😅😢

[@edrick106]

The fact we got Indiana Jones 5 makes me fear we will get Back to the Future 4.

[@dero4378]

you really are a gift. I wish movie writers would listen to you...

[@noblecommando4269]

I'm glad you brought to my attention, the problems with modern film making and editing because I think stuff like this kind of needs more attention if we ever want to see good movies again.

[@kazekamiha]

Indy Fans to the Crystal Skull: Perhaps I had judged you... too harshly...

[@KinoFlexReviews]

Could not disagree more with the Temple of Doom take, from the "culturally insensitive" dinner scene to the comedy. It's of the same quality as Raiders and The Last Crusade and arguably captures the pulp serial homage Spielberg was going for the best. Also, Helena Shaw is quite possibly the embodiment of all the self-aware humor the MCU and sequels are known for. It's not a coincidence that Fleabag, the show that brought attention to Phoebe Waller-Bridge in the first place, has that same kind of humor on a more mature level.

[@KäptnKrückschwank]

Except the kid shouting all his lines. Should have been named Shouty

[@fredjohnson9833]

Honestly, the only real issue I have with Temple of Doom is how it messes up the timeline. Indy seeing all that supernatural shit in India only to them be a total Atheist/Materialist in the next film didn't make slot of sense

[@powdercowboy90]

​@fredjohnson9833 ya I always hated that they decided to make it a prequel....it's better to just ignore that

[@dansmith1661]

The culturally insensitive dinner scene was foreshadowing that the Thugees were in power since they ate that kind of food.

[@paulsmith410]

This whole strong female character trope is such an insult to women. It seems strange that the Hollywood mindset believes that we have to belittle men because women can't rise to their level.

[@AdrianFahrenheitTepes]

Well it’s doable if you make the woman an actual defined character. Ellen Ripley in the Alien movies was a defined character. We know she worked in the freight business, we know Ripley was familiar with using tools, etc. She also did what she did with the Alien Queen using equipment from her job. In that sense, we have a general idea of the kind of personality and skill set that Ripley had. Just making someone good at everything isn’t a character, nor is it a personality.

[@paulsmith410]

@@AdrianFahrenheitTepes Exactly! The great female heroes we did have before had thoughtful writing and depth. Nowadays all we get is flat caricatures of what these Hollywood types think a woman is.

[@Mr.Corinthians]

Look up "Yuri Bezmenov, Four Steps for Communist Ideological Subversion". The current Hollywood trend of demonizing men and replacing them with the "strong, independent woman" is nothing more than a tool to create division and help in the destabilization process". The social justice activists are referred to as "useful idiots" whose purpose is to help destabilize a nation and then be disposed of when they are no longer needed. Now look up the following: Controlled Opposition Hegelian Dialectic Reverse Psychology and mob mentality. Just to be blunt here: Disney, along with many other companies these days, is controlled by BlackRock and a few other investment firms. The CEO of BlackRock, Larry Fink, is an Orthodox Jewish businessman. The best way to control the opposition, is to lead it yourself. If you want to subdue Liberals, you control them from within and lead them to their destruction. While Hollywood and these large corporations appear to be promoting Marxist ideologies, they are doing so in such a way people will go the intended direction of Conservative ideologies. Communism and Religion Abolished - all religious and metaphysics is rejected. Engels and Lenin agreed that religion was a drug or “spiritual booze” and must be combated. To them, atheism put into practice meant a “forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions.” So the pendulum swings, now violently, now slowly; and every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival. William Ralph Inge "Democracy and the Future" The Atlantic Monthly (March 1922 The current atheistic, Liberal Marxist institution (which appears to be in control of the MSM, entertainment, academia, corporations and politics) is preparing the way for their most hated rivals, Ultra-Orthodox Religious Conservative Fascists, to come to power. “The Communist soul is the soul of Judaism. Hence it follows that, just as in the Russian revolution the triumph of Communism was the triumph of Judaism, so also in the triumph of fascism will triumph Judaism.” - (A Program for the Jews and Humanity, Rabbi Harry Waton, p. 143-144). It's not just the Jews in on this, though. The Roman Catholic Church is a large factor in all of this as well, which will become apparent in the next few years, especially after DJT has been reinstalled in the White House. What is the “7 Mountains Mandate” (Dominionism/Dominion Theology)? Supposedly there are 7 “mountains” of global society-Arts and Entertainment, Education, Economy, Family, Government and Military, Media and Religion. (Note: The US voting machines are called “Dominion”.) According to this false teaching, by conquering these 7 “mountains”, the Kingdom of God will be established. Basically, a Liberalism problem has been created so that Conservatives can offer the solution: A revolutionary change of power in which Liberals are removed from the seven mountains of society by enforcing religious laws derived from the Jewish Talmud (the Seven Laws of Noah, endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox Jews, the two religions which dominate the US Supreme Court) as a means to make the US "One Nation, Under God" and to Make America Great Again. The New World becomes a New World Order, the Fourth Reich of the Holy Roman Empire. (I suppose you didn't know every single US President, minus Ford, is descended from Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne via King John of England.)

[@masonhhoffman]

The thing is the tablet that Helena read off of had to be melted down to reveal the true message, so you'd think antagonists would be lead in the wrong direction, but Mads Mikkelsen picks up on it instantly just by using a pair of binoculars, so the whole scene is entirely pointless

[@PutridPenguinPoots]

It blows my mind how they repeatedly fumble something so easy. You make him have to go on 1 last adventure against his wishes to save someone or thing. Make him have to bring her along when he doesn't want to. Make her however you want but not a Mary sue or obnoxious. Over the course of the adventure he realizes they're more alike than not and slowly gains his respect. Make them work together to beat whatever. Sprinkle in some action scenes and setting up her own thing. He's still the star she's a big part co-star. *BOOM* rake in the money and set her up for a spin-off now give me millions of dollars

[@strikermodel]

14:13 This is the most genuine I've heard possum. Damn. I knew he had a strong understanding of movie workings, but he really does have a passion for film.

[@chucheeness7817]

6:05 That actually makes sense for already big budgeted films to be more overly budgeted. More filming of editable scenes in different angles bloats the budget even more, and I guess reshoots are more of a norm now. Indies (pun intended) and less corporate films don't have that luxury that's why they gamble on their actual artistic takes

[@crispywaffle1229]

After hearing your point about action scenes having cuts every 4 seconds it reminded me of the battle on ice scene from Alexander Nevsky which had a slow build up at the start with long shots of both the lines of infantryman and cavalry in the distance slowly approaching and along with the soundtrack it really let the feeling of dread set in as the scene playes out you should definitely check it out

[@jackholloway1]

Battle on the Ice scene, classic

[@ironrex6979]

Whaa Temple of Doom’s tone was great.

[@Anon_Spartan]

Elena should have said she needed to pay back her student loan debt. Modern audiences could relate to that.

[@jamesharbinger1711]

You forgot the part where Helena straight up laughs at the murder of one of Indy’s friends. Just… just wow

[@jeremielebrun3637]

too bad Eli Wallach is gone... I was so hyped by "the good, the ugly, and the mary sue "

[@MusicalSeizureGuy]

I remember the trailer, it really looked like Indiana Jones was nervous or scared in every shot! 😂

[@HECKproductions]

14:38 you cannot tell me this shot is actually in an star wars movie there are more tie fighters just popping into existence right there as if the render distance in a video game was set too low so they just spawn in whenever

[@dsilvermane0]

I grew up with Indiana Jones being one of the baddest badasses on screen. What they've done with him now is a travesty.

[@drummer3354]

Did Harrison Ford willingly destroy his own legacy for $20m ?

[@a.very.bored.truck.driver]

Well the old movies are still there to watch . Would you not do the same if someone offers your old ass 20 mil for a new movie ? I am old enough to remember the same exact kind of reactions from Skull and now it seems that movie is mostly seen as watchable to meh ...with this movie will be the same in 15 years but Fords family will have 20 million dollars extra . Which is good for them and for him being able to do a full movie at his age

[@MonsieurBig]

Do you seriously think Disney wouldn't have destroyed this legacy IP anyways? With or without ford wouldn't have mattered

[@andresaofelipe]

I don't think seeing your heroes become old is necessarily bad. I really enjoyed logan and it was all about wolverine being miserable. That kindo of tragedy can really work, but this movie wasn't about the tragedy of indy losing the vigor he had in youth, it was about making a sad and sorry joke out of him

[@txwtw]

Exactly, it felt like he was just a punching bag throughout the movie.

[@Mereologist]

That's an important point that I'd never thought about before. The long, wide shots establish a sense of place and continuity. You know what's happening and where things are in a larger sense. But this is EXACTLY what modern filming techniques cannot ALLOW, because they want the freedom to mix things up at any point. So no shot lets you know what's happening. It's just a bunch of flashcards. Well put!

[@AbrasiousProductions]

I anticipated this review! much love possum man!

[@GOBIAS.INDUSTRIES.]

Thought I was subscribed, but hadn't seen a video from you in awhile. Then saw this 3 month old vid in my recommendations... WTF?! I made sure to subscribe this time! 👍🏽

[@mike7652]

The Last Crusade was the perfect finale, with the perfect title. Shoulda stopped there, now they're doing again what they did to him in South Park.

[@sussyrat420]

For me, Dial of Destiny fell flat because of the lack of memorable “traumatic scenes”. The first movie had a guy’s face impaled by spikes, face melting, and heads exploding, the second movie had gross bug hole and heart wrenching scenes, third had beheadings and a dude shrivel up and die. Heck, even the fourth movie had ants crawling into a guys mouth and buried alive. These horrific scenes traumatized me as a kid, but it was a fun kind of trauma. It gives a sense of real risk and danger in an adventure which makes the action scenes more impactful and memorable. And for the life of me, I couldn’t remember any “traumatic scenes” in The Dial of Destiny. Sure there was some death scenes that could be fear inducing (you could use the dude drowning as an example), but the fear didn’t feel anywhere close to the other movies unfortunately.

[@PinkLemonade_Guy]

I love when Possum says "everything" you can totally hear his Canadian accent 😅👍🏼

[@leichtmeister]

Actually, there is a Ctrl + Z on a canvas: Oil paints. That's the reason art massively improves in every culture once it discovers oil paints. Modern tech isn't the problem. The bad and/or wrong use of modern tech is.

[@Hot_SpicyGrill]

In crystal skull they weren't in denial. The point of him seeing the nuke. Is him realizing that he entered a new age of weapons, that are so powerful that they rivel the arc.

[@proselytefever]

I really appreciated the part about how movies have changed especially with editing, great video! And you're spot on

[@CMCAdvanced]

The correct name is...The Dialysis of Destiny. Az from Heel vs Babyface wins, but this was a good one too

[@cleanerben9636]

Helena is a KK stand in.

[@pi-sx3mb]

This is the first review I've seen that actually critiques the cinematography. I haven't seen the movie, but at this point I've seen probably a hundred or so clips from it and I'm constantly struck by the dreary, dark, depressing feel of the lighting. I haven't seen anything this dismal since Season 3 of Fargo which makes you want to slit your wrists. First of all, can they not afford lightbulbs on sets anymore? Most scenes are just dark, shadowy, and visually depressing. Second, did they get a great deal on grey, yellow, and orange filters for the cameras? It has to be about the most boring, monochromatic, and uninspiring feel which I'm guessing was intentional. Standby for that Oscar honoring mediocrity.

[@edwinmaki6817]

I love how the sponsored ad came in the moment you said "it's piss-balls" Then Mr Clean comes in like they know exactly when I'm paying attention

[@History_Coffee]

I ate some questionable cold cuts last night that had been in the fridge probably a bit too long, this morning I had explosive diarrhea for about an hour. On the whole however, a more pleasant experience than any modern Disney product.

[@piyoweb]

I just can't imagine what the reshoots were....

[@GhostKill88]

I'm with ya man. "Movie Magic" died with the avengers preludes imo. Honestly I kinda feel like avatar killed the movie industry.

[@NewOrderOfAlexandria]

14:05 i love the stop motion in Jason & the Argonauts and the original Clash Of Titans where you could truly admire the work put into making the monster clay figures look animated. Something about their uncanny movements made them incredibly terrifying and nightmarish too. Buttery smooth animation of a shiny cartoon monster just looks like a video game to me and it doesn't inspire me to create a movie scene of my own. When I see physical figures in these old Movies, it seems much easier to pull off an effect because you can actually see how it was done, making it feel more real and inspiring too. Imagine how much cooler buying the exact replica of an action figure, that was the same way in the film, rather than some physical adaptation of a computer animation.

[@nnnnmhughuuhhjiijj9457]

Pretty sure that CGI artists can almost do the same level of convincing special-effects that the old movie props and matte paintings did, just take look at the Avengers' time-travelling outfits from Avengers Endgame, they entirely CGI the outfits for whole duration, they were on the screen. It's just that the CGI artists don't get the time or money to go the extra length, and this happens because of the same issue that you mentioned with upper-management constantly changing stuff.

[@toodlescae]

I wanted Indy, Short Round, Mutt and Marian with some help from Sallah as a final adventure if there had to be one. I'll settle for the now more favorable ending in Crystal Skull as a send off.

[@chillproduction7142]

Hell yeah! The king uploads again!