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.
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??🤔 ..
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.
@@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.
I recently rewatched Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in preparation for Dial of Destiny. I think the first 2/3's of the movie is pretty good. To me, it's when we get into the Amazon rain Forrest is where the movie gets rough. However, if there's one thing that Crystal Skull definitely does better than Dial is that it sticked the landing better with the ending at the wedding, which this movie completely undid. The only positive thing I can say about the ending to Dial is that it wasn’t as bad as what I was expecting the ending to be, which I thought was going be Indiana Jones dying in the past and Helena Shaw becoming the new Indina Jones by taking his Jacket and Fedora from his dead body. Thankfully, It wasn't that, but still, the ending was just unsatisfactory, to say the least.
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.
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.
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 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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 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."
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.
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
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.
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
@@handznetYou can SAY that’s what it’s _about,_ but that doesn’t disprove the claim that he’s treated like an old-ass idiot, nor does it change any of the actual events in the film. I can say A Serbian Film is _about_ critiquing the dark criminal underworld of sadistic entertainment, but even if I’m right, nothing anyone says to critique it is debunked. Themes are the icing you put on the cake that is the _actual_ film. They enhance what’s already there. Like a multiplier. And what happens when you multiply zero? You still get zero.
@@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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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!"
@@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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
@@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?
@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.
@@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.
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.
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 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.
@@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.
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.
"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!
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!
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.
@@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.
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
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?
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
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.
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.
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™."
@@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.
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.
@@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. 😂
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.
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.
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.
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.
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._
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.
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'.
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.
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?
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
@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.
It's genuinely good, the RU-vid 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
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.
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
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.
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.
“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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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!
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).
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
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.)
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.
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
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! 👍🏽
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
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.
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
My roomate walked in while I was watching your eragon video, both of us heing big fans of the box he watched the rest of the video with me laughing his ass off
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.
Unfortunate as this reply might sound, this is the 'expectation' now, so we can't even claim that they subverted our expectations, well... they were attempting to.... but they clearly failed.
