Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - Angry Review 

How Kennedy still has a job at Disney after costing the company 100's of millions is beyond me.

This movie exists to remind us how good the Indiana Jones Trilogy actually is.

I spent my entire life seeing movies done properly. Even the B movies weren’t nearly as embarrassing as these big budget films *tend* to be.

The Antonio Banderas commentary was gold. Read 10 mins of the script and then asked to be shot. Lmao

Disney is actually incapable of handling legacy characters with care and respect.

Just marathoned the original 3 IJ movies. That final shot of them riding off into the sunset really is classic. It was already the perfect way to end the series.

The “they got the Butterworths?!” And “Should’ve sticked to syrup” lines absolutely killed me xD

Indy reuniting with his son and discovering Atlantis would've been so great

For everyone surprised with how bad it is, remember who was in charge, remember that everyone who directly attached to this movie behind the scenes was telling everyone else that this was a dumpster fire. Kathleen Kennedy needs to be removed.

I mean… did *anybody* expect this movie to not be a dumpster fire?

YOU ARE NOT OUT OF TOUCH JOE, Disney paid for those audience scores I guarantee it.

my Grandad was a big Indiana Jones fan he passed in 2013 he said to me i hope they make a 5th one one day im glad he did not have to witness this shambles😩

Hopefully, whoever was responsible for the opening of the film will receive credit within the industry.

I love the fact they didnt even know how to end their own movie. So just decided to knock Indy out and have everything resolve offscreen. The five or so writers at the end of the movie explains so much.

As a devoted fan of Indiana Jones series, my heart is bleeding. Tbh I have absolutely no idea how people can say that this is better than the crystal skull. Despite some stupid monkey-swinging crap, aliens and poor CGI, that movie had soul, gave Indy a respectful and climactic send off and was actually enjoyable to watch. Maan even if you didn't like Shia LaBeuf, he at least had a distinctive character with obvious flaws to be ironed out throughout the movie - we saw him grow into being a hero and at the end, I could see him carrying some future movies as the lead Indy successor. This lady's character however seems so empty, dead and uninteresting. She starts off by leaving Indy to die, then for whatever reason decides "nah, now I'm gonna save him, why not" and Indy is supposed to be fine with it. No character arc, no likeable qualities, she's just great at everything, ACCEPT IT... Instead of giving that character any depth, anything for the audience to relate to, making her HUMAN, they gave us a plastic mannequin of a protagonist. If they depicted Indy as her mentor, passing the hat onto her, showing her "the ropes", making her realise what truly matters in life, it would have been 10 times better. Say at some point he's ready to sacrifice himself to save her life, leaving the dial behind and maybe that's when she realises that it's not all about the treasure and money, but the people around you or something (which is really the core of being THE Indiana Jones - that's how he differs from all the villains in this series) - literally anything! Anyone can come up with something like that in 2 seconds and I think it's way better than what the writers did here which is pretty much nothing xd. She becomes a good guy all of a sudden and that's it really - there you have it, now you're supposed to cheer for her. Throughout the movie you have this strange feeling that she can stab Indy in the back at any point, you don't trust her as an audience member and it just makes the whole thing uncomfortable to watch. Apart from that, the action scenes are decent, the de-aging is fine and believable for the most part (and that's the main reason the first 15 minutes of the movie are actually very enjoyable), the script is an inconsistent mess (you can see it was rewritten several times), the whole ending is a nonsense. All in all, what the actual F? The movie simply made Indy obsolete - a dead weight to carry around. It's even worse than what they did with Luke honestly... F disney, F "THE MESSAGE", F "strong female leads" and destroying iconic, beloved IPs. They've already lost 300 million on "Strange World" and "Lightyear" and are on their way to lose even more with "Elemental". If they had any excuses for messing up those movies, loosing money on a huge renowned franchise like Indiana Jones will be just inexplicable. If that happens, I sincerely hope the shareholders will finally step in to save this sinking ship of a production company. I am done with disney, period.

It's hilarious that they were so confident in Fleabag's character that they were trying to spin her off into other films and even the positive reviews I've seen for this film agree she was the weakest element.

I'm also constantly surprised at how good the Mission Impossible franchise continues to be almost 30 years later.

This is the most important franchise of all time for me. My first VHS movie was Last Crusade. Seen it probably over 50 times. LOVE all 3 original movies. Destroying this character is like a personal insult for me. Disney gave me a bitchslap. I will never ever forgive them this.

Now we know why Spielberg stepped down and passed on this one. So, did Mangold sign on to direct before he read the script? This doesn’t feel like a movie that Mangold would choose to direct.

A nuclear blast? At his age, the biggest fear Indie should have is falling...

Alex continues to spit straight facts.

I agree with Alex, I hate those people that are willing to accept terrible content just to "consume any content in that universe." Those kind of people are the reason we keep getting crap in IPs that should give us nothing but gold.

I dont get the Temple of Doom hate at all. That was a great Indian Jones Saturday afternoon matinee movie that Spielberg was trying to capture the feel of. So many good scenes and is just a fun movie.

Been waiting for this one, Joe and family. I was very curious to hear what you guys felt.

The Flash: “I’m gonna be the biggest flop of the summer.” Indiana Jones 5: “Hold my idol, kid.”

That was Disney destroying another franchise

My first reaction walking out of the theatre: "well...that was a movie."

The three Indiana Jones films are great!

This movie makes Kingdom of the Crystal Skull look like the Godfather 2

I think it's hilarious how often people use audience score to dismiss critics when it's clear, people will like pretty much anything. I mean, when someone already commits to go watch something, they are already inclined to like it. It doesn't take much to entertain someone, even with the most poorly written material.

The Indiana Jones movies have always had over the top magic and supernatural stuff and ridiculous stunts. People made fun of the refrigerator scene but does anyone think a soldier from the Crusades being alive hundreds of years later is more realistic? Or half the scenes from Temple of Doom? We just used to pick movies apart less and enjoyed them more and our brains don't let us dislike things we were so fond of easily, and today we train our brains not to like anything we find fault with. I saw all the movies for the first time in order at the same time (after Crystal Skull came out) so I didn't have the nostalgia bias and I actually liked Crystal Skull better than Temple of Doom. You can argue some aspects of the new movies don't line up but as far as the scenes being over the top or far-fetched that's always been the case.

You know when Angry Joe starts his review with a "what the fuck?!" that you know it's gonna be good

You just keep hitting the fuckin' homeruns, Disney!

I liked the moment when the girl boss was handing Jones his epic bat and he tossed it behind him into the ocean saying "The adventures must end"

I enjoyed it. I'm close to fifty and work in the film industry, hell I even made lightsabers on starwars prequels so I've been around. Harrison ford wanted to examine the character in this way. I feel he earnt that right. Maybe this film was for him? The female lead was supposed to be unlikeabe at the beginning. In a similar way to Willie Scott. In the end she turns, she has an arc. Whats the point in picking Indy 5 apart for realism. If you dissect the first three they're a mess but we love them.

Indiana Jones movies ended for me watching him ride off in the sunset at the end of the last crusade.

I think James Mangold attempted the "Old Man Logan" treatment for Indy, which is a deconstruction of a great hero in his old age. The problem is that Indiana Jones (at least to me) has never been the gruff n tough guy. He's a brave, daring adventurer. And in the previous films, he was respected as not only a great archeologist, but also a very famous university/college professor. To see the treatment done to him in this film will baffle a lot of fans.

I remeber thinking as a little kid after seeing all the movies “I’d be so awesome if they did a 5th one they’d finish off the story with him as an old man” it’s so disappointing what Disney has become since then

I like this guy. Have him on more often

Kathleen Kennedy managed to make a movie worse than the Last Jedi? Wow!

I'm glad to see OJ is finally growing a beard! Lookin' good, dude!

Not only does “Indiana Jones” jump the shark. It jumps through time!

i thought it was almost very good, the ideas were great and the beginning and end set pieces were very fun for the character, the problem is that wombat takes over the movie and indy loses a lot of agency which is not what you want for the hero of an action adventure movie , overall it was fine

R.I.P. Indiana Jones

At this point all we can hope for is a generation of writers who are learning from these huge mistakes and will create genuine stories in the future. We are where we are because a bunch of dorks tried harder to be the change they wanted to see in the world than all of us complaining.

Worse than Crystal Skull?? WHAT THE F.... That is an exceptionally hard bar to get lower than.. geeezzzz

Alex was a lot more talky here, it's nice to see him like this!

I've learned to not listen to Rotten Tomatoes reviews at this point, and this movie's score is the perfect example why.

Alex seems *way* more lively than the other reviews I've seen.

Once i noticed harrison ford taking a bus or subway train and also sleeping on a dad recliner i knew we were in for a hell of a ride

Spoiler talk: I personally would like to see the ending where Indiana didn't came back to the present and stayed in the past, and it'll be an interesting ending since you won't know if Indiana would rewrite history or not for the sake of knowledge, and him being the one in the casket will cause a point paradox repeating a cycle where Indiana was given birth in his modern era, just to die in the past

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This movie is going to singlehandedly expose rotten tomatoes once and for all.. there’s no way a movie can simultaneously be in the 90% range yet also be one of the biggest flops of all time… we’re being lied to.

Just got back from watching it. I have a lot of thoughts and I'll try to briefly summarize them. It did start to get a little boring at some points and there were so many moments that didn't make a lick of sense to me. I would say roughly the first half of the film was a lot of fun and the second half started to kind of wonder off a little bit. I really enjoyed the beginning with the train, the nazis and the younger Indy and all that. Indy did look a little strange in some bits, but I give it a pass. Overall, the whole sequence I felt was awesome. Truth be told, I know ford doesn't want to do anymore and I completely understand because of his age. But I would be completely on board with an Indiana Jones movie being nothing but that. Use the cg to make Indy younger and just make it a prequel that takes places somewhere between the films. All you need is Ford's likeness and his voice and there you go. He doesn't have to do any stunts or anything. I know that's wishful thinking. But that's just my opinion. Other than that, I felt that Indy unfortunately had to take a back seat when it came to a lot of the action. Which I get is because of Ford's age. But it still left me wanting more from the character. I really liked how they brought back the nazis and how that was woven into the story. While I felt the second half was lacking a little bit, it still had pieces in the movie that I really liked. What I didn't like was that there were a lot of stupid things that happened in this movie. I won't spoil it right now, so if you haven't seen it. Then you need to see for yourself. I would say that this was much better than Crystal skull, albeit that was low hanging fruit. I would put this right behind Temple of Doom in order of ranking. In my opinion I would rank the films from best to worst in this order: Raiders, last crusade, Temple of doom, Dial of destiny, and Crystal skull.

Temple of Doom is the best one out of the trilogy. This is my rankings. 1. Temple of Doom 2. Raiders of the Lost Ark 3. The Last Crusade

I think Disney really spammed Rotten tomatoes with fake audience reviews. It’s been done before for other shows and movies on streaming platforms.

Indiana Jones is the best trilogy ive never seen. Speaking of which I'm gonna watch those now.

Alex’s thumbnail is a spoiler alert 🤣

I'm happy oj got spared this one. He's the best ❤

I mean couldn’t Harrison Ford see what was happening during the filming? Didn’t he see what they were doing to this beloved character beyond his paycheque? He could’ve stepped in anytime during the process and say "I’m not having it". He has the clout and changes would have happened. Sad to say, but he’s as much to blame for this as Kathleen Kennedy.

I'm convinced that the only people that have seen this movie so far are the elderly. And they fell asleep after the first 20 minutes. And that's all they could remember, so they're, like, yeah, it was pretty good.

I watched the three Indiana Jones films yesterday and they are freakin’ masterpieces compared to modern film.

Odd how they always seem to miss the re-accruing issues with these films

I rewatched the last crusade this week again. It’s amazing how this movie and the last one make the first 3 films seem even better than they were before.

Never trust review sites like Rotten Tomatoes. They do nothing about bots if the bots are giving positive reviews.

Some internet critics are making excuses for this movie, we can always rely on Joe to pull no punches (unless he's drunk).

As far as it goes.. If Spielberg directed Dial of Destiny with better writers, I would have love to see Emily Blunt (like in Jungle Cruise), Rebecca Ferguson (she’s great at playing heroines like in Mission Impossible and the new series, Silo), Hayley Atwell (aka Agent Carter), and even Gemma Arterton in the Helena role and make her a BETTER written female character with a I don’t know..PROGRESSION. Plus it would have been EVEN BETTER if they bring Ke Huy Quan back as an older Short Round. Now that would have let my excitement level go 100% Up.

Every time Phoebe Waller Bridge was on screen I kept thinking of the Monty Python "Big Nose" segment from Life of Brian.

Alex's face is the thumbnail is all I needed to know.

I was mildly curious when I heard the 90% audience score on RT so I took a look at some of the reviews and oh my. Some of the 4 and 5 star reviews seem genuine, but when I see stuff like: "The story was well-written (virtually no plot flaws), and the non-stop action was great!", I get highly skeptical.

Gotta say I saw it today and did not have high hopes. But I think think it’s going to be seen (as time goes on) as on par with Temple of Doom. Not the best in the franchise but in no way is it a bad film. I think the franchise is better off with this addition than if it wasn’t made

I grew up watching the very first Indiana Jones in the theaters and it’s sad what Hollywood has done to this iconic character/actor.

I didn’t think it was possible for a movie to be worse than Crystal Skull

15:46 you know its bad when "good guys arent compelling, you are not rooting for them" Shame to see what happened to Indiana series

Also I’m sure Hltler would be okay with Mads taking him out, if it meant keeping his organisation alive in the future I’m sure he would have sacrificed himself to keep it going. For the greater good, from his perspective.

Aldi is giving away 5 free tickets when you buy a pack of hot dogs!

It’s incredible how Disney just cannot produce a single good movie

Important note about executive producers: in cases like this where it's a big-budget movie from a big time studio, their purpose is mainly the value of their name. Spielberg has executively produced many films throughout the years like Transformers, Cowboys & Aliens, Men in Black 3, etc., and didn't help in their creative processes at all. But in all of those films' marketing, they made sure to state "From Executive Producer Steven Spielberg". In most cases, executive producers are responsible for getting money, but in these situations, it's for name recognition. So when I see Dial of Destiny is executively produced by Spielberg and George Lucas, I highly doubt they had much input in the creative aspects of the movie. More likely, they are just there to add legitimacy since Indiana Jones is basically their brain child.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge is the dog they introduced in Itchy and Scratchy

Harrison Ford is nearly 2 years older than John Rhys-Davies.

I’ll watch this later but from the thumbnail, especially looking at Alex, I can tell that our worst fears have been realized.

If they ever come out with a box-set of Indiana Jones with all five of these movies,s people are going to call it "Oh yea, the Indiana Jones Trilogy and two coasters."

It's hilarious. Rarely do I get so much enjoyment out of a movie flopping.

I can't help but think that ChatGPT would've been able to find or create connective narrative elements throughout the story

Alex waited 5 years to interrupt someone in a review.

I saw this like 40 mins ago... And I wanted to come here and hear you guys rip it apart!! LOL

I didn't knew Joe's doing reviews to movies as well!

We should've just had a soft reboot with Short Round as an adult :)

I love temple of doom! I still think to this day it's the most underated Indiana Jones movie by far.

That first 20 minutes was actually really fun.

Great Review AJ and Guys. Man I thought this Film was gonna be more Woke than I was expecting, again it's one of those Movies you have too turn your Brain Off, cuz as an Indy Fan it's most definitely the worst Film in the Franchise. I thought they was gonna go down the same road as James Bond with one Scene at the End but I'll save that for the Spoilers. They went too the ridiculous with Crystal Skulls and this is more of the same but at least they was going down the right Path with the last Film Indy's Son, I don't know why they didn't Recast the Son Character for this Film. The First 20mins was awesome, seeing Young Indiana brought back great Memories of Watching the Indiana Jones Films Growing Up, i am stuck between a Score of a 3 or 4 too be honest for this one guys.

I remember renting out Crystal Skull, getting playing cards with the movie scenes and stacking them as the movie progressed. I remember liking the start of the movie, but at the end I was getting weirded out. Judging that, I feel like I'd end up hating this movie quite a lot. Maybe I'll just try to grab some old games or comics... Emperor's Tomb, Staff of Moses, Atlantis... there are still some timeless adventures for Indy.

Still love the fact, that they filmed 6 endings and with only one appealing to the audience, that's why the movie took one year more to finish.

I’ve been watching The Making of Indiana Jones and it still amazes me how much time and effort went into everything, from the casting to the sets to the writing. Not to mention it was all done practically. From the sounds of it, they just went “eh, we’ll CGI it” for like 90% of this movie.

I kind of enjoyed the beginning with how disinterested Indy was with the whole Moon Day parade. After all, the man has seen “aliens” (interdimensional beings). Makes sense he wouldn’t really care about the moon.

They never watched Crystal Skull? Oh Come on..and we're supposed to care what they think about this? I'm out..

Having my childhood hero fade is one thing but blatantly destroying the characters legacy is another. If losing money at Disney is the only thing they will listen to, I hope the cinemas remain dead.

The Temple of Doom was frickin' awesome back in the day and still is.

You'd think that Hollywood would have finally learned their lesson by now.

What did you expect Indiana Jones story ended with the third movie rinding with his father into the subset this fifth movie make the Kingdom of crystal skulls a masterpiece