Hey,

I really liked the first Indy movie and the way it played the thrills and spills of movies from the early days of cinema. These days, Indy just harks back to previous movies in the franchise. Not much going on . . .

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On 7/2/2023 1:18 AM, william ahearn wrote:

Hey,

I really liked the first Indy movie and the way it played the thrills and spills of movies from the early days of cinema. These days, Indy just harks back to previous movies in the franchise. Not much going on . . .

(Like STAR WARS, imnsho.)

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Grosses
DOMESTIC (53.9%)
$82,000,000
INTERNATIONAL (46.1%)
$70,000,000
WORLDWIDE
$152,000,000

unimpressive to say the least

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On Monday, July 3, 2023 at 5:23:40 PM UTC-4, T987654321 wrote:

Grosses
DOMESTIC (53.9%)
$82,000,000
INTERNATIONAL (46.1%)
$70,000,000
WORLDWIDE
$152,000,000

unimpressive to say the least

Who said "unimpressive"? Is there a point floating around somewhere?

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On Sun, 2 Jul 2023 10:51:12 -0400, moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com>
wrote:

On 7/2/2023 1:18 AM, william ahearn wrote:

Hey,

I really liked the first Indy movie and the way it played the thrills and spills of movies from the early days of cinema. These days, Indy just harks back to previous movies in the franchise. Not much going on . . .

(Like STAR WARS, imnsho.)

I believe that Disney is deliberately turning the old classics woke in
order to bury them. They have not elevated any of their remakes.

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On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 12:04:06 PM UTC-4, NoBody wrote:

On Sun, 2 Jul 2023 10:51:12 -0400, moviePig <pwal...@moviepig.com>
wrote:

On 7/2/2023 1:18 AM, william ahearn wrote:

Hey,

I really liked the first Indy movie and the way it played the thrills and spills of movies from the early days of cinema. These days, Indy just harks back to previous movies in the franchise. Not much going on . . .

(Like STAR WARS, imnsho.)

I believe that Disney is deliberately turning the old classics woke in
order to bury them. They have not elevated any of their remakes.

WTF is "woke" about it. Oh, I see, you heard that somewhere and just repeated it,

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On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 22:18:06 -0700 (PDT), william ahearn
<wlahearn@gmail.com> wrote:

I really liked the first Indy movie and the way it played
the thrills and spills of movies from the early days of cinema.
These days, Indy just harks back to previous movies in the
franchise. Not much going on . . .

Eh, for what it's worth I liked it. I wasn't expecting a cinematic masterpiece, and they maybe could have trimmed a chase scene or two
out of it to get it down under two hours. But it was a pretty good
Indiana Jones movie. I was impressed with the de-aging they did on
Harrison Ford in the first part of the movie.

You're right though, there were a lot of callbacks to the first three
movies.

-- Bob

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On Tue, 4 Jul 2023 11:58:11 -0700 (PDT), william ahearn
<wlahearn@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 12:04:06?PM UTC-4, NoBody wrote:

On Sun, 2 Jul 2023 10:51:12 -0400, moviePig <pwal...@moviepig.com>
wrote:

On 7/2/2023 1:18 AM, william ahearn wrote:

Hey,

I really liked the first Indy movie and the way it played the thrills and spills of movies from the early days of cinema. These days, Indy just harks back to previous movies in the franchise. Not much going on . . .

(Like STAR WARS, imnsho.)

I believe that Disney is deliberately turning the old classics woke in
order to bury them. They have not elevated any of their remakes.

WTF is "woke" about it. Oh, I see, you heard that somewhere and just repeated it,

Incompetent male and strong independant woman....duh.

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On Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 11:20:53 AM UTC-4, NoBody wrote:

On Tue, 4 Jul 2023 11:58:11 -0700 (PDT), william ahearn
<wlah...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 12:04:06?PM UTC-4, NoBody wrote:

On Sun, 2 Jul 2023 10:51:12 -0400, moviePig <pwal...@moviepig.com>
wrote:

On 7/2/2023 1:18 AM, william ahearn wrote:

Hey,

I really liked the first Indy movie and the way it played the thrills and spills of movies from the early days of cinema. These days, Indy just harks back to previous movies in the franchise. Not much going on . . .

(Like STAR WARS, imnsho.)

I believe that Disney is deliberately turning the old classics woke in
order to bury them. They have not elevated any of their remakes.

WTF is "woke" about it. Oh, I see, you heard that somewhere and just repeated it,

Incompetent male and strong independant woman....duh.

Oh, please. So that makes Howard Hawks "woke"? Get lost. Duh.

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On Wed, 5 Jul 2023 13:13:52 -0700 (PDT), william ahearn
<wlahearn@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 11:20:53?AM UTC-4, NoBody wrote:

On Tue, 4 Jul 2023 11:58:11 -0700 (PDT), william ahearn
<wlah...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 12:04:06?PM UTC-4, NoBody wrote:

On Sun, 2 Jul 2023 10:51:12 -0400, moviePig <pwal...@moviepig.com>
wrote:

On 7/2/2023 1:18 AM, william ahearn wrote:

Hey,

I really liked the first Indy movie and the way it played the thrills and spills of movies from the early days of cinema. These days, Indy just harks back to previous movies in the franchise. Not much going on . . .

(Like STAR WARS, imnsho.)

I believe that Disney is deliberately turning the old classics woke in
order to bury them. They have not elevated any of their remakes.

WTF is "woke" about it. Oh, I see, you heard that somewhere and just repeated it,

Incompetent male and strong independant woman....duh.

Oh, please. So that makes Howard Hawks "woke"? Get lost. Duh.

"The sequel’s Cannes Film Festival premiere allowed select film
critics to screen the movie, slated for a June 30 release. And the
early notices are less than kind.

“Dial of Destiny” boasts a limp 43 percent “rotten” rating at Rotten
Tomatoes, a critical review aggregator site.

The BBC review called the film “gloomy and depressing,” but that’s not
the critical takeaway from the pan.

[“Dial of Destiny”] has the air of a film passing the torch (or whip)
to the next generation. But it does all this in an even gloomier
fashion than The Force Awakens did. I’m not sure how many fans want to
see Indiana Jones as a broken, helpless old man who cowers in the
corner while his patronising goddaughter takes the lead, but that’s
what we’re given, and it’s as bleak as it sounds.

Ouch.

Variety confirms what many suspected about the belated sequel – it’s a
vehicle for Disney, Inc. to replace Ford’s Indy with Waller-Bridge’s
heroine.

So while it feels like the film is setting her up to become the “new
Indy Jones,” I wouldn’t bet the farm on that happening."

https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/reviews-woke-indiana-jones-dial-of-destiny/

Get lost. Duh.

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On Friday, July 7, 2023 at 11:52:06 AM UTC-4, NoBody wrote:

Get lost. Duh.

None of that proves your non-point. You're lost in the Bud Lite rhetoric. But then, that seems par for the course for someone with such a superficial understanding of culture and a total lack of substance about movies. Go sell it at alt.right.

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On Monday, July 3, 2023 at 2:23:40 PM UTC-7, T987654321 wrote:

Grosses
DOMESTIC (53.9%)
$82,000,000
INTERNATIONAL (46.1%)
$70,000,000
WORLDWIDE
$152,000,000

unimpressive to say the least

Grosses
DOMESTIC (48.9%)
$121,205,329
INTERNATIONAL (51.1%)
$126,700,000
WORLDWIDE
$247,905,329

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On Fri, 07 Jul 2023 11:52:01 -0400, NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com> wrote:

I’m not sure how many fans want to
see Indiana Jones as a broken, helpless old man who cowers in the
corner while his patronising goddaughter takes the lead, but that’s
what we’re given

Whoever wrote that review must have watched a very different version
of the movie from the one I saw. I definitely don't remembrer Jones "cower[ing] in a corner".

-- Bob

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