I think we could eliminate internet porn if Kathleen Kennedy started directing it.

Lucasfilm’s ruined every single franchise they get their hands on, and at this point, I support them closing permanently.

The saddest part is Indy is one of the most revered classic characters, and whilst I felt the reputation was still upheld after Crystal Skull, this movie was an insult to Indy, it would’ve been a fine ending with his marriage to Marion at the end of the last one.

Imagine if the film was about Indy and Marion joining Mutt on his own adventure? They'd travel to China in the middle of the Cold War, assisting a contact who turns out to be a grown-up Short Round.

That was one of the angriest “go away now” sign offs ever. Well deserved, Disney.

How is Kathleen still in charge?? She’s made so many awful films at this point that there’s no way in hell anybody can just look passed it.

I'm British-Italian, and on both sides of my family (from York in the British side and from the South in the Italian side), I have had grandparents and uncles who lived until they were 100 years old. All of these people, until their last day, were incredibly proud individuals, always full of energy. They were never sad, depressed, or anything like that Indiana Jones character. Beyond my family, I know thousands of elders who have much more energy than me, a bloody millennial who finds it hard to get up from their chair. They were shaped by the Second World War, and they never lost their characteristic pride and energetic lifestyle when facing life. So this notion of old, depressed people like Indiana Jones or Luke Skywalker doesn't hold up at all. Maybe a better script would be an older character who demonstrates much more courage and resilience than a bunch of kids who can only play with their smartphones, myself included. And just because the authors are Americans doesn't mean they should have the idea of "depressed old people," because many of the old Americans I've met are just as hardcore as the European ones. 💀☠💀☠💀

One thing I really liked about the cars 3 movie was taht although the new female character that came in to help out the male lead find his hights again is a great talent in of herself. The movies still made it clear taht his experiences are very valuable and you can really feel his knowledge and skill that has built up over the years. Crazy how cars 3 did it better than the majority of box office movies these days.

“Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made” -J.R.R. Tolkien.

For once, that “Go away now.” wasn’t for us. It was for Disney.

I enjoyed the beginning and the ending. The travel through time. That paranormal event that is in every Indiana Jones movie. It's magical. But I was bored during the middle. I really liked that Marion came back. Call me sentimental.

Saw this movie this evening... my God you're spot on!! To me the most insulting part of the strong female character was somehow knowing what was best for Indy at the end when he made it 110% clear it was his decision to stay in past". Then she's all "no, I know better because... reasons". I think that would have served as a better ending to the Indy saga. But nooooo.....

The smug expression that is always on Phoebe Waller's face and the sad, tired face of Harrison Ford, says it all.

Asking for a strong female character to have an arc is like asking a modern feminist to be nice to men.

As someone who does creative writing for a hobby, I have to say: these films make me realize what NOT to do when creating a story and forming characters. (It's disappointing to see that modern entertainment is showing me the things I should NOT do when it comes to creative storytelling. That's just sad.) The critique from channels like this one also help to see what makes these films so... icky. It makes me reflect on the choices I've made in my own works so that I don't make the same mistakes. So... yikes.

I had a glimpse of hope watching the first 15mins of this movie until the strong female character appeared and it was all downhill from there. You are spot on, the modern film studios are not creators but destroyers.

One of the reasons I absolutely love Top Gun: Maverick is that they didn't make Pete a washed up, depressed husk of a man. They made everything he used to be, but seasoned from experience.. ya know, like a real person.

I’m coming to the conclusion that destroying beloved franchises is part of some sort of psychological warfare.

Don’t forget the German WW2 bomber conveniently hidden at the local airport for the finale.

I like to think that there's an unused ending somewhere where Indy stays in the past and at the end Marion, mourning his disappearance, attends a museum showing of the discovery of an 'ancient hero' lost to time and sees the hat and realises that it's Indy. It would bring the whole series full circle because Indy himself would 'belong in a museum' and become a key part of history that he loves so much. The worst part of the film for me was the end, when Indy decides to stay in the past and 'strong female character' takes his choice away and knocks him out, deciding for him. Having an abrasive, unlikeable woman with no positive qualities force Indy to make a major life decision against his will is the biggest disgrace of the film. Indy is a man who always makes his own choices, for better or worse and that was the most unforgivable part of this film for me, which did have some good moments and overall could have been better than Crystal Skull by a longshot.

Kathleen Kennedy is like a little child playing with it's father's train collection. It doesn't know what it has, and it throws it in the corner when it's finished playing.

The time travel concept of this movie is FAR more believable than two 70 year olds getting divorced in the 1960's.

I'll tell you one thing they really screwed up, was when and how they revealed that Mutt had died. Now don't get me wrong - I was no fan of that character in Crystal Skull. However, they misled us to believe that Indy was a depressed alcoholic due to separation with Marion. That is out of character for Indy, and it just didn't make sense. Later, in a very indirect and offhanded way it was finally revealed to us that Mutt died in the military. They could have made a much more compelling plot narrative out of it if handled right. Something like this... Mutt died, we find out right when we jump forward to 1969. Marion has separated from Indy. It is revealed to us later in the movie that Marion found out Indy had half the Antikythera mechanism, and that it was rumored to allow time travel. Marion, having experienced many supernatural things in the previous movies, totally believed that it could, and that Indy should devote all his energy to finding the other half. Indy did not believe it, and thought it was a bunch of BS, so he would not go after it. Marion was so hurt and enraged that she separated from Indy. She nearly goes mad (in place of Phoebe's dad) researching and hunting the mechanism for that reason. Even though she doesn't blame Indy for Mutt's death, she is just as upset with him for not doing everything he can to try and undo it. Phoebe in this movie is unredeemable, almost exactly like Dr. Elsa Schneider in Last Crusade. She has a kind of child like innocence, naivety and lack of moral compass that leads her down almost the same plot path. Phoebe sets things in motion, through her knowledge that Indy has half the Antikythera, and she manages to steal it from him. Now Indy has no choice but to get it back, and in the process of the adventure it leads him to the other half. He also encounters Marion, in a very similar situation as in Raiders - she is in some foreign country, scraping by a living, after having run out of money and being stranded. They use the Antikythera device, and just like in the film they travel to the wrong time. However, Phoebe gets left behind and eventually dies thousands of years in the past. Indy tries to save her, but can't, and she's gone forever. Indy and Marion now understand the flaw of the Antikythera device, and with that knowledge they successfully go back in time to save Mutt. They manage to talk him out of enlisting. Then, in the final emotional climax of the film, when Indy and Marion return to the future they find that Mutt is still dead - he has died of some other cause. They realize that they cannot change fate, and no matter what they do Mutt is destined to die in the past. Or if you want, it's all a happy ending and when they come back to the present time, Mutt is alive and well.

this movie makes kingdom of the crystal skull seem infinitely better

I showed my 7 year old son the Indiana Jones trilogy while he was off school this week with tonsillitis. He loved them and asked if there were any more Indiana Jones movies to watch. I said "no, just the trilogy".

It's insane to think that Kathleen Kennedy's entire claim to fame is that she was in the room when some guys were being creative, but here we are.

Two missed opportunities I thought surrounding Helena. 1, her father should have been Marcus Brody. And by the trailers, I thought Toby Jones was playing a young Brody. It would have tied her in better with Indy. 2. Maybe instead of Helena, the sidekick could have been a grown up Shorty. The kid who was the sidekick on his first adventure, comes back as an adult, down on his luck, and resorts to robbing his old friend of a priceless artifact to sell at an auction. Indy refuses to believe that Shorty is capable of such a thing and comes back as a friend and father figure to Shorty. Then at the end, Shorty is the one who refuses to let his adopted dad go, and reunites Indy and Marion.

Dungeons and Dragons was great fun. Really unexpected. That movie deserved much better

“And they talk about the male ego” 100% !! I actually just saw these movies in a completely new way. They are Kathleen’s fantasy of George Lucas being a wasted old man and her taking his place as a powerful and refreshing female. She must have been building up resentment about not being as good as him over years and years. He was so good and she wasn’t, she couldn’t cope with it. So she imagined herself as perfect and him as a loser, and that’s what we see playing out on screen over and over. These new movies are her psyche forced onto old franchises. Amazing insight Drinker.

at this point KK's self casting of a young brunette woman in every movie about a male protagonist, is definite proof that she's really salty about her years as a bad looking assistant who's been a side character all her life and now she's out for revenge on... fans ? lol

We don’t go to movies anymore… that’s what Disney wanted right?

Just went to see the film yesterday and was a bit skeptical going into this video. However I’m really surprised that nearly every point you made is completely spot on to what I was feeling. The train scene at the start WAS the best part of the film, there were way too many boring car chases, how did Waller know where they were in Crete? The little Spanish boy WAS just another attempt at recreating Short Round, Indie should have just stayed in the past in the ending… Also that scene where Indie knocks over all the pots in the storeroom seems really out of character, and it’s weird that he only uses the whip once during the film where I can think of a dozen occasions in Morocco where I would have come in handy? The only thing I disagree with is that Wombat isn’t as bad as you made her out to be (even though her character motivation keeps changing after the boat scene). Also I think the sudden personality shift of Dr Jones is justified considering Mutt died in Vietnam (at least I think that’s what they said, I can’t remember if they mentioned him dying or not) Also the other bad guys were actually really cool, especially the big burly guy. Overall I think it’s better than Crystal Skull, but not as good as the OT

F is for Females replacing icons. A is for Aimless filler. I is for Inflated budgets. L is for Losing touch with reality. U is for Uninspired plots. R is for Rampant cringe. E is for Egotistical directors. What's that spell? DISNEY!

Kathleen Kennedy is an inspirational woman. She proves that you don’t have to have any talent, skill, awareness or creativity to still thrive at the top of an industry bravo.

I went to the theater with no expectations and still ended up disappointed. I can’t believe people are saying this is better than kingdom of the crystal skull. I’m like REALLY? This makes Kingdom of the Crystal Skull look like the Last Crusade. At least Indiana Jones was the Indy we knew and loved in the 4th. He doesn’t even fight in the 5th movie. He gets some hits in but mostly he gets overpowered by everyone else. I get it he’s old but that’s the point. Indy was watchable because he was an adventurer that was always in way over his head but was able to come out on top because he could handle himself. The younger Indy would easily make quick work with the villains in the 5th film by himself.

I watched the movie listening to the score, could be one one of the last John Williams scores. Many of the scenes would have fallen flat without music, JW did a wonderful job as usual, with subtlety, fun and nuance. He kept the old Indy alive like an IV drip.😊

I'm impressed with Kennedy's ability for the Indiana Jones series. It took a few years for her to destroy Star Wars, but it only took one movie to fully bury the Indiana Jones series.

The Indiana Jones franchise ended with The Last Crusade in 1989. Indy, Henry, Sallah, and Marcus rode off into the sunset like legends.

My son turned me in the cinema when Shaw punched Indy. He said “why did she do that?”. Poor kid, I didn’t have the heart to tell him the truth, nor would he understand.

Dial of Destiny’s ending makes me long for how Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ended.

Indiana jones was a tenured professor for over 30 years and his father was also educated and would have left him a sizeable amount of money after he passed away. How exactly is Indiana jones left broke living in a low rent apartment?

“Some men just want to watch the world burn.” Kathleen Kennedy is that man.

Makes me appreciate kingdom of the crystal skull even more

4:30 this is the second major review that I've seen get this wrong. The movie makes it clear that there are only two possible locations of Archimedes's tomb: Sicily or Greece. The boat is headed in the direction of Sicily, so of course Voller knows Indy is headed to Syracuse.

“They’re not creators, they’re destroyers.” So true. I hope this is the movie that gets Kathleen Kennedy fired.

I would really like to see a comparison of how this movie treats "old age" or deconstructing legacy characters with Logan, which was brutal with Wolverine and Dr.X, turning their defining traits against them, dreams crushed and looking only to hide away until death. yet they didn't mock the characters

Jar-Jar Abrams and his fetch-quest school of "writing". A gift that just keeps giving.

I feel like a character like Indiana Jones wouldn't end up a bitter lonely old man considering his life experience in these franchises.

She did it, Kathleen Kennedy finally ruined Indy just like she did with Luke & Han Will Disney finally fire her…I think not

I would have liked to see Short Round (Ke Huy Quan) carry on the franchise, I thought it would have been the next natural step after he won an Oscar. He has experience with stunts and fight choreography, they could have made something more grounded but also action packed, something that could have had a chance at being interesting.

After watching this at the cinema my first thought was "I kinda wish they made the whole movie like the first 15 mins".... Temple was a prequel. So could this have been and hence we could all stick to riding into the sunset is the end of the FOUR Indy movies.

It's weird how most of us are more excited to watch the Drinker destroy these movies than the actual movies themselves.

That closing "Go away now" was from the soul. Well done, Kathy. You ruined literally everything you've placed your nasty little fingers on.

If the Drinker is wondering can Hollywood still continue an established franchise today he should watch Confess, Fletch. A not great movie but still decent enough to leave the hero intact in an era of mass castration. They manage to update the character for modern times without turning him into a walking wimp. Jon Hamm has fun with his role and the movie is moderately entertaining. No MeToo references that I could remember.

Back in 2008 I started what would be a 4 and a half year run at Blockbuster Video. That's when Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was coming out on DVD. I slapped that poster up on the window. Grabbed some expired coke and a tub of popcorn. Used one of ten free rentals and took the DVD home. Had I only known how bad things would get. I'd hug that CGI prairie dog and contract rabies if it meant Kathleen Kennedy would be out of the job. This movie is so bad that I called the suicide crisis hotline twice while trying to finish it.

At least Crystal Skull gave Indy a satisfying, happy ending to cap stone the series. He married the woman he loved, he has a capable and honorable son to enjoy his life with. This tears it apart

KATHLEEN KENNEDY DID IT! She did a movie that’s worse than The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Yay! We all asked for an 80 year old Indiana Jones. Can't wait until they make Wizard of Oz with an 80 year old Dorothy.

9:59 i heard the emotional damage vine boom sound effect in my head

My father is an old man, and I think he said it best watching the trailer for this: "They just can't let boys have heroes any more. I don't wonder why. I *know* why."

I can't get over the incredibly poignant metaphor of dragging Indiana Jones out of the past, where he was comfortable and wanted to die, into the modern age where he is miserable, soulless, and depressing. If that isn't modern Hollywood I don't know what is.

This looks like a $5 market movie, you know the ones that are brought in sleeves, because Disney no longer sells physical media in Australia any more.

My wife and I just watched this movie today. It gave me gas and was dreadful to watch. I didn’t get any of the feeling that I got from the original film. Great review man, spot on.

After everything I heard I was shocked that I was seeing so many people on social media say the movie was good. But then I noticed they all had pronouns in their bio, and everything made sense.

1.4 million views in 2 days?! this video had a bigger opening weekend than the actual movie lmao. what a disgrace Kathleen Kennedy is x'D

As a Greek I want to say a bravo to Harisson for his excellent greek at the end....She couldn't really make any sense and the ancient greek was weird. But Harisson nailed it!

Couldnt agree more.. But I don’t know how you made it through the all film. This world needs to hire the original writers from the 80s and 90s

Jesus christ, the broken male hero again? Imagine what top gun 2 would've been like if Disney was making it? Though I doubt Tom Cruise would allow himself to be humiliated like that also.

This movie is yet another example of JRR Tolkien's quote to be true.... “Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made.”

The only thing that would save this movie would be an arrow in Helen's neck for interrupting Archimedes and telling men what to do. I would rewatch it daily at the movies and give it 10/10 ratings.

An Indy superfan was so excited about going to see this. On the day, she said she had seen reviews and decided to pass.

Phoebe-Whatever-Bridge is the definition of nepotism actress.

That was the most palpably angst-filled, soul wrenching "Go Away Now" he's ever made. I totally empathize Drinker.

Where was that 'you bastard' scene at 3:24 from? 😂😂

I met a lady friend just yesterday who had seen the Dial of Destiny the day before. She knew nothing about internet posts about the film but loves Harrison Ford. So when asked (without prompting) what she thought about the film she said it was crap (actually more ladylike than that), badly written, confusing and senseless. She also thought Ford was now getting a bit past it (her term) and that she could not stand "that dreadful" woman and thought that the writer got wrong way round and that Indy should have punched her in the face. Now this lady is mid-aged, smart and a film fan so if she thinks this about the D of D what is it that Iger, Kennedy and the others in Disney don't get.

The last shot of this video says it all. The iconic closing of Last Crusade with Indy, his dad and the others riding into the sunset. That's the Indy I will remember. We didn't see him age out, and we didn't need to. He was just Indiana goddamn Jones, whip-toting, snake- hating treasure hunter. Forever.

You know a female character is bad when a woman like me would want to punch her in the face.

I thought Drinker was quite generous with that one. I didn't even think the beginning was good. To quote Black Adder...it started badly...tailed off a little in the middle and the less said about the end the better.

She runs like she's trying out the legs in her new Avatar body.

Kathleen Kennedy isnt even trying to hide it anymore. She's made it clear that George Lucas's vision for star wars is gone and that we should 'move on'. Sad to see a beloved series me and several others grew up with be destroyed over someone with a personal agenda

As @TheCriticaIDrikner once said: . If there’s a silver lining to this shit-storm, it's that the scale of Kennedy's incompetence only underscores the superiority of all the movies she tried so hard to bury and upstage. Working with less money, more primitive technology and fewer resources, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg achieved something she'll never ever equal - a legacy to be proud of.

The most facinating aspect of this movie is looking at how miserably the green screen cuts are made. Observing the difference of lighting in the backdrop and the main cast.

Drinker, you master of analysis, I think you should rewatch Indy and the Crystal Skull. I think you’ll be surprised how it’s not as bad as we all remember. I think it would be cool to see the side by side comparison of character arcs between crystal skull and dial of destiny.

The Drinker suffers through these trainwrecks so we don't have to. The man is a saint.

It’s funny how they’ve now made five movies, yet most of us still only think of it as a trilogy.

I sense a disturbance in the Force.

Yes! I thought the same thing after the boat scene, like they were able to find Indiana simply by looking at the direction they were going in middle of the ocean. I did almost let out a gasp in the theater on that one. The movie was never great, but went down hill quick when they were in the water looking for map. You could predict so easily that while they were underwater the bad guys would show up and of course they did. Everything after that was rubbish except I will say that the very end was one of the few redeeming values of the movie.

I don't consider my self pessimistic, but the older I get the more I have to agree with my dad. "Everything you loved growing up turns to shit". Which sucks so much to actually experience.

The most angry “go away, now!” ever uttered by the Drinker. I’m sorry my friend. I feel your pain.

you are my new favorite youtuber. i am so glad i discovered your channel. good shit mate. cheers.

If you need a break from modernity, I highly recommend the original Little House on the Prairie series. It shows the beauty of society before tv/mind control destroyed humanity.

"Runs like a retarded giraffe" really got a good laugh out of me.

My favorite part is when the nhazi throws bleach on the black character and yells "This is MAGA country" while strong and brave horseface girl flies into the window and punches the villain while shouting "the future is female!", then Harrison Ford fall asleep on the pile of money he got after selling out.

There are only 3 Indiana Jones Movies, 2 Terminator , 2 Alien,1 Predator...

I was so excited to see this movie being a massive fan of the movies my whole childhood, I was disappointed with the writing and felt more and more dissatisfied as the movie dragged on, I saw kingdom of the crystal skull In theaters, this movie makes the plot of that movie completely irrelevant because ever bit of character development gets flushed down the toilet to make Indie into a broke depressed old man with nothing, they destroyed my favorite movie franchise

I say for most of us The Indiana Jones franchise ended in The Last Crusade. When he rode to the sunset with Sallah, Marcus, and his father Henry Jones Sr. The Crystal Skull, And the Dial of Destiny are non canon to the amazing trilogy.

The Drinker's review is the compensation you get when a movie is utterly terrible and you know you're not going to watch it.

Dayum that was the angriest sounding "go away now" I've heard him say

Today i managed to finaly watch this film ... and basically it was way better then i expected it to be ,even final sequence was kinda hearthwarming. Maybe my expectations were too low after drinker rant about it

the only good thing that will come out of this is the sheer spectacle of Disney losing hundreds of millions yet again, and I, amongst others, will sit back and enjoy every moment of it.