Last Crusade was the perfect ending with Indy riding off into the sunset. Now I really appreciate that Back to the Future has been left untouched and there's no modern cash grab sequels with that franchise.

Mads Mikkelsen is indeed a true professional. Never seen him at anything less than 100%, no matter if the movie is a masterpiece or a dumpster fire.

Something to be said about Crystal Skull is that, while The Last Crusade ended in sort of a open ended way, with the gang riding to the sunset towards their next adventure, Crystal Skull absolutely put an end to the franchise. Indy got married and retired, with a MINISCULE implication that his son might take on the mantle someday. Like, there's absolutely no reason for there to be a continuation to Indy's saga after that.

One point i would like to add, Helena never interacted with Indy in a truthful, from the heart kind of way, she always had an agenda and was always using Indy in some way. Contrast her with Marion, Short Round, Henry Jones Sr, even the insufferable Willie Scott or Elsa the Nazi, they all (at some point) interacted with Indy honestly and spoke from their heart. Their interactions seemed organic and real. But Helena, even when she was pleading Indy to not stay in the past, she still cared nothing about Indy, she just all of a sudden cared about the flow of history. I cannot care about a godfather-goddaughter relationship if the goddaughter had not showed any hint of her caring about her godfather.

I'm so sick and tired of seeing Disney write our favorite heroes later in life as broken shells of themselves.

When Jeremy said, "When someone can responsibly decide it's time to end a story or end a character, it becomes something else entirely. It becomes legend. A film series ends by ending. It dies by pathetically hanging on past its expiration date." All I could think was....man...that hit so hard because that's how I feel about Star Wars at this point.

1:36 - Wouldn't it have made more sense for Helena (the Phoebe Waller-Bridge character) to be the daughter of Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott), Indiana's friend and colleague from Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade? I got nothing against Toby Jones - he's a fine actor, but it seems unusual to introduce an old friend of Indy's so late in the game. It would definitely tie the series together that much more.

i've got to say, I LOVE that they brought back the trope from the original trilogy of 'The movie starts at the end of a previous Indy adventure we haven't seen.'

Indiana Jones is a perfect trilogy and had an epilogue at the wedding scene with Marion. The rest doesn't exist.

The opening reaction is gold

Crystal Skull felt like a solid ending for the character and I stand by it.

One of the silliest takes I've read is that Indy drinking from the Grail in TLC actually rendered him immortal and unable to die, but he still feels the weight of age and thus spirals into being a sad, alcoholic version of his past self.

Loved the point about the difference between a franchise ending and a franchise dying. Rest in peace Indiana Jones, you deserved much better than this.

I feel like you can always trust how a review is gonna go by the little preview he does 😅

I think the Rocky movies showed you can successfully resurrect a franchise and even give the hero a dignified send off. Rocky V is pretty much akin to Crystal Skull, except it was worse. But Rocky Balboa resurrected the character properly, and then the Creed movies gave him a very dignified sign off and retirement. But man that is really hard to pull off. I was hoping Indiana Jones could do it, but I guess not.

Crystal Skull may not be the best Indiana Jones film, but at the very least Indy still had his touch in it. Mutt felt like a sidekick rather than a replacement, there were still some scenes in the film that people talk about (even if some of those scenes were infamous), and at the very least Spielberg and Lucas were both directly involved in it. I had a fun time watching it regardless of the flaws. So much fun in fact, that the very movie people despise is the very movie that got me into the series (minus the original trilogy that I watched on VHS). Call me crazy, but this trash is my treasure. Same can’t be said for the latest film, unfortunately.

“Cinematic zombies” is a brilliant way to describe what Hollywood is these days.

"Cinematic Zombies..." What a great phrase to describe all that is happening in much of modern cinema! Thank you, you have put into two words what I have been feeling about modern cinema. 😢

Saw this yesterday night and it was a sad sight seeing dozens of disappointed middle aged guys silently trudge out of the theater with their families in tow. It's incredible how dumb the script was, to the point where it actually made Crystal Skull look like Raiders by comparison. D+ is being generous.

My favorite was Last Crusade, exactly because of the dynamics between Indy and his father. Right below comes Ark, then Temple of Doom, and the fourth one. Sean Connery was only 12 years older than Harrison Ford. In Crusade, they did an awesome job of characterizing him as an old bookworm who couldn't keep up with his son's action antics, but had an important involvement in the plot because of his knowledge (in the form of the diary, and later his skills in interpreting the Grail Temple traps), and wits (the pen is mightier than the sword in the tank, the umbrella fight against the airplane, etc.) It was almost unbelievable that the same Spielberg who directed the first three movies also directed the fourth, which not only had the absurd fridge nuking, but also an old Indiana Jones exchanging punches with young ripe soviet soldiers. I really don't understand why they cannot just look at what they did with Sean Connery's character and try to do something like that with old man Indy. The pairing with a youngster thing gives a nice framing for playing the generational contrast. In Crystal Skull I think they missed the mark with Indy's son, his character was simply too annoying and boring. The idea of using Fleabag as his goddaughter should theoretically work, it should be only a matter of putting her front and center and moving Indy to the old mentor archetype and the two actors would make it work... Well, at least Phoebe Waller-Bridge should do it, she's terrific, Harrison Ford is kind of being typecast these days as a grumpy old man, but it should work.

I think what hurts the most is someone pointed out they totally could have brought back Ke Huy Quan as Short Round to be the sidekick and the one to take up the mantle and I will never forgive them for not doing that.

I love what Jeremy says at the end. A film series can end without dying. It almost represents a very human desire to not accept death in reality. So we approach our art the same way. It’s sad really…

Whos here after he made it number 1 on his worst films of 2023 list? 😂

“I have a bad feeling about this.”- Han Solo

I just hate that Indiana’s family is just all gone. That’s terrible

As always Jeremy ...I couldn't agree more with your reviews ! Even your gestures when speaking about Connery having that zest for life and Ford being nothing but a drunk says it all . Well put !

I rewatched crystal skull before watching this and I’d say it significantly better. I know it’s got it’s problems but it always puzzles me as to why some people think it’s worse than this new one

Every Indiana Jones rankings just comes down to "do you prefer Raiders or Last Crusade more and also do you dislike Crystal Skull or Dial of Destiny more?" Poor Temple of Doom is always gonna be #3

The older I get, the more I believe it’s better to be a Firefly than a Family Guy. It’s better to go out on top and leave the audience demanding more, than to persist for decades past your prime as a shambling zombie of what you once were.

Jeremy brother I’ve been watching your videos since I was literally 8 years old. I’m grown now and on my own, just want to say how much I appreciate your work

It's not perfect BUT it's a thousand times better than the endless "superhero's in universes battling men in robot's suits smashing and smashing and smashing" movies that are churned out every week! Boy I miss the 80's! The de-aging is fine, the 3rd act is great and the finish is wonderful. Half the cinema was crying! Great movie!

You didn't waste our time Jeremy, you saved us two hours we'd never have back.

John Williams is a national treasure and will be treasured long after he’s gone, no more important composure has ever contributed so much to movies and culture in general.

To each their own. I was enjoying the film well enough. I didn’t grow up with Indy in my house, but I watched them as an adult and enjoyed the spirit of the film like you did with RRR. It’s completely nuts but the production design, top class CGI when it’s working, and the acting is all fantastic. I did not guess the twist at all and it’s pretty silly, but I kind of liked that Indy got a happy ending. It’s an 8/10 for me, B+ is not a bad time. It reminded me of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, where a film from the ground up is a weird concept (80 year old Indy still doing his thing for one last hurrah) but in terms of execution, this is the best we’ll get. You can tell James mangold poured his heart into it and it didn’t feel corporate compared to the marvel/Star Wars stuff. There’s a reverence to the material that’s not present in much of modern Disney, away from the circlejerking.

More than its competitors, Disney can withstand some of its movies functioning as loss leaders. In addition to racking up ticket sales, the studio's films are designed to boost interest in toys and theme parks. So although "The Little Mermaid" barely floated past the $500 million mark, the return of Ariel is helping to sell themed Legos, backpacks, dolls, bedding and nail polish. The same goes for underperforming Marvel adventures like "Ant-Man," which brings an influx of interest to Avengers Campus, a Marvel Cinematic Universe-themed area at the Disney California Adventure park. "They may not make it at the box office, but Disney will make up for it in merchandise sales and the longevity of the property," says Jeff Bock, an analyst with Exhibitors Relations. "That's a lot different than Paramount or Sony, who needs to make all their money back at the box office."

Kathleen Kennedy just said she is open to Phoebe taking over for Indy in future movies. They never learn.

It is SO OBVIOUS that any movie about an elderly Indy about to finally put away his hat and whip should include an adult Short Round as a competent adventurer or researcher, and the fact that his actor isn't back for the final Indy movie is such a missed opportunity. On the other hand, Ke Quan Huy did get his own win in Everything Everywhere All At Once, and I wouldn't want to take that away from him.

J J! watch most of your videos, agree with most of your points, but Zombie analogy? SPOT ON, brother!

The reason No Way Home did so well with the nostalgia glasses is that it treated the legacy characters with respect. Tobey's spider-man got a happy ending at the end of his trilogy. His life isn't perfect, but he made it work with the girl of his dreams and he hasn't lost his spidey-spark. He isn't alcoholic, he isn't depressed, and he isn't a shell of himself that some Strong Female Character™ will replace. His story conclusion is treated with respect. Andrew Garfield is also treated with respect. He never got to finish his trilogy, so he's stuck in his second movie phase where everything sucks. He's lost his hope, he's lost his way. But he isn't a shell of himself. He's still a character with potential in a state of transition awaiting his proverbial third movie to pull him out of that slump and complete his arc. NWH works as a bridge to that hypothetical third movie because he's able to be a warning to Tom's Peter about going down a dark and bitter road while also getting some redemption of his own and regaining some of that spark. I don't know what Disney is smoking, but they need to trash it because all they know how to do is to take these franchises they purchased specifically for the audience those franchises usually bring in (the male audience) and then did the greatest heel-turn in history and shat all over the characters, making them depressed, broken shells. Life is already a like that. We're already like that. Men are already broken and male mental health is already ignored. Why do you think that we want to see that same real-world circumstance applied to our beloved hopeful space wizard or adventure-junkie professor?

My rankings for Indiana Jones films go like this. It might not be popular but I go with: 1. Last Crusade 2. Lost Ark 3. Temple of Doom Most have Lost Ark as number one but I prefer Last Crusade.

I think the whole film was building to Indy staying in the past. It would of made sense aswell, start a new adventure in a period he clearly loves - the happiest he is in this movie is when he talks about the past! - the world gets to continue to move on, but he gets his happy ending by remaining in the past where he feels he belongs. I mean I wouldnt be suprised if that was mangold original ending and Disney forced the ending we got to play it safe but that's me starting conspiracy theories. But yeah I really think it would of made much much more sense and actually good ending if it did ened with him remaining in the past as his world continues to evolve away from him.

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve rewatched just the intro here.

"Evil cannot create anything new. It can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made." - JRR Tolkien

I like all the Indiana Jones films, but if I had to rank them, I'd say 1. The Last Crusade 2. Raiders of the Lost Ark 3. Temple of Doom. But all three of them are terrific.

Indiana Jones survived falling out of a plane and crashing down a mountain on an inflatable raft in temple of doom. Let's not pretend these movies are supposed to be realistic lol.

Just about to watch IJ5, the franchise is one of my favorites from my childhood ♥ I didn't mind #4 as it passed the torch on so to speak and they could have potentially even made a 10-12 episode series with Shia on different archeological cases like going to Gobekli tepe (a somewhat recent discovery) and making use of that in a fun and interesting way.

When I saw Mads’ character take that hit I literally flinched imagining his head caving in and then immediately thought he’s gonna survive that and come back with no explanation

“I just call it 3 movies and a coaster” damn that was an appropriately brutal burn 🔥

That well placed Palpatine line of "do it" had me rolling!😂😂😂

The first 3 are great. Temple of Doom is my favourite personally - maybe because it's visually darker? Being an 80s child it was similar to other films, cartoons and books I was into and struck a chord in that regard. I treat 4&5 as non-canon, almost fan fiction in a way. 4 was dirge and I expect 5 to be no better.

Thanks you for being so blunt and honest. Everyone is raving about this movie. I wanted to love this movie, but like you said there were so many flaws in it. If they had just had the first part as some kind of bonus content, I would have happily taken that over the whole movie. In regards to ranking the movies. I'd say Last Crusade Raiders Of The Lost Ark Crystal Skull (which I surprising enjoyed) Dial Of Destiny Temple Of Doom

The day they released the clip with Phoebe Waller Bridge’s character responding to Indiana Jones question of: “How did you end up like this”? And she responds with: “What do you mean? Daring? Resourceful? Beautiful? Self-Sufficient?” I knew EXACTLY what type of movie this was going to turn out to be…..I will NOT be giving Disney my money on this one..

That wordless frustrated shrug at the beginning was perfect. With that one motion you told us exactly what to expect from this film.

I prefer this much more than Crystal Skull. Surprised to see it to have 88% audience approval on RT.

I edited my comment. I realize I was being harsh and responding to what I read. That’s not how I am normally with regard to media. I love the film Raiders of the Lost Ark. one of my favorite films. I’m looking forward to seeing the new Indiana Jones film. Thank you

With Ke Huy Quan being brought back so wonderfully to the spotlight, I just wished he could have played a part in a sequel movie. I mean since _"poochie went back to his home planet"_ having an elderly Indiana Jones reunite with a hypercompetent Short Round would have been heartwarming, and brought even more validation to Temple of Doom. But it's better for him to have been in E,E,AAO, and I'd never want that to change.

Can we just take a minute and thank Jeremy for always giving great and honest reviews without a clear bias to huge studios like stuckman has ever since he started working on his own movie

THANK YOU! Your thoughts are exactly how I feel. Yet everyone I talk to are like, "you're wrong SkeL, this movie is amazing, you're just overthinking it". I thought I was going mad. It's a shame as like you say, there's elements that could have worked here.

Don’t even need to watch the video. The best intro to a movie review ever says it all.

Cinematic Zombies is a great way to describe this era of studio filmmaking

I think Jeremy's face in the thumbnail says it all.

Recently started watching Jeremy's reviews. Ordinarily his opinions are very close to mine, especially when it comes to comic book and horror movies. Not this time. Maybe it's because I wasn't expecting a whole lot. I was disappointed in the amount of opportunities missed to bring in beloved characters like Short Round. The rest of the movie, while flawed, seemed to work better for me than Crystal Skull. Time travel in this movie was easier for me to swallow than the aliens. Jeremy, keep doing your thing, looking forward to more reviews.

That is definitely my favorite intro you have done before your name pops up. 😂

"He's one of the greatest composers in history. Not film history. Earth's." Classic

Kingdom of the Skull has major problems, but at least that movie’s ending is happy and he settles down with his wife and son. Great job, Dial of Destiny!

I loved the movie

I love that I can trust you to be honest. Great review.

"Three movies and a coaster" is the quote of the day. Man, it breaks my heart every time I see Jeremy truly disappointed with a movie.

Say what you will about Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but it at least gave Indy a perfect ending, with him finally marrying Marion and having a newfound family with his son. I assume with this movie portraying him as an old drunk, they also went out of their way to kill off Marion and estranged him from Mutt. This just makes me feel bad for Harrison Ford, because you can tell how passionate he was to return to a role he loves most in recent interviews, even getting emotional in one of them.

Watched it this morning, while I agree with you on some points, I still really enjoyed it. It’s definitely better than crystal skull.

4:53 I wonder if Indy got some invincibility from drinking a bit from the Holy Grain. Wish they’d explained that tho.

Temple or doom was so underrated. Short round was fucking amazing. Fun fact... Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is the reason movies began receiving a PG-13 rating.

It’s amazing how Jeremy and Chris had completely different reactions to this movie lmao. You rarely see that nowadays

Even the 4th one let him have a wife and son, holy shit.

7:21 you got all of my respect for saying this lmao, I see so many people online complain when movies have a shorter run time and it's like why?? I don't want a movie to take up my entire afternoon and evening, I got other shit to do lmao

I do think it's very impressive that they managed to make a fifth film in this trilogy...

I'm usually un-bummed whenever a celebrity passes, but when it eventually happens to John Williams I will be genuinely sad. Heck, I'm tearing up just thinking about it now as I'm typing this…

I don’t get why they revive a franchise and introduce our main character’s super close connection to someone we’ve never met before. It’s kinda a hard to be like “we were the closest of friends” and like never mention that person in 40 years.

Well with the CGI now making all our great actors and actresses young again.... We can get back to having great movies again??? Damn I hope so. Keep up the awesome work.

7:02 KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL stands out, because it was straight sci-fi. That skull was from an Alternate dimension! The first 3 films dealt with mysticism and religions. It even had a FLYING SAUCER in it! Give Crystal Skull credit for being the DEEP SPACE-9 of Indy films.

Three movies and a coaster ... best laugh I've had in a while. EXCELLANT!!! Loved this video! Well done, sir!

Props to Jeremy for actually going in and giving this movie the scrutiny it deserves. He doesn’t let any nostalgia or any other kinda professional bias impact his review. Lookin at you stuckmann

Spider-man 2099: "don't worry bro, the destruction of your beloved franchises is a canon event"

The only reviewer i trust. Most other top youtuber reviews are disney shills, they ruin their reputation, thankfully Jeremy doesn't switch to the dark side of becoming a shills to disney/woke

I tend to call this “X-Files Syndrome”. A concept that had they brought it to a close at the right point, it would be something that could continue to live on and be admired in syndication (like Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul). But, because they decided to keep digging it up and dragging it on, it ultimately killed it. X-Files should have stopped after Season 7 (with two movie’s following to wrap up the mythology). Indiana Jones should have stopped at The Last Crusade. But that’s Hollywood for you…

Can't get over Hollywood's fetish of making heroic characters miserable and jaded, first Star Wars now this.

I didn't think Crystal Skull was all that bad. This one may actually let me down.

I really enjoyed this one. It’s much better than the last. It really did bring back that Raiders of the lost arc feeling. And the last 30 minutes I think is 2nd best ending to Last crusade.

Last Crusade was lightning in a bottle. Absolutely magical film. Raiders and Temple are great fun too.

What a perfect way to encapsulate modern Hollywood’s movie making. “Cinematic Zombies”

You can definitely tell Jeremy's era of gaming with name dropping Uematsu and Matsuda haha.

Thanks for being honest.

"three movies and a coaster!" CLASSIC!

I can't wait for this movie to have the same effect as TLJ on the prequels. "Guys, I finally got over myself and rewatched Crystal Skull. Still not as good, but a lot better than I remember."

We all know the Legends back in destiny as in inception of this him coming back and fighting crimes this should be in a museum

Thank you Jeremy for your honesty, this film is like the yogurt in Fry's cap, it used to be milk, but time makes fool's of us all.

All I wanted for 2.5 decades was for Indy to go find Atlantis in a movie. I'm aware of the video game Fate of Atlantis and hoped they'd turn that into a movie. But no, I'll just settle for Last Crusade being the finale.

Crystal Skull wasn't a good film, but it gave Indy a happy ending with him having a family. They honestly should have gone ahead with Mutt picking up the mantle and running into Shortround if they wanted the franchise to continue.

The current trend of movies being 2 and half to 3 hours long being called a fetish by Jeremy really gave me an epiphany because that’s totally what it is lol

Last Crusade is one of my favorite movies of all time & just a perfect film, in my opinion.