Xavier
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If DR1 disappoints, and people seem to think it will, what with the general air of “everything flops until Barbenheimer opens”, the lack of PLF screens to go around, the AWFUL timing to open this movie, the seeming consensus that the MI franchise peaked with Fallout etc, then the series should end with DR2. If the goodwill from Fallout and TGM, the stellar reviews and the high audience score could not help it, then nothing will. The MI series has a ceiling and it has been reached. Maybe this will remind Tom that he used to be an actor and a serious one at that. This stunt guy routine does not do him justice and there are only so many times that he can sell a movie based on the practical/look at me I’m doing it myself shtick. …or, you know, bring back Cavill in DR2 and let him reload his arms. With his shirt off.
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Is it true that right wing groups buy tickets to inflate grosses, therefore the interest in this is actually artificial? Grace Randolph said so.
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I saw it twice already and sorry, but I liked it. I trust Ford with where he went with the character. Whoever thought that he would be as agile and action ready as he was during the original trilogy should have never went to see the movie in the first place. It was clear that this was his swan song as Indy, and Indy's swan song too. Harrison Ford did a great job, his acting scenes, you know which I'm talking about, were amazing. You could feel raw emotion. I was not expecting him to jump around like he did at the earlier films and it wouldn't have looked believable if he did. Again sorry, but I liked FWB in this. She was maybe a little too hard on Indy at the begining, but she had a character arc and their last exchange during that battle was moving and poignant. Plus, she is totally believable in this kind of role and that makes me happy about her writing Lara Croft. The weakest part was the pacing and the duration, but I didn't mind much as I was spending time with my most favorite movie hero ever... Lastly, the amount of hate is startling and it does not come from the film itself. It's a weird combination of anti-Disney, anti-feminism, anti- Kathleen Kennedy (some videos on YouTube almost incite violence against her) from disappointed man babies who lashed out, maybe carrying over their frustration over the Star Wars sequel situation. It's impossible for me to comprehend how they can be so hateful, so I think we should approach it from a political/sociological perspective. The movie will flop/lose a lot of money and I'm ok with it because I don't want to see anyone else as Indiana Jones.