Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | June 30 2023 | Very mixed reviews out of Cannes

[Verrows]

I mean, can any of us say we're surprised. I'm not saying I was opposed to another Indiana Jones but it's not like a fifth one with an aging Ford in an age of crappy digital photography and CGI was ever a surefire bet.

[WittyUsername]

Also, aren’t Disney test screenings done in-house?

[Potiki]

4 hours ago, TheDude391 said:

‘Indiana Jones 5' Test-Screenings Have Been Disastrous

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2022/11/cuupgex28vpeti3yptdwx7yq4ybrku

 

Don't know how reliable this is but

 

 

 

 

 

[Macleod]

I love Mangold, particularly his most recent films.  But there have been screenings of this for certain people (not necessarily the public)...that's all I have to say.  An established industry friend of mine (who had first-hand knowledge of earlier screenings for this) just texted me:

 

"No screenings?  LOL.  Next they'll be telling us that Warren Beatty follows the rules..." 

[CaptNathanBrittles]

Does Indy die impaled on a tree stump?

[Verrows]

10 minutes ago, Macleod said:

I love Mangold, particularly his most recent films.  But there have been screenings of this for certain people (not necessarily the public)...that's all I have to say.  An established industry friend of mine (who had first-hand knowledge of earlier screenings for this) just texted me:

 

"No screenings?  LOL.  Next they'll be telling us that Warren Beatty follows the rules..." 

Man....

 

So much for the idea that the scoopers are the ones who lie.

[Ozymandias]

Isn't worldofreel pretty reliable?

[Eric Prime]

How many times do we have to do this stupid "OH NOEZ THE TEST SCREENINGS ARE BAD. THIS IS THE WORST MOVIE EVER NOW WAHHHHHHHH" crap on this forum? How many times do I have to share this video to you guys every single time you lot have a meltdown over some kids movie? How long does it take for you guys understand the key word of TEST screening? So obnoxious and tiring.

 

 

[Last Man Standing]

1 hour ago, Ozymandias said:

Isn't worldofreel pretty reliable?

He really isn't actually. He's been called out directly on lying on occasions. That doesn't mean he's lying here, he's just quite hit or miss.

[Hatebox]

No interest in this - I don't want to see an 80 year old Indy any more than an 80 year old Bond - but I'd be surprised if Mangold's made a proper dud. The guy is the definition of 'reliable'.

[charlie Jatinder]

Seems believable to me. Knowing what Disney has been doing, make sense they will have Fleabag replacing Indy in the end or something like that.

 

Edit: Are we sure he isn't just a Disney hater. Look at his BP2 preview

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2022/10/ji8ert7hs0egswmbhpvcqvww8gfuly

Edited November 11, 2022 by charlie Jatinder

[Last Man Standing]

He can definitely be a hater, but I think that's fine as long as he's honest in his reporting, which he sometimes isn't. A case from last year is Ruimy reporting on the New York Critic Circle awards, and a bunch of them calling him on his bullshit. Here's him trying to defend himself by calling them elitists.

[Old Spice]

1 hour ago, charlie Jatinder said:

Seems believable to me. Knowing what Disney has been doing, make sense they will have Fleabag replacing Indy in the end or something like that.

 

Edit: Are we sure he isn't just a Disney hater. Look at his BP2 preview

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2022/10/ji8ert7hs0egswmbhpvcqvww8gfuly

I wouldn't say he's necessarily a Disney hater, but he drips nothing but disdain for the cbm genre as a whole. That's why he can say, without any sense of irony, "Is anybody actually looking forward to this?"

 

Apparently the projected $175M opening didn't answer that question for him. 🤨

Edited November 11, 2022 by A Star is Delayed

[charlie Jatinder]

20 minutes ago, A Star is Delayed said:

I wouldn't say he's necessarily a Disney hater, but he drips nothing but disdain for the cbm genre as a whole. That's why he can say, without any sense of irony, "Is anybody actually looking forward to this?"

 

Apparently the projected $175M opening didn't answer that question for him. 🤨

He didn't project, he just did commentary on Variety's bit, iirc said that "175 seems excessive"

[CoolioD1]

4 hours ago, Hatebox said:

No interest in this - I don't want to see an 80 year old Indy any more than an 80 year old Bond - but I'd be surprised if Mangold's made a proper dud. The guy is the definition of 'reliable'.

it's gonna be hard to take seriously an action movie hero when you know the villain can probably end his life with just a good shove.

 

can be something like The Mule, half the tension of that movie comes from clint eastwood being old as fuck. just getting out of his truck i was worried he was gonna break a hip.

[Mango]

To be perfectly fair we also had test screenings saying stuff like Eternals was a masterpiece so… I usually try to withhold judgements on these things until at least a few weeks before release. Tbh Indy 4 is a mess and though I like Mangold as a director an Indy movie without Spielberg and Lucas creatively involved seemed pretty “meh” to me from the get-go.

[35MM-18]

18 hours ago, TheDude391 said:

‘Indiana Jones 5' Test-Screenings Have Been Disastrous

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2022/11/cuupgex28vpeti3yptdwx7yq4ybrku

 

Don't know how reliable this is but

Ruimy's sensationalized or been wrong about a couple things in the past, so maybe take it with a pinch of salt.

 

Also, given the false reports about The Rise of Skywalker having test screenings, here might not be any being held for this film at all.

[Eric Prime]

THE KING HAS SPOKEN

 

 

[Macleod]

Public and internal/industry screenings are two different things, you know... just sayin.'  😉  

 

And these folks are in the business of telling stories as a profession... Film was always an optical illusion. 

 

 

Edited November 12, 2022 by Macleod

[Eric Prime]

3 minutes ago, Macleod said:

Public and internal/industry screenings are two different things, you know... just sayin.'  😉  

 

And these folks are in the business of telling stories as a profession... Film was always an optical illusion. 

 

 

...the king still spoke.