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  • Indiana Jones and the Something or Other (US) 2023

    From william ahearn@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 1 22:18:06 2023
    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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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to william ahearn on Sun Jul 2 10:51:12 2023
    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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  • From T987654321@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 3 14:23:38 2023
    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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  • From william ahearn@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 3 18:48:11 2023
    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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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 4 12:04:02 2023
    On Sun, 2 Jul 2023 10:51:12 -0400, moviePig <[email protected]>
    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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  • From william ahearn@21:1/5 to NoBody on Tue Jul 4 11:58:11 2023
    On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 12:04:06 PM UTC-4, NoBody wrote:
    On Sun, 2 Jul 2023 10:51:12 -0400, moviePig <[email protected]>
    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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  • From Bice@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jul 4 22:47:25 2023
    On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 22:18:06 -0700 (PDT), william ahearn
    <[email protected]> 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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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jul 5 11:20:49 2023
    On Tue, 4 Jul 2023 11:58:11 -0700 (PDT), william ahearn
    <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>
    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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  • From william ahearn@21:1/5 to NoBody on Wed Jul 5 13:13:52 2023
    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
    <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>
    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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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Jul 7 11:52:01 2023
    On Wed, 5 Jul 2023 13:13:52 -0700 (PDT), william ahearn
    <[email protected]> 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
    <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>
    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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  • From william ahearn@21:1/5 to NoBody on Fri Jul 7 09:44:11 2023
    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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  • From T987654321@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 10 08:54:59 2023
    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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  • From Bice@21:1/5 to NoBody on Tue Jul 11 10:50:26 2023
    On Fri, 07 Jul 2023 11:52:01 -0400, NoBody <[email protected]> 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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