The Critical Drinker review: Indiana Jones 5- The final nail in Lucasfilm's coffin
I'm never going to see it, or any of this stuff he talks about, but I got a kick out of the bad news for the politically correct hacks
June 03, 2023, 08:28 PM
Prefontaine
Same. Years before I’d watch something like this on one of the movie channels once it made it that far. I can’t even do that anymore. Will never watch this. Done watching Marvel anything, Star Wars anything, fuck all of it.
What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone
June 04, 2023, 06:40 AM
Vgex
Hollywood has trained me, and I'm sure many others, to immediately reject a film if I spot any signs of emasculation of preexisting male characters. If I have missed out on good films, I am okay with that. I will NOT pay my money to watch characters like Indiana Jones be destroyed in order to prop up extremely mediocre women and judge said character's past actions using the lens of modern Western social justice bigotry.
June 04, 2023, 09:19 AM
PASig
That last one with the aliens was just stupid so I’m sure this one will be even worse.
I’ll treat them as non-canon just like I treat the 3 new Star Wars movies that came out with Kylo Ren and all that nonsense. Star Wars ended for me with them living happily ever after at the end of ROTJ and Indiana Jones ended with for me with Indy kicking Nazi ass with his Dad and finding the Holy Grail.
June 04, 2023, 04:31 PM
arcwelder
I have yet to disagree with Mr. Drinker, and will trust his assessment.
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June 04, 2023, 05:25 PM
.38supersig
I heard about this one!
Indiana Joan and the Touch Tones of Destiny!
Yeah... not going to see it.
June 04, 2023, 05:41 PM
ensigmatic
One would have thought Hollyweird would've gotten a clue with the flop of Ghostbusters 2016. Nope. Instead they've done it again and again and again and again, since then. They're now on to their seventh year of repeating the same mistakes
And, despite what some claim, it's not because these films have strong female leads. There are plenty of movies with strong female leads that have done well. (Wonder Woman, Salt, the Aliens franchise, Tomb Raider, etc.) No, it's because they're poor movies.
Almost forgot: My wife and I recently watched Mother on Netflix. Strong female lead. Wasn't a great movie, by any measure, but, we enjoyed it.This message has been edited. Last edited by: ensigmatic,
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June 04, 2023, 08:14 PM
stickman428
The preview where these geniuses decided to bash capitalism (ironic eh?) and liken it to theft managed to 100% kill any chance of me seeing this film. Well…that and the fact that the last Indy film was silly and shitty.
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June 05, 2023, 07:23 AM
Fire Away
So tired of the over the top girl power movement.
June 05, 2023, 09:08 AM
cslinger
quote:
Originally posted by Fire Away: So tired of the over the top girl power movement.
Just tired of being preached to constantly. Is there a place for it in film, absolutely, is there a place for it in EVERY FRIGGIN MOVIE!!?? Hell no.
Remember the grand old days where you went to the movies for ….. you know fun. Ahhh Pepperidge Farm remembers.
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June 05, 2023, 05:48 PM
parabellum
quote:
Originally posted by Fire Away: So tired of the over the top girl power movement.
It betrays a true weakness. If they believed what they were pushing at us, they wouldn't be trying so hard and non-stop.
