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Originally posted by Dwill104:
“#1 movie”, LOL. Sound of Freedom opened on July 4th, which wasn’t a big movie day since it was a holiday. A singe day record that’s meaningless.

I just thought I'd leave this here. It's probably meaningless, too:

https://www.washingtonexaminer...ana-jones-box-office

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Sound of Freedom surpasses latest Indiana Jones film at the domestic box office

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The box-office success story of Sound of Freedom continues, with the film surpassing the latest Indiana Jones movie over the weekend.

As of Sunday, Sound of Freedom has grossed $172,813,772 at the domestic box office, putting it just ahead of the $172,624,353 domestic total made so far by Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The movie, distributed by Angel Studios, has been the biggest surprise at the domestic box office this year, surpassing other films such as Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, Elemental, and The Flash, according to a report.

Sound of Freedom released on July 4 and beat the latest Indiana Jones at the domestic box office for the holiday. The fifth Indiana Jones film, released by the Walt Disney Company, has greatly underperformed, opening on the weekend of June 30 to only $60 million.

Sound of Freedom is about the story of how former Homeland Security agent Tim Ballard quit his DHS job to journey into the jungles of Colombia in an effort to save children from sex slavery. Ballard is portrayed in the film by Jim Caviezel, best known for playing Jesus in 2004's The Passion of the Christ.

On July 19, the film was screened by former President Donald Trump at his golf course in New Jersey. Trump praised the film as being an “inspiration.”

“It’s something that I’m not sure you’re supposed to enjoy or learn. It’s a combination," said Trump. "That was a great movie. And now I understand why it is doing so well. It’s an incredible inspiration.”

The film has yet to be released outside of North America but will begin its international rollout this Friday, when it will play in South Africa. The film will then release in Australia and New Zealand on Aug. 24, and multiple other countries, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, and Costa Rica, will get to see the film on Aug. 31.

“Child trafficking is a global issue, and we hope to build on the incredible momentum here in the states and share the film’s powerful message worldwide,” said Jared Geesey, senior vice president of global distribution for Angel Studios.

I saw this with one of my sons a few weeks ago. We had both seen every Indiana Jones movie since he was a little kid. Same with the James Bond movies, Star Wars, and Die Hard. It's been a tradition with us.

The movie itself was better than I thought it was going to be. It was way better than Crystal Skull and probably better than Temple of Doom. It was not as good as Raiders or Last Crusade.

The de-aging of Jones and the villain at the beginning of the movie, I forget his name but he was in the Daniel Craig Bond movie Casino Royale, was amazing. The only thing that seemed off to me was Harrison Ford's voice sounded strange in the first part of the movie.

This is a series that should have stopped after The Last Crusade.

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Originally posted by andronicus:
This is a series that should have stopped after The Last Crusade.

While I don’t disagree with this I have to say Dial wasn’t nearly as bad as it was made out to be. I liked it more then Temple Of Doom and Crystal Skull.

We watched it last night on Disney+. I thought the movie was well done and pretty true to an Indiana Jones adventure. Some nice nods to earlier movies thrown in for us long time fans.

This one is worth a watch.

Yes, it was definitely better than Crystal Skull!

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Originally posted by daikyu:
We watched it last night on Disney+. I thought the movie was well done and pretty true to an Indiana Jones adventure. Some nice nods to earlier movies thrown in for us long time fans.

This one is worth a watch.

Dude

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Originally posted by daikyu:
We watched it last night on Disney+. I thought the movie was well done and pretty true to an Indiana Jones adventure. Some nice nods to earlier movies thrown in for us long time fans.

This one is worth a watch.

You're being awfully generous

It wasn't a good movie, while not horrific, it just wasn't good either. Firstly, it's a project that should never have gotten any air, nobody was asking for this to be made.
Secondly, it's clear this movie was HEAVILY massaged post-production; how much DEI bullshit was scrubbed-out, we'll never know. It's clear from the storyline and some of the sharp quotes, that this movie was originally looking to alter impressions and stories that were formed from the first three movies. Fortunately, some level-headed execs pushed to make the movie as commercially palatable as they could, and not the social commentary deconstructing a fan favorite characters that many critics feared. Irregardless, no matter what Disney could do to alter things, this isn't a movie that will last well.

I'm a huge fan of the original 3 (1 and 3 mostly) but this movie is pretty crappy. I started it last night and made it about an hour, paused it and went and did some other things, tried to watch more... bleh.

The story is a mess, the villain and his goons are cartoonish, the girl is insufferable, the object they're after can control "time," the CGI is Avatar-esque (not in a good way), and Indy is old.

Really I think what I dislike most about it is just how cartoonish it all is. The original movies were fantastical, yes, and had comedic moments, but felt grounded as though they existed in this world. This move is just one green screen to the next and looks more like Pirates of the Caribbean than Indiana Jones.

Cartoonish is a good word. Watched it on streaming. What a pile of garbage. Made me nostalgic for the Kingdom/Crystal Skull. . .

Girl is chasing a Heinkel 111 while on a motorcycle. In the rain. No goggles. She not only can see just fine, but she grabs a landing gear strut and holds on as plane ascends. In the rain.

She THEN crawls through the wing into the fuselage along a crawl space, all without being seen. Oh, there are like 20 passengers in this plane, and of course they didnt even try to get the internal layout correct for this somewhat unique plane.

Indy gets shot in the shoulder, and seems fine *no debilitatimg pain and only a tad bit of blood seeping through.

Kid without ANY formal flight training gets to fly a plane like a pro.

Oh, Indy goes deep sea diving. At 80 yrs old. Onto a Roman shipwreck that not only has perfectly preserved timbers, but fully attached skeletons with the hands gripping the magic mcguffin box. SO FRIGGIN' STUPID!!!!

They tried the dramatic music and iconic scenery/lighting tricks like in the first movie, but here they just made me realize how much this movie sucks.

I am so glad I didnt pay money to see this.

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Originally posted by Hound Dog:
Cartoonish is a good word. Watched it on streaming. What a pile of garbage. Made me nostalgic for the Kingdom/Crystal Skull. . .

Girl is chasing a Heinkel 111 while on a motorcycle. In the rain. No goggles. She not only can see just fine, but she grabs a landing gear strut and holds on as plane ascends. In the rain.

She THEN crawls through the wing into the fuselage along a crawl space, all without being seen. Oh, there are like 20 passengers in this plane, and of course they didnt even try to get the internal layout correct for this somewhat unique plane.

Indy gets shot in the shoulder, and seems fine *no debilitatimg pain and only a tad bit of blood seeping through.

Kid without ANY formal flight training gets to fly a plane like a pro.

Oh, Indy goes deep sea diving. At 80 yrs old. Onto a Roman shipwreck that not only has perfectly preserved timbers, but fully attached skeletons with the hands gripping the magic mcguffin box. SO FRIGGIN' STUPID!!!!

They tried the dramatic music and iconic scenery/lighting tricks like in the first movie, but here they just made me realize how much this movie sucks.

I am so glad I didnt pay money to see this.

Details, details.......

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Originally posted by Hound Dog:
Cartoonish is a good word. Watched it on streaming. What a pile of garbage. Made me nostalgic for the Kingdom/Crystal Skull. . .

Girl is chasing a Heinkel 111 while on a motorcycle. In the rain. No goggles. She not only can see just fine, but she grabs a landing gear strut and holds on as plane ascends. In the rain.

She THEN crawls through the wing into the fuselage along a crawl space, all without being seen. Oh, there are like 20 passengers in this plane, and of course they didnt even try to get the internal layout correct for this somewhat unique plane.

Indy gets shot in the shoulder, and seems fine *no debilitatimg pain and only a tad bit of blood seeping through.

Kid without ANY formal flight training gets to fly a plane like a pro.

Oh, Indy goes deep sea diving. At 80 yrs old. Onto a Roman shipwreck that not only has perfectly preserved timbers, but fully attached skeletons with the hands gripping the magic mcguffin box. SO FRIGGIN' STUPID!!!!

They tried the dramatic music and iconic scenery/lighting tricks like in the first movie, but here they just made me realize how much this movie sucks.

I am so glad I didnt pay money to see this.

Agree with your review. It was hilariously bad. I watched it on 4k disc, and shut it off half way through and said I’ll finish this shit another day. 2 days later, finished it, and it never went anywhere. Scene after scene, after scene, car through city streets, chasing or being chased. Then again, with a “Tuk Tuk” or whatever those things are called. Then again with the lady on the bike you referenced in the rain. I could just see the writers “We need yet another vehicle chase scene”. Stick a fucking fork in it. Seemed like 1/2 or more of the film was vehicle chase scenes.

The funniest part to me wasn’t Indy deep sea diving. It was him climbing this rock wall. The lady lips off at him and he says “ About what the hell I'm doing up here, 40 feet in the air with crap shoulders... crumbling vertebrae... a plate in one leg, screws in the other.” I’m sitting there and say out loud “This is some straight bullshit.” The plot was paper thin and was just another retake. I’m sitting there in the beginning going really, Nazis a-fucking-gin, are you serious? I mean I read about the CGI stuff but my goodness man. Nazi stuff, throw in some 60’s/70’s soul sister bullshit, but she is a federal agent or something, letting Nazi rocket scientist kill people, do whatever the hell he wants, etc. Then Nazis try to re-win a war, in the past, so now we have Nazis in the space time continuum bullshit. At this point they could have thrown Thanos in there with the 5 rings. Wouldn’t have surprised me one iota.

And there was woke in there. I guess people chose to just dismiss it. Our lady heroine, riding an old motorcycle in the rain, like she has a MotoGP contract, but no armored suit, helmet, nothing, leaping to the gear of an aircraft, in heavy rain, with heavy wind. All as you depicted, LMAO. The woke part was she and Indy are going at it in the “Tuk Tuks” and she says some line about being independent, strong, fearless or something to that effect. I thought, yeah well in the past movies the women just did the shit. They didn’t have to have an outwoke you statement in the middle of the film. Hey Indy, out woking you Indy, I’m fierce! LMAO.

Should have known in the beginning when Disney + Lucasfilm was shown on screen. Anything Disney touches turns to shit. They haven’t been behind a really great film since Tron Legacy. The film bombed, hard, and cost Disney over 100 million dollars in loss. That’s what is reported. From what I read they needed to make another 300 million to offset. Either way, it’s their worst failure since John Carter in 2012. It bricked and how many times is this company going to brick before firing people and changing direction. Bomb after bomb after bomb. Star Wars stuff, bombing. SuperHo shit bombing. I guess they don’t care. They’d rather lose millions making wokey crap films than actually try to make a solid picture. So be it. Glad it was just a rental. I pay a fixed amount every month and you don’t win them all.