After Years Of Waiting, Indiana Jones Is Back On The Big Screen

After years of waiting, Lucasfilm brought us another Indiana Jones adventure to the big screen. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny hits theaters today with Harrison Ford reprising his iconic role as our favorite on-screen archaeologist.

In this film, Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by Helena Shaw he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi from Indiana’s past. The storyline was good as it was a great way to retire Indiana Jones as he is getting older. They seem to also hint that there might be a continuance, but we will have to see.

The casting was awesome in this film. Ford is joined by a rich cast, including  Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies, Shaunette Renee Wilson, Thomas Kretschmann, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook, Olivier Richters, Ethann Isidore, and Mads Mikkelsen. Also, John Williams is once again composing the score. A fun fact is that Williams has scored each Indy adventure since the original Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981.

Now let’s address the elephant in the room the de-aging of Harrison Ford. The CGI team did a really great job. They really deserve to be accredited for how well they did. it was not overused like in some films and most importantly it did not take away from the points in the story where they used it. The movie also had a lot of references to the other films in the franchise it really did a great job tieing in with the other films. The action sequences were superb in my book. Definitely worth seeing in theaters. I loved it. Side note just so you don’t have to wait through all the credits like we did there were no after-credit scenes.

The only thing I didn’t like about the movie was there were a couple of scenes that left me with a few questions. The first was when a dude gets hit by a water pipe tower on a fast-moving train and still somehow survives it’s kinda a big detail in my book, no scars or anything. That somehow got glossed over. other than that there were a few flashlight moments where you heard them talk but couldn’t see what was going on. Still, With these being the only thing wrong that I saw.

I recommend seeing it in theaters. I love that they are retiring Indiana Jones. At the same time, I’m going to miss looking forward to seeing Harrison Ford and his Iconic roles. I can’t wait to see what other films he will be in. Indiana Jones was a perfect summer movie.