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 (DIR) Post #AZM1ugq63PSy1WVYEi by witewulf@mastodonapp.uk
       2023-09-02T10:09:04Z
       
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       We watched Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny last night and it was (pleasantly) surprisingly not awful. I went in greatly worried after the awful Crystal Skull, but this was a lot less....ridiculous (for a movie that's based on time travel).I'd even say it was a good movie, and a fitting end (hopefully) for the franchise.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZM1uixy96x4cWCrmi by witewulf@mastodonapp.uk
       2023-09-02T10:12:16Z
       
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       My one real problem with it, particularly as an Indiana Jones movie (as opposed to many other action movie franchises) is, watching it as an old git who remembers all the “Making Of…" feature for these style of movies in the 70s and 80s, I know that barely any of the stunts, chases, fight scenes, etc. were "real”. It's all CGI…even someone running along the top of a moving train, or driving tuktuks through crowded city streets. And that cheapens it for me; it's less of a spectacle.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZM1ujrGpVBhO251yy by witewulf@mastodonapp.uk
       2023-09-02T10:13:31Z
       
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       It was even pretty obvious that a lot of the shots with Indy and Wombat in Tangiers were green-screened. I wonder how much location shooting was actually done? I know that some of the American city shots were done in Glasgow…
       
 (DIR) Post #AZM1ukZaAkdJbSoQ3E by witewulf@mastodonapp.uk
       2023-09-02T10:41:47Z
       
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       I guess what I’m trying to say is that those old movies weren’t *just* about the story (for some of us, at least). The effort and art that went into making them was almost as important as the finished product if you’re a film fan and know about practical effects, set building, costume, camera work, etc.Despite the industry changing use of CGI, Jackson’s LOTR movies still featured huge amounts of physical fx and location shooting. I doubt we’ll see it’s like again. It was an end of an era
       
 (DIR) Post #AZM1umjw7E6UK9fiT2 by witewulf@mastodonapp.uk
       2023-09-02T10:43:09Z
       
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       (Shout out to Cruise and McQuarrie’s Mission Impossible movies as the exception, incredible work!)