'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' (2023) Review
This 2023 film serves as the final chapter of the Indiana Jones franchise.

Sloane Harrington is the black sheep of her family and hasn't been home in years. But when her stepmother dies and the four Harrington siblings prepare to sell the family estate, Sloane's brother David convinces her to come back for one last reunion in their childhood home. After arriving, Sloane becomes suspicious of her stepsiblings: are they trying to kill her and David to avoid splitting the inheritance four ways?
This 2023 film serves as the final chapter of the Indiana Jones franchise.
In addition to the cast being delightfully diverse this time around, the film was just loosely-plotted and action-packed enough to keep a casual fan like myself entertained. While I do agree that the writing of Cole left much to be desired for an original character thrust into a preconceived universe, none of the characters seemed particularly fleshed out in terms of personality; however, I think that's to be expected when you're watching a film literally inspired by a video game.
As one of the women said in the film, friendship in your teens is “as important as any lover” and it’s clear they lived that philosophy throughout their early adult lives as well.
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Much more than a meme, 'Barbenheimer' actually diversifies viewer bases and spreads the important message of both films wider than they otherwise would have!
It only seems to prove that when the company had their backs against the wall and needed an all pleasing, generic movie that had to make up for The Last Jedi, they chose to sacrifice almost everything that made their main protagonist interesting and that made her stand out as the strong female character that a generation of young movie goers was supposed to look up to. Instead, we were left with a Rey that was so much less than she could have been. And I guess that’s the real story of Rey and The Rise of Skywalker; they could have been so much more, but they were just more of the same.