The Big Picture · Review · Rankings
June 30, 2023/ 77 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins
Sean, Amanda, and Mallory Rubin review Harrison Ford's fifth and final outing, then rank all five Indiana Jones movies.
6 films across 2 segments.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny'with Mallory Rubin
James Mangold takes over from Spielberg for an 80-year-old Ford's send-off. Mallory and Amanda love it top to bottom; Sean is with them through the de-aged 1944 prologue and the 1969 moon-landing setting, then cools on the Syracuse time-travel third act and its CGI. Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Helena and the Marion reunion win over all three; the retconned death of Shia LaBeouf's Mutt doesn't.
The Indiana Jones Movie Rankingsbest to worst
No. 1 - '1A,' the sacred text. Sean insists it should have been an autogreen in the Hall of Fame; even Amanda concedes it.
No. 2 - '1B.' Amanda's personal favorite; the Grail-vs-Ark 'is it in the Bible' argument runs the whole segment.
No. 3 - gets it on historic weight over Dial, despite Willie and the culturally insensitive material. Practical Spielberg set pieces carry it.
No. 4 - 'higher in my heart while being at four.' More fulfilling than Temple, but bloated and burdened by the whole franchise's weight.
No. 5 - not as bad on rewatch as remembered for an hour, then the last 45 minutes and the alien reveal sink it. A huge misfire at the end.
Also mentioned raised along the way
Harrison Ford, elsewhere Working GirlThe Mosquito CoastStar WarsAmerican Graffiti
James Mangold, elsewhere LoganFord v Ferrari
In passing Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryNo Time to DieOnce Upon a Time in HollywoodSolo: A Star Wars StoryElementalValkyrie
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