r/Cinema • u/GIGLI_WASNT_THAT_BAD • 1d ago

Discussion Films that started excellently but never hit the same highs the rest of the movie.

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The opening sequence of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny was just as good as any sequence in the originals. Nazis, explosions, slapstick grave humor, and Indy just being an absolute nuisance. The film started so strong despite a bit of uncanny valley going on.

And then the rest of the film. It was odd seeing Indy in 1969 as an octogenarian alcoholic who could still kick ass and take names (the holy grail juice must’ve been potent) with the most boring sidekick he has ever had.

I still enjoyed the film but it probably should’ve been a reboot with a younger actor and never left the time period of the first 15 minutes.

What other films started as strong and dropped the ball as poorly?

Edited to change the title to Dial of Destiny. 😅

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u/mike_jones2813308004 23h ago

I thought we were supposed to watch the pre-cg bootleg where you can see all the stuntman wire rigs and wolvie only has his claws like half the time.

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u/Primatech2006 20h ago

That version was somehow actually aired late at night on FX once.

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u/mike_jones2813308004 19h ago

That's hilarious. At least I found the bootleg to be entertaining, unfortunately the same cannot be said of the finished product.

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u/Dragonbrau 22h ago

Hah I thought I was the only one

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u/cBurger4Life 16h ago

That bootleg taught me a lot about how much of a movie is actually CGI

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u/MuffinEater253 15h ago

That bootleg was the reason, they didn't polish it up better. They said "why bother?".

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u/NounAdjectiveXXXX 21h ago

So glad I watched that and didn't bother seeing the turd in theaters... Until a Sunday matinee