#Marion Forde

[mote-historie]

Charles Gesmar. Marion Forde, 1926.

Charles Ges(i)mar (1900-1928), simply known as Gesmar, was one of the greatest designers of costumes and posters during the golden age of the Paris music hall during the Jazz Age and was primarily renowned for his work for the great Parisian star Mistinguett. Although his tenure was short, his output was prolific and his creativity and talent unrivalled. (x)

[mudwerks]

Marion Forde (LOC)

[katharinehepbrun]

You want to talk to God? Let's go see him together. I've got nothing better to do. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) dir. Steven Spielberg

[losthavenmine]

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

For Anon

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Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)

[deckardsdwelling]

Harrison Ford & Karen Allen in “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” - Lucasfilm - Digital Release: 8/29/23

— WDD

[fangerine]

"Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?"

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) dir. Steven Spielberg

[anxiouscowboy]

"Marion Ravenwood is a damsel in distress", "Marion Ravenwood is just used as a bargaining chip for the male characters in the story", "Marion Ravenwood is just a prize for the hero to win" excuse me. Marion Ravenwood downed 30 shots of hard liquor, lost her entire livelihood, adopted an evil monkey, took out multiple baddies with nothing but a box and a frying pan, narrowly escaped being blown up, survived being yeeted into a snake pit, singlehandedly gunned down a platoon of Nazis, got back with her ex and witnessed some super freaky paranormal stuff all within like 3 days and also mostly while she was barefoot and wearing a dress please give my girl the street cred she deserves.

[stuckasmain]

Kingdom of the Crystal skull is a comedy you don’t get it…

Marion: Oh cmon! Do the math it’s not that hard… he’s your son!

Indy and mutt simultaneously: Nuh-uh!

Also haven’t seen each other in like 20 years and Mutt has to block his parents from immediately making out in the jungle.

[martyrgraph]

aujourd'hui, je me suis levée avec l'envie de faire des expériences du coup voilà le résultat de mes expérimentations bancales. je sais pas quelle mouche m'a piquée mais je voulais faire des trucs avec des vieux cadres. globalement, j'aime bien le rendu, ça marche pas pour toutes les photos mais ça pose une ambiance. j'ai tentée, peut-être que je garderai le principe pour certain.e.s muses. (vous les connaissez toustes sûrement mais de gauche à droite: harrison ford, patrick dempsey, willem dafoe, robert de niro, marion cotillard & andy serkis.)

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” review:

Short review

“Uncharted 4” hit the same story beats, but better. I’ll give the movie a 6/10.

Long review

As the final chapter in Indiana Jones’ life, I have mixed thoughts. Is it because of the time travel? No, I was actually fine with that. Indiana Jones has always had some element of weirdness, ranging from the supernatural to literal aliens. My issue with this movie is that, as the final chapter in the series, it felt…underwhelming.

It’s strange because the movie was sorta hitting all the points it needed to hit. They had the emphasis on Indy being old, the passing of the torch to Wombat, the return of other classic characters like Sallah and Marion, bringing the Nazis back as the villains, and so on. James Mangold was hitting the points he needed to hit, which makes sense since this is the guy who gave us “Logan”.

But the problem is, Indiana Jones isn’t Wolverine. I think Indiana Jones, as a character, is unsuitable for the type of somber, deep character study that the movie was trying to do. This is a character who was made to represent light-hearted escapism, and you could see that by how the first three movies never went too deep or too serious with Indy. Even “Crystal Skull”, with all its flaws, didn’t do that. So now we have “Dial of Destiny” trying to shift gears into darker, more dramatic territory and it just doesn’t hit.

For example, the reveal that Mutt Williams got killed in the Vietnam War. It’s a reveal that’s too dark and sudden to really leave a lasting impact, especially since the next scene afterwards is a thrilling dive to a shipwreck. You just want the movie to slow down and let these moments sink in. But the problem is, if the movie slows down, it stops being a fun Indiana Jones movie.

So, we got a problem here. Was there ever a way that the writers could’ve solved this clash of conflicting tones?

Now I will say, I think there’s a version of this story that COULD HAVE worked. Like I wrote, James Mangold was hitting all the story beats he needed to hit. It’s just that the story needed:

Yup. I’m gonna say this with full sincerity; “Dial of Destiny” would’ve worked if it was centered on Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood going on one last adventure. You can keep Mutt Williams dying, because that would mean the story would be about Indy and Marion reconciling with each other. Going back to my short review, the more I thought about it, the more that “Dial of Destiny” felt like James Mangold’s attempt at making an “Uncharted 4” movie.

Just like “Dial”, the fourth “Uncharted” game centered on an aging Nathan Drake getting pulled out of retirement for one last adventure. That game managed to actually be BOTH somber and lighthearted. You’d have scenes where Nathan is riding around a motorcycle and spewing one-liners, followed up by Nathan having a deep conversation with Elena.

But here’s why I feel “Uncharted 4” worked while “Dial” didn’t. Naughty Dog knew that in order to bring Nathan’s story to a proper close, they needed to center it on the main cast. In fact, one of the best sequences in the entire game is literally just Nathan and Elena driving around the jungle talking about their lives.

“Dial” doesn’t work because the story is centered on Indy, his goddaughter who we’ve never seen before (and whose father is a new character), and this random kid who was pretty much Short Round 2.0. And it’s frustrating because the BIGGEST dramatic reveal of the movie was Indy talking about his dead son and his divorce. Sorry to Phoebe Waller-Bridge but that scene should’ve had Marion as the focus. In fact, it gets even more frustrating since Mutt’s death means little to Wombat as a character. She didn’t know the guy, the most she could’ve felt in that scene was, “Sorry for your loss, goddad”.

Even the presence of Wombat and Teddy are frustrating. Wombat could’ve easily been rewritten as Marcus Brody’s daughter (or if you wanna be spicy, she was Willie Scott’s daughter with Indy, making her Mutt Williams’ half-sister). Teddy could’ve been Sallah’s son. These may seem like small changes, but at least there’d be a stronger connection to the past. Since it’s Indiana Jones’ last journey, this movie should’ve been more rooted in Indy’s past adventures, even if the connections are more with legacy characters.

So, yeah, it’s a mixed bag. “Dial” is a movie that is supposed to be closing the door on Indiana Jones as a character, but doesn’t really accomplish that due to its detachment from the past movies. It’s a movie that’s too somber to be a lighthearted adventure, but too lighthearted to be a somber character study. And what does that mean for the end result? A movie that’s just okay, but doesn’t really justify its existence. Could’ve been worse, but you wish it was better.

[ohihopeicanchangethislater]

First impressions of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny are very positive. classic Indiana Jones even without Spielberg, easily better than Crystal Skull (i try not to hate but it is objectively the worst of the series), possibly on par with Temple of Doom.

Clever in its cameos and mostly subtle with its references, Indy 5 incorporates elements from previous films in a natural way, while primarily telling its own story. Haters will undoubtedly point out appearances of old friends that we have never heard of before, to which I would counterpoint with the fact that each film is its own complete story, all contained in the life of Henry Jones Jr. There are years between each film, sometimes decades, and we cannot expect to know everyone Indy knows or meet everyone he meets.

James Mangold and his crew do a masterful job at recreating the simple concept of the Indiana Jones films: the grumpy professor goes on a globe-trotting adventure to find an ancient relic, only to find out that it actually works. Mangold sets the scene of an aging Indy who has been through some things since we last saw him, and he's about to go through a lot more.

I'll stop here to avoid spoilers, but my last note is that while I am a huge fan of Steven Spielberg, I think it was the right call to let Mangold take the helm, similar to how Lucas took his hands off of The Empire Strikes Back. Mangold treats the characters and the franchise with a great deal of respect, while making it his own.

And while it goes without saying, John Williams (final) score is magnificent as always. Bravo, Maestro.

[marion-ravenwood-jones]

OK OK I SAW DIAL OF DESTINY TODAY AND MAY I JUST SAY (spoilers under cut)

IN THE 1944 SEQUENCE INDY HAD A SMALL PICTURE OF MARION IN HIS BAG. THIS WAS AFTER HE LEFT HER TWO WEEKS BEFORE THEIR WEDDING. THIS MAN WAS CARRYING AROUND AN ENTIRE PICTURE OF THE GIRL. I HAVE DECEASED BC THIS IS ADORABLE BUT ALSO I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.

THERE WERE SO MANY PICTURES OF MARION AROUND HIS APARTMENT HE IS CLEARLY SO IN LOVE WITH HER IT HURTS ME

also when he put the magnet over her face in the photo on the fridge after reading the divorce letter and then quickly removed it when Marion came back at the end and opened the fridge lol

[marypickfords]

Marion Davies in Little Old New York (Sidney Olcott, 1923)

[nerds-yearbook]

In 1936, archeological Professor Henry “Indiana” Jones Jr was recruited by the government to find and retrieve the biblical Ark of the Covenant before the Nazi’s could during Hitler’s drive to find religious artifacts to aid him in winning World War II. (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Flm)

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Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)