Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny gets a new VFX breakdown video, revealing just how much of the movie was accomplished digitally. Directed by James Mangold, the fifth and final installment in the Indiana Jones franchise sees Harrison Ford suit up as the swashbuckling archaeologist to quest after Archimedes’ Antikythera mechanism. The film features all the action one has come to expect from the series, including a sequence in which Ford is de-aged by about 35 years.
Now, Industrial Light & Magic has shared a new video on YouTube breaking down notable VFX sequences featured in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, including the de-aged prologue. Check out the video below:
The video provides a look behind the curtain at how Mangold and the production mixed practical elements with visual effects, revealing just how crucial digital effects were to bringing the film to life.
Dial Of Destiny Continues A Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull Complaint
The Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny reviews were somewhat mixed compared to past installments, and a central sticking point is the film’s reliance on visual effects. This certainly isn’t a knock against the hard-working VFX artists who helped bring the film to life, just a note that the digital imagery, in this case, doesn’t feel or look the same as the practical, tangible effects that the original trilogy is known for.
Unfortunately, this continues a trend set in 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. That film, which is directed by franchise veteran Steven Spielberg, has been widely criticized for featuring an abundance of ridiculous, VFX-heavy sequences. This includes Indy’s survival of a nuclear blast inside a refrigerator, Mutt’s (Shia LaBeouf) swinging through a jungle on vines with a pack of monkeys, and the ending sequence’s alien and UFO action.
While there’s nothing inherently wrong with VFX-heavy sequences like these, they arguably don’t belong in this particular franchise. The Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny ending, among a host of other scenes, may fit thematically and spiritually with past installments, but it just feels artificial. Compared to the tank chase in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade or the truck sequence in Raiders of the Lost Ark, many sequences in the new movie just don’t have as much of an impact.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is the fifth entry in the Indiana Jones franchise, directed by James Mangold and starring Harrison Ford in his final portrayal of the titular character. The film will see Jones in 1969 on an adventure with his goddaughter, Helena Shaw, as they find themselves in the middle of an uneasy space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, with the former enlisting the help of former Nazis with ulterior motives.
- Release Date
- June 30, 2023
- Director
- James Mangold
- Cast
- Boyd Holbrook , Thomas Kretschmann , Mads Mikkelsen , Harrison Ford , Phoebe Waller-Bridge , Shaunette Renée Wilson
- Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 2 hours and 2 minutes
- Genres
- Action , Adventure
- Writers
- Jez Butterworth , John-Henry Butterworth , David Koepp , James Mangold
- Budget
- 295 million
- Studio(s)
- Lucasfilm
- Distributor(s)
- Disney
- prequel(s)
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark , Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom , Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade , Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Franchise(s)
- Indiana Jones
