Dial of Destiny spoilers etc
The thing I liked least; there was this Cleopatra Jones styled badass government agent who bought it partway through the movie, and naturally I thought she was cool, I wish she’d survived to be important at the end. This movie had no problems killing people off, I think because they wanted to drive home HOW Nazis aren’t good.
Dial of Destiny spoilers etc
There were a couple of things which didn’t make sense if I thought about them but looked good and made the story work (eg, how does Sallah get Indy out of NYC, why would Marion come back at the end, why would the never actually military villain wear SS uniform at the end or think risking an encounter with his younger self would be a good idea?).
Dial of Destiny spoilers, nerding out about weird stuff
Obviously the antikythera mechanism is a calculator and afaik has nothing to do with Archimedes. But the usual suspect for the holy lance - the thing everyone at the beginning of the movie thinks is the holy lance - is something which was in Austria. The Nazis acquired it early on with Anschluss.
Dial of Destiny spoilers etc
What I liked most was the overall tight story, including introducing new characters and giving them a personality and trying to resolve Indy’s personal stuff, WHILE still doing exciting Indiana Jones stuff. This could make for a long movie which bogs and it’s handled as a long movie which only kinda bogs right before the end. The camera work is great, and I might be missing some very effective storytelling, but pacing for story is fantastic.