Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
First things first: the problems of this film have nothing to do with Anthony Mackie. He is far and away the best thing on the screen.
In fact, it feels at times like Mackie himself is trying to pull an otherwise formulaic film into a more meaningful direction: how does a Black man take up the mantle of “Captain America” when millions of the citizens he commits to serve clearly encode the very concept of America as white? Does Sam…
Harrison Ford is my ride or die, and Indiana Jones is a big part of why I do what I now do for a living. If they had to do more after the flawless ending of Last Crusade, I’m glad they made one more film to honor the character—and the man who inhabits him—properly.
Not everything works in Dial of Destiny, but HE does, and I thats what matters most to me. The film is kinetic and fun, with genuine emotion as the end approaches.
Thank you, Harrison, for changing my life for the better with your work. I will always be grateful.