I have loved Indy, since the first time I watched Raiders when I was a little girl. I wasn’t born when Raiders came out, okay? Just wanted to clarify that. Anyways, much to my excitement a new Indiana film came out this year, practically had me swooning.
In 1944, the world was engulfed in a fierce war because the Nazis had taken two prominent archaeologists captive: Indiana Jones and Basil Shaw of Oxford. They had done this as part of their attempt to gain global dominance. The elusive Lance of Longinus, a mythical relic said to possess extraordinary power, was what they sought. They had no idea that this journey would lead them to the enigmatic Dial of Destiny—the discovery of a lifetime.
Astrophysicist Jürgen Voller made a discovery that would change the path of history forever in the midst of the chaos of the French Alps. He told his Nazi superiors that the Lance of Longinus was a forgery and that, instead, he had discovered half of Archimedes’ Dial, which was even more amazing. The Antikythera mechanism is a remarkable invention attributed to the ancient Syracusan mathematician Archimedes. Time fissures could be revealed by it, raising the exciting prospect of time travel.
Twenty-five years later, in 1969, an aging Indiana Jones is about to retire from his position at New York City’s Hunter College. His personal life is a complete mess; Marion Ravenwood, his wife, filed for legal separation and recently left him, mostly because of Indy’s severe depression after losing their son Mutt in the Vietnam War.
Reluctantly at first, Indiana is pulled back into the field of archeological research. He’s been holding the mysterious Dial of Destiny for years, and it might hold the secret to deciphering and manipulating time itself. Indiana is forced to set out on a brand-new, exciting journey because of the possibility of time travel, the constant threat posed by those who would use it for evil, and the memory of his beloved friend Basil Shaw.
It is a fantastic movie full of twists and turns, but it’s all Indy. Grab some popcorn, get cozy on the couch and watch our hero ride again.
As Always, Keep On Brewin.