Indiana Jones 5 is a much-needed return to form.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is about the Antikythera, and it fixes a major problem with 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The fifth Indiana Jones movie follows Harrison Ford's archaeologist as he searches for Archimedes' Antikythera with his goddaughter, Helen.
Indiana Jones 5 lost Disney $100 million, as it only made $375 million worldwide from an inflated $300 million budget. That made the movie one of the biggest bombs of the year. The release also had a mixed reception due to some of its supporting characters and story choices. However, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny was still a massive improvement over its predecessor.
The Antikythera's Real History Is Better Than Crystal Skull Races to find historical artifacts are among of the many Indiana Jones franchise trademarks and what makes the series so entertaining in the first place. The movies add a supernatural or fantastical element to them, which is generally rooted in the mythology surrounding the relics. In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indy races the Nazis to find the Ark of the Covenant.
The Antikythera in Indiana Jones 5 was discovered on a sunken Roman warship in 1900. Sponge divers were able to locate the Antikythera wreck and retrieve the mechanism from the sea. Though it had mostly deteriorated, it was discovered that the device could predict astronomical positions and eclipses decades in advance. It was also theorized that it could do more. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny runs with this mysterious purpose by making the artifact a time-travel device.
As a result, Indiana Jones 5 turns Archimedes into the inventor of time travel, too. The use of the Antikythera also relates to one of Indy's most beloved times in history. Archimedes defended the city against the Romans during the Siege of Syracuse, and in the movie, the ancient philosopher created a time travel device to seek help from the future. This brings the narrative of ancient artifacts in Indiana Jones full circle.
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