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Originally Posted by getbak
Tom Cruise is pretty, but I wouldn't call him a beautiful woman.
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Yeah having seen the trailer multiple times, arguing that they're marketing with the woman in the trailer is an incredible stretch
As for PWB in Indy, I didn't care for her character, which was a problem for the movie. How much of that is her fault is hard to say, but I didn't leave the theater convinced that someone else couldn't have done it better. She did seem like a genuinely potential adventurer, someone physically capable, quick witted etc, which for example is something Ana de Armas (a really hot actor) couldn't sell me on in Ghosted. (There's an example of a recent movie that didn't succeed based on the "let's make sure the actors are super hot" formula.) I think the problem was more that the chemistry between her character and Indy wasn't interesting. It felt like the movie had two protagonists with very different vibes. I would absolutely watch a cheesy adventure movie with PVB as the lead.
They should've probably given her character a love interest in the movie. The kid was fine but didn't really add anything, I would much rather have some bumbling but lovable archeology student in his place. These movies usually had someone bumbling around Indy for light comedy, I think that's another element they mostly missed.
EDIT: The movie also could have used that more incompetent/normal character who's alternately impressed, flabbergasted and shocked by the shenanigans of the main characters. If we're talking about movie formula stuff they didn't use here, that's another thing left out.