http://webomatica.disqus.com/Technology and Entertainment DigestenSat, 31 May 2008 22:39:04 -0000http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2008/05/31/movie-notes-indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade/#comment-564677Yeah - it's pretty shocking how much better Crusade was when I rewatched it<br>after seeing Crystal Skull. It covers so much more ground - the opening<br>scene to Indy's childhood, Venice, Germany, the mideast, and the Grail is on<br>par with the ark in terms of a cool object to quest for. Then add in Indy's<br>dad and it's almost better than raiders in some ways.<br><br>I think the super-old crusader is in retrospect, was definitely rather<br>silly, and possibly not much sillier than anything in Skull, thankfully he<br>didn't leave the cave, and showed up at the end after a lot of great stuff<br>had already passed. Wheras, Skull seemed to have silly things scattered<br>throughout the whole movie, starting with that refrigerator, although, even<br>that magnetized coffin was pretty silly, too.webomaticaSat, 31 May 2008 22:39:04 -0000http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2008/05/31/movie-notes-indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade/#comment-564585Sean Connery was a great addition to this film. Not only did it add a wonderful father/son dynamic, but they also had a great old/young dynamic (didn't both of them want the same hot blonde Nazi chick at one point?). They tried to play up the father/son and old/young thing again in Crystal Skull, but somehow -- like other aspects of that film -- it fell short of its predecessor (Crusade) and ended up having the "been there, done that" syndrome.<br><br>I find it interesting too that I wasn't offended by the idea of a super-old Crusader knight guarding the actual Grail. True, it sounds ridiculous, but I'm ok with slight flights of fancy in these films. In a way, I can understand where Lucas was trying to go with the alien plot of Indy 4. I really think there was a way to make the alien idea work. I imagine that's why the script went through so many iterations. But as you say, they definitely chose poorly.<br><br>I'm glad Connery didn't reprise his role in Indy 4 either. Indy 3 was just about perfect.papaSat, 31 May 2008 22:05:52 -0000