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Fingers crossed by the end of the year, we’ll have both. Plus a confirmation of Marion returning.
Wife’s of Harrison Ford characters in movies tend to have bad things happen to them.
Yes. I say this because Karen Allen was never confirmed and also the personal losses lndy took in the last film (“First Dad, then Marcus”). Could have easily been a separation or divorce again too, though I really feel like that would defeat the purpose of the supposed closure that arc got, even though it was an on-and-off relationship before.
Well they got married at the end of the previous film; so minimally she will be mentioned.
I suspect that Marion has passed and Indy hasn’t been in the field since the events of Crystal Skulls. He may still be teaching but something is missing; he truly does feel like a relic . Then something happens, possibly linked to an earlier adventure, that pulls him into one final quest.
“ “It was the first time I met him, and he’s an insanely powerful person. Not just as an actor, but physically. I remember the first day we were shooting, it was a night shoot, then we stopped at 5 a.m. — and then he got on his mountain bike and went biking for 50 kilometers. Harrison is a monster of a man, a very nice monster.”
https://youtube.com/shorts/YzKVbiVTi1M?feature=share
I don t know about that. An "easter egg" usually refers to a big Nothing. Would be cool if I am wrong.
https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/steven-spielberg-worst-indiana-jones-temple-of-doom.html
But saying "the Indiana Jones franchise has a 50/50 hit rate on the positivity spectrum" really is total nonsense. You've got three completely excellent films plus one average (but not actually bad) one.
First Indiana Jones movie I ever saw on one of my first trips to the cinema in 1984.I absolutely love it.And I think Willie Scott is hilarious!
Yeah I’ve always liked all of them, never really understood why Crystal Skull gets talked about as if it’s DAD. It’s much more of a TND imo. Not amazing but still an entertaining way to spend a couple of hours.
I'm still holding out hope for the next one, all the same. Fingers crossed.
I’d rate DAD over Crystal Skull.At least it’s fun in you’re in the right mood but KOTCS is just plain bad.
I do actually enjoy DAD more (in a so bad it’s good kind of way) but I don’t think KOTCS is that bad at all. It’s a fairly average modern blockbuster imo. Unfortunately CG heavy, but I thought the plot was fine, I generally liked the characters and performances, and I thought the shift from pulpy 30s serial and WW2 iconography to 50s sci-fi and Americana was a fun way of updating it. I dunno, maybe I’m just easily pleased, and I definitely haven’t rewatched it as much as the others. Not sure it was really necessary either, after he’d ridden off into the sunset. But I had a good time with it.
Yeah, I think that’s fair. It definitely doesn’t have the charm of the others. I didn’t mind Shia though, and I thought there was still enough heart there for it to feel recognisably Spielberg, even though it’s one of his weaker efforts.
Not sure how I feel about the next one really. I’ll definitely watch it, and while I’m a bit nervous about the lack of Spielberg, Mangold is talented, and maybe some fresh blood is what they need. But I’m a bit worried that Ford is just too old for it now. My main issue with KOTCS was how poor the action was in comparison to the first three, and I can’t imagine the new one will be much better on that front. The first three had an old school, practical charm to them that I’m not sure a modern blockbuster could ever recapture (can’t really pinpoint why, but to me, even the films that still have practical stunts like MI and the new Bonds feel very modern and digital in comparison). Throw in a 79 year old lead and I’m a bit doubtful about how good it’ll be as an action film. If the story’s still good though then I think I’ll enjoy it.
The other two are great but more popcorn and derivative.
Crystal skull is absolutely crap. The character of Mack, the unclear plot (Indy starts helping the Russians at one point in the jungle, the lack of clarity as to what the Crystal skull is or does (this is where the scene with the bible and the two agents in Raiders is so good - there’s a pervading sense of dread and consequence underpinning everything.)
And then there’s the cgi monkey Tarzan scene …
Just rewatched this. It’s a masterclass. We have the Macguffin, the plot, the history, the context, the consequence, foreshadowing, the scepticism of the audience through the two agents which changes to fear and belief etc etc in one perfectly written acted and filmed scene.
Filmmaking of this quality is rare. Very rare. It’s one of the reasons I like the severine scene in skyfall is so powerful. It naturally and authentically sets up the remainder of the movie so that when we meet Silva, we actually feel a threat.