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I'm actually siding with @Risico007 here, despite the fact that I am an atheist. ;-)
After everything that Indy's been through, all that he has seen, including confirmation of the Ark's hidden powers, the Cup of Christ and whatnot, he must be a strong believer. Naturally, he would be a believer in all things supernatural, not just Christian myth. He's seen dark magic in India too...
But an atheist? Not really. A scientist, of course. It'd be interesting to learn about his scientific views after all his adventures.
I am afraid I dont follow your logic.
I think I see what you mean. He can start thinking "bigger" and look beyond mere Christian myth. But we can assume that he would still believe in something "higher", seeing the power of the cup and the ark. He wouldn't be a cold atheist bastard like me, surely. ;-) If I went through the events of these films, I'd be looking for something more too. I might not be willing to simply adopt Christian views just like that, but my science would gain a Lovecraftian cosmic dimension for sure. ;-)
How so?
I'm fairly sure they're not mentioned in the Bible, but I'd have to ask a priest to be sure! :)
Indeed! In the end, it's his giving in to faith that saves the life of his father after all. That's why it works so well as the final scene of a trilogy.
Ultimately, when it comes to a belief in God, the Bible is irrelevant.
That's us saying that, though. It's not an irrelevancy to the films that use it as a blueprint, and quite literally take relics from it and insert them into the plots.
It's the front of a Heinkel 111 long range german bomber from WW2.
And from the Sicily set of Indy 5:
If God proved to exist, I wouldn’t believe in him because I KNOW he exists rather than believe.
I was joking though thanks for posting those images, I have not been following the production of DOD.
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Watching the opening of Raiders of the Lost Ark, this film is a Masterpiece, every shot, the score and sound design is world class. As much as I like other films in the original trilogy nothing comes close to Raiders... One of the greatest movie ever made IMO.
DOD is a film that you can not miss at the cinema. I watched KOTCS in the afternoon at the cinema when released it was literally empty that day, despite my issues with the film I enjoyed the experience.
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The scene when Indy is drawing on the black board, the shadows that Spielberg is projecting onto the blackboard is genius, this scene 41 years later still gives me chills. Like many superhero's and it is is more subtle with Indy there is a duality, the shadows indicate that.
Good point!
I don't hate KOTCS as some do. It's still a fairly enjoyable film. It couldn't take us back to the glory of Raiders and some of its choices are 'debatable' but as an action-packed adventure film, it didn't disappoint me.
Ohmygod...do we really want to get into that HERE? I've decided I'm an atheist now because my Evangelical relatives in the U.S. first got me thinking about my somewhat agnostic being some 45 years ago (which must have gone awry from their standpoint, namely in the exactly opposite direction), but hey, these are *fantasy movies*, and some stuff that sounds like it's from the bible simply fits into them as well as modern sci-fi does. It just has the same relevance as the Brothers Grimm's fairy tales. Designed and created to fascinate people. Not more.
There's a lot of very enjoyable individual scenes throughout the entire thing which make it a step above the kind of blockbuster stuff we get nowadays. The warehouse scene in particular is just fantastic.
Great recurring adversary for Indy and of course Bond in NSNA
Agreed died too young.
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Rewinding scenes whilst watching Raiders... the action is none stop and as good as it gets... outside Bond of course ;)
I just wish the screenwriting was better. I don’t even blame David Koepp because I understand he was tasked with trying to please three different people (Lucas, Ford, and Spielberg) that had different sensibilities by cramming a bunch of different plot elements from entirely different scripts into one. It’s a mess. There’s baffling things like introducing a jungle plowing machine and doing NOTHING fun with it. You expect a commie is gonna get thrown into that grinder or something. But Indy just straight up blows it with a bazooka.
I think what hurts it most is that it’s made by Spielberg because it’s clear his heart wasn’t in it. He was no longer that same guy who made the first three films. As much as I want to see the band get back together, I don’t think they have it anymore. So that’s partly why I’m intrigued about Indy 5 because with new filmmakers involved there’s at least potential for something better. But we’ll see.
I could not agree more with this entire post.
I love Bond, but for me the answer is: none of ‘em.
Bond is a brilliant series of course, but Indy has produced three pretty much perfectly-hewn films, where Bond has been a lot more variable. And I’d say Raiders is a bona fide perfect movie: not sure Bond has quite produced any of those. Maybe Goldfinger and Casino Royale come the closest.