tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post6173386748423867933..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: Raiders of the Lost ArkEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-72850577358874833092012-02-06T19:43:07.230-05:002012-02-06T19:43:07.230-05:00Yeah, Tony, sounds like a case where we were argui...Yeah, Tony, sounds like a case where we were arguing without disagreeing too much.<br /><br />Hahaha Sam, yeah, I know this is such an obscurity. I just felt the urge to revisit the Indy films recently, for the first time in a while. This one's definitely a blast, and my (uncontroversial) choice for the best of the series as well. Only <i>The Last Crusade</i> comes close.<br /><br />David, I Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-48737772305456239512012-02-06T18:50:09.523-05:002012-02-06T18:50:09.523-05:00David, I agree heartily. "Anything Goes"...David, I agree heartily. "Anything Goes" and the jitterbug sequence in <i>1941</i> are tremendous. Every few years I read Spielberg say he <i>wants</i> to make a musical, but unless <i>Lincoln</i> ends up being <i>LINCOLN!</i> (which, for Daniel Day-Lewis, couldn't be any worse than <i>Nine</i>), time is running out.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01450775188328918558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-35878377662997684712012-02-06T17:52:41.230-05:002012-02-06T17:52:41.230-05:00I love the "Anything Goes" opening of Te...I love the "Anything Goes" opening of <i>Temple of Doom</i>. I do wish Speilberg would direct a musical. He clearly loves them (he's executive producing <i>Smash</i>) and genuinely knows how. <i>1941</i> is basically a musical.DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-26206169776591026792012-02-06T15:56:04.779-05:002012-02-06T15:56:04.779-05:00Ed, where did you hear about this film? I've b...Ed, where did you hear about this film? I've been trying to research it, and fear I may have missed something.<br /><br />LOL!!!!<br /><br />"That's a big part of the film's crazy charm, its enduring importance as an action/adventure classic. It's a film that doesn't really take itself seriously, right from the goofy opening moments when one of Indy's South American Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-4811618200331967632012-02-06T09:45:35.466-05:002012-02-06T09:45:35.466-05:00Thanks for addressing my question, Ed. I don't...Thanks for addressing my question, Ed. I don't think I really disagreed with you on the "substance" level when you really dig down into my stance. At the time, it irked me that you sort of dismissed it as a candidate for one of your top 50 films of the '80s. Sounds like you'd be more open to consider that a possibility now despite its "lightness."<br /><br />I can&Tony Dayoubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04632329277519635858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-90549506409113811942012-02-06T09:35:20.264-05:002012-02-06T09:35:20.264-05:00Ha, you know, I was just looking at that debate th...Ha, you know, I was just looking at that debate the other day. Looking back on it, I'm a little embarassed of it now, if only because I'm not quite sure why I'm arguing against a movie that, after all, I like, and liked even then. At the same time, I don't think my essential stance on this film has changed *that* much. I was basically saying, in that debate, that I think <i>Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-65293142745120230322012-02-06T08:29:06.457-05:002012-02-06T08:29:06.457-05:00"...its enduring importance as an action/adve..."...its enduring importance as an action/adventure classic."<br /><br />Forgive me for reviving an old argument, Ed (more than 3 years in fact... my, how time flies). But your celebratory attitude towards RAIDERS took me by surprise, because you and I had a very lengthy argument about it a while back (<a href="http://bit.ly/z3N7KJ" rel="nofollow">here</a>).<br /><br />Your attitude thenTony Dayoubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04632329277519635858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-89674516316238285932012-02-06T07:27:33.209-05:002012-02-06T07:27:33.209-05:00That's a good point, Craig. This one and The L...That's a good point, Craig. This one and <i>The Last Crusade</i> are the real character-based movies in the series.<br /><br />Love that coat hanger scene, too, and the dialogue in this one just crackles.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-65107836979541025272012-02-06T07:00:49.367-05:002012-02-06T07:00:49.367-05:00It doesn't take itself too seriously, yet it&#...It doesn't take itself too seriously, yet it's the only one of the four where Indy's obsessiveness is convincing. He drives the narrative in "Raiders," whereas "Temple of Doom" (whatever one thinks of it) is more of a director's movie, and nobody's at the wheel by the fourth.<br /><br />One of my favorite bits: Toht frightening Marion (and the audience) Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01450775188328918558noreply@blogger.com