tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post6516486947912843528..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-76124651940849077152012-02-10T16:02:19.506-05:002012-02-10T16:02:19.506-05:00Yeah it's a great one, Troy. It sticks to the ...Yeah it's a great one, Troy. It sticks to the formula of <i>Raiders</i> but does just enough different to avoid seeming like a simple retread of the first movie. Sure, it's not daring, but it's a blast as an action movie.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-77386584691715052392012-02-10T12:13:28.500-05:002012-02-10T12:13:28.500-05:00This one has a special place in my heart -- I'...This one has a special place in my heart -- I'm pretty sure my brothers and I saw it at least 5 or 6 times in the theater when we were kids and it quickly became our favorite film. <br /><br />With that in mind, I've always been a bit sheepish about defending the movie, figuring a lot of my defense of it is colored with nostalgia, so it's nice to see such a glowing appraisal from you Troy Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843741571724231174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-30516828394153146902012-02-08T18:13:48.849-05:002012-02-08T18:13:48.849-05:00River<a href="http://www.ehrensteinland.com/htmls/mnop/riverphoenix01.shtml" rel="nofollow">River</a>DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-68049493729782011182012-02-08T16:26:27.872-05:002012-02-08T16:26:27.872-05:00There's also a weird moment of dubbing in the ...There's also a weird moment of dubbing in the scene where Indy impersonates (badly) a Scotsman eager to see the tapestries in what is revealed as a Nazi hideaway. The butler originally said, "If you are a Scottish lord, I'm Jesse Owens!", historically accurate for the time period, but the filmmakers feared nobody would know who that was, so it was changed to Mickey Mouse. The Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01450775188328918558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-28978235960102017552012-02-08T11:53:25.834-05:002012-02-08T11:53:25.834-05:00It's definitely a self-consciously safer film,...It's definitely a self-consciously safer film, a return to the template of <i>Raiders</i> after the strangeness and camp of <i>Temple of Doom</i>. But for me it just works really well. It's fun, above all: the dialogue really crackles, and the Connery/Ford dynamic is fantastic. The ending isn't as good as the very similar conclusion to <i>Raiders</i>, but that's pretty much my Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-27816596087426578712012-02-08T11:12:00.513-05:002012-02-08T11:12:00.513-05:00I like the idea of Last Crusade more than the exec...I like the idea of <i>Last Crusade</i> more than the execution. The script (which I understand was doctored significantly by Tom Stoppard) has some clever ideas and funny zingers, but Spielberg's direction is surprisingly tepid. I've always wondered if that was a defensive reaction to the hostility that greeted <i>Temple of Doom</i>, where, to paraphrase Matt Seitz, he really let his id Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01450775188328918558noreply@blogger.com