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...Of a sequel being better than the initial movie of a franchise. "Last Crusade" finishes, (for the nonce,) the trilogy that started with the wildly overrated "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and was continued by the much more promising "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom". Both sequels are far more entertaining than the original.
It's exactly like the "Batman" franchise....the first one being hyped like crazy as being from the director of a successful previous movie, with the promise of eye-popping special effects and spectacular action, and the succeeding sequels being MUCH better...in fact, offering all the action, humor and thrills that "Raiders" was purported to have!
I was GREATLY disappointed when I first saw "Raiders" and wondered what all the fuss was about. Then I saw "Temple of Doom" and I was hooked! "Last Crusade" continues this new tradition, with the added fillip of having the great Sean Connery playing Indiana's father, Henry.
Cinematography is top notch. Comedy is evident in just about every scene, and, as usual, there's a thrill-a-minute action sequence waiting to start just as one finishes. It's obvious that Spielberg, again, didn't so much direct this movie as tell the gaffers where to aim the lights....the hand of Lucas is everywhere. Again..there's the formula of older hero, younger hero and a feisty love interest. Evil, mystical forces in evidence as the basis for the plot....just like in the Star Wars movies. There are even two HUMAN sidekicks to take the place of droids R2D2 and C3PO....Sullah and Marcus Brody!
However, the screenplay offers some very wry dialogue, especially between Indy and his dad...and there is some excellent acting, particularly from Julian Glover and Allison Doody. There are some ingenious scenes involving Connery and Indy BEYOND just the dialogue, too. However, the big disappointment comes at the end, when Indy finally encounters the Knight that guards the Holy Grail. This part looks like it was ripped out of another movie, like "Excalibur" or "Camelot", and doesn't quite jibe with the rest of the film. It also kind of drags this otherwise good film back to the childish "gee whiz" level of the first Indy movie.
Indy's brief is to find the Holy Grail for Donovan, played by Glover, since the original archeaologist they hired to find it got lost. This person was Indy's estranged dad, played by Connery. On his way to do the assignment, he runs into Allison Doody, playing Dr. Elsie Schneider, who had worked with his dad on the project. He eventually finds out that SHE'S in league with the Nazis and, after a night together with her, before he finds THAT out, he finds out that his dad has ALSO had her, which makes for some nice Freudian confrontations between the two. After this is revealed...the real hijinx start in earnest!
I enjoyed this movie like I've enjoyed no other flick with Spielbuck's name on it...it's so obvious that he wasn't the ONLY name involved, however!
Highly recommended!
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My personal favorite of the series, this is the most consistently entertaining of the bunch (which says a LOT). Except for the climactic tank chase, none of the action here really surpases what was accomplished in Temple of Doom in terms of sheer thrills (though a motorcycle chase and zeppelin battle come close), but that's okay. The point of The Last Crusade is that it intends to be a more mature and character-oriented addition to the trilogy, thanks to the addition of Sean Connery, who makes a wonderful dramatic and comedic duo with Harrison Ford. Ford, in particular, delivers the best and most difficult performance of his career. Difficult, you say, but he's just reprising a role he's played twice before, right? True, but this time he has to craft Jones as a character with his own flaws and demons (exemplified by his strained relationship with his father) while still maintaining the larger-than-life action heroics. He pulls it off with flying colors.
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This entire movie is fun, from start to finish, while never losing it's characters or it's overall theme. This is one trilogy the directors never screwed up on and let "lag". Indy is there and recognizable throughout all three movies, with memorable and often hilarious sidekicks of various ages and nationalities.
Also worth mentioning is the care that the directors took with the plot development, taking place roughly around the time of World War 2. Usually always, searching for the grail and other sacred objects are Hitler and his minions. Hitler was supposedly very interested in the occult, and they take it to a very hilarious level during a particular book burning scene in Berlin, which is perhaps one of my favorite scenes in all the Indiana Jones movies.
In this movie, the supporting characters are particularly memorable. Indy begins the search for his vanished father and when he finds him, the action does not lag. They argue throughout the entire film. Indy is also understandably horrified to find out that they shared a particular love interest which had me rolling on the floor laughing in certain parts.
This movie also treats us to flashbacks of Indy's childhood, (boy scouts) and attempts to explain his fear of snakes and when he first acquired the whip and his famous hat. We see a more vulnerable Indy as he is constantly hilariously and unintentionally taken down a few pegs by his absent minded father.
"I thought we named the dog Indiana?"
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade takes you on a wonderful adventure, packed with chases, gun battles, fisticuffs, and astounding stunts. It's every bit as fun as its predecessors, and maybe even a better film overall than Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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Third time proves lucky in this go-round, which manages to pack in an excellent story similar to Raiders of the Lost Ark, the fun humor of Temple of Doom, and manages to top both in excitement and thrills, as well as being the first Indy film to deliver genuine characterizations.
There are a lot of great setpieces in this installment, making it hard to pick out which is best. Personally, my favorite is the ten-minute tank chase, which packs in so many dilemmas, it's exhilarating how Steven Spielberg tightly directs this sequence without a hitch.
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