so ended up with Brosnan holding a kite in front of a green screen…
WHAT. ARE. YOU. TELLING. ME???
Raiders and Last Crusade are great popcorn films - it's storytelling, it's stupid, but it's done well
Temple of Doom is a bit dull.
Crystal Skull was really not great.
I'll watch this one, but probs wait for it on streaming.
And let's not forget, for all it's flaws and criticism about "really, another one?" Raiders is/was a much better film than Star Wars, but that doesn't stop seemingly every 40-50 something year old man child jizzing their pants whenever another half-baked nonsense is churned out of that particular franchise sausage factory.
Opening sequence of Crystal Skull was brilliant (nuke test site & fridge)
Urgh.
See that bit about being believable? I get that there's a bit of a joke going on there but it's just beyond daft.
See that bit about being believable? I get that there’s a bit of a joke going on there but it’s just beyond daft.
Who, exactly, goes to see action adventure films expecting believability? The whole sodding point is the suspension of disbelief!
You’re supposed to be sitting there wallowing in the spectacle, not nitpicking every little bit that doesn’t follow exactly the laws of physics, nature or whatever.
Really… 🙄🤷🏼
Who, exactly, goes to see action adventure films expecting believability?
Fun sponges
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steezysix
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Currently watching Last Crusade on Film 4, it’s a perfect action movie.Boat Chase!
Motorbike jousting!
Aeroplane chase!
Sean Connery!
“I’m sorry son, they got us”
“Goose stepping morons like you should try reading books instead of burning them”
I think you mean:
“Gooshe shtepping morons like you should try reading books inshtead of burning them”
For the FULL Sean Connery effect.
Temple of Doom is a bit dull.
And just a wee bit y'know; racist 😬
They're all pretty good films.
I'll take any one of them over a thousand other films that get repeated and repeated ad infinitum.
In order of awesomness;
- The Last Crusade
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Temple of Doom
- Crystal Skull (which I watched last night on Film4)
Saw it this evening and was disappointed at the lack of call-centre action!
Boat Chase!
Motorbike jousting!
Aeroplane chase!
Sean Connery!
“I’m sorry son, they got us”
“Goose stepping morons like you should try reading books instead of burning them”
You left out 'She talksh in her shleep!'.
Just back.
Enjoyed it, on the whole. Thought they dealt with the ageing thing very well, quite a melancholy thread running through the whole thing.
The opening sequence was the best bit for me, along with PWB - she pretty much stole the whole thing.
I'm 54 and was pretty much the youngest person there, maybe younger people just aren’t that invested in Indy like they are in Star Wars? Even ROTLA was harking back to a cinematic golden age we only knew from old pictures on the telly......
Quite enjoyed it. Pace was slower than the early films, but the guy is 80 so he isn’t going to be dragging himself behind a truck with his whip. Agree with the “melancholic” statement made earlier.
I thought he’d use the time machine to go back to 1936 and live out his days in the desert, but it was good to see Marion again.
The least believable bit for me and my daughter was how could PWB be related to Toby Jones. As my daughter said… “How tall must her mother have been?!”
Family opinion was that it was the third best behind Raiders and Crusade.
You left out ‘She talksh in her shleep!’.
That’s a great line that does get overlooked somewhat! I’m probably going to see the latest one this week, I keep seeing articles claiming it’s a huge flop, yada yada yada, but the time to call it a flop is if it’s lost money six months later after international releases.
’Course, the meeja has to make money from clicks… 🙄
We watched it (finally) at the weekend – I quite enjoyed it. Lots of fun action sequences and a pretty tight storyline.
As my daughter said… “How tall must her mother have been?!”
They did make a reference to her height when they first met in the bar to make light of how tall she is.
Went to see it at the weekend. Shite, utterly brilliant entertaining shite with improbable plot, implausible nonsense stunts and some great nods back to the originals. Mrs Scape and I remember going to see Raiders as students when it first came out so this was a must for us. Worth every penny of the ticket price!
