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I think the sweetest part was near the end when his dad told him to let it go. Earlier in the movie, Indy pretty much said that his dad always chose the grail over him, but that moment at the end, you can just about see in Indy's face the joy of hearing his dad choose saving him over saving the grail.
Fun thing: when you see the dog at the beginning, there's a brief whisper of the Indiana Jones theme to hint that the dog is the original Indiana Jones! Also, I believe that's George Lucas's dog (or the same breed), an Alaskan Malamute. Who was called Indiana. I'll be interested to see what you think of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
I've heard that too. That George let the dog ride shotgun and not the back seat. Partially inspired Chewbacca as a furry riding shotgun. (Edit: I don't know what he drove. Maybe didn't have a back seat. Could have been a pickup truck.)
River Phoenix acted along Harrison in The Mosquito Coast a few years before this and behind the scenes on set would imitate Harrison so good that it was a no brainer for him to portray Young Indy - he even LOOKS like a young Harrison.
The reason that Young Indy cuts himself with whip in the beggining is because Harrison Ford really has a scar on chin that we see in his movies so they wanted to explaing it.
For me, this still serves as a perfect model for a summer movie adventure. I still remember all the reactions in the theater. I wish I could relive 1989.
Sean Connery improvised "She talks in her sleep." Harrison Ford's reaction was totally genuine, its Sean's smile to Indiana like "See son, I still got the moves." Cause it means they slept together.
GREAT reaction! This came out when I was 5, and each of my divorced parents took me to see it - so yeah, this movie means A LOT to me. I’m turning my garage into a man cave, and I collect autographs, so I have a full wall devoted to Indy. One of my favorite stunts of all time is Indy’s jump from the horse to the tank; that was Indy regular stuntman Vic Armstrong, who coincidentally just did a signing 😉 I’ll try to give you new trivia that hasn’t been repeated: *The tank sequence was the first stuff shot for this movie *Jeffrey Boam, the writer, had just written a movie Steven had produced, Innerspace. Steven had been so impressed with Jeffrey’s writing that he got the coveted job of writing Indy 3. Sadly, Jeffrey passed away in 2000, but I’m happily good friends with his son. *The boat chase (it’s pretty obvious) was not shot in Venice, but rather in London, where the studio is. Roger Rabbit was also filmed at that studio. *Some of the biggest set pieces in Star Wars were filmed in the soundstage that the Grail temple was built in. The site is sadly now a grocery store next to Elster Studios. *Marcia Lucas, George’s wife, divorced him in 1983 and took a good chunk of his fortune in the process. Elsa being selfish and taking the grail and not letting it go is a bit of a metaphor for all that. (Although I actually have a ton of respect for Marcia.)
The fantastic thing about this film is its prologue: in a handful of minutes they manage to narrate the origins of Indiana Jones so well and without explanations or stupid and very wrong films made on purpose, but by putting together all its typical elements in an adventure fresh and fun. And that's all you need, certainly not a very long and boring series (the adventures of young Indiana Jones), a screenwriting lesson that everyone should learn. Please also react to Indina Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, it's a good episode of Indy beyond what some people think and it's still a must chapter to then see the next Dial of Destiny.
Young Indy was played by River Phoenix (Joaquin Phoenix's brother) , who was going to be a superstar. All the girls loved him already, and it was just such a tragic loss. "Stand By Me" is a great movie for you guys to see one day.
Julian Glover has a certain link to Bond (as did Sean Connery); at one point I read that he was tipped to be Bond after Connery finished back in 1971 but was deemed to be too young (so they went with Roger Moore) and, once Moore's tenure ended in 1985 Glover was then deemed to be too old! However, Glover *did* play Kristatos in _For Your Eyes Only._
Back in the 70s, Spielberg and Lucas were taking a walk together when Lucas asked his friend what his next film was going to be. Spielberg said he wanted to direct a James Bond movie. Lucas told him he had a better idea and pitched Raiders of the Lost Ark. Named after Lucas' dog (same type seen at the beginning of this film, Lucas' dog Indiana was also the inspiration for Chewbacca), Indiana Jones was meant to be a globe-trotter like James Bond (the Shanghai opening of Temple is very Bond-like), so when they had to choose an actor to play Indy's father they figured they couldn't do better than the original James Bond. Ben Burtt designed the sound for the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films so he likely uses some of the base sounds when creating the sound for all his films. The element that elevates this sequel far above other sequels is the emotional story between Indiana and his father. It plays true as many fathers and sons have similar conflicts (I can attest to that personally) where they have so many similarities yet differences that drive them apart, a parent's inability to acknowledge their child as an individual being one of them, especially after the loss of the other parent. You just don't find that kind of emotional layering in the third (!) film of a series. The typical third film is a cheap cash-grab with far more shallow aspirations, not greater emotional depth to the character than the previous films. That's helped make Last Crusade endure so well these 34 years and earned it the reputation of a truly superior sequel.
Indy and his father won't live forever. You have to stay there to live forever. Also, the knight lost his faith for a while here and there over the years and wouldn't drink from the grail at those times, that's when he'd aged a bit to the look he has now. And look closely at Indy right after he drinks from the cup, the "tank burn" on his left cheek is immediately gone as well as his cut & bleeding lip. And Indy's full name is Henry Walton Jones, Jr. - Walton, his middle name, is Lucas' middle name.
Indiana Jones and Star Wars were all pretty closely tied together. A number of crew were the same with John Williams being one of the biggest ones. Obviously both had Harrison Ford in them. But this one always stuck out for me because not only did it have Han Solo, obviously, but it also had Julian Glover who played Donovan (main bad guy) in this movie and also General Veers (the main bad guy in the AT-AT attacking the rebel base on Hoth) and Michael Sheard who played Adolf Hitler and also Admiral Ozzel (who came out of lightspeed too close to the system) both in The Empire Strikes Back. Also a few stuntmen that played numerous characters throughout both trilogies. But then years later it added one more actor as Nick Gillard, who was a stunt coordinator and played the German soldier that got hit by the periscope in the tank, also went on to be the coordinator on the Star Wars prequels and had a bit part as a Jedi Master Cin Drallig (his name backwards) who fights Anakin in a hologram. The only possible connection outside of that is there were a collection of barrels on the boat in the beginning when Indy went to get the cross back labelled "Carboneto" which sounds a bit like carbonite which Han Solo is frozen in during The Empire Strikes Back. I hear that was never officially confirmed to be the intention but it's still there. Just thought I'd add that in as the resident Star Wars nerd. This one was always my favorite because I think I just couldn't get over the interaction between Indy and his father in this one. I'd say it's pretty perfect in my eyes. Not sure I've seen a better father/son duo.
The *Young Indiana Jones* series shows how Indy up to age 20, how he and his father had a falling out, showing his mother, etc., all while showing him meeting prominent figures of early 20th century history, shaping who he would become in these films: th-cam.com/play/PLVHwajtDt4lfcB2q7bSotSyio-YqCBHaQ.html
Other than Star Wars, there is actually a big James Bond connection. Firstly Spielberg always wanted to direct a Bond movie, which he thought would be in with good chance after the success of Jaws and Close Encounters. Holidaying with Lucas, who was getting away from the Star Was premiere, he told him how he’d like to direct a Bond film, Lucas than told him he had a movie like James Bond, but better. That’s when told him about Indiana Jones (Smith then!) A character that had similar characteristics as Bond, ie Womaniser, playboy, always in dangerous situations..etc. In Temple of Doom, even wears the white dinner Jacket that Bond wore in Goldfinger The Last Crusade would have the biggest Bond connection. Obviously Sean Connery, who played Bond first on screen, but there were others. John-Rhys Davies (Sallah) Alison Doody (Elsa) Stefan Kalipha (the guy driving the tank) Julian Glover (Walter Donovan) Pat Roach (In all 3 movies Bald German he fights Raiders) Michael Byrne (General Vogel) Vernon Dobtcheff (Buttler at the Castle) and Eugene Lipinski (One of the guys who took Indy to Donvan) were all Bond films. Interestingly the gun Donovan shoots Henry Jones with is a Walter PPK , the same model of gun Bond used himself..
Denholm Elliott, the actor who played Marcus Brody, sadly passed away in the early 90s. He died of AIDS, which he received from a blood transfusion. His wife was by his side when he died. No one could play the characters he played. In Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, they do a nice little tribute to the actor and his character.
This movie also explains Indiana’s fear of snakes When he fell ito the snakes pit, and also explains indiana’s (or Harrison Ford’si) scar on his chin when he was trying to tame the lion.
I know you mentioned James Bond in this reaction and it's funny you mention that. Steven Spielberg wanted to do a James Bond movie when George Lucas approached him with the idea for Indiana Jones and James Bond was one of the influences for Indy. So when the idea of Indy's dad being in this film came up Steven said that Indy's dad is basically James Bond and the definitive Bond was Sean Connery and that's how he got the part. A couple more nods to Bond were in Temple of Doom right at the beginning the white suit Indy was wearing was a copy of James Bond in Goldfinger and in Last Crusade Sean was shot by a Walther PPK, James Bond's main Pistol. I loved your reactions and I can't wait to see your reaction to Kingdom of the Crystal Skull!
The “Crescent Canyon” used as the resting place of the grail in this movie is an actual famous Middle Eastern site. It was also used in Transformers 2: The Fallen and more recently used in Moon Knight as the site of Alexander the Great’s tomb.
The reason Spielberg wanted Sean Connery to play the elder Dr. Jones is because in his words, "Only James Bond can be the father of Indiana Jones". With that in mind Indy has always had a dual personality. You can see his father's influence on him when he is in his professor persona. He dresses like his father in the three-piece treed or knit suit with the bow tie. They also wear the same type of glasses. A very cool and subtle way to connect them has father and son. The only difference is the hats. The father wears a flop like hat and Indy in his iconic Fedora. And now we know where he gets his hat and the rest of attire when on his adventures. On his first adventure from the leader of the gang that obtained the Cross of Coronado.
Stealing the uniform of a member of the Blimp's crew is actual well performed and realistic, "Quick moving situation, I only got a few seconds, find a uniform, smallest guy, not the best, but have to do, perfect!"
The part about the dog is an inside joke between Lucas and Spielberg. Lucas had a dog when he was a boy named Indiana that was the inspiration for Chewbacca the Wookie when he made Star Wars.
Great Reaction MAC Reacts! Just wanted to point out if no one else did! The when Young Indy popped himself with the whip got the bottom chin! Harrison Ford has a Scar that’s been there for many years!🙏🏻
FYI From wikipedia: "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 4, 1992, to July 24, 1993. Filming took place in various locations around the world, with "Old Indy" bookend segments filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina and on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The series was a Lucasfilm/Amblin Television production in association with Paramount Network Television. The series explores the childhood and youth of the fictional character Indiana Jones and primarily stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Corey Carrier as the title character, with George Hall playing an elderly version of Jones for the bookends of most episodes, though Harrison Ford bookended one episode. The show was created and executive produced by George Lucas, who also created, co-wrote, and executive produced the Indiana Jones feature films. Due to its large budget and low viewership ratings, the series was canceled in 1993. However, following the series' cancellation, four made-for-television films were produced from 1994 to 1996 in an attempt to continue the series. In 1999, the series was re-edited into 22 television films under the title The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones." Watched these when I was growing up. A shame it didn't last longer but the stories are canon to the Indiana Jones universe. In fact, the beginning sequence with River Phoenix was the inspiration for it.
Where young Indy cut himself with the whip is in the exact spot Harrison Ford has a scar on his chin. Fun little bit of character continuity. Indy has been having adventures since before his 10th birthday. Most of those adventures are found in the series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. In them, Indy meets a lot of historical people. Among them include T.E. Lawrence(aka Lawrence of Arabia), a young Norman Rockwell, Thomas Edison, and even more during his military service in World War One. He lost his virginity to Mata Hari. After the war, he went to school in Chicago and was roomates with Elliott Ness. He also got involved in the jazz scene thanks to one of his co-workers at the part-time job he had. A long a very colorful history for Indiana Jones.
Fun fact: if you go to disneys Hollywood studio they have one of the tanks from the film outside the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular! It even had the blown out barrel of the gun
Sadly the only real Star Wars reference in The Last Crusade is a real blink and you'll miss it. As the bad guy in the beginning on the boat comes down the stairs the words "Carboneto" can be seen on a set of barrels he passes. It means "carbide" in Portuguese, a chemical compound used in lamps in the 1930s. But it also echoes "carbonite," the fictional mineral in the Star Wars universe that imprisoned Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back.
The final scenes were shot in the city of Petra in Jordan. People lived there 2000 yrs ago and various people over a 500 year period carved the building we see in the movie. Of course the inside was mostly CGI. Many tourists go there today.
1. Fun fact: it was the first Indiana Jones movie I ever saw! It was an experience. 2. (20:49-20:59) Fun fact: Steven Spielberg wanted to do a Bond movie, but George Lucas thought of something even better, thus spawning Indiana Jones. Indiana Jones is basically American Bond.
Plugging the barrel would absolutely work. The projectile doesn't have enough time to build momentum. Plus the back pressure causes an explosion. You could stick your finger into the barrel of a gun with similar effect. You'd loose your finger but save your life.
Genius film making. Really starting with River Phoenix in the origin starter. From the snakes, whip, jacket, hat right down to the real scar on the chin. I think harrison ford got the real scar in an accident prior to star wars. So to have the whip create the chin scar? Genius Mr Playmount..absolute Genius!!! FYI Speilberg is german for play mount!
48:28 duck! 52:37 😆 it’s doc brown from back to the future! 52:53 my favorite line. 53:29 if he drinks the real grail, then he has to stay in the temple for a thousand years. 54:41 good riddance! 55:39 anyway, you should check out the last 2 sequels of Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull and dial of destiny.
One drink from the grail does not grant immortality. But as you continue to drink, it rejuvenates you. So the idea is, you keep drinking from it to remain alive.
I would love to see your reaction to Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull I love that movie and I know other people that do and anyone that didn’t like it, didn’t understand the point of the movie
Good movie. I had always wondered how Indiana's Dad knew she was a Nazi? Then I saw the caption, and found out she talked in her sleep. I thought it was something in her dialect. Makes sense now. It is an amazing movie.
You guys, this movie is so meta, you just have no idea. 1-George Lucas did name the character after his dog, Indiana. 2-Raiders of the Lost Ark came about because Spielberg said he wanted to direct a James Bond movie some day, and Lucas pitched him Raiders, instead. 3-Sean Connery (Dr. Jones Sr.) was the actor who originated the James Bond movie franchise, and he was known for being insufferably cool and calm and everything you think of when you think Bond. 4-He was also a huge sex symbol, and only grew into more of one as he aged (the man had charisma like you cannot believe) which is why, back when this movie premiered no one thought twice about the fact that Elsa slept with Dr Jones. After all, it was Sean Connery, and every woman in the theater said, "Well OF COURSE they slept together." 5-Harrison Ford was THE big movie star of the 80s and the early 90s, with all the same Bond-like swagger and charisma, so Spielberg wanted Sean to be Harrison's dad for this movie, because you say "Well OF COURSE his dad is Sean Connery, that makes PERFECT sense." What NO ONE was prepared for was just how damn FUNNY the two of them would be together. Sean took the part precisely because Dr. Jones Sr was so _unlike_ his son, that he was flustered by the idea of being chased and shot at and the fact that he was playing against type, because in every movie Sean did after the Bond series, he was a serious, large and in charge character who always knew what was going on around him and was able to turn every situation to his own advantage. But Dr Jones never knows what is going on, and he's playing catch-up the whole way. For those of us who, like me, grew up with Mr. Connery, seeing him act like a goofball in this film was delightfully refreshing and absolutely hysterical.
Just recently came across your channel and have watched a few of your movie reactions this week. Great stuff! ... I think Last Crusade is good, real good at times, a solid No. 2 in the series, but to me Raiders is far and away the best. Connery and the father-son dynamic are soliid and a great signature for this film, and the three challenges are great, but the humor here veers too much into slapstick (or borderline slapstick) for me. Seeing Marcus become almost a cartoon character in Crusade is always hard to watch. And suspending all disbelief aside, I still have a bit of a hard time with the knight speaking in 20th-century English. ... I just think Raiders' humor is smarter and Marion and Belloq are great characters. Both super movies! Look forward to watching more of your reactions!
A fun reaction although I have to disagree about Indy's dad lack of toughness. Yes. He's a world class book worm and not particularly a man of action. But he's also stubborn and ironclad. He's not shaken when Indy rescues him from captivity and remember HE wants to go "into the lion's den" to retrieve his diary. Not Indy.
1:02:26 I felt the same when i was 8, scared the hell out of me, but i saw this movie in theaters when it first came out in the summer of 1989. And it was loud in there! 😂
Greatest adventure movie.... EVER. Saw this in theatres when I was 5 years old with my mom and dad.... watching Last Crusade always makes me feel young again.
By the way, passing the great seal is "the price of immortality" according to the knight. So basically it means to be immortal you would need to stay there permanently. So no, neither Indy or his dad are immortal, despite drinking from the Grail.
The knight was able to stay alive, all those hundreds of years, because he had the Grail. The Grail grants eternal life. So, all he had to do was drink from it, and not pass beyond the Seal. As the knight stated, the price of immortality was that you could never leave the cavern. I believe that the knight dies in the end. Because the Grail was lost, and no longer needed protection, he finally perished in the collapse of the cavern, and rejoined his brothers.
Something I saw in another reaction I never thought about was the first test and the two blades. The penitent man and how you kneel and pray to God. Christians on their knees and the second blade was because Muslims bow forward while praying. Makes sense thinking about it but I never noticed till seeing that comment. Don't want anyone else but Christians to have the cup of Christ. Some might abuse it, others might destroy it.
52:00 well, to be fair, Elsa is a scholar of history, so if anyone would know anything about the grail at that point, it's her. and, Indy... but, her, he trusts... Indy? no so much.
* One of the fun facts about *this* movie, is that the guy near the beginning of the film that was dressed like adult Indy was none other than *Abner* *Ravenwood* mentioned in *Indiana* *Jones* *and* *the* *Raiders* *of* *the* *Lost* *Ark* You know, the father of "Marion Ravenwood". His full name was Prof. *Abner* "Fedora" *Garth* *Ravenwood* Among his family, friends, partners and colleagues his nickname was "Fedora" because it was as if that hat was attached to his head whenever he was on an expedition, treasure hunt, or both. * According to "Raiders", Abner was a professor of Archaeology and Egyptology at the University of Chicago. After Indy's brief encounter with him in Utah, their paths don't cross again until Indy takes Abner's Archaeology 101 class at the University of Chicago in 1919 while working on his G.E.D., also taking a major in their Linguistics program, and a minor in Archaeology(As a side note, he actually gets his G.E.D. in June of 1920). Prof. Ravenwood had already been a big inspiration to Indy, because he would still wear the hat that Abner gave him those 7 years ago. * Indy also still wore the bomber jacket he wore when he fought in the "Meuse-Argonne Offensive" during WWI with his bomber pilot "Jock Lindsey" just 1 year prior to that. A really obscure fun fact about Indy, was that when U.S. Army Intelligence discovered that Indy was serving in the Belgian Army, they forced him to transfer to the U.S. Army against his will while he was in France. More specifically, the *U.S.* *Air* *Service* *of* *the* *American* *Expeditionary* *Force* Incidentally, this is where Indy actually gets and starts wearing his very first WWI bomber jacket. * He was paired up with an already well established bomber pilot by the name of "Jock Lindsey". They flew a 1918 "Martin MB-1 WWI Bomber" during the "Meuse-Argonne Offensive". Jock was in charge of flying the thing, and Indy was in charge of dropping the bombs(and occasionally grenades) and manning the machine gun. Jock did teach Indy how to fly the plane. He just never got around to teaching him how to land. In fact, if Disney can ever be bothered to start working on the Indiana Jones prequels, that would be a good way to open the film for the first prequel. * After showing the Paramount logo, they could show us a 19 year old Indiana Jones in a WWI bomber, wearing his first bomber jacket. The caption could read *France* *1918* During the battle Disney could even steal a Han Solo line from Star Wars, where Indy yells to Jock "Don't worry! She'll hold together!" right after their Martin gets hit by a couple of bullets. Then they get hit by a couple more bullets, and Indy mutters to himself "Please baby, hold together." * This opening sequence could end where Indy and Jock fly off into the sunset right after helping to turn the tide of the battle, just narrowly avoiding what seemed like certain death as they start to play the same Indiana Jones musical score they played at the end of the opening sequence in Raiders before cutting to the exterior of the University of Chicago. This time, the caption could read *Chicago* *1919* This would be the film that establishes how much of an inspiration Abner Ravenwood became to Indy. * It came to the attention of the U.S. Army Intelligence that Indy had experience working as an Intelligence Officer for the Belgian Army. So before Indy's service was over in 1919, the U.S. Army Intelligence made arrangements with Indy rendering him as a kind of "Soldier of Fortune" that they could recruit from time to time as more of an antiquities agent in an effort to uphold the international treaty for the protection of antiquities. This could explain a lot as to why Indiana Jones is the only archaeologist in history who has these fantastical adventures, and no other archaeologist does. * Keep in mind, he's not just an archaeologist. He's actually more of a treasure hunter. One last side note. I guess Indy gave himself the name "Indiana" after his beloved Alaskan Malamute(named "Indiana") died from a snake bite while defending Indy from it. They named the dog "Indiana", because it came from the state of Indiana. Indy had a lot of fond memories of that dog, and loved him very much. So, to make sure he never forgot him, and to give the feel that his dog is with him in some sense no matter where he is or wherever he goes, Indy renamed himself "Indiana", and started insisting that people call him that. * Well, that and he didn't really like the name "Henry", and he hated it when his father called him "Junior" instead of Henry. In fact, his father was the only one who refused to call him "Indiana", maintaining that his mother named him "Henry" so he's going to call him Henry. Indy's father immediately got him another Alaskan Malamute in an attempt to console him, even naming the new dog "Indiana" as well, but it didn't work, and Indy gave that dog a different name, which is the one we see in the film.
Indy had a baby sister. Mom and sister died when the Spanish flu went viral. Sister wasn't even 1 year old yet. Mom was the glue. When she and his sister died, the family fell apart
This is my favorite of the series and the chemistry between Harrison Ford and Sean Connery working together and quipping with each other definitely sells it. I hope at some point we get to see the dog Indy grew up with. Will you be watching the next Indiana Jones movie? I'd be interested in knowing what your opinion of that is. I think it is underrated and not as bad as people think it is, but on the other hand, yeah, I really did not like that film overall, which is a shame because there was good stuff in it. But after you see that movie, then you'll be all ready to see the trailer for the new Indiana Jones movie and then see that when it comes out. Have you two ever seen the movie, Alita: Battle Angel yet?? With both of you loving Manga and Anime, I would think you would love that movie. I know I did. For the same reason, I think you would also love the show, Alice in Borderland, now just finished with Season 2.
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Awesome movie
It's great you guys felt like Sean Connery could ACTUALLY be Harrison's dad, but in reality they are only 12 years apart!
I think the sweetest part was near the end when his dad told him to let it go. Earlier in the movie, Indy pretty much said that his dad always chose the grail over him, but that moment at the end, you can just about see in Indy's face the joy of hearing his dad choose saving him over saving the grail.
He got to see and hold the Grail, that was enough for him. His son came before all else.
Children can be greatest treasures to the right parents and no amount of wealth can ever replace them.
"She's a Nazi bitch!"
That one had me laughing for a bit 🤣
Great reaction!
Lol, same. Also, my daughter said the same thing first time she watched it.
If you guys haven't seen it yet, you can never go wrong with the Back to the Future trilogy. Same feel, pure 80's adventure movie goodness.
Or crystal skull lol 😆
Yes, "Back to the Future" trilogy is a must!!
Back to the future for sure
Yeah but this is Indiana Jones 3, cool if we could kinda comment on this movie, but hey what do I know…
Agreed.
RIP Sean Connery and River Phoenix (Young Indy). Glad to know you two were a part of this fantastic series.
And Marcus Brody too! (Denholm Elliott)
Fun thing: when you see the dog at the beginning, there's a brief whisper of the Indiana Jones theme to hint that the dog is the original Indiana Jones! Also, I believe that's George Lucas's dog (or the same breed), an Alaskan Malamute. Who was called Indiana.
I'll be interested to see what you think of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
I've heard that too. That George let the dog ride shotgun and not the back seat. Partially inspired Chewbacca as a furry riding shotgun. (Edit: I don't know what he drove. Maybe didn't have a back seat. Could have been a pickup truck.)
River Phoenix acted along Harrison in The Mosquito Coast a few years before this and behind the scenes on set would imitate Harrison so good that it was a no brainer for him to portray Young Indy - he even LOOKS like a young Harrison.
Love the dynamic between Indiana and his dad. 😁
The reason that Young Indy cuts himself with whip in the beggining is because Harrison Ford really has a scar on chin that we see in his movies so they wanted to explaing it.
This is the ultimate father and son story of all time!
Except Connery was only 12 years older than Ford. 😂
In America that's perfectly feasible
We try very hard to be different than our fathers..then when we get older we realize..we are more like them then we wish we would be
For me, this still serves as a perfect model for a summer movie adventure. I still remember all the reactions in the theater. I wish I could relive 1989.
Sean Connery improvised "She talks in her sleep." Harrison Ford's reaction was totally genuine, its Sean's smile to Indiana like "See son, I still got the moves." Cause it means they slept together.
GREAT reaction! This came out when I was 5, and each of my divorced parents took me to see it - so yeah, this movie means A LOT to me. I’m turning my garage into a man cave, and I collect autographs, so I have a full wall devoted to Indy. One of my favorite stunts of all time is Indy’s jump from the horse to the tank; that was Indy regular stuntman Vic Armstrong, who coincidentally just did a signing 😉 I’ll try to give you new trivia that hasn’t been repeated:
*The tank sequence was the first stuff shot for this movie
*Jeffrey Boam, the writer, had just written a movie Steven had produced, Innerspace. Steven had been so impressed with Jeffrey’s writing that he got the coveted job of writing Indy 3. Sadly, Jeffrey passed away in 2000, but I’m happily good friends with his son.
*The boat chase (it’s pretty obvious) was not shot in Venice, but rather in London, where the studio is. Roger Rabbit was also filmed at that studio.
*Some of the biggest set pieces in Star Wars were filmed in the soundstage that the Grail temple was built in. The site is sadly now a grocery store next to Elster Studios.
*Marcia Lucas, George’s wife, divorced him in 1983 and took a good chunk of his fortune in the process. Elsa being selfish and taking the grail and not letting it go is a bit of a metaphor for all that. (Although I actually have a ton of respect for Marcia.)
The bit where teenage Indy cut his chin with the whip in the lion's carriage was to source the scar that Harrison Ford has on his chin in real life.
The fantastic thing about this film is its prologue: in a handful of minutes they manage to narrate the origins of Indiana Jones so well and without explanations or stupid and very wrong films made on purpose, but by putting together all its typical elements in an adventure fresh and fun. And that's all you need, certainly not a very long and boring series (the adventures of young Indiana Jones), a screenwriting lesson that everyone should learn.
Please also react to Indina Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, it's a good episode of Indy beyond what some people think and it's still a must chapter to then see the next Dial of Destiny.
Young Indy was played by River Phoenix (Joaquin Phoenix's brother) , who was going to be a superstar. All the girls loved him already, and it was just such a tragic loss. "Stand By Me" is a great movie for you guys to see one day.
And "My Own Private Idaho" with Keanu Reeves.
This is my favorite of the Indy movies. So glad you guys reacted to it!
The actor who played Donovan, played the AT AT commander in Empire Strikes Back. He was in the AT AT that blew up the generator on Hoth.
Yup, he also plays Grand Maester Pycelle in Game of Thrones! Saw him at a convention a few years back. Such a great character actor...
Julian Glover has a certain link to Bond (as did Sean Connery); at one point I read that he was tipped to be Bond after Connery finished back in 1971 but was deemed to be too young (so they went with Roger Moore) and, once Moore's tenure ended in 1985 Glover was then deemed to be too old! However, Glover *did* play Kristatos in _For Your Eyes Only._
The actor who played Adolf Hitler, Michael Sheard, was also in The Empire Strikes back as Admiral Ozzel, the man Vader Force-Choked.
@@Absolution099makes sense
Back in the 70s, Spielberg and Lucas were taking a walk together when Lucas asked his friend what his next film was going to be. Spielberg said he wanted to direct a James Bond movie. Lucas told him he had a better idea and pitched Raiders of the Lost Ark. Named after Lucas' dog (same type seen at the beginning of this film, Lucas' dog Indiana was also the inspiration for Chewbacca), Indiana Jones was meant to be a globe-trotter like James Bond (the Shanghai opening of Temple is very Bond-like), so when they had to choose an actor to play Indy's father they figured they couldn't do better than the original James Bond.
Ben Burtt designed the sound for the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films so he likely uses some of the base sounds when creating the sound for all his films.
The element that elevates this sequel far above other sequels is the emotional story between Indiana and his father. It plays true as many fathers and sons have similar conflicts (I can attest to that personally) where they have so many similarities yet differences that drive them apart, a parent's inability to acknowledge their child as an individual being one of them, especially after the loss of the other parent. You just don't find that kind of emotional layering in the third (!) film of a series. The typical third film is a cheap cash-grab with far more shallow aspirations, not greater emotional depth to the character than the previous films. That's helped make Last Crusade endure so well these 34 years and earned it the reputation of a truly superior sequel.
Indy and his father won't live forever. You have to stay there to live forever. Also, the knight lost his faith for a while here and there over the years and wouldn't drink from the grail at those times, that's when he'd aged a bit to the look he has now. And look closely at Indy right after he drinks from the cup, the "tank burn" on his left cheek is immediately gone as well as his cut & bleeding lip. And Indy's full name is Henry Walton Jones, Jr. - Walton, his middle name, is Lucas' middle name.
Indiana Jones and Star Wars were all pretty closely tied together. A number of crew were the same with John Williams being one of the biggest ones. Obviously both had Harrison Ford in them. But this one always stuck out for me because not only did it have Han Solo, obviously, but it also had Julian Glover who played Donovan (main bad guy) in this movie and also General Veers (the main bad guy in the AT-AT attacking the rebel base on Hoth) and Michael Sheard who played Adolf Hitler and also Admiral Ozzel (who came out of lightspeed too close to the system) both in The Empire Strikes Back. Also a few stuntmen that played numerous characters throughout both trilogies. But then years later it added one more actor as Nick Gillard, who was a stunt coordinator and played the German soldier that got hit by the periscope in the tank, also went on to be the coordinator on the Star Wars prequels and had a bit part as a Jedi Master Cin Drallig (his name backwards) who fights Anakin in a hologram.
The only possible connection outside of that is there were a collection of barrels on the boat in the beginning when Indy went to get the cross back labelled "Carboneto" which sounds a bit like carbonite which Han Solo is frozen in during The Empire Strikes Back. I hear that was never officially confirmed to be the intention but it's still there.
Just thought I'd add that in as the resident Star Wars nerd. This one was always my favorite because I think I just couldn't get over the interaction between Indy and his father in this one. I'd say it's pretty perfect in my eyes. Not sure I've seen a better father/son duo.
The *Young Indiana Jones* series shows how Indy up to age 20, how he and his father had a falling out, showing his mother, etc., all while showing him meeting prominent figures of early 20th century history, shaping who he would become in these films:
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Other than Star Wars, there is actually a big James Bond connection. Firstly Spielberg always wanted to direct a Bond movie, which he thought would be in with good chance after the success of Jaws and Close Encounters. Holidaying with Lucas, who was getting away from the Star Was premiere, he told him how he’d like to direct a Bond film, Lucas than told him he had a movie like James Bond, but better. That’s when told him about Indiana Jones (Smith then!) A character that had similar characteristics as Bond, ie Womaniser, playboy, always in dangerous situations..etc. In Temple of Doom, even wears the white dinner Jacket that Bond wore in Goldfinger
The Last Crusade would have the biggest Bond connection. Obviously Sean Connery, who played Bond first on screen, but there were others. John-Rhys Davies (Sallah) Alison Doody (Elsa) Stefan Kalipha (the guy driving the tank) Julian Glover (Walter Donovan) Pat Roach (In all 3 movies Bald German he fights Raiders) Michael Byrne (General Vogel) Vernon Dobtcheff (Buttler at the Castle) and Eugene Lipinski (One of the guys who took Indy to Donvan) were all Bond films. Interestingly the gun Donovan shoots Henry Jones with is a Walter PPK , the same model of gun Bond used himself..
Man she nailed all the puzzles
My favorite in the franchise!! Great chemistry between Harrison and Sean.
Julian Glover plays Walter Donavan in this movie and Grand Maester Pycelle in Game of Thrones ✅
25:53 The perfect reaction to the Marcus Cut!
Denholm Elliott, the actor who played Marcus Brody, sadly passed away in the early 90s. He died of AIDS, which he received from a blood transfusion. His wife was by his side when he died. No one could play the characters he played. In Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, they do a nice little tribute to the actor and his character.
I love this one. "RAIDERS" is always my favorite, but I adore Ford and Connery as father and son. We got to see the dog "Indy" at the beginning.
This is my favorite Indiana Jones movie of all time. It's also one of my top ten favorite movies of all time.
The fact that Indy's father was not impress or bored during the motorcycle chase makes me wonder the adventures he went thru himself as a younger man.
This movie also explains Indiana’s fear of snakes When he fell ito the snakes pit, and also explains indiana’s (or Harrison Ford’si) scar on his chin when he was trying to tame the lion.
Ah, poor Elsa.
She just couldn’t let it go.
karma sucks.
The cup never bothered her anyway. Oh, wait.
I know you mentioned James Bond in this reaction and it's funny you mention that. Steven Spielberg wanted to do a James Bond movie when George Lucas approached him with the idea for Indiana Jones and James Bond was one of the influences for Indy. So when the idea of Indy's dad being in this film came up Steven said that Indy's dad is basically James Bond and the definitive Bond was Sean Connery and that's how he got the part. A couple more nods to Bond were in Temple of Doom right at the beginning the white suit Indy was wearing was a copy of James Bond in Goldfinger and in Last Crusade Sean was shot by a Walther PPK, James Bond's main Pistol.
I loved your reactions and I can't wait to see your reaction to Kingdom of the Crystal Skull!
Elsa, 🎵 Let it go, let it go 🎶
My favorite of the trilogy. The father and son dynamic is what made this my favorite.
Allison Doody who does Elsa in this movie is also in Major League 2. Those movies are certainly worth watching.
The “Crescent Canyon” used as the resting place of the grail in this movie is an actual famous Middle Eastern site. It was also used in Transformers 2: The Fallen and more recently used in Moon Knight as the site of Alexander the Great’s tomb.
It's Petra. Also was in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger.
@@minnesotajones261 In the Kingdom of Jordan to be exact
“Our situation has not improved”
Understatement of the century!
The skeleton in the catacombs and the knight at the end both had very high and prominent cheekbones. Cool little detail they put in.
LOL, Yeah the cut to Marcus "Does anyone here speak English" was so damn funny 😂
The reason Spielberg wanted Sean Connery to play the elder Dr. Jones is because in his words, "Only James Bond can be the father of Indiana Jones". With that in mind Indy has always had a dual personality. You can see his father's influence on him when he is in his professor persona. He dresses like his father in the three-piece treed or knit suit with the bow tie. They also wear the same type of glasses. A very cool and subtle way to connect them has father and son. The only difference is the hats. The father wears a flop like hat and Indy in his iconic Fedora. And now we know where he gets his hat and the rest of attire when on his adventures. On his first adventure from the leader of the gang that obtained the Cross of Coronado.
When he said no ticket, ticket is the same word in English/German, he should have said "kein" ticket, but they got the message :D
Isn’t ticket in German «Fahrkarte»?
"Oh rats."
Me: Where's Willard when you need him?
Apart from all the "Oh shit" and "Oh my god" that takes up about 70% of the conversation....it's quite good. Keep at it.
Stealing the uniform of a member of the Blimp's crew is actual well performed and realistic, "Quick moving situation, I only got a few seconds, find a uniform, smallest guy, not the best, but have to do, perfect!"
The actor representing Marcus Brody was also Coleman in "Trading Places"
The part about the dog is an inside joke between Lucas and Spielberg.
Lucas had a dog when he was a boy named Indiana that was the inspiration for Chewbacca the Wookie when he made Star Wars.
Yep, this is definitely the best and most beloved of the series.
The snakes in the train car were just common garter snakes. Completely harmless!
Sean Connery does an amazing job playing a bookish professor. Especially since he is the original James Bond 007.
Julian Glover (Donovan) played General Veers in The Empire Strikes Back, and Michael Shear (Hitler) played Admiral Ozzel.
Great Reaction MAC Reacts!
Just wanted to point out if no one else did! The when Young Indy popped himself with the whip got the bottom chin! Harrison Ford has a Scar that’s been there for many years!🙏🏻
What a fantastic movie. One of the greats imo.
FYI From wikipedia: "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 4, 1992, to July 24, 1993. Filming took place in various locations around the world, with "Old Indy" bookend segments filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina and on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The series was a Lucasfilm/Amblin Television production in association with Paramount Network Television.
The series explores the childhood and youth of the fictional character Indiana Jones and primarily stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Corey Carrier as the title character, with George Hall playing an elderly version of Jones for the bookends of most episodes, though Harrison Ford bookended one episode. The show was created and executive produced by George Lucas, who also created, co-wrote, and executive produced the Indiana Jones feature films.
Due to its large budget and low viewership ratings, the series was canceled in 1993. However, following the series' cancellation, four made-for-television films were produced from 1994 to 1996 in an attempt to continue the series. In 1999, the series was re-edited into 22 television films under the title The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones." Watched these when I was growing up. A shame it didn't last longer but the stories are canon to the Indiana Jones universe. In fact, the beginning sequence with River Phoenix was the inspiration for it.
Where young Indy cut himself with the whip is in the exact spot Harrison Ford has a scar on his chin. Fun little bit of character continuity.
Indy has been having adventures since before his 10th birthday. Most of those adventures are found in the series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. In them, Indy meets a lot of historical people. Among them include T.E. Lawrence(aka Lawrence of Arabia), a young Norman Rockwell, Thomas Edison, and even more during his military service in World War One. He lost his virginity to Mata Hari.
After the war, he went to school in Chicago and was roomates with Elliott Ness. He also got involved in the jazz scene thanks to one of his co-workers at the part-time job he had. A long a very colorful history for Indiana Jones.
aw, you cut an iconic line!
"I shuddenly remembered Charlemagne: Let my armesh be the rocksh and the treesh and the birdsh in the shky."
Fun fact: if you go to disneys Hollywood studio they have one of the tanks from the film outside the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular! It even had the blown out barrel of the gun
Sadly the only real Star Wars reference in The Last Crusade is a real blink and you'll miss it. As the bad guy in the beginning on the boat comes down the stairs the words "Carboneto" can be seen on a set of barrels he passes. It means "carbide" in Portuguese, a chemical compound used in lamps in the 1930s. But it also echoes "carbonite," the fictional mineral in the Star Wars universe that imprisoned Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back.
Marion was not a damsel in distress in the 1st movie at all. She was tough.
The final scenes were shot in the city of Petra in Jordan. People lived there 2000 yrs ago and various people over a 500 year period carved the building we see in the movie. Of course the inside was mostly CGI. Many tourists go there today.
Nothing in this movie was CGI
1. Fun fact: it was the first Indiana Jones movie I ever saw!
It was an experience.
2. (20:49-20:59)
Fun fact: Steven Spielberg wanted to do a Bond movie, but George Lucas thought of something even better, thus spawning Indiana Jones.
Indiana Jones is basically American Bond.
Plugging the barrel would absolutely work. The projectile doesn't have enough time to build momentum. Plus the back pressure causes an explosion. You could stick your finger into the barrel of a gun with similar effect. You'd loose your finger but save your life.
I'd just finished up the first two Indy reactions y'all did like a day ago. Bless that algorithm.
Genius film making. Really starting with River Phoenix in the origin starter. From the snakes, whip, jacket, hat right down to the real scar on the chin. I think harrison ford got the real scar in an accident prior to star wars. So to have the whip create the chin scar? Genius Mr Playmount..absolute Genius!!! FYI Speilberg is german for play mount!
48:28 duck! 52:37 😆 it’s doc brown from back to the future! 52:53 my favorite line. 53:29 if he drinks the real grail, then he has to stay in the temple for a thousand years. 54:41 good riddance! 55:39 anyway, you should check out the last 2 sequels of Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull and dial of destiny.
One drink from the grail does not grant immortality. But as you continue to drink, it rejuvenates you. So the idea is, you keep drinking from it to remain alive.
My favorite of the original 3 movies!
No one noticed Chris Chambers & Eyeball fighting on top of the Rhino Cart 😂
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"The pen is mightier than the sword!"
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Funny fact
There's only 12 years difference between Harrison Ford and Sean Connery.
My cousin gave me this movie for Christmas. I knew of its existence, but had never seen it before then.
The entrance to the grail temple is Al-Khazeh (The Treasury) which is a real temple.
I would love to see your reaction to Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull I love that movie and I know other people that do and anyone that didn’t like it, didn’t understand the point of the movie
“The Nazis ruin everything” - evergreen comment
You know his father was played by James Bond( Shawn Connery ??? Spelling)
Good movie. I had always wondered how Indiana's Dad knew she was a Nazi? Then I saw the caption, and found out she talked in her sleep. I thought it was something in her dialect. Makes sense now. It is an amazing movie.
You guys, this movie is so meta, you just have no idea.
1-George Lucas did name the character after his dog, Indiana.
2-Raiders of the Lost Ark came about because Spielberg said he wanted to direct a James Bond movie some day, and Lucas pitched him Raiders, instead.
3-Sean Connery (Dr. Jones Sr.) was the actor who originated the James Bond movie franchise, and he was known for being insufferably cool and calm and everything you think of when you think Bond.
4-He was also a huge sex symbol, and only grew into more of one as he aged (the man had charisma like you cannot believe) which is why, back when this movie premiered no one thought twice about the fact that Elsa slept with Dr Jones. After all, it was Sean Connery, and every woman in the theater said, "Well OF COURSE they slept together."
5-Harrison Ford was THE big movie star of the 80s and the early 90s, with all the same Bond-like swagger and charisma, so Spielberg wanted Sean to be Harrison's dad for this movie, because you say "Well OF COURSE his dad is Sean Connery, that makes PERFECT sense."
What NO ONE was prepared for was just how damn FUNNY the two of them would be together. Sean took the part precisely because Dr. Jones Sr was so _unlike_ his son, that he was flustered by the idea of being chased and shot at and the fact that he was playing against type, because in every movie Sean did after the Bond series, he was a serious, large and in charge character who always knew what was going on around him and was able to turn every situation to his own advantage. But Dr Jones never knows what is going on, and he's playing catch-up the whole way. For those of us who, like me, grew up with Mr. Connery, seeing him act like a goofball in this film was delightfully refreshing and absolutely hysterical.
Just recently came across your channel and have watched a few of your movie reactions this week. Great stuff! ... I think Last Crusade is good, real good at times, a solid No. 2 in the series, but to me Raiders is far and away the best. Connery and the father-son dynamic are soliid and a great signature for this film, and the three challenges are great, but the humor here veers too much into slapstick (or borderline slapstick) for me. Seeing Marcus become almost a cartoon character in Crusade is always hard to watch. And suspending all disbelief aside, I still have a bit of a hard time with the knight speaking in 20th-century English. ... I just think Raiders' humor is smarter and Marion and Belloq are great characters. Both super movies! Look forward to watching more of your reactions!
A fun reaction although I have to disagree about Indy's dad lack of toughness. Yes. He's a world class book worm and not particularly a man of action. But he's also stubborn and ironclad. He's not shaken when Indy rescues him from captivity and remember HE wants to go "into the lion's den" to retrieve his diary. Not Indy.
1:02:26 I felt the same when i was 8, scared the hell out of me, but i saw this movie in theaters when it first came out in the summer of 1989. And it was loud in there! 😂
Greatest adventure movie.... EVER. Saw this in theatres when I was 5 years old with my mom and dad.... watching Last Crusade always makes me feel young again.
By the way, passing the great seal is "the price of immortality" according to the knight. So basically it means to be immortal you would need to stay there permanently. So no, neither Indy or his dad are immortal, despite drinking from the Grail.
The knight was able to stay alive, all those hundreds of years, because he had the Grail. The Grail grants eternal life. So, all he had to do was drink from it, and not pass beyond the Seal. As the knight stated, the price of immortality was that you could never leave the cavern. I believe that the knight dies in the end. Because the Grail was lost, and no longer needed protection, he finally perished in the collapse of the cavern, and rejoined his brothers.
Something I saw in another reaction I never thought about was the first test and the two blades. The penitent man and how you kneel and pray to God. Christians on their knees and the second blade was because Muslims bow forward while praying. Makes sense thinking about it but I never noticed till seeing that comment. Don't want anyone else but Christians to have the cup of Christ. Some might abuse it, others might destroy it.
This is the first Indiana Jones film that I saw, I later saw Raiders of the Lost Ark and then later on after that I saw Temple of Doom.
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well, to be fair, Elsa is a scholar of history, so if anyone would know anything about the grail at that point, it's her.
and, Indy... but, her, he trusts... Indy? no so much.
39:03 Don't feel bad for missing it, just about everyone does, but I love this classic miscommunication here. 😀
The whip at the start was used for the scar Harrison Ford has on his chin
* One of the fun facts about *this* movie, is that the guy near the beginning of the film that was dressed like adult Indy was none other than *Abner* *Ravenwood* mentioned in *Indiana* *Jones* *and* *the* *Raiders* *of* *the* *Lost* *Ark* You know, the father of "Marion Ravenwood". His full name was Prof. *Abner* "Fedora" *Garth* *Ravenwood* Among his family, friends, partners and colleagues his nickname was "Fedora" because it was as if that hat was attached to his head whenever he was on an expedition, treasure hunt, or both.
* According to "Raiders", Abner was a professor of Archaeology and Egyptology at the University of Chicago. After Indy's brief encounter with him in Utah, their paths don't cross again until Indy takes Abner's Archaeology 101 class at the University of Chicago in 1919 while working on his G.E.D., also taking a major in their Linguistics program, and a minor in Archaeology(As a side note, he actually gets his G.E.D. in June of 1920). Prof. Ravenwood had already been a big inspiration to Indy, because he would still wear the hat that Abner gave him those 7 years ago.
* Indy also still wore the bomber jacket he wore when he fought in the "Meuse-Argonne Offensive" during WWI with his bomber pilot "Jock Lindsey" just 1 year prior to that. A really obscure fun fact about Indy, was that when U.S. Army Intelligence discovered that Indy was serving in the Belgian Army, they forced him to transfer to the U.S. Army against his will while he was in France. More specifically, the *U.S.* *Air* *Service* *of* *the* *American* *Expeditionary* *Force* Incidentally, this is where Indy actually gets and starts wearing his very first WWI bomber jacket.
* He was paired up with an already well established bomber pilot by the name of "Jock Lindsey". They flew a 1918 "Martin MB-1 WWI Bomber" during the "Meuse-Argonne Offensive". Jock was in charge of flying the thing, and Indy was in charge of dropping the bombs(and occasionally grenades) and manning the machine gun. Jock did teach Indy how to fly the plane. He just never got around to teaching him how to land. In fact, if Disney can ever be bothered to start working on the Indiana Jones prequels, that would be a good way to open the film for the first prequel.
* After showing the Paramount logo, they could show us a 19 year old Indiana Jones in a WWI bomber, wearing his first bomber jacket. The caption could read *France* *1918* During the battle Disney could even steal a Han Solo line from Star Wars, where Indy yells to Jock "Don't worry! She'll hold together!" right after their Martin gets hit by a couple of bullets. Then they get hit by a couple more bullets, and Indy mutters to himself "Please baby, hold together."
* This opening sequence could end where Indy and Jock fly off into the sunset right after helping to turn the tide of the battle, just narrowly avoiding what seemed like certain death as they start to play the same Indiana Jones musical score they played at the end of the opening sequence in Raiders before cutting to the exterior of the University of Chicago. This time, the caption could read *Chicago* *1919* This would be the film that establishes how much of an inspiration Abner Ravenwood became to Indy.
* It came to the attention of the U.S. Army Intelligence that Indy had experience working as an Intelligence Officer for the Belgian Army. So before Indy's service was over in 1919, the U.S. Army Intelligence made arrangements with Indy rendering him as a kind of "Soldier of Fortune" that they could recruit from time to time as more of an antiquities agent in an effort to uphold the international treaty for the protection of antiquities. This could explain a lot as to why Indiana Jones is the only archaeologist in history who has these fantastical adventures, and no other archaeologist does.
* Keep in mind, he's not just an archaeologist. He's actually more of a treasure hunter. One last side note. I guess Indy gave himself the name "Indiana" after his beloved Alaskan Malamute(named "Indiana") died from a snake bite while defending Indy from it. They named the dog "Indiana", because it came from the state of Indiana. Indy had a lot of fond memories of that dog, and loved him very much. So, to make sure he never forgot him, and to give the feel that his dog is with him in some sense no matter where he is or wherever he goes, Indy renamed himself "Indiana", and started insisting that people call him that.
* Well, that and he didn't really like the name "Henry", and he hated it when his father called him "Junior" instead of Henry. In fact, his father was the only one who refused to call him "Indiana", maintaining that his mother named him "Henry" so he's going to call him Henry. Indy's father immediately got him another Alaskan Malamute in an attempt to console him, even naming the new dog "Indiana" as well, but it didn't work, and Indy gave that dog a different name, which is the one we see in the film.
Elsa, let it go! Let it go! 😉❄️
Funny, that you mentioned Indiana is like James Bond because his father, Dr. Jones played by Sean Connery was the original James Bond.
Fun fact: George Lucas had a dog named "Indiana".
Another fact is that Sean Connery was 12 years older than Harrison Ford.
Watch Kingdom of the Crystal Skull next. It's not as good as the first three, but not horrible. Plus Marion returns.
Indiana was George Lucas’ dog.
Indy had a baby sister. Mom and sister died when the Spanish flu went viral. Sister wasn't even 1 year old yet. Mom was the glue. When she and his sister died, the family fell apart
This honestly might be one of the only films I consider
Perfect
Cause god it’s just so damn amazing
My fav of the Indiana Jones franchise and my fav film of all time cenimatic perfection.
the guy who gives him the hat also becomes his father-in-law later on
with the 1st movie are of the most wonderful movies ever made
This is my favorite of the series and the chemistry between Harrison Ford and Sean Connery working together and quipping with each other definitely sells it. I hope at some point we get to see the dog Indy grew up with. Will you be watching the next Indiana Jones movie? I'd be interested in knowing what your opinion of that is. I think it is underrated and not as bad as people think it is, but on the other hand, yeah, I really did not like that film overall, which is a shame because there was good stuff in it. But after you see that movie, then you'll be all ready to see the trailer for the new Indiana Jones movie and then see that when it comes out. Have you two ever seen the movie, Alita: Battle Angel yet?? With both of you loving Manga and Anime, I would think you would love that movie. I know I did. For the same reason, I think you would also love the show, Alice in Borderland, now just finished with Season 2.
This is definitely my favorite Indiana Jones, actually saw this in theaters when I was a kid, I refuse to watch the new ones
there are only three movies lol.
@@charlesderosas5577 agreed
Yeeeeeey!!! Was waiting for this😄