So much fun, watching them all together! I was set for this to be some sort of ordeal. Turned out it was anything but.
I now understand why fans of the original have trouble with the sequels. I barely remembered the film, saw it when I was very young, but knew the sequels practically by heart. Raiders is much more adult in tone than I expected. Good film, of course.
I do still enjoyed the sequels plenty, even though watching as an adult, Kate Capshaw is much more blatantly awful than I remembered, and the less-than-spectacular Knight set to protect the grail hurts the whole powerful grail concept. All the action is still fantastic, the stories are still great, Short Round makes ToD, Connery is a perfect foil for Ford...I think they stand the test of time.
Was he really supposed to have held onto the outside of the sub? I assumed he made it inside somehow. Even so, I felt it a stretch that he could make his way into a German sub so easily and without explainer.
Oh, and by the time you begin the third film, and Indy is once again calling the spirituality at hand "ghost stories" and "mumbo jumbo", it's hilarious. "The Ark? Real. The power of Kali Ma? Totally. But the Holy Grail, that's a bunch of crap." As someone at the party commented, perhaps he had a grudge against that specific legend, since his dad was so obsessed with it.
Many thanks to LSPE and Tom for hosting. I wouldn't have gotten around to them otherwise, and now I'm all pumped for next weekend!