Indy Marathon - Sunday 5/18

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Anyone notice the bouncing rock in Raiders? When Marion and Indy escape the Well of Souls, they push a large rock to get out and when it falls, the shadow shows the large rock bouncing away.

Nope, Although I did notice the guy sleeping right next to where the stone came out.

I do hope Crystal Skull keeps to the same practice of actually doing stunts like dragging Indy under the truck rather than using CGI.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Nope, Althought I did notice the guy sleeping right next to where the stone came out.

Yeah, I caught him too, that was weird.

This was probably the 2nd time I'd seen Temple all the way through. It really is not a good movie. As we said many times last night, Short Round saves it.

To me, the difference is easily seen in a comparison between the bar scene in Raiders and the cabaret scene in Temple. That cabaret scene is so bloody cartoonish, with the "oh, I almost have the thing I need...damnit, someone kicked it!" gag over and over and over. Bleh.

I still had the same reaction to the 3rd one I've always had. Don't like the bookends but otherwise enjoy the movie. The suckage at the end has been discussed, but I may be the only one who despises the River Phoenix flashback. I hate those kinds of hokey origin scenes where everything is explained by a single event (whip, scar, snakes, hat, lame). You start to expect young Indy to fall into an icy cold river and be forced to skin a cow, tan its hide, and make a jacket to survive.

[Gemini Cricket]

I think ToD is awful, too. But I do love the editing of the spike room scene. It creates so much tension it's great. But other than that, it blows.

I consider Raiders to be Spielberg's best film.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I hate those kinds of hokey origin scenes where everything is explained by a single event (whip, scar, snakes, hat, lame). You start to expect young Indy to fall into an icy cold river and be forced to skin a cow, tan its hide, and make a jacket to survive.

Me too. I found that to be cartoony as well. It was too perfectly and easily explained...

I do think that Phoenix did a fine job impersonating Ford.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Was he really supposed to have held onto the outside of the sub? I assumed he made it inside somehow.

Nope, he lashes himself to the periscope with his whip and rides the couple of hundred (not thousands) of miles to a Mediterranean island. There's a long shot of the sub approaching the island, and you can see Indy on the periscope if you look. The dialogue, in German, indicates that they're going to maintain periscope depth ... but it's a very poorly edited sequence leaving viewers wondering how Indy survives a submarine voyage on the outside of a submarine. Even if they were to illustate it better, the sequence is the most preposterous in the film.

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Anyone notice the bouncing rock in Raiders? When Marion and Indy escape the Well of Souls, they push a large rock to get out and when it falls, the shadow shows the large rock bouncing away.

Yes, one of my favorite errors. There are a few other continuity mistakes where things fall apart on camera, but are "restored" in subsequent shots. And I love the hand-made mistake of the cobra reflection in the glass separator, and wish they hadn't "cleaned" that up for the DVD release. Bah.

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I may be the only one who despises the River Phoenix flashback. I hate those kinds of hokey origin scenes where everything is explained by a single event (whip, scar, snakes, hat, lame). You start to expect young Indy to fall into an icy cold river and be forced to skin a cow, tan its hide, and make a jacket to survive.

HAHAHAHAHA!!

[Gemini Cricket]

I seem to remember another goof up with the staff of Ra. He drops it into the hole and it hits the floor. As he climbs down the rope made from flags, the staff is leaning up against a wall. But it's been awhile since I've seen the film...