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INDIANA JONES WATCH WITH ME! (Patreon)

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2021-12-01 04:42:21
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INDIANA JONES WATCH ALONG!

This is "INDIANA JONES WATCH ALONG!" by Shanelle Riccio on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Reef

As someone with a degree in Cultural Anthology, I take great exception to the comment regarding that only in Hollywood could we be the hero of the story....

Paul Cox

Yeah, I think you were dead on with the influences being old b-movies and James Bond, but this was kind of the first twist of the hero genre in a pretty long time prior to 1981 and boy oh boy did it launch a thousand ships in the 80s and 90s. Everything from Rambo/First Blood to Die Hard to the straight knock-offs like King Solomon's Mines and Romancing The Stone, not sure any of them would have happened if Raiders hadn't been a huge success.

Michael F.

That was satisfying. A nice way to end a long day at work. Thank you for the watch. Yes, it was just called "Raiders of the Lost Ark" when it came out. Yes, I saw it in theaters, and I loved it. Was it my favorite? No. For 'action' movies, Star Wars is my all time favorite. You said in your open, you try to watch movies in the context of the times they are released. Yeah... I think that's kind of hard for a younger person to do. Movies like this are like an amusement park ride. In order to enjoy the movie, you have to let go, and go where the movie takes you, and try to enjoy the ride. I know you're looking at it from a movie maker perspective, but, that may actually be hindering your enjoyment. This is a fun movie. It was fun when it came out, and it's still fun. Some fun movies aren't fun anymore, but this one still is. And, that, I think, is attributable to Stephen Spielberg's crafting of the shots. I've seen this movie many, many times, and you pointed out some stuff that I'd never thought about before. (Composition, set up, lighting, shadow, etc.) When something is built well, in order to serve a purpose (whatever the purpose... a cabinet, a chair, a house, a movie...) if it's really built well, you enjoy it for the purpose it was intended, and then, you appreciate the construction of it. You wouldn't enjoy it as much if it wasn't as well made as it is. This is one of those movies. The scene with the lone swordsman that you wrote off to western disrespect... I'm afraid that's another victim of the generation gap. In the theater, when that happened, the entire audience erupted in laughter and applause. It was funny. It was unexpected. And, it suited the situation. And... back in the early 80's it suited the audience. America had just emerged from the 70's. We'd lost the Viet Nam war. We'd lost the Oil Crisis. We'd lost respect for the presidency. We'd lost the sense of gestalt we had after winning World War II. (Korea had left us shaken, and Viet Nam rattled us further.) After Nixon and Ford was President Carter who presided over a malaise which infected the nation's psyche. And, then, in 1979, Iran took America hostage. We failed in our attempt to rescue the hostages, and when Reagan was elected, that's when Iran let the hostages go. Reagan, an actor, the Gipper, gave the country a bit of hope, and a sense of pride which had been lacking for a while. Now, as for the macho-ness of the movie... yeah... that was a different time. People were different. Expectations were different. Society was different. Like anything else, if you want to enjoy something from a different time, you have to suspend your expectations. That's hard to do, especially now. The character of Indiana Jones is scrappy and tenacious. Like America. Independent, relentless. Irreverent. And, sometimes... playing outside the rules. Not a lot of folks willing to do that today. So... we enjoy the possibility, vicariously, through our fictional heroes. That's kind of the whole point of action movies. You don't climb? Yeah... I've never been able to climb a rope. Ever. (I wouldn't have made it. Well... I wouldn't have made it past the square-root-of-64-legged creatures scene. Hate 'em!) What's with the boxer guy with his shirt off? Well, I think that was a reference to the idea of Nazis thinking of themselves as exemplars of Aryan superiority. (My opinion.) You kept worrying about the endgame. Shanelle... you've got to let go and enjoy the ride. Movies like this aren't for thinking about. They're for having fun. Trust the filmmaker to get you to the end of the movie. It's part of the ride. It's the point of the ride. It's supposed to be like a roller coaster. You're strapped in, you are not in control. You're going to be whipped around, turned upside down, raised up and dropped down. But, eventually you're going to get to the end. Really good roller coasters are ridden more than once. Because the ride is fun. You didn't trust the pirate? Katanga? He was a good guy. Sallah, also a good guy, vouched for him. It never even occurred to me that he wasn't a good guy. Hmmm... I always wondered about Indy's ride on the outside of the submarine. It looked to me like they were diving, but I guess they didn't. I don't know. I'm not a submariner. Yes, John Williams is wonderful. Probably the best of the movie composers of the last 50 years. Sure, other folks have written some nice, effective scores, but the best of the best... John Williams. Always. I've never heard them called, "Get-the-Thing" movies. But, I guess that's a good descriptor. And, the Ark is THE macguffin of all macguffins! And, the bit at the end... Deus ex Machina... about as literally as you can get! So... 40 years later. Wow. It has been a while, hasn't it? I feel ancient. The 3rd movie is actually my wife's favorite of the bunch. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. In fact, she watched it tonight while I was working. So... yeah... I guess I'll watch it again later. I didn't really enjoy Temple of Doom. It's a little dark. And, I didn't really enjoy the most recent Indiana Jones movie. Harrison Ford is a little too old, and the CGI was a little too much. I have no idea what they're going to do with this next one. So... are you going to continue with the series? They're all kind of the same thing. "Get-the-Thing" movies. But... the fun is in the 'how'. Well, Little Girl, thank you again for the watch. And now... it's late, and I'm tired. I'm going to take some anti-inflammatories and go to bed! I hope you have a pleasant evening. See you on the next one!

My Ex Boyfriend

You are right saying this is the first super hero of its kind, but it was just replacing the previous super heroes which were cowboys up until this time in history. Which is funny because you called him a cowboy a few times. Indy doesn’t steal, he recover artifacts in accordance with international antiquity treaty as Brody mentioned at the start of the film.

My Ex Boyfriend

Oh and getting an airplane off the ground is really hard if you don’t know how. Gotta find the right switch to start the engines, set the flaps to the right setting, get the right airspeed before you try to rotate aircraft and achieve the correct angle of attack to get the wheels off the ground.

My Ex Boyfriend

Oh Shanelle with the jokes in the kiss where I don’t hurt scene. Made me laugh out loud. What I was thinking for years of seeing this scene.

My Ex Boyfriend

I loved these movies as a kid. But didn’t see them until the third movies was released. Third movie is the best.

Jason McNeil

I saw this movie in theaters in 2012 because they remastered it and it was in IMAX. I believe when this happened is when they added the "Indiana Jones and the . . ." so it would match the other movie titles. I would put this in my top 5 movies. When they landed in front of the cobra, there was a piece of glass separating the snake and the actor. If you look real hard you can kind of see it. Just like you can kind of see the ditch he is being dragged through. When you see how they did that scene, then watch the movie, you can kind of see it there. They also cut up garden hose to make it look like there were more snakes. The trivia section also mentions a deleted scene where Indy was told not to touch the Ark or look at it while it was open. That probably would of been to much foreshadowing and they would of had to write SPOILER WARNING on the screen. If Harrison Ford could of played the character Jack Ryan (Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger) a third time, he would of been the first actor to play the same character three different times in three different movies. And in case anyone was interested, the Life magazine we see in the beginning on the plane is issue number one.

Jason McNeil

I knew i forgot something, and maybe you read this off screen during the trivia, but Indy shoots the swordsman because Harrison wasn't feeling well that day. It was supposed to be a more choreographed scene.

shanellericcio
>>72836209

Yes! I can see the influences after this for sure --I LOVE that when you can chart a change thanks to one huge movie. This was a real moment then, I only wish I lived through it --- SIGH

Michael Grooms

There is a deleted scene that revealed what the headpiece of the staff says. It says that you should not touch the ark, which is why it has those two rods on the side of it, and you should not look at the Ark once it's opened. That's how Indy knew to tell Marion to keep her eyes closed.

Jordan Fink

so much of Lucus' work is modern re-dos of old radio and movies. Star Wars and Indiana Jones are this, but you also see it in the newer Lucus star wars stuff where it has an old-timey radio vibe

shanellericcio
>>72842480

You're right that the movies are an experience...like a rollercoaster, and you just strap in and hope for a fun ride! I think this one is most definitely fun, and all of the elements really do combine nicely; music, action, practical stunts, stars...all things I LOVE

David Olden

Hey there. New Patron. (I love a new theatre! Remember: actual theatres were the original Watch-along format!)

Paul Cox

lmao now that this is up on youtube, I *knew* your response to the gun vs. sword scene would hurt a lot of of middle-aged men's fee fees. They're so predictable.

shanellericcio
>>72910180

no ! wish I knew that -- It came across like a statement, like "fighting dirty" same with the boxer scene he couldn't fight him and win, so he nails him to the blade..... lots of guys on Youtube hate me for this 😂😂😂

shanellericcio
>>74887045

ahahha im SO glad you saw --- it really felt like a statement! I said it above, same with the boxer scene. I guess they played it for comedy but when everything in a movie is a Choice (capital C Choice) I'm like okay, he can't sword fight so he's going to play dirty. It was quite macho but the fact that it was largely unintentional I think is sad! And misleading for me 😂😂🤠🤠🤠

shanellericcio
>>72990206

ah that is a lot of info! I'm glad they had the prophecy type thing where the friend just alluded to some magic being a part of the ark which felt like enough for me, even though many on Youtube pointing out it feels very deus ex machina

Jason McNeil
>>72910180

Unfortunately, a lot of people on Youtube don't understand we are all allowed to have different opinions.

Edmund Dantes

Thought you might find it interesting that the main protagonist (Indiana) has absolutely no role in driving the plot forward. If his character did not exist, the German’s still go to Nepal, recover the headpiece, use it in the Well of Souls, find the Arc, take it to the Greek Island, open it, and everyone dies. Not sure if Lucas meant it to be that way when he wrote the initial script or if it was just happenstance. This was also covered, hilariously, in an episode of The Big Bang Theory.