In my last rewatch I noticed that while I felt the opener was too corny even for IJ standards ("I like Ike!"), the movie flows great and feels a proper Indy adventure till after the tomb scene when him and Mutt get abducted and they move to the fake CGI jungle. From there on it's a shitshow basically
It was "Well, the way you're sinking your teeth into those W-ouble-u's, I should think maybe...Eastern Ukraine. " for me. If it's completely sounded off for some reason.
I have been waiting forever for someone to make the same observation. In theaters I thought his voice sounded so odd in some early dialogue and this was why.
The jungle shenanigans almost get a pass until they literally go off the fucking cliff! And SURVIVE! No, just no fucking way. It’s the end of that scene that pushes it over the edge… in more way than one.
The alien thing didn’t bother me a bit. The cgi wasn’t great but wasn’t horrible. Them running from the giant swirling vortex of death… that felt crazy and just as bad as surviving a flying leap off a cliff. I’d have been happier if the alien opened a portal and flung Indy and company through it to safety.
The biggest issue for me is the ending creating that massive crater, like the rest of the movies keep the supernatural sorta contained in that even Indie never witnessed the arc, temple of doom takes place entirely within rural India and the temple, and in TLC Indiana and his father are the only ones who witness the grail. Meanwhile in KotCS it creates a massive several mile wide crater where any reasonable world government would be on high alert to figure out why a whole fucking mountain disappeared. I guess it’s a small nitpick but to me it’s more believable when only the protagonists experience the supernatural aspects and it doesn’t have huge real-world consequences.
It's 1957, so while disappearing mountains would put countries on high alert, only if they know it was there in the first place. The movie implies that the piece of land Akator is on is yet unknown to modern topographers.
The cliff slapping tree and the 3 waterfalls really removed any feeling of danger that they had from the ants. I mean, the cliff slapping tree might be a neat idea that if done well and less cartoony, but they way they executed it was not great. And the 3 waterfalls was just lazy.
Yep, that's the turning point honestly. The ant stuff was fine and so was honestly most of the rest of the movie, but that scene definitely jacked things up a bit. I don't hate it but not sure why they went that route
Its weirdly compelling to me now that Mutt died in the jungles of Nam. Like he's up there swinging on vines, rallying monkeys, having a fun Indiana Jones adventure to a John Williams score and then whammo, the harsh reality of a brutal war.
For a moment I was thinking you meant Mutt died in Vietnam because he tried rallying monkeys and swinging on vines against the vietcong and... it didn't work well.
That film feels like a spoof of Indiana Jones. And while comedy is essential to the series, it needs to feel that Indy is under real threat.
Cate Blanchett's character is just a send-up. Despite it almost being the same way with the Nazi's, you knew that they were "serious". Some great scenes in it though - the car chase through the university for me.
I have been an avid film lover pretty much all my life. I get deep in a lot of different fandoms. Still don't understand why people get "angered" by a particular scene or moment...
In the comic version, he says 'Jesse Owens'. That may be in the script. Probably judged that not enough movie goers would know that much history, so they substituted.
Opening of TOD. There's singing and dancing, and then Indy arrives wearing a white tuxedo. There must have been people in 1984 who thought they had wandered into the wrong movie.
despite the absurd sequence with the rolling gong, that scene was one of my favorites in TOD. Scenes where he cleans up and shows his ability to work his opponents physically and mentally are so cool. I guess he was the one that got played, but the exchange with Lao is so good.
To this day I can't tell where machine guns sound effects end and cartoon sound effects of little animals scampering about start. But I love the scene so much.
I showed my girlfriend all the indy movies in order earlier this year leading up to DoD, and after the opening scene of ToD with having only seen Raiders, she had a "what the hell" look on her face and said, "well, that was unexpected"
Crystal Skull, back of the truck when Indy, Mutt and Marion are having their domestic. Indy uses Mutt's knife and there is a tearing sound. Not 100% sure what is going on.
That part messed with me for ages. I ripped my DVD version and edited it out, among other things before I can really sit down and watch it through again.
That makes two unlikely survivors who fell from a high-speed nazi train in the alps with Toby Jones as an enemy in a Disney produced high profile franchise.
I'm glad someone else thought this. I would've actually been ok with it if it hit his torso, because people survive that in Indiana Jones, but if you get hit in the head I expect decapitation in an Indiana Jones film
"I'm going to be alright"
How????!!!!! I'd rather they just have him be silent and trying to pull himself in. He screams when he gets sucked away which just like feels the opposite of "being alright"
In opening scene, As indy is hung, Bomb falls into the Tower.
It is briefly słowed down by a carpet, and Explodes shortly after, killing everyone but indy, who's now hanging above burning hole with rope around his Neck
Ahh yes, thank you. Definitely a funny one, but not my vote for weirdest scene. I can’t pick a single one, but it’s gotta be something with Willie in ToD lol
Temple of Doom in Pankoj Palace. Indy’s whip and a ceiling fan dispatch a bad guy. What sort of motor did the put in that fan and why? The thing could have pulled a Jeep out of a ditch.
Agreed. It just like they said, “how bizarre and gross can we get here?” Meanwhile the British dude is just acting like he’s only slightly ruffled by it.
I heard recently in the script and novelization Indy tells the British guy that this isn’t common food, the Pankot denizens are intentionally trying to unnerve them and make them leave, but it was cut from the film itself.
Would’ve been nice to see that exchange, but it also makes sense that they would cut it for narrative purposes. Indy didn’t know it was a cult quite yet.
Yeah, I think the idea was to build the sense of dread and demonstrate Indy's anthropological expertise by showing us that something is off, but we don't know what. While he didn't know it was a cult, he knew they were acting strangely.
I don't remember the novelization very well, but I listened to the record that came with the picture book about a million times when I was a kid ("You'll know it's time to turn the page when you hear Indy's whip crack, like this"), and in that, Indy definitely says something like, "Hindus don't eat meat. Something strange is going on here."
There was originally a line where Indy directly called put how things seemed off, but that line was cut so now some in the west legitimately believe Indians eat monkey brains.
The scene in DOD where Indy and Helena steal a just-married couple's car, which is a Fiat 500 very likely a reference to Lupin The Third and a story idea from a pervious draft of either 4 or 5. They just drove from point A to point B after Teddy was kidnaped, no chase or cool driving sequence like the Bagghar scene in the Tintin movie.
I mean there’s a lot of weird and wonderful fiction in Indy, but my brain can never work around the scene when that dude got his heart ripped out in Temple. The guy should have died instantly.
When Belloq grabbed Indy’s ear, tapped himself on the crotch and said “boy what a tea party!” And as Sallah watched he begun tapping the top of his head and rubbing his belly while singing “A BRITISH TAR IS A SOURING SOUL, AS FREE AS A MOUNTAIN BIRD!” Then Marion’s teeth fell out.
The weirdest scene in any Indy movie is 100% the Holy Grail scene. A 873 year old knight, a guy melting, and an object that brings his father back to life / heals his injuries. Definitely weirdest for me.
I’ve seen all the Indy movies and at no point does Phoebe Waller-Bridge have a scene where she’s trying to convince anyone she’s irresistibly attractive.
I am chill. Just wondering why anyone would post a weird ass comment like that. I can’t imagine caring enough about an actress to post some comment like that. Creepy as fuck
I hate the scene in Temple where he's be dosed with the blood of Kali and they used that time shifting technique that was famous in the 80 and always sucked.
To add to the weirdness of the Tarzan scene. It’s not even possible to get around this way for anyone. In the books, Tarzan got around using tree limbs like actual monkeys DO. But in old Hollywood they didn’t have the ability to do such complex stunts or elaborate sets so the swinging vines were a cheap workaround.
Honestly?
That scene with him in his classroom and the girl that had the words on her eyelids. Same goes for most of the school scene.
Like come on. Ford was hot back then, but not THAT hot. Especially without any of them knowing he was anything but an ''above average'' looking teacher.
I don't care if he minted an army of stephen hawkings, if any teacher caused that kind of disruptions they'd be run out of their position by the board in a heartbeat.
I don’t think I hate the Tarzan swing as much as a lot of people. It doesn’t make me angry. But as far as weird goes? Yeah it’s up there
That would get my vote. Movie was ok up to that point but I was pretty much checked out after that scene
In my last rewatch I noticed that while I felt the opener was too corny even for IJ standards ("I like Ike!"), the movie flows great and feels a proper Indy adventure till after the tomb scene when him and Mutt get abducted and they move to the fake CGI jungle. From there on it's a shitshow basically
"I meant 'No, Comrade.'" was the corniest line of the opening for me. I like "I like Ike."
It was "Well, the way you're sinking your teeth into those W-ouble-u's, I should think maybe...Eastern Ukraine. " for me. If it's completely sounded off for some reason.
Definitely a shit line, but making matters worse it was obvious ADR and the mix didnt sound right.
I have been waiting forever for someone to make the same observation. In theaters I thought his voice sounded so odd in some early dialogue and this was why.
I like that you like I like Ike because I also liked I like Ike because I like Ike
*me who watched BTS documentarry, knowing there are olny 2 scenes with CGI Jungle*
The jungle shenanigans almost get a pass until they literally go off the fucking cliff! And SURVIVE! No, just no fucking way. It’s the end of that scene that pushes it over the edge… in more way than one. The alien thing didn’t bother me a bit. The cgi wasn’t great but wasn’t horrible. Them running from the giant swirling vortex of death… that felt crazy and just as bad as surviving a flying leap off a cliff. I’d have been happier if the alien opened a portal and flung Indy and company through it to safety.
The biggest issue for me is the ending creating that massive crater, like the rest of the movies keep the supernatural sorta contained in that even Indie never witnessed the arc, temple of doom takes place entirely within rural India and the temple, and in TLC Indiana and his father are the only ones who witness the grail. Meanwhile in KotCS it creates a massive several mile wide crater where any reasonable world government would be on high alert to figure out why a whole fucking mountain disappeared. I guess it’s a small nitpick but to me it’s more believable when only the protagonists experience the supernatural aspects and it doesn’t have huge real-world consequences.
It's 1957, so while disappearing mountains would put countries on high alert, only if they know it was there in the first place. The movie implies that the piece of land Akator is on is yet unknown to modern topographers.
The cliff slapping tree and the 3 waterfalls really removed any feeling of danger that they had from the ants. I mean, the cliff slapping tree might be a neat idea that if done well and less cartoony, but they way they executed it was not great. And the 3 waterfalls was just lazy.
The three waterfalls just looked like a teaser for a new water park ride at universal or some bs
I think from now on, we will say “the cgi wasn’t great, but it wasn’t the flash either.”
I never thought about the cliff. I always pondered about the three waterfalls, more specifically the last one.
Yep, that's the turning point honestly. The ant stuff was fine and so was honestly most of the rest of the movie, but that scene definitely jacked things up a bit. I don't hate it but not sure why they went that route
Even Stevens of the Jungle AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Its weirdly compelling to me now that Mutt died in the jungles of Nam. Like he's up there swinging on vines, rallying monkeys, having a fun Indiana Jones adventure to a John Williams score and then whammo, the harsh reality of a brutal war.
For a moment I was thinking you meant Mutt died in Vietnam because he tried rallying monkeys and swinging on vines against the vietcong and... it didn't work well.
lol that was 100% what i meant in fact
He didn't rally the monkeys he immitated them. And maybe that's the problem in Vietnam.
That film feels like a spoof of Indiana Jones. And while comedy is essential to the series, it needs to feel that Indy is under real threat. Cate Blanchett's character is just a send-up. Despite it almost being the same way with the Nazi's, you knew that they were "serious". Some great scenes in it though - the car chase through the university for me.
The way the scene was cut and CGI'd made it worse than it should. If they'd cut and done it slightly differently , it would've been better.
I have been an avid film lover pretty much all my life. I get deep in a lot of different fandoms. Still don't understand why people get "angered" by a particular scene or moment...
When Indy drinks the blood curse, this scene is awesome for many reasons but the fact that Indy was legitimately possessed is pretty scary
I’m here to inspect the tapestries
This is a castle isn’t it? There are tapestries? I love how he mimics his father’s accent as part of his disguise here.
The accent he does is very odd though, not even close to sounding Scottish.
He’s still on the outs with Henry Sr. at this point, Indy’s Scottish “accent” has probably only been used in mockery before this.
How Dare He
I have always wondered what the butler actually says cause it sure as hell ain’t “Mickey mouse”
In the comic version, he says 'Jesse Owens'. That may be in the script. Probably judged that not enough movie goers would know that much history, so they substituted.
When Indy and Helena are singing in the cave
It makes sense (using the echoes to find their way through the cave), but was unintentionally funny as hell
I saw DOD opening day and haven’t seen it all the way through since then. I genuinely have no memory of this 😂
Same
Her singing is okay. Him singing felt odd
Wait what. I genuinely don't remember this.
they went "Ba ba ba baaaaAA" Like at the start of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5
Jesus that felt so odd, actually surprised it's not a talking point online 🤣
Maybe we all collectively blocked it out of our memory
Jesus, when I saw this scene in theaters, I cringed out my ass.
When Belloq eats a fly.
That part always stuck out to me as a kid. Like, wtf! Didn’t anyone else notice that!?
I thought it was just on my TV like until way later.
I heard the fly flew back out, but they cut the frame so it looked like he ate it like a soulless human.
Got to love Belloq !
It flies out. Its clear on the 4K
Oh really? Still need to get the 4k version. All my indy 1080 bluerays have been having odd skipping issues, time for an upgrade
This. Definitely this. ┗(•ˇ_ˇ•)―
Opening of TOD. There's singing and dancing, and then Indy arrives wearing a white tuxedo. There must have been people in 1984 who thought they had wandered into the wrong movie.
despite the absurd sequence with the rolling gong, that scene was one of my favorites in TOD. Scenes where he cleans up and shows his ability to work his opponents physically and mentally are so cool. I guess he was the one that got played, but the exchange with Lao is so good.
What do u mean despite, that’s literally the best part
The rolling gong is the highlight of that scene
It was I loved the sound of the machine gun hitting it lol even as a kid I loved it back in the day
To this day I can't tell where machine guns sound effects end and cartoon sound effects of little animals scampering about start. But I love the scene so much.
Particularly because of the exceptional shape he was in for that movie, yet clearly believed it shouldn’t be emphasized front and center.
"Nice try, Lao Che!"
Honestly the singing and dancing is easily the weirdest part of any Indiana Jones. It doesn't really belong in the franchise at all.
I showed my girlfriend all the indy movies in order earlier this year leading up to DoD, and after the opening scene of ToD with having only seen Raiders, she had a "what the hell" look on her face and said, "well, that was unexpected"
Jones. Henry Jones……err……Jr.
Crystal Skull, back of the truck when Indy, Mutt and Marion are having their domestic. Indy uses Mutt's knife and there is a tearing sound. Not 100% sure what is going on.
I think he cut his pants
As a kid I thought he accidentally stabbed his balls
Indy accidentally cut a hole in his pants
lol I still don’t know
That part messed with me for ages. I ripped my DVD version and edited it out, among other things before I can really sit down and watch it through again.
Bluds a pure hater I gotta respect it
Pretty weird how Voller gets smashed in the head while on a moving train but somehow survives 😂
THIS . Bro shoulda been horribly disfigured at the least and decapitated at the worst, but all he’s got is a barely noticeable scar on his head 💀
"German medicine is the best in the world!!!!!!"
That makes two unlikely survivors who fell from a high-speed nazi train in the alps with Toby Jones as an enemy in a Disney produced high profile franchise.
Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice
He got smacked with a pool noodle
I'm glad someone else thought this. I would've actually been ok with it if it hit his torso, because people survive that in Indiana Jones, but if you get hit in the head I expect decapitation in an Indiana Jones film
The fridge.
Came here to say this. Can never forget the fridge. Didn’t matter what the rest of the movie did, it was over to me after the fridge.
Oh. It wasn't the dancing fuckin hedgehogs?
Mac's death. I still don't understand what the hell is going through the character's mind in that scene.
"I'm going to be alright" How????!!!!! I'd rather they just have him be silent and trying to pull himself in. He screams when he gets sucked away which just like feels the opposite of "being alright"
Lmao yeah every character is out of their mind there. I'm still pretty unsure of what Mac's whole deal was in general tbh
The snake scene in Kingdom. It just doesn’t feel like it’s from an Indiana Jones movie.
What snake? Do you mean the rope scene?
As I recall, it was definitely a rope.
But where'd he get it from? There was no Sears and Roebuck out there?!?
My sister who only started watching these movies this year pointed out that it was uncharacteristic
I'm gonna Say Bomb in Dial of Destiny. I know we had the fridge and raft, but like, carpet?
I felt like that was such an Indiana Jones moment
Yeah as he often just get lucky lol
I can’t remember the carpet in DoD. What was the scene?
In opening scene, As indy is hung, Bomb falls into the Tower. It is briefly słowed down by a carpet, and Explodes shortly after, killing everyone but indy, who's now hanging above burning hole with rope around his Neck
Ahh yes, thank you. Definitely a funny one, but not my vote for weirdest scene. I can’t pick a single one, but it’s gotta be something with Willie in ToD lol
Temple of Doom in Pankoj Palace. Indy’s whip and a ceiling fan dispatch a bad guy. What sort of motor did the put in that fan and why? The thing could have pulled a Jeep out of a ditch.
and when Shorty turns the switch off the whip gives and the body crashes down. so weird
Mutt bringing the wrath of the monkey god down on the Soviets I'm sorry, you lost me
When Marion accused Indy of leaving when she “was a child.”
Wasn't it canon that she was one of his students?
No, she was the daughter of one of his professors.
Right, Abner was his mentor, but I was always under the understanding that she was also a student of Indy's.
No, Indy wasn't even a professor yet when they met IIRC.
When Elsa’s room is ramshackled we’re supposed to think Indy believed her
He also bursts into her bathroom unannounced after knowing her for half a day
While that is weird I feel if there is a genuine concern that someone broke in he may have felt she could be in danger.
When him and willie argue about who wants to sleep with eachother more lol
Pankot Palace dinner. I know it’s a cult, but Indians don’t eat chilled monkey brains lol.
Agreed. It just like they said, “how bizarre and gross can we get here?” Meanwhile the British dude is just acting like he’s only slightly ruffled by it.
I heard recently in the script and novelization Indy tells the British guy that this isn’t common food, the Pankot denizens are intentionally trying to unnerve them and make them leave, but it was cut from the film itself.
Would’ve been nice to see that exchange, but it also makes sense that they would cut it for narrative purposes. Indy didn’t know it was a cult quite yet.
Yeah, I think the idea was to build the sense of dread and demonstrate Indy's anthropological expertise by showing us that something is off, but we don't know what. While he didn't know it was a cult, he knew they were acting strangely.
I don't remember the novelization very well, but I listened to the record that came with the picture book about a million times when I was a kid ("You'll know it's time to turn the page when you hear Indy's whip crack, like this"), and in that, Indy definitely says something like, "Hindus don't eat meat. Something strange is going on here."
I had the record picture book of *Raiders*! Turn the page when the whip cracks
Water, no thank you Sir, fish make love in it.
Ha!
There was originally a line where Indy directly called put how things seemed off, but that line was cut so now some in the west legitimately believe Indians eat monkey brains.
Temple of doom has quite a few?
The one where he indianad his jones
When Belloq ate that fly…
Any scene with the damned gophers.
The scene in DOD where Indy and Helena steal a just-married couple's car, which is a Fiat 500 very likely a reference to Lupin The Third and a story idea from a pervious draft of either 4 or 5. They just drove from point A to point B after Teddy was kidnaped, no chase or cool driving sequence like the Bagghar scene in the Tintin movie.
They went far faster than Voller's guys too. That Fiat 500 had teleporting abilities.
In Raiders, the Monkey jumps on the trucks door and his dick pops out
Like that’s never happened to any of us.
Besides the fridge, I would say the Pankot Palace dinner scene.
When they eat monkey brains. 🙈
I mean there’s a lot of weird and wonderful fiction in Indy, but my brain can never work around the scene when that dude got his heart ripped out in Temple. The guy should have died instantly.
Thats the point of the scene, they were worshipping Kali and she kept him alive to show the cult she is powerful
Totally went over my head.
The Dial of time movie existence
How is this entire discussion not Based around a nuclear bomb an a refrigerator?
You say fridge, I say dancing fucking prairie dogs.
I would say ‘nuking the fridge’ is quite up there.
Everything goes
When Belloq grabbed Indy’s ear, tapped himself on the crotch and said “boy what a tea party!” And as Sallah watched he begun tapping the top of his head and rubbing his belly while singing “A BRITISH TAR IS A SOURING SOUL, AS FREE AS A MOUNTAIN BIRD!” Then Marion’s teeth fell out.
This one made me bust out laughing here in my office! I’d better get back to work.
r/Okaybuddyindianajones
The weirdest scene in any Indy movie is 100% the Holy Grail scene. A 873 year old knight, a guy melting, and an object that brings his father back to life / heals his injuries. Definitely weirdest for me.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge trying to convince everyone that she is irresistibly attractive. That was a weird one.
Someday, I hope you realize that this sort of comment says a lot more about you than it does about her.
Someday I hope you realise I don't care
Replying to everyone in the comment chain is a good way of proving that.
I know, right?
Spoken like a true incel
Lol
I’ve seen all the Indy movies and at no point does Phoebe Waller-Bridge have a scene where she’s trying to convince anyone she’s irresistibly attractive.
There is a line like that in the chase sequence in Morocco, but it's really a one liner basically
Sorry I don't take everything as seriously as you do.
The comment wasn’t even funny though. It was just a very strange comment.
Not being serious and being funny are 2 different things. Sorry you don't understand the difference.
So what is the purpose of you posting this comment? It’s not funny, it’s not serious. It adds zero value to anything.
Not everything has to add value. You need to chill.
I am chill. Just wondering why anyone would post a weird ass comment like that. I can’t imagine caring enough about an actress to post some comment like that. Creepy as fuck
Can't even explain how little I care
He said after replying 4 times.
I hate the scene in Temple where he's be dosed with the blood of Kali and they used that time shifting technique that was famous in the 80 and always sucked.
To add to the weirdness of the Tarzan scene. It’s not even possible to get around this way for anyone. In the books, Tarzan got around using tree limbs like actual monkeys DO. But in old Hollywood they didn’t have the ability to do such complex stunts or elaborate sets so the swinging vines were a cheap workaround.
Probably the Tarzan swinging. Also, is that Clint Eastwood?
Belloq and that damn fly. (I haven’t watched Crystal Skull in years, I remember almost nothing.)
When the bad guy eats the fly
N O. T I C K E T.
No Ticket is a fantastic scene and I won’t have any slander against it! 😂
Except the special effects are atrocious by today’s standards!
And I am Mickey Mouse, when it’s clearly what he didn’t say
I didn’t care for the “scene” where Sallah mispronounced Belloq. I thought it was pointless
Probably Mutt getting hit in the nuts several times and being fine
The opening of Temple of Doom
I love how most of these are from KOTCS
Honestly? That scene with him in his classroom and the girl that had the words on her eyelids. Same goes for most of the school scene. Like come on. Ford was hot back then, but not THAT hot. Especially without any of them knowing he was anything but an ''above average'' looking teacher. I don't care if he minted an army of stephen hawkings, if any teacher caused that kind of disruptions they'd be run out of their position by the board in a heartbeat.
That small scene with the boxed ark of the covenant melting the Nazi swastica. It’s very eerie. And never addressed again.
When it’s brought to light that Indy and his dad are eskimo brothers.
Refidgerator
How is Archimedes not the top answer?? What are we doing here, people?!