Was the warehouse at the beginning of Crystal Skull the same as the warehouse at the end of Lost Ark? If so, did Indiana Jones know it?
It is implied that they are the same warehouse, especially as we (the audience - not Indy) see The Ark in a busted up box.
Regarding your second question: I do not think Indy was privy to the Ark’s fate after it was taken to be “studied by Top Men.”
You may be right about that but he had clearly been to that warehouse before. I must have missed the ark being shown.
Which men?
Top. Men.
Hmm, my take was that he was looking for the Ark …
Eh?
My understanding was that the Soviets were looking for the Ark and forcing Indy to help them find it.
–G?!
The soviets were looking for the magnetic alien body. Which didn’t look like the ones at the end, but by the time the rest of the nonsense happened I’d forgotten about that.
What? No!
What? No!
Yes.
It must have been a relative to the actual crystal skull aliens from the end. I think Spalko said so.
Watch Mr. Plinkett’s review of the movie. He gets into it a bit.
Plinkett’s review is spot on.
Just goes to show how absolutely incoherent the “plot” was that it’s apparently this easy to get confused about it.
Could be, I dunno, it’s been a while since I watched.
There’s not really anything confusing about the scene if you clearly remember the movie. (I’ve seen it several times.) The Russians kidnapped Jones to lead them to the body of the alien. He explicitly tells Spalko (the Russian woman) that they’re at a military base and he’s never been there before. He only finds the alien corpse because it’s magnetic. The crate with the Ark is busted open later on by a careening vehicle, and as far as I could see, no one in the scene ever saw it, nor was anyone looking for it. It was clearly just an Easter egg for the fans.
Well, us as well as the janitor that had to clean up that mess the next morning. I hope he closed his eyes. (Seriously, there was no need for Spielberg to bust that crate open - just have the camera linger on it for a few seconds and I’d have been happy.)
I don’t care about illogic or plotholes.
Karen Allen was beautiful!
I don’t know about that. Inception was remarkably straightforward and quite a few people have trouble with it.
He’d be fine as long as he doesn’t open it. You can look at the Ark, just not the “spirit” inside it.
By the way, I really liked Indy 4. It has problems, but I’d rank it like this:
- Indy 3
- Indy 1
- Indy 4
- Indy 2
However, I like all 4 movies, though.
I would switch 1 and 3 but I essentially agree.
I agree too. I don’t get the hate so many have for Crystal Skull, it’s not really sillier than any of the others. The only fault I might be able to find with it is that’s a little over-produced and too much CGI. I like the grittier realism of 1 and 3 better. I haven’t seen 2 in probably 25 years, and have no desire to. I didn’t enjoy that one even as a kid.
Here’s what I don’t like about Crystal Skull:
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[li]Nobody calls him Indy or Indiana. It’s all Henry, Dr Jones, or for some reason, Jonesy.[/li][li]He uses his whip once.[/li][li]After Marion and Professor Oxley are found, they contribute nothing to the story, they just tag along like third wheels.[/li][li]The conclusion with the aliens is lame and meaningless.[/li][li]“Knowledge is the treasure.”[/li][/ul]
Otherwise the adventure and set pieces (apart from the monkeys) are fun. I have no problem with nuking the fridge or Mutt Williams.
You are quite right, but Marion says Indy quite a few times in the movie. Search the script. And that dude that knew him from his spy days calls him Indy. It’s not a ton, but I am not sure if it is more or less than the other ones.
Does he use the whip much in the 3rd movie? I honestly don’t remember. My wife said he maybe tied the blades in the test with it? Once in the catacombs or something?
Hmmm…I don’t think he tied the blades.
I kinda recall The Knight looking him over, lingering on the fedora and whip, and commenting something like “You are strangely dressed for a knight.”
I’m gonna have to watch those again some time soon.
—G! (?)
Aren’t you a little short for a Stormtrooper?
. --Carrie Fisher (Leia Organa)
. Star Wars, Episode IV