I finally remember to ask this question:
In watching (yet again) Indiana Jones rescue his dad from the Germans, and gain the Holy Grail the other day, I note that he indeed does drink from the Grail, as a test to see if it’s the right one. The old knight tells him that the right cup will give life, the wrong one will take life.
Indy and his dad both drank from the ‘real’ grail. Did that not make them immortal?
(edited because spelling it “Indianna” was really beginning to bug me – Uke)
Nope.
Had they stayed in the temple and become guardians of the Grail, they would have been immortal. At least, so goes the explanation I’ve been given.
Yup lno is right. That is definetly the explanation I remember.
To provide a little more detail:
It wasn’t staying in the shrine that was critical–that was just because the Grail couldn’t be removed from the place anymore. The real catch was that you had to drink from the Grail every day to keep its blessing. That’s why the knight guarding it had grown old and feeble–there had been enough times over the centuries when he hadn’t felt worthy of the blessing to add up to years of cumulative aging.
Had they been able to take the Grail with them and drink from it every day, they would have been immortal.
I would like to add that while Indiana Jones is not immortal, Sean Connery is! Well he is An Immortal but that is a completely different movie. :rolleyes:
it was my understanding, (yes i read the novel) that drinking from the grail like the knight in the temple, would have you around for quite some time. he went through times when he was weary of waiting for someone to relieve him so he stopped drinking. the knight that left (and indy and what’s her name found in the catacombs) had an unusually lenthy life. that is why in the tv series indy was in his 90’s. indy and dad (without some sort of accident) would have unusually long and healthy lives. giving us more movies.
of course things didn’t look so good for the knight left back in the temple. with the grail in a place a bit difficult to get to, he would die.
now i’m wondering just how good immortality is when you are stuck in a temple without cable and the 'net. you can’t even see the world go by like the lady of shalot. and no books!!!??? ick!
They obviously think Harrison’s immortal since they’re waiting so damn long to make another sequel. For crying out loud, wrinkles man! Wrinkles!
I just saw this Sunday night (it was a blasphemous version, full of commercials).
While I believe you need to drink from the grail repeatedly for immortality, Donovan had mentioned to Indy (Jr.) that one of the brothers had come out of the desert and related his tale to a Francescan friar at the age of 170 years. This leads me to believe they will not be immortal, but they likely have another good century or so ahead of them.
[sarcasm] And yet Stephen King had the NERVE to steal that plot point and use it in Green Mile [/sarcasm]
I assumed this meant the knight had been hangin’ around the cavern for 125 years or so and then when he left he began to age normally.
–Cliffy