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NEW Indiana Jones & The Last Crusa (DVD)

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After the dismal Temple of Doom, I hoped the next Indiana Jones movie would somehow get the story back on track. I hoped for three dimensional characters, a decent storyline, not one wild chase after another. I am pleased to say Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was that, and a lot more!

Indiana Jones must go to Europe to find his estranged father, played by the great Sean Connery. As fate has it, he finds himself drawn into his father's obsessive quest for the mythical Holy Grail, complete with nazis, femme fatales, and everything else that made the first film a hit.

Forget the second one, people, THIS is the true sequel.

Another exception to the sequel rule. This is a good movie. Fun to watch. Great plot, great performances. Well worth your time.

This movie is far superior to The Temple of Doom but falls far short of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Sean Connery is wonderful as Indy's father and it appeared that the makers of this film tried to repackage what they could from the first film. The Nazis are back as the villians and this time instead of the Ark of the Covennant, Indy is after another religious relic; The Holy Grail. (Funny but I remember Monty Python looking for the same thing).

this one is great, the third installment in the series with more action and comedy that blend in good. the end is awesome with the holy dude and the grail, seems like Indy beat the Pythons to the punch, haha. the parts where Connery and Ford bicker are great.enjoy this classic and if you think Spielberg is a crappy director then you should be hung by the testicales

...Of a sequel being better than the initial movie of a franchise. "Last Crusade" finishes, (for the nonce,) the trilogy that started with the wildly overrated "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and was continued by the much more promising "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom". Both sequels are far more entertaining than the original.

It's exactly like the "Batman" franchise....the first one being hyped like crazy as being from the director of a successful previous movie, with the promise of eye-popping special effects and spectacular action, and the succeeding sequels being MUCH better...in fact, offering all the action, humor and thrills that "Raiders" was purported to have!

I was GREATLY disappointed when I first saw "Raiders" and wondered what all the fuss was about. Then I saw "Temple of Doom" and I was hooked! "Last Crusade" continues this new tradition, with the added fillip of having the great Sean Connery playing Indiana's father, Henry.

Cinematography is top notch. Comedy is evident in just about every scene, and, as usual, there's a thrill-a-minute action sequence waiting to start just as one finishes. It's obvious that Spielberg, again, didn't so much direct this movie as tell the gaffers where to aim the lights....the hand of Lucas is everywhere. Again..there's the formula of older hero, younger hero and a feisty love interest. Evil, mystical forces in evidence as the basis for the plot....just like in the Star Wars movies. There are even two HUMAN sidekicks to take the place of droids R2D2 and C3PO....Sullah and Marcus Brody!

However, the screenplay offers some very wry dialogue, especially between Indy and his dad...and there is some excellent acting, particularly from Julian Glover and Allison Doody. There are some ingenious scenes involving Connery and Indy BEYOND just the dialogue, too. However, the big disappointment comes at the end, when Indy finally encounters the Knight that guards the Holy Grail. This part looks like it was ripped out of another movie, like "Excalibur" or "Camelot", and doesn't quite jibe with the rest of the film. It also kind of drags this otherwise good film back to the childish "gee whiz" level of the first Indy movie.

Indy's brief is to find the Holy Grail for Donovan, played by Glover, since the original archeaologist they hired to find it got lost. This person was Indy's estranged dad, played by Connery. On his way to do the assignment, he runs into Allison Doody, playing Dr. Elsie Schneider, who had worked with his dad on the project. He eventually finds out that SHE'S in league with the Nazis and, after a night together with her, before he finds THAT out, he finds out that his dad has ALSO had her, which makes for some nice Freudian confrontations between the two. After this is revealed...the real hijinx start in earnest!

I enjoyed this movie like I've enjoyed no other flick with Spielbuck's name on it...it's so obvious that he wasn't the ONLY name involved, however!

Highly recommended!

My personal favorite of the series, this is the most consistently entertaining of the bunch (which says a LOT). Except for the climactic tank chase, none of the action here really surpases what was accomplished in Temple of Doom in terms of sheer thrills (though a motorcycle chase and zeppelin battle come close), but that's okay. The point of The Last Crusade is that it intends to be a more mature and character-oriented addition to the trilogy, thanks to the addition of Sean Connery, who makes a wonderful dramatic and comedic duo with Harrison Ford. Ford, in particular, delivers the best and most difficult performance of his career. Difficult, you say, but he's just reprising a role he's played twice before, right? True, but this time he has to craft Jones as a character with his own flaws and demons (exemplified by his strained relationship with his father) while still maintaining the larger-than-life action heroics. He pulls it off with flying colors.

Awful. The nadir of this muck is that scene, when they eat some 'exotic' food, the monkey brains, for example. Vacuous.
Steven Spielberg is a talented director, who made many bad films.

I like this movie because it's absolutely cool. I got this along with Raiders Of The Lost Ark, and Temple Of Doom. The action in these movies is excellent. This movie is right up there along with the other two. I highly recommend all of them.

I'd like to know if this movie is in 1.85:1, 2.40:1 or 2.55:1.
I know it may look stupid, but I'd like to know.. so please answer :).

Is this video in 1.85:1, 2.40:1 or 2.55:1
please answer, it may look stupid... but it is important to me.
Thanks