#posts part ten thousand of three hundred thousand or somesuch

[mcbitchtits]

so anyway

guess who's got more indiana jones thoughts

(i'm not cutting for spoilers anymore so this is your last warning)

had a better audio experience this viewing, idk what's up with indie theaters having worse audio or projectors but i guess i have to give the big chains some points for not sucking. there were several lines i only finally caught for the first time this time around. (teddy's line to himself when he jumps the plane to steal it [something like "come on, Big Talker"], klaber yelling out of the plane offscreen during the divebombing [something like "die you savages!" and then "swinehuntzen!" which idek if that's supposed to be grammatical or whatever.])

I know I mentioned Helena's Theme sounds very Casablanca-y ("As Time Goes By"), which I'm sure is on purpose given it's her base of black market operations and situation with Rahim, but on the rewatch her scene with Indy right at the emotional climax I also feel like is kind of a riff off the final scene between Ilsa and Rick. Maybe I'm looking at it too hard; maybe I'm not. Hard to tell if it's on purpose or just because Indiana Jones as a concept is so packed to the gills with parts of old movies. Either way it feels very much at home, and a nice little resonance if it's intended.

Strange side note but a thing noted nonetheless; credits list has Indy as "Indiana Jones" and then most of the rest of the leads just get one name ("Marion", "Sallah", "Hauke", etc.). Just an interesting counterpoint to the credits of Raiders.

Also, there's a credit for "Drunk Flight Stewardess"?????????? Must have been a cut scene, or I definitely missed something.

(I just went to find a screencap of that and HOW is the pirated rip still a fucking CAM rip. IT'S BEEN TWO MONTHS)

Anyway. Plotwise, more pedantic critiques, why include the moon thing at all when Athena is not a moon goddess but ALSO BECAUSE YOU DON'T NEED A MOON SIGN WHY IS THERE A MOON SIGN WHEN THE INTENDED PORTAL IS JUST CLOSED OFF FROM A CAVE COLLAPSE OR WHATNOT. I THINK THERE WAS A BETTER SOLUTION TO BE WRITTEN HERE. All of the mythology writing around Archimedes' tomb is so sloppy to me, it's really the weakest thing for me. didntyouevergotosundayschool.gif except about reading greek myths or anthropology or whatever I GUESS

if an elementary school mythology/history/archaeology picture book would be doing more accurate things than your ARCHAEOLOGY THEMED plot, i'm sorry but that is a No. try again. failed step one.

unrelated. wished they had taken a hot second to make a rubbing of the wax tablet before they melted it; i realize that is not the point nor would it do anything for the plot but NEVERTHELESS!

Mads still needed more screentime. I will say it a hundred times. thanks for coming to my TED talk.

okay that's all for now to add to the list byeeeeeeeeeee