Sunday 25 January 2009

So we creep gently to the close of another weekend. My efforts in working a full week Monday to Friday have been rewarded again with a very relaxing weekend. Yesterday pm we watched the original Indiana Jones trilogy. They are as strong a trio of films that you could hope for - perhaps the other really strong trilogy also stars Harrison Ford - Star Wars (Episodes IV - VI). To be sure, The Temple of Doom isn't the strongest, but even that has its attractions, for example, the mining cart sequence is as good as anything in any other similar film.

It's the third one, The Last Crusade, that seems to have a bit more about it. For a kick off, it seems to follow the template established by Raiders of The Lost Ark. Jones is fleshed out a little more - the flashback at the beginning reveals quite a deal about his character as does his relationship with his father. Connery's role as Henry Jones Sr. is very well played, a sort of James Bond for the over 60's, almost - well certainly his 'conquest' of Dr. Schneider is...