Let's look at the Indiana Jones budgets

[AdmiralViscen]

[Bacon]

Didn't Spielberg weep at Revenge of The Sith's ending? What a fucking bitch, mang. 

[onsedatives]

Most of it probably ended up in Spielberg, Ford, Shia's pockets because it sure as hell wasn't used on the film. 

[FlameOfCallandor]

Didn't Spielberg weep at Revenge of The Sith's ending? What a fucking bitch, mang. 

I wept at the end of al the prequels, but probably for different reasons.

[xnikki118x]

I just thought of something. The whole last temple scene felt like a dramatized version of the Nickelodeon show, Legend of the Hidden Temple.

OH MY GOD I THOUGHT THE SAME THING.

[AdmiralViscen]

I just watched Raiders for the first time in a while and hoooolly fuck does it take a shit on 4. 4 is unforgivable.

[Enl]

I just watched Raiders for the first time in a while and hoooolly fuck does it take a shit on 4. 4 is unforgivable.

I did the same thing a couple of days ago. I hadn't seen the film in almost a decade and I had forgotten how well made it was. I love the haunting forshadowing of the Ark early on in the film, the rawness of the action scenes, the unexpected "mirror" moment, the snake pit, the well thought out shots, the running Ark theme music that sticks with you, etc., etc. It really makes Crystal Skull looks even more cheap and stupid in comparison. It's sad that they rarely make adventure films like that any more.

[AdmiralViscen]

There's half as much exposition and twice as much logic

Indy kills people, and cruelly

Indy beats the shit out of people

They go to more places yet it feels shorter

Nothing outrageously stupid happens

People bleed

His sidekicks actually do stuff

Never mind the soundtrack, directing, acting.

[Phoenix Dark]

There's half as much exposition and twice as much logic

Indy kills people, and cruelly

Indy beats the shit out of people

They go to more places yet it feels shorter

Nothing outrageously stupid happens

People bleed

His sidekicks actually do stuff

Never mind the soundtrack, directing, acting.

I guess you skipped the ending, which would have occurred whether or not Indy was even in the movie by the way

Sorry, I just roll my eyes when people criticize the 4th film for being "unrealistic" while praising the other two Indy flicks

[Enl]

Ah but unlike the 4th film Indy had to be there to make sure the Ark is put into the hands of "top men". So he had a tiny bit of influence on how the Ark story turned out. Also unlike the 4th film Raiders never turned their characters into indestructible cartoon goofballs. Even the most outrageous stuntwork in the chase scene near the end is still kept in the realm of probability.

[The Fake Shemp]

Anyone that doesn't think Indy's hijinks in the previous three installments is as over-the-top and ridiculous as the scenes shot for Crystal Skull has the blinders on!

[CajoleJuice]

Darabont's draft reportedly gave Indy an alcoholic brother, who would've been played by Tom Selleck or Kevin Costner.  Selleck would've been so awesome.

Woah, that might have gotten my dad to a theater.

[Enl]

Have you seen Crystal Skull yet? I was more referring to Raider's action set pieces which are pretty over the top yet slightly plausible but nothing compared to the insanity of following sequels. Doom had the most outrageous of action sequences with the mine carts but Crystal Skull far surpasses that line in the first 10 minutes and especially in the big chase scene at the end. From the vine swinging that is faster than the speed of a fast moving vehicle to the launching of a car/boat into a tree to have it conveniently land it into the water. It's far, far more cartoony than anything that came before it and the overuse of CGI adds to that effect.