I Love The Last Crusade...but

DarkHelmet

Master Member

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• Apr 23, 2011

• #1

there is something missing regarding the plot in the beginning in regards to the disappearance of Henry and Indy not knowing.

I got the idea that he and his father weren't that close, but how could Indy or Marcus not know Henry was off in Europe looking for the grail? Wouldn't that be news to Indy since it was his Dad's obsession. Was the quest secret?

Evidently they live close to each other, so was it simply poor writing?

 

Risu

Master Member

• Apr 23, 2011

• #2

No, they hadn't spoken in decades. He and Marcus were old friends, but weren't in constant contact or anything.

 

SmilingOtter

Master Member

• Apr 23, 2011

• #3

I'd imagine Sr. had made many trips researching one clue or another. Could be that he expected this one to be as routine as the others.

 

Jedi2016

Sr Member

• Apr 23, 2011

• #4

He was probably always off on some Grail-related quest or another. Indy didn't seem at all surprised when he found out. It was his father's disappearance that surprised him, not his Grail-hunting.

 

dualedge

Sr Member

• Apr 23, 2011

• #5

Just out of morbid curiousity, am I the only one that sees The Last Crusade as being a little TOO similar to Raiders of the Lost Ark? Am I crazy? Wait... don't answer that last question :lol

 

berger

Sr Member

• Apr 23, 2011

• #6

i just watched it again last night on USA, i was under the assumption that they hadnt spoken in years because his dad was obsessed with the grail.

 

Westies14

Master Member

• Apr 23, 2011

• #7

It's easy to forget how different the times were, where communication is involved. I imagine it would be common for even those closest to a world traveler like Henry, Sr. would go very long periods without hearing from him.

 

Alan Cross

Sr Member

• Apr 23, 2011

• #8

The missing Dad quirks I can live with. Having a wingless plane pass you in a tunnel.. OH COME ON!

(I keed, I keed, I love the whole fantastic-silly-wonderment of Indy films.)

 

DarkHelmet

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RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Apr 23, 2011

• #9

berger said:

i just watched it again last night on USA, i was under the assumption that they hadnt spoken in years because his dad was obsessed with the grail.

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The scene of Henry's ransacked house throws me off. It seems there is a scene missing connecting the plot at this point. Indy acts like he visits his father regularly.

 

Sluis Van Shipyards

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• Apr 23, 2011

• #10

arc60 said:

The missing Dad quirks I can live with. Having a wingless plane pass you in a tunnel.. OH COME ON!

(I keed, I keed, I love the whole fantastic-silly-wonderment of Indy films.)

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Hey that was funny, just from the look on the pilot's face!

I really liked this movie. I love hearing all the stories about the grail and whether it's real or not.

 

rocketeer25

Sr Member

• Apr 23, 2011

• #11

I've always thought that Indy was getting stabbed when he was trying to save this dad from the tank treads, and Nazi was behind him... it sure looks like a stabbing motion vs punching motion. But it's never brought up again...

 

Alan Castillo

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• Apr 24, 2011

• #12

berger said:

i just watched it again last night on USA, i was under the assumption that they hadnt spoken in years because his dad was obsessed with the grail.

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Yes & no.

The major 'falling out' point came after the death of Indy's mother.

In a part of TLC, Indy expresses the main cause for this as his resentment for Jones Sr.'s 'not being there for him', besides throughout his youth, even when his mother was alive/sick then died.

Mixture of both - obsession, with the final straw being after the mother's death.

.... IIRC

 

Risu

Master Member

• Apr 24, 2011

• #13

Watch the Young Indy series and read the grail diary that came with the Last Crusade PC game and you'll know the whole story in detail.

 

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Alifaxwa2

New Member

• Apr 28, 2011

• #14

Saw this when it came out, when I was 8. The scene at the end where the guy grows old after drinking from the wrong grail gave me nightmares for weeks.