"I said NO camels! That's FIVE camels; can't you count?"

Rating: 9/10 (12 August 2000)

Indiana Jones is really something different from anything else I've seen in the movies. Sure, there have been other adventure films before and after Indy, but as your watching the movies themselves, it almost feels like an untapped formula that's never been used to good effect in anything else. The Last Crusade, like the other films in the series is one huge action sequence after another. It has enough energy in any 15 minutes of film than most movies can muster in two hours. Spielberg is an entertainment machine, he knows exactly what works and what people like to see. The man is a genius in the ways he works the audience, and like many of the films on his resume, it's something only he could have pulled off.
Harrison Ford in his prime is a thing of beauty, my friends. Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm totally for the ladies, but ya gotta admit, he's a good looking man. Indiana is charming and funny, cool under pressure, and makes you want to grab a bull whip and a fedora hat and go hunt for hidden treasures, it's just too bad there aren't any Nazis to shoot along the way, gosh darnit. Sean Connery is a hoot as his old man, Dr. Jones Sr., perfectly cast as the comic relief and one of many quirky characters to inhabit the Jones films. River Phoenix does good in a very light hearted opening sequence as young Indy. I guess for me the star of the movie is Spielberg, Spielberg, Spielberg! The man can do no wrong, and him and Lucas working together is like a fanboys dream come true! I kinda hope we might see another, but the years go by and Ford is only getting older. 9/10 stars for this Indy. G'night!