Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade The Rewatchables
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

What’s Aged the Worst?

Plane effects; age gap; Scottish accent, disputed; pants anecdote; layovers and maps; fistfights; Grail guardians

In the discussion (8)
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  • The plane sequence’s effects look like two actors on a soundstage, though a defender still prefers them to modern effects.
  • Indy’s accent is criticized, then corrected from Irish to Scottish and defended as an intentional joke.
  • The twelve-year father-son actor age gap and effects are recalled as weaknesses.
  • The reported habit of Connery removing his tweed pants off-camera was treated as funny then but would meet a different reaction now.
  • The many layovers on the Venice flight make 1930s air travel look arduous.
  • The red-line map inserts feel less sophisticated than the surrounding high-end filmmaking.
  • Long fistfights feel harder to revisit after John Wick 4.
  • The Grail-protecting order’s willingness to die for an object they have never seen strains belief; its defenders compare the mythology with other action worlds and emphasize preventing misuse.