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

Picking Nits

Loose bindings and lighter; trusting Elsa; Grail’s geographic limits

In the discussion (3)
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  • Loose bindings and leaving prisoners a lighter make the chair escape too easy; tipping the chair is another possible escape method.
  • Indy should have been more suspicious of Elsa rather than blinded by attraction.
  • The Grail’s geographic limits undermine its danger and usefulness: leaving removes eternal life, raising why it needs guarding at all; the rule appears designed to avoid an immortal father.