What an amazing movie! This one was definitely my favorite.
Couldn't believe my longtime crush, River Phoenix, played a young Indy in this movie!
I was so flustered I almost missed that he was Young Indy at first lol.
Be sure to stay tuned for next week with my reaction to: Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull.
Or you can gain early access and watch it on Patreon! It is available now
River's ability to capture Ford's mannerisms was too good. What a talent he was. I always think of the movie Sneakers when I think of River.
Having a similar difficult relationship with my own father, I always loved this movie. The father-son conversation scene on the zeppelin has just the right level of anger, regret, and frustration as two dissimilar yet very similar people try and fail to connect as human beings despite sharing so much. The scene at the cliff when Indy's father thinks he's lost his son and all the unspoken things he held inside can never be said is spot on because he still doesn't tell Indy even after he realizes he's alive. The stuffy Victorian persona won't let him express his emotions beyond the "I thought I'd lost you, boy!" Finally though, in what I think is one of the greatest emotional scenes in any adventure film, it builds to that moment in the temple. After Elsa falls to her death, Indy is in the same position that she was and his father is trying to save him. Throughout the film we saw the lack of trust between them (his father mailing the diary "as far away from me as I possibly could" to which Indy agrees but for completely different reasons, Indy not taking his father's advice about Elsa being a Nazi, and his father's judgmental look when a proud Indy looks at his dad after beating the German motorcyclists all illustrate this leading up to that scene where his father slaps him) but slowly the trust builds. However, it's not until Indy's dangling by his father's grip that it finally comes to a head. "Junior, I can't hold on" doesn't cause Indy to turn from the grail. It's his father finally addressing his son not as "junior" but as an individual and with respect. "Indiana. Indiana, let it go" is what Indy wanted and needed to hear. It was his father acknowledging him as an adult and an individual on his own terms and putting his son ahead of his obsession with the grail for the first time in his life. Powerful, very powerful. And for that moment to come at the action climax of an adventure film is not only the elegant genius of this film, it's the payoff we want. Donovan's death is akin to the deaths of Belloq, Dietrich, and Toht in Raiders but this time the true climax of the film is a father choosing his son over his life's pursuits and a son accepting his dad as well. It brings a tear to my eye every time I watch it and I can't name another adventure film that not only offered wall-to-wall thrills but an emotional payoff like that as well. Perfection.
@@LordVolkov Harrison Ford recommended him because they'd played father and son in The Mosquito Coast.
At the time this was made, Spielberg said to himself..."who could possibly play Indy's father?". Connery, although older now, was most famous for being the original James Bond (who Indy was loosely based on). To Spielberg's surprise, Connery loved the idea of playing a comedic character & he & Harrison Ford loved working together.
What's really hilarious is the fact that Connery is only 12 years older than Ford.
I love the cliff scene, where everybody thinks Indy's dead.
Because even after he sees them staring down the cliff, he's not being malicious... he joins them in looking at it, thinking that he was lucky, like "yeah, that was close." 😧
The knight's line "He chose poorly" is like a meme now 😀
The title "the last crusade" was never intended as Indy's last crusade, in the sense of the character's last adventure, but of the last crusade of the crusader knights and the legend of the search for the holy grail, as this is what the movie.
So the thing about the grail: basically, you're only immortal if you *keep* drinking from it. That's why the knight said that being unable to cross the seal is the "price of immortality." The only way to truly live forever is to stay in the temple and continue to drink from the grail, just as the knight did.
Yeah the novel went into more detail about it. The reason the knight was so weak was he missed a day of drinking.
@@captin3149 Not just one day, multiple ones, because he found it harder and harder to drink from it regularly as time went on.
But the Grail only works inside the temple or if you survive the trap you can use it outside?
@@LittleCthulhuOneit works outside aswell, but it can't be taken out of the temple.
The Untouchables is a GREAT movie with Sean Connery. A lot of other reactors have watched it as well. Loved your reactions to these movies - enjoy the next ones!
I absolutely love this movie and easily see it as my favorite of the four movies. The chemistry between Harrison Ford and Sean Connery was absolutely perfect.
I hadn't seen this movie since my childhood; it's surprising how pertinent the themes in it that you bring up at the end of your reaction are to events happening today.
If you want to explore Sean Connerys filmography I'd recommend The Rock, The Untouchables, and any of his Bond films - mostly Goldfinger.
Great reaction! The scene where Henry tells Indy to “let it go” always hits.
Elsa should have taken her Disney Princess counterpart's advice... LOL
Connery is of course the original James Bond, but an overlooked film of his about a young student befriending a JD Salinger type of author and bringing him out of his shell is "Finding Forrester," with Busta Rhymes and F. Murray Abraham. He's also in Brian De Palma's "The Untouchables" which is about taking down Al Capone (Robert De Niro) under the leadership of Treasury Dept. man Elliot Ness (Kevin Costner). He also plays the sub captain in the cold war action film "The Hunt for Red October" with Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones and Courtney B. Vance.
In case you didn't notice, the guy in the hat who almost got impaled by the rhino and tried to take the cross from Indie is the same actor that plays River Phoenix's brother Eyeball in Stand By Me. His brother that's friends with the bully played by Kiefer Sutherland.
and kiefer sutherland was in Flatliners with... Kevin Bacon boom six degrees of kevin bacon
There's a fan theory that the man with the fedora in the beginning was Abner Ravenwood (Marion's dad)
Instead of "Mickey Mouse" the Nazi butler originally said "Jesse Owens." Test audiences didn't get the reference and it was dubbed.
Stuntman Pat Roach has a cameo as a Gestapo agent boarding the blimp with Col. Vogel. He had an expanded role, including a fight with Indy to get to the docked fighter, but it was cut.
A bit of cinematic irony: the gun Donovan shoots Henry with is a Walther PPK, the gun Sean Connery made famous as 007. Before then it was the sidearm of German officers and Nazi Party officials.
The Grail Knight is somewhat anachronistic in that he speaks modern English, if anything he should be speaking Old French/Franco-Romantic. Indy and Elsa could probably get by conversing with him in Ecclesiastical Latin.
According to the novelization, Donovan realized too late that Elsa picked the wrong grail on purpose and was trying to take her with him.
Saw some behind-the-scenes when Spielberg was directing the Berlin Nazi Rally scene. He was telling the entire cast and extras, “And remember: when you’re all giving the Nazi salute, you’re gonna have your other hand doing this [made fingers crossed gesture] behind your back. 🙂”
There is a whole tv show about Young Indiana Jones... starring Sean Patrick Flannery as main character. Remember watching it in high school. Was really good, sometimes silly.
I also watched that show in high school; I remember the WWI episodes as being particularly good.
I still like Raiders the most but this is a very close second.
It’s kinda stupid that he gets the chin scar, the whip and his fear of snakes all on the same day but it’s a fun sequence.
Elsa was willing to go along with the Nazi as long as she could get it in her hands, but the book burning was probably a brief wake up call. She’s even more obsessed with it then Henry Senior, as Henry probably caught on to Donovan and the Nazi’s (why he send the diary to Indy) and why even with his obsession he would’ve never helped the Nazi’s. He has principles he won’t compromise, I also love that he wasn’t a bad father just emotionally distant due to the death of his wife. Both him and Indy are very book smart and intellectual but not exactly great at communicating their emotions, the talk in the blimp is such a good example.
The name reveal at the end is hilarious.
If you want to see another great movie with Sean Connery I’d recommend “Highlander” he’s really great in that one too.
Indy's afraid of snakes while his father afraid of rats. We all have our fears. And the guy that got turned into a bag of bones was Grand Maester Pycelle(Julian Glover).
Thank you so much for reacting to this amazing and wonderful trilogy!!! This makes my child heart so happy!! 😊 I really am happy you enjoyed watching each of these. I adore your reactions Imon. You are always so genuine and lovely!! 🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️❤️
Of course for many of us James Bond is Sean Connery's defining role. He made 7 of them. You don't need to watch the Bond movies in release order. To get a sense of how fun those early Sean Connery movies were, I would suggest From Russia with Love or Thunderball as your first Bond movie. Just keep an open mind, which you obviously do, because it is Mad Men-era ideas about the world of a secret agent.
Definitely my favorite Indy movie. Just a fantastic father-son story. Connery was inspired casting. The kind of choice that seems too obvious to actually work (since his Bond inspired basically every action hero that followed), but ends up being perfect anyway. The delivery on “Indiana…let it go” always gets me too.
You should for sure check out some Connery movies if this is your first time watching him. He won an Oscar for The Untouchables around the same time as this movie, so that’s probably one to add to the list. Highlander is a fun fantasy movie that he’s in as well. The Rock (1995) and Hunt For The Red October are two other famous movies he’s in (all these are from the 80s & 90s, but a lot of later career movies are “better”, outside of James Bond, he was in a lot of films of…questionable quality, in his younger days)
Obviously him being the original James Bond is his most famous role, but as with any reactions to them, it has to be noted how the older Bond movies are somewhat dated culturally, so your mileage my vary (if you haven’t ever seen the newer Craig ones, they’re good reaction material).
Also, as a couple fun facts related to this movie, the actor who plays Walter Donovan (the main bad guy), Julian Glover, is one of the biggest “that guys” in movies. He’s played a villain in Indiana Jones, Harry Potter (Aragog the spider), Star Wars, James Bond, and Game of Thrones (Maester Pycelle). And he, Connery, Allison Doody (Dr Schneider), and John Rhys-Davies (Sallah) had all been in different James Bond films before filming this movie.
“What’s that?”
“The Ark of the Convenant.”
“Are you sure?”
“Pretty sure.”
I loved that 😂
The music during Indy’s journey into the sanctum of the Grail is one of composer John Williams’ most solemn and poignant pieces. It’s called ‘The Penitent Man Will Pass’. Awe-giving piece of music.
If you want a fill of Sean Connery, watch the early James Bond films. In fact, Indiana Jones was formed as the Americanized version of James Bond so bringing on Connery was a special treat to this series.
Dr Schneider has in some ways seemed like Gollum to me, sometimes over the years. That probably says a lot about some of my favorite movies though; obvious choices but still great, haha. Still, that metaphor at the end is a healthy one to return to, for all the hardships it reminds me of, and that I want to help with more even now.
I know there are plenty of Connery film suggestions, and wouldn't be surprised if the link between the Indiana Jones and Bond films has been explained, but I'd suggest any of the first four Bond movies. They're arguably the most stylish in a sense, more grounded, and flattering to Connery, plus the first three were made while Bond author Ian Fleming was still alive and somewhat present. If perhaps reacting to the first four seems worthwhile, they're Dr No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, and Thunderball.
My father actually looked a lot like Sean Connery, and we had a disconnected relationship like Indy and Henry Sr. It always Made this Indian Jones Movie special.
Just found you today, enjoyed the first Indy movie. If you’d grown up watching Sean Connery as the no nonsense “license to kill” James Bond, you can’t Fully appreciate how hysterical it is to see him play this character. It was a perfect pairing, neither over shadowed the other in any scene, both iconic actors.
The opening and the ending of the movie were the best gifts they could have given a fan base. It explained all the things we wondered all these years, the snakes, whip, scar, hat and name. We couldn’t have asked for more. Then they gave us four. There are mixed reviews on that one. I love it and dislike it at the same time. I really thought that Shia LaBeouf would carry the torch on if the Jones series. He had a great character, much like Indy but also very different. I suggest watching it again. You’ll be able to appreciate s little having seen the ones before it. You’ll see it with new eyes.
May your views and likes always be equal. 🙏
I have so many fond memories of this movie. Its one of my families favorite because it was one of the few vhs tapes we had. Me and my brother quote it all the time.
Sean Connery was the original : James Bond. And he was also in a gangster movie " The Untouchables " with Robert De Niro . Also " The Hunt For Red October ". You also have Indiana Jones and the crystal skull💀. And one last Indiana Jones movie is in production . They had to stop production when covid started. Although I think it's now back in production . Stephen Spielberg did the movie " Empire Of The Sun " 👌
Spielberg's idea of having James Bond be Indiana Jones' dad was a perfect idea.
Bond was inspiration for Spielberg to create American version of 007 aka Indiana Jones I think.
@@SurvivorIce correct! After Jaws or Close Encounters he told George Lucas that he wanted to do a Bond movie but Lucas told him he had a better idea.
Heyyy hurrayyy :D was waiting on this one to upload. Last crusde was my favorite as well :D Him and his dad made such a great duo, glad you enjoyed it! Cheers everyone
I quoted this movie with a friend just the other day: “If you are Scottish lord then I am Mickey Mouse!” lol
This movie and Temple of Doom, I had the pleasure of viewing in the movie theater as a kid and this one has always been my favorite of the three. It just all came together for me, we had the continued story from Raiders, the almost slapstick comedy of the earlier sections of Temple with added character from Indiana Jones himself played off against the brilliant Sean Connery. I related most to this one too because my father is this well traveled knowledgeable guy but growing up was very cold and distant towards me and my siblings growing up. And as adults, having gotten to know him, me and the old man's relationship is pretty good for the most part.
I love your reactions you see the deep message that doesn't need to be in your face. This was one of my father's favorite movies. I loved it too because Sean reminds me of my dad and I was more like Indiana. I was the action oriented, and my dad was very scholarly. I still giggle at parts where Indiana calls his dad sir when he was stern, because I was exact same with my dad. I knew that I needed to listen to his wisdom. You're so right when you said that Indiana's dad said let it go because Indiana's dad was so obsessed too that when he called his son by his son's name. His dad realized that while the grail was great find, his son was more important. Time with his son cannot be gotten back. I cried so hard because my father passed, and I loved and miss him so much that this is true.
Imon, great insightful review. I always get so much more on a personal level from your reviews. Hope you have a terrific week.
9:50 An interesting piece of side knowledge is that a year before filming they had to breed all the rats for that scene. They wanted to make sure that if someone was accidentally bitten they weren't going to get a disease.
Hi! I love your reactions! Actually, Indiana didn’t see “ghosts burn Nazis alive” because his eyes were shut during that time, remember? That said, I’m sure he is much better acquainted with the paranormal and supernatural now (as this is a sequel to the other two films) than he was before, certainly.
Great reaction. Just found your channel and I'm really enjoying your work. Keep it going and I'll gladly keep coming back for more👍😁
Purpose of films is to escape but make you feel something in your own life
Believe, take the first step and the path will appear... Really liked your reaction and also your words at the end.
You've seen Walter Donovan before, although much older. He was Grand Maester Pycelle in Game of Thrones.
So many great Sean Connery movies ahead of you! I grew up with him as Bond; From Russia With Love is a particular favorite, with Robert Shaw of Jaws fame as an amazing villain. I'd also recommend The Hunt For Red October and Robin & Marian, with Connery and Audrey Hepburn as an aging Robin Hood and Maid Marian.
By the way, the archetype of Indy was a character named Allan Quatermain in a series of late 19th century novels by H. Rider Haggard. I've read a bunch or Haggard, and he's a lot less cringy than I had feared. King Solomon's Mines and She are particularly noteworthy.
The guy who Young Indy fights on top of the train also played River Phoenix's bullying older brother in "Stand By Me".
Gotta love Indy's spectacular hypocrisy of destroying part of a historical building just to find an object he wants to put in a museum. 🤦♂️
Also, just gotta note that Connery is only 12 years older than Ford.
💫One of the most entertaining Sean Connery movies is "The Wind and the Lion" (1975). Written & directed by John Milius, with a terrific Jerry Goldsmith score, it's a semi-historical romantic adventure story set in turn-of-the-century Morocco, with a bunch of good actors, pretty art direction and cinematography, and some humour to go with the action bits. Plus a performance by Brian Keith as Teddy Roosevelt that should have got him an Oscar. 🐎
Hunt for Red October! Great Sean Connery movie.
Its the best of them all. Sean Connery and Harrison Ford were amazing on their rolls and the adventure was packed with action and funny scenes
Sean Connery in *The Hunt for Red October.* One of his best.
Harrison Ford and River Phoenix were in another film together, The Mosquito Coast.
In spite of all the more blockbuster or serious films that Sean Connery has been in, one of my favourite movies to see him in is still the original Highlander.
Imon: Is there a love interest, or is it a son dad thing?
Me: Yes! 😁
Love your reactions to these! True classics. Highly recommend The Hunt For Red October for a great Sean Connery film.
I second the Sean Connery suggestions of 'The Man Who Would Be King', 'Dr. No', and 'The Hunt for Red October', but I'd also recommend Connery's medieval mystery thriller 'The Name of the Rose', and his other medieval film 'Robin and Marian', a charming movie co-starring Audrey Hepburn.
At 16:55 it was that moment Indy realized he and his dad are Eskimo brothers 😅🤣
Great reaction this my favorite one🔥🔥💯💯🔥
19:00 I love the thematic touch here. I saw this movie in theaters, here in (greetings from Spain, lady), and this moment i though, it's a movie about the Crusaders times, let's bring a medieval joust.
17:52 hilarious that you're talking about Austin Powers just at the point that the woman who has the shrill voice in Austin Powers yells alarm. Yes that's her. I I forgot her name, but she ends up being doctor evil's little love interest in the last one I think. I brought her into Austin Powers just because of that I think I also can't remember.
I know this is like my 4th comment lol but I listened to you at the end and.... I knew this before I watched the documentary "The Death Clause: The Music Industry's Darkest Secret". Famous people (actors, rockstars, politicians etc).... a large number of them have literally sold their soul to gain success and wealth and fame. I think that is SO stupid because this life is not the only life we live. We are eternel beings, our souls are eternal.... And to compromise that in exchange for success and notoriety in just 1 lifetime.... I guess that's a form of immortality, people will remember you and your works for a very long time, but your soul will be forfeit? Thanks, I'm good. If I can't make it on my own then it's not worth it, anyway. I'd forever wonder if I was legitimately talented and worthy of praise or if it's just because I sold my soul. The Trans Siberian Orchestra's rock opera Beethoven's Last Night is all about that conundrum. It's fictional but it takes place on the night of Beethoven's death, and I believe he was only like 47 or something when he died. Mephistopheles comes to him and offers him immortality in the form of post-mortem fame so that his music will live on, in exchange for his soul. The songs are so beautiful and you can really feel how he agonizes over the decision. You should check it out!
PS you're really beautiful, inside and out and I'm so glad I found your channel! You're someone I could definitely see being friends with irl, and I don't say that about many people. My friends these days are very few and far between....
This is my favorite. 💜 Sean Connery, RIP
You should watch some James Bond movies. The old school ones with Connery can be kinda wild.
No ticket scene is one of my absolute favorite scenes and I also used to think Last Crusade meant it was the last but it refers to the Crusades which in theory were about the holy land and I'm guessing the holy grail
Absolutely enjoy these reactions!!
Such a great reaction to a wonderful movie! This really was a perfect end to the series. I'm so happy they never made any more of these ;)
great reaction! Let it go is a memorable scene for many.
You can't watch Sean Connery films without watching the James Bond films. He made Bond a household name and those films defined action (which is why he was cast as Indy's father, he was, in essence, the predecessor of the type of character Indy represents). The Connery Bond films are as follows:
Dr. No (1962)
From Russia With Love (1963)
Goldfinger (1964)
Thunderball (1965)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Diamonds are Forever (1971)
Never Say Never Again (not part of the above series; produced by a man who owned the rights to Thunderball so he exploited those rights to remake the film in 1983)
I'd also add two more Connery films:
The Untouchables (for which Connery won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar)
The Hunt for Red October (1989)
Watch Sean Connery as the very first James Bond. That's where his fame started. Start with the first James Bond Film, "Dr.No" from 1962 and go on from that point.
Just to clarify something that you might have missed. In order to live forever you must drink from the Grail everyday and it also can’t pass through the seal so you can’t leave that place that is the price so that’s why Indiana Jones still aged and Henry Jones sr. Eventually died
Some great Sean Connery films not including his amazing James Bond series: A Bridge Too Far (1977); Highlander (1986); The Untouchables (1987); Murder on the Orient Express (1974); The Man Who Would Be King (1975); The Hunt for Red October (1990); Finding Forrester (2000)…
Movies with Sean Connery I recomended "Entrapment" (1999), "The Rock" (1996), "The Hunt for Red October" (1990), "The Untouchables" (1987), "Highlander" (1986) and the first few movies in the series James Bond.
Some Sean Connery picks to react to: Thunderball, The Rock, Highlander and The Hunt for Red October
"Hunt for Red October" would be great.
You are so pretty! Fun reactions! Thanks for sharing! 😀
I thought the same for a long time but I think the title refers to ‘last’ as in previous. Indiana Jones and the previous crusade😁
I love your review you're totally awesome
It should have been the end…..end of this story….it doesn’t mean the end of a character or a story. I understand the current day connotation….yet as a kid, I understand exploring an old broken down barn in the deep woods in hope of finding some golden rock, with my piece of rope as a whip and cap gun, well…that was hours of fun not infront of tv or escaping home life, that made it all worth it. Lol
A great follow up to the Hitler autograph scene would’ve been Andy’s dad looking in the book later and saying “What’s his autograph doing here?“
Sean Connery. First known really as James Bond so I'd start there for Connery reactions. Dr. No (1962) forward. Consider reacting to all the Bond films, so you have two cross referenced playlists: Sean Connery films and James Bond films.
"Fly, yes.
Land, no."
Joseph Joestar ;)
I love the stock Wilhelm Scream. 😁👍
this is my favorite one cuz I love the story / theory of the grail. The 4th film feels like a new entity and just overall different than the first 3. People consider the first 3 a trilogy. However the 5th film which just wrapped up filming is supposedly gonna bring it back and have the feel of the first 3.
Mentioning the influence the film had on "Austin Powers" and right on cue, there's the yelling German lady.
The film does tell you that the opening action takes place in 1912 so there was no way it could be Indy's son.
It was a great entry. My favorite as well.
Imon, i like the christmas lights they are very stranger things, but the doll is beyond creepy, i'm not sure if i want to know, but would you consider another kind of stuffed animal?
The series finale of young Indiana Jones. Lols
Your commentary on the corruptive nature of placing ‘power’ on a pedestal reminded me of a (rough) quote but I don’t remember where it comes from. Something like “The crown is worn by those willing to lower themselves to pick it up”
My favorite of the series. The Hitler "autograph" was a real Forrest Gump moment. Lol.
Great commentary. Thanks.
Knock knock
Who's there?
Dishes
Dishes who?
Dishes Sean Connery
Entrapment is a good Sean Connery movie with Catherine Zeta-Jones
OMG !!!!!! The best thriller you will ever see is "JUST CAUSE" with Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Edd Harris and Blair Underwood !!!!
I'm new to your channel, thank you for doing Indaian Joenes. Just wondering if you're going to do a gem of a movie called "Stargate". I think you would be pleasantly surprised.
This is my favorite of the three!
Sean Connery is a real great actor. (Don't watch the Barbra Walters interview) His best film outside of the Bond films iny opinion is The Man Who would be King (1975) also with Michael Caine. He did a lot of great work in twilight of his career with The Untouchables,The Rock...
But please check out The Man who would be King (1975) it's great. And if you are doing Connery's Bond...
Dr No, From Russia with Love and Goldfinger are the best
Ah! It’s here… at _Last!_ 😉
I’d say it ranges from very difficult to impossible to look or feel particularly cool in front of your parents, even for Indy, but I think Junior got his moments.
My favorite of the Indiana films. Great 👍 movie.
25:00 That scream you refer to is the Wilhelm Scream. Last time I looked it had been used in over 400 movies and TV shows since 1951. Just Google the name if you're interested in knowing more.
If you haven't watch any of Bond movies with Sean. I recommend From Russia with Love and Goldfinger. Also others I would mention are Man who would be King, The Name of the Rose and Medicine Man.
Love this movie so, so much. The first and last (I'm pretending there isn't a 4th 😉) are fantastic movies, that so few others have been able to emulate the fun of. I think the closest, though it's far more humorous in tone, is The Mummy with Brendan Fraser
Connery films, there are the classic Bond movies he was in. I've not really watched those sine being a kid, so I can't say how they stack up these days - but I personally really like him in Untouchables, which is also a really great film
One of the best things about this movie at the time was that Sean Connery had been the epitome of cool for a long time. Seeing him play an adorable, somewhat bumbling old bookworm academic- and still incredibly cool, and great at it- was wonderful.
Could not agree more!