23:40 "Does anyone here speak English?" One of the most underrated jokes in the movie. Marcus speaks a dozen languages besides English, but they're all dead languages.
River Phoenix as young Indie gives the origin story of not only his hat but also the scar on his chin, why he started using a whip, his fear of snakes, his skill with languages, his respect for historical objects, and all the other knowledge he got from his father.
The fact that she doesn’t even realize it’s an young Indy even after the other kid calls him Indy was mind blowing to me. She didn’t even notice the origin of the Fear of snakes, the relying on whips. Jesus! Talk a little less and pay attention more. I was already in disbelief that she had no clue who River Phoenix was. Wow!
@@frankiek2269 She does realise it, though? But why would anyone born after, say, 1990 (or even 1985) have any idea who River Phoenix was? Most won't. He was a great actor rightly praised for his work, sure, but he died far too young after only nine years of film roles. If someone mentions River Phoenix to me, I'll think "Oh yeah, Joaquin's brother who played kid!Indiana and died young," but that's because I've seen this movie many times (and as a kid thought River Phoenix was a weird name, thus making me remember it).
The song during the Nazi rally is the Königgrätzer Marsch. It was composed by Johann Gottfried Piefke in 1866, long before the Nazis. To this day it's still one of the most popular German military marches, so don't feel bad about bopping to it. (Edit: added umlauts)
39:33... That location is in Petra, Jordan. It's called Al-Khazneh ("The Treasury"). It was originally a mausoleum that was carved out of the rock face in the 1st century AD.
This has always been one of my favorite parts of this film. We were so used to seeing Sean Connery in roles like James Bond that this is a refreshing change for the actor.
@@GT-mq1dx That wasnt one of his first role, that was more like around his 30th role, at the time The longest Day came out, he was already an actor for 8 years.
Indiana being named after the dog is a meta reference to the fact that George Lucas named the character after his real life Alaskan Malamute. The dog Indiana would frequently sit on the passenger seat whenever Lucas took it in the car, and as Malamutes are quite large dogs, it also became Lucas's inspiration for Chewbacca. Similarly, the character of Short Round in Temple of Doom was named after Spielberg's bulldog.
Speaking of Malamutes, there is a channel called Life with Malamutes. Family has three Malamutes named Phil, Teddy, and Niko with a cat named Milo plus member, Golden Retriever named Buddy. These animals have adventures with their little sister and brother.
This is the film that first made me realise that archaeology is a thing, and ultimately is responsible for me becoming a professional archaeologist! Such a great ride from start to finish. One of the most incredible things about al-Khazneh, the rock-cut building at Petra that they used for the exterior of the Grail temple, is that the approach to it is *exactly* as you'd expect after having seen this movie. It lies at the end of a slot canyon more than a mile long and in places as narrow as ten feet. And after a walk of more than a mile, suddenly the canyon opens out and you're struck instantly with this stupendous piece of monumental architecture. Even just as a tourist, you almost feel like Indiana Jones yourself as you approach; it gave me genuine goosebumps seeing it for the first time. The rest of Petra is just as incredible, though, and there's an even bigger rock-cut building - ad-Deir, the "Monastery" - at the other end of the city. Also, "Elsa, let it go" 🤣🤣🤣
I do love that these movies incorporated "real" locations in their sets. They did not rely on "movie magic" to make believe places into existence. Granted the locations, while real, are not as portrayed but still it was an age where location shooting was so much more important to film making.
Funny how he said, "X never marks the spot", then X actually did mark the spot. Clever writing there. Also, the final location(the temple) is called Al Khazne Temple and it's in Petra, Jordan. It's a real place you can go to and explore. The inside might be different though(I believe that was just for the movie).
@@RobertSmith-kb3jl It was probably a crypt or mausoleum rather than a temple, and the scale probably has to do with making the ruler seem especially great to the populace. Like with the Giza pyramids.
I just realized that sword would actually be really awesome if he could have brought it back with him. A pristine Crusades-era sword. What a museum piece.
FYI: The "blimp" is actually a dirigible or a Zeppelin (after the man who invented them) similar to the Hindenberg. There's actually a steel skeleton under the balloon skin, unlike a blimp which just relies on helium to inflate it. Love your reactions.
Aluminium, not steel. Apparently in the script it was originally intended to be the Hindenburg, and its interior design matches that, but for some reason they changed their mind and removed identifying markings from it in the film as released.
@@robertschmidt7625 Which was because the USA embargoed the export of helium to Germany. It was feared that the helium could be used against the allies of the USA. The Hindenburg was modified after completion with a few cabins more as hydrogen has more lifting power than helium.
@@tommcewan7936 Given that the Hindenburg disaster occurred in 1937, the year before this supposedly took place, it's just as well. It's just plausible that European zeppelin flights were still an option, although all intercontinental flights were banned by this time.
@@Dreamfox-df6bg I Forgot to mention that, you're exactly right. But up until WWII, dirigibles would've been easier to shoot down with the current technology at the time.
I cannot remember how many times I've watched this movie (before and after the release of that Cartoon (😜) And this is the First time I even thought of the Frozen implications - Did the writers/Producers/Alan Menken take inspiration from this movie?
Regarding the student mob outside his office - he may be a very popular teacher, but I always had the impression that these students were desperate to get to him because he is barely in his office, always hunting treasure all over the world. Also, after watching this movie, you might like to experience the classic 1989 LucasArts adventure game of the same name, which follows the storyline quite closely. There is a followup game, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, which sadly never was made a movie, but which easily could have been one.
Loved Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis! One of the classic Point & Click games. They should have adapted it as the fourth film rather than going with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Indy's love interest in Fate of Atlantis (which I've still never played to this day) Sophia Hapgood, pops up again in The Infernal Machine (which I have played) Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine is a 1999 PC game from LucasArts, I loved it, played and completed it, it takes place in 1947, Commies are the bad guys this time around, I loved it at the time, but it's a copy and paste of Tomb Raider's classic gameplay, which if you didn't know originally was going to be a carbon copy of Indiana Jones before one of the programmers or designers had the idea to make the protagonist a woman.
If Miranda has the patience for it she definitely should check out the Lucasfilm game of the same name on her gaming channel. In it you actually can achieve a different good ending. I remember it also having a sneaky copy protection in that if you failed it they would let you play normally but you would automatically always choose the wrong grail in the end. :D And if she likes it then Fate of Atlantis, too. Which finally featured voice acting.
That was a great reaction! I appreciate the sheer joy you conveyed in watching this classic... and don't feel too bad. As much as I've loved "The Last Crusade" since I saw it back in the day, there are still a LOT of REALLY good movie franchises out there. 😊
After 1989 there was a big gap left by the Indy movies, but to fill the void there are the Mummy movies, Tombraider and National Treasure. None are as good but more than watchable. This was the last movie I watched in the cinema with a couple of school friends before they moved away so it holds a special place in my memory.
Indy was already filling the gap of the slowly dying genre. He's entire aesthetic and persona is a direct copy of Charlton Heston in The Secret of the Incas from decades before. The modern version of The Mummy, Tombraider and National Treasure are solid watches thou.
River Phoenix was a great young Indy! He’s Joaquin’s brother. You should check out some of River’s movies sometime! I recommend Running On Empty, which is his first, and only Academy Award nomination, and My Own Private Idaho with Keanu Reeves.
Thoroughly enjoyable reaction! Loved your lions, tigers, bears bit on the train. Nothing like a cross reference! Yeah, this is my favorite of the three, and having Sean Connery in it gave such additional dimension. It really was a perfect wrap for the trilogy.
This was such a great reaction, you always make me laugh and i am so glad i found your channel, keep up the great work because you are going to have a huge UA-cam channel one day
If you want to see another adventure flick, similar to these, you might check out "Romancing The Stone". Also, if you're into movies about Grails, you should check out, "Monty Python and The Holy Grail."
It's not a blimp, it's a Zeppelin. It is like comparing a bike to a motorcycle. Blimps are balloons with propellers, Zeppelins were huge (up to 270 yards) and had a metal structure. They could carry up to 50 passengers and were THE luxurious way for intercontinental travel until the Hindenburg catastrophe.
Hi Miranda, quick movie fun fact: The reason for young Indy using the whip to try and tame the lion at the beginning but hitting himself instead was to explain the scar older Indy has on his chin. I think people were asking about how Indy got the scar. In reality, Harrison Ford got it from a car accident.
I kinda hate when they do a backstory and they feel the need to explain everything about that character during that one day (the whip, scar, hat, fear of snakes). The movie is amazing though, so I will excuse it ;)
@@cryptcI agree with you. They really shouldn't have bothered with that. Besides, Indy's entire aesthetic and persona is a copy of Charlton Heston in the Secret of the Incas. I rather go and and enjoy the inspiration than to have a backstory cramming in heavy handedly.
@@cryptcEspecially when you consider how farfetched it is that EVERY one of those iconic character attributes that he became known for (hat, whip, scar, fear of snakes) all happened to occur within a ten minute span 😂
I thought he cut himself with a whip, practising for these films - but you're right. Also, Mark Hamill was injured in a car accident, and you can see his injuries in the subsequent Star Wars following A New Hope.
The hat is a fedora, extremely stylish in the 40’s. I have photos if my grandfather, his was always cocked to one side or tipped up or down. I had one of my own in the 80’s, I rocked that thing.
The scene that got me thinking from Superman 2 was the fact he could fly so fast as to turn the earth rotation backwards, but not fast enough to catch both missiles.
If you look, it was the carpets and wall tapestries on fire. Tapestries were very common on medieval castles as decoration's, fully covering walls.The fireplace is made of stone and was built as a place for holding fire, hence the word (drum roll please) fireplace
I was 10 years old when this movie came out, and I remember crying when it ended because at the time it was the last one. So glad to see younger generations enjoying it.
This was supposed to be the end of the theatrical releases, but it was followed up about 2 years later by a Steven Spielberg produced TV show, “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles “, about 50 episodes across 2 seasons. It was pretty good.
14:31 Always wondered about them carrying a torch around all that petroleum. Its not just the petroleum that's flammable, the fumes it gives off are also very flammable.
23:07 Hey, Miranda Fun Fact: Sean Connery Ad-libbed the line "She Talks In Her Sleep" when Indy asked how his father knew Elsa was a Nazi That was kind of a throwback to when Sean Connery had played James Bond
I watched this with my dad when it first came out at the movies. We both loved it and considered it the best in the original trilogy. My dad has been gone for 27 years now but I've watched this movie a few times since his passing and it brings back fond memories of my dad and myself.
Me too! My parents took me to see this in the theater when I was just shy of 9 years old. They both passed away last year but this classic is one of the enduring memories of going to the movies with them as a kid. Also, 1989 was an EPIC movie year, with last Crusade, Batman, Back to the Future Part 2, Christmas Vacation, Uncle Buck, and the very Underrated UHF all releasing that year. Every one of those except the last my parents took me to in the theater, many times with a grandparent or two along for the ride. They're all gone now but the memories and the movies all still make me smile!
Hello Miranda, your reaction videos to the movies were sorely missed, I hope you continue making reaction videos, I have great affection for this Indiana Jones movie, I enjoyed it very much, I am also enjoying your video Miranda 🥰💖✨
I saw this at the Theater, and I still immensely enjoy it all these years later! Great reaction! It’s great to see your reactions to this movie, and that still holds up after all these years!
Indiana Jones literally was named after a dog, specifically George Lucas's Alaskan Malamute, Indiana. Who incidentally was also the inspiration for Chewbacca.
Sean Connery as Dr. Henry Jones is the highlight of this movie, he perfectly portrays the old, silly academic who is just way out of his element. Something that is even more impressive once you know that he's actually 8 years younger than Harrison Ford. Also Fun Fact: Indiana naming himself after the family dog is a meta joke on how they came up with the name in real life. They actually named him after George Lucas's dog at the time, a Mamalute named Indiana, that was also the inspiration for Chewbacca with his long fluffy hair.
IMO, this is the best of all the Indiana Jones films, and Sean Connery has a lot to do with it. HIs and Ford's chemistry was so great. The way they had actual history, Grail lore, and the action/adventure come together also made it so much better.
you can't have archaeology without 'actual history' I mean .....just saying. Yes, they wrap it up neatly in folklore/legend but that was the charm of the earlier Indy movies. At least they left the Egyptian tomb legends to Brendan Fraser and Tom Cruise.
I love all these Indiana Jones movie when I was a kid my grandparents had all the older movies on VHS tape so I took them home and I binge to watch them and became a fan of Indiana Jones ever since
The on screen chemistry between Harrison Ford and Sean Connery, portraying a complicated father and son relationship is just.. mwah! Chef's kiss. I don't know that I've seen anything better in this particular field of acting. :)
A) The opening is in Arches National Park in southern Utah, near Moab. You can see most of those locations today! Highly recommend. B) This definitely was the planned end. Harrison Ford thought he was done with Indy. Lucas and Spielberg were done. But money convinced everyone to come back for decades later.
I think I could watch Sean Connery in more or less anything. The world knows him as James Bond, but when I was a little kid Time Bandits was one of my favourite films, and that's still what I associate him with. So great to see him deploy his comedy skills here.
If you haven't seen it already, may I recommend The Man Who Would Be King. That has a great performance from Connery. Also The Hill is another superb Connery movie.
If you want a really fun series of films (six in all) do the "Thin Man" movies from the 1930's and 40's, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. They show a delightful husband and wife relationship against the backdrop of murder mysteries.
If you want to see an amazing story about seeking the holy grail, one of the masterpieces of all Arthurian legend re-tellings is the 1981 movie, "Excalibur." It is rated R for a reason. Do watch the unrated version, as the edited one misses some major points by trying to reduce the sex and violence.
That whole reaction to Elza's true allegiances had me in stitches with laughter. Also as a suggestion for the next reaction movie the original 1990 TMNT movie!!! Very well done with how they did that movie, with the legendary Jim Henson doing the creature work for the Turtles.
“Indiana… Indiana…” for just one moment his dad stopped, saying Junior and softly spoke his name. God will never shout at you. He speaks softly, and you must be quiet and still to hear
Sean Connery was only 12 years older than Harrison Ford. The reason Saul laughs so much about him naming himself after the dog is because in Islam the most awful thing is to be compared to a dog.
Hey miss Miranda! :) I’m glad you were able to experience yet again another Indiana Jones film. At the beginning of your video you said you were in a weird mood. Unless I’m missing context, either way I hope you’re doing ok and please know that you have so many people who wish nothing but the best for you, myself included. Stay shining and please reach out should you ever need us! ☺️💚💚
I would have been 12 when this came out. I saw it at the cinema and I remember that for some reason I was a massive fan of Denholm Elliott, the actor that played Marcus Brody, I was thrilled he had a larger role in this. I’m really not sure why I was such a big fan, he is great and I still adore him, but at that point I’d probably only seen him in Raiders and in Trading Places but for whatever reason I was the biggest Denholm Elliott fan of my generation. (Also, I’ll admit I was a little/massively affronted in the Raiders reaction when you suggested that you didn’t trust him at his introduction)
You're the only person who caught the "ground falls from under your feet" as foreshadowing. I saw this when it was released, and I never caught it until you mentioned it.
Thanks for creating these videos makes me very happy as a Gen X'er and someone who grew up with George Lucas and Steven Spielberg action adventure movies to see someone from the younger generation "get" the classic 80's Spielberg Adventure movie and why people still love these movies
You'll probably want to do it off camera, but I recommend watching The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones series. It's very well made for early 1990's TV, and Sean Patrick Flannery does a great job as a late-teens Indy. Plus there are a ton of young actors in it who went on to be big stars. There's one alone that has both Catherine Zeta Jones and Daniel Craig before either were famous.
Trilogy.....yes......it's a trilogy (with two spinoffs that will remain nameless). This was my favorite and the only one I saw on the big screen making it extra special.
When this originally came out in theaters, I saw it on my 18th birthday at a special Memorial Day matinee at the local cinema where I was living. It was a great day and is still one of my fondest memories to this day. River Phoenix(Rest In Peace) as the young Indy and the legendary Sean Connery as Indy's dad was awesome. And seeing Denholm Elliott and John Rhys Davies return as Marcus and Sallah was great. I love the part at the beginning when Fedora Hat gives young Indy his hat. I get goosebumps from that part. And, as always, a magnificent score by John Williams. The actor who played Hitler also played Admiral Ozzel in The Empire Strikes Back. Alison Doody, who plays Elsa, had a role in the 1985 James Bond film A View To A Kill as one of the villain's henchwomen. And I absolutely loved the riding off into the sunset scene with the Indiana Jones theme playing.
I saw this for the very first time at a drive-in theater right outside of Wabash, Indiana summer of '89. I was 10, going on 11. Fast froward, years later, the same drive-in replayed it last summer in 2022, and I went to see it again! Even parked about the same spot as my mom parked when we went the first time, just for accuracies sake! 😆
21:51 Sean Connery's last film role was Alan Quartermain in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 20 years ago, a film so bad he retired after being in it.
Yeah, I saw that in the cinema with a friend and she fell asleep during the movie. I was so looking forward to it after the trailer and it was so lame and forgettable. I also never rewatched it since then.
Well shit, I think I know the inspiration for Frau Farbissina in Austin Powers now. For a second I thought "ALARM!!" Chick *was* Mindy sterling, but it was just an illusion due to her detailed appearance. ...and how she screeched "Alarm" like that.
Indiana Jones was revisited a few years after this as "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles". 28 episodes aired between 1992 and 1993 on ABC. Four TV films in the series were broadcast later in the decade as well.
Have you noticed that in someway at the very opening credits when you see the paramount mountain logo. It in someway seamlessly goes to a mountain scene for the movie
This was such a brilliantly fun film with plenty of action and adventure. A perfect addition to the series. As a performing arts/choral person, i recognize your appreciation of the musical and performance elements pointed out throughout the film series. Fun fact: Mr. Spielberg was confronted of the problem with the age difference between Sean Connery (Henry Jones Sr.), born in 1930, and Harrison Ford (Indiana, or Henry Jones Jr.), born in 1942, only 12 years apart. Thus the crew had to ensure that Sean always had a white beard to make him appear much older, as well as have slower, contemplative movements, while Harrison had to remain clean shaven to make him appear younger and have quicker, more active movements.
23:40 "Does anyone here speak English?" One of the most underrated jokes in the movie. Marcus speaks a dozen languages besides English, but they're all dead languages.
"Or Ancient Greek," which he says right after "Does anyone here speak English?"
River Phoenix as young Indie gives the origin story of not only his hat but also the scar on his chin, why he started using a whip, his fear of snakes, his skill with languages, his respect for historical objects, and all the other knowledge he got from his father.
So it started the lucasfilm trend of showing every important bit of development happened withing 24 hours. It paved the way for Solo!
That and the infamous "Indy scream" when he falls into the snake tank was spot on.
The fact that she doesn’t even realize it’s an young Indy even after the other kid calls him Indy was mind blowing to me. She didn’t even notice the origin of the Fear of snakes, the relying on whips. Jesus! Talk a little less and pay attention more. I was already in disbelief that she had no clue who River Phoenix was. Wow!
@@frankiek2269 She does realise it, though? But why would anyone born after, say, 1990 (or even 1985) have any idea who River Phoenix was? Most won't. He was a great actor rightly praised for his work, sure, but he died far too young after only nine years of film roles. If someone mentions River Phoenix to me, I'll think "Oh yeah, Joaquin's brother who played kid!Indiana and died young," but that's because I've seen this movie many times (and as a kid thought River Phoenix was a weird name, thus making me remember it).
yeah she missed every single detail, impressive
The song during the Nazi rally is the Königgrätzer Marsch. It was composed by Johann Gottfried Piefke in 1866, long before the Nazis. To this day it's still one of the most popular German military marches, so don't feel bad about bopping to it.
(Edit: added umlauts)
A lot of the "Nazi" military marches and _Marschlieder_ come from Prussia in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries.
Also fun fact, the "clown song" we all know and associate with circuses and clowns was intended as a military marching song
@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 The clown song is called Entry Of The Gladiators.
@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 Rather apropos.
It's "Königgrätzer", not "Koniggratzer".
39:33... That location is in Petra, Jordan. It's called Al-Khazneh ("The Treasury"). It was originally a mausoleum that was carved out of the rock face in the 1st century AD.
yes ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra
Seeing Sean Connery playing a comedic role is such a rare treat. And it’s surprising just how well he pulled it off.
Also him as the prim, proper, scholar who never went on the type of adventures Indy did, in contrast to his career as an action hero.
Remember one of his first roles was in The Longest Day. 😉
Certainly a change from James Bond...
This has always been one of my favorite parts of this film. We were so used to seeing Sean Connery in roles like James Bond that this is a refreshing change for the actor.
@@GT-mq1dx That wasnt one of his first role, that was more like around his 30th role, at the time The longest Day came out, he was already an actor for 8 years.
Indiana being named after the dog is a meta reference to the fact that George Lucas named the character after his real life Alaskan Malamute. The dog Indiana would frequently sit on the passenger seat whenever Lucas took it in the car, and as Malamutes are quite large dogs, it also became Lucas's inspiration for Chewbacca. Similarly, the character of Short Round in Temple of Doom was named after Spielberg's bulldog.
I don't think most people know how to use "meta".
Speaking of Malamutes, there is a channel called Life with Malamutes. Family has three Malamutes named Phil, Teddy, and Niko with a cat named Milo plus member, Golden Retriever named Buddy. These animals have adventures with their little sister and brother.
Another person here with malamutes long in the family, Chewy got Indiana's voice, Jones got his name. :)
The actor for Short Round won an Oscar this year. He was also Data in the Goonies.
@@johnhoy9512 Good remark, I should really watch 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' this weekend.
This is the film that first made me realise that archaeology is a thing, and ultimately is responsible for me becoming a professional archaeologist! Such a great ride from start to finish.
One of the most incredible things about al-Khazneh, the rock-cut building at Petra that they used for the exterior of the Grail temple, is that the approach to it is *exactly* as you'd expect after having seen this movie. It lies at the end of a slot canyon more than a mile long and in places as narrow as ten feet. And after a walk of more than a mile, suddenly the canyon opens out and you're struck instantly with this stupendous piece of monumental architecture. Even just as a tourist, you almost feel like Indiana Jones yourself as you approach; it gave me genuine goosebumps seeing it for the first time. The rest of Petra is just as incredible, though, and there's an even bigger rock-cut building - ad-Deir, the "Monastery" - at the other end of the city.
Also, "Elsa, let it go" 🤣🤣🤣
That's incredible! Really cool. I might look into archeology myself. (:
I was in Petra back in 2001. Its absolutely spectacular!
I do love that these movies incorporated "real" locations in their sets. They did not rely on "movie magic" to make believe places into existence. Granted the locations, while real, are not as portrayed but still it was an age where location shooting was so much more important to film making.
Funny how he said, "X never marks the spot", then X actually did mark the spot. Clever writing there. Also, the final location(the temple) is called Al Khazne Temple and it's in Petra, Jordan. It's a real place you can go to and explore. The inside might be different though(I believe that was just for the movie).
I've been there... yes, the inside is different. LOL - it's basically just a giant rectangular room.
@@SLKRR But a Temple to whom and why are the doors SO large? Perhaps to accommodate the being for which the Temple was made?
@@RobertSmith-kb3jl It was probably a crypt or mausoleum rather than a temple, and the scale probably has to do with making the ruler seem especially great to the populace. Like with the Giza pyramids.
I just realized that sword would actually be really awesome if he could have brought it back with him. A pristine Crusades-era sword. What a museum piece.
Fun little detail: the thing that snaps Indy out of trying to grab the grail is his father finally calling him his preferred name, Indiana
Indiana Jones is trans confirmed???? /j
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It's literally a scene in the movie
That's probably one of my favorite parts of the movie.
Given your reaction, some movies you'd probably love are Romancing the Stone (1984), Maverick (1994) and The Mummy (1999).
Definitely Romancing the Stone.
I did not like Maverick from 1994. The 1950’s show is way better.
Not enough people know or appreciate Maverick.
@@ashleighmodglinI liked Maverick.
FYI: The "blimp" is actually a dirigible or a Zeppelin (after the man who invented them) similar to the Hindenberg. There's actually a steel skeleton under the balloon skin, unlike a blimp which just relies on helium to inflate it. Love your reactions.
Yeah, but the Hindenburg and most other German airships of that era used Hydrogen instead of helium, which led to the Hindenburg's demise.
Aluminium, not steel. Apparently in the script it was originally intended to be the Hindenburg, and its interior design matches that, but for some reason they changed their mind and removed identifying markings from it in the film as released.
@@robertschmidt7625 Which was because the USA embargoed the export of helium to Germany. It was feared that the helium could be used against the allies of the USA. The Hindenburg was modified after completion with a few cabins more as hydrogen has more lifting power than helium.
@@tommcewan7936 Given that the Hindenburg disaster occurred in 1937, the year before this supposedly took place, it's just as well. It's just plausible that European zeppelin flights were still an option, although all intercontinental flights were banned by this time.
@@Dreamfox-df6bg I Forgot to mention that, you're exactly right. But up until WWII, dirigibles would've been easier to shoot down with the current technology at the time.
45:37 OMG I literally NEVER thought of that Frozen reference!
I cannot remember how many times I've watched this movie (before and after the release of that Cartoon (😜) And this is the First time I even thought of the Frozen implications - Did the writers/Producers/Alan Menken take inspiration from this movie?
Yeah I just noticed that too….. I haven’t seen Frozen enough to think of it….I’ll watch it again
23:05 watching it register with you was absolutely priceless "Ahaha!... oh..." 😂
Regarding the student mob outside his office - he may be a very popular teacher, but I always had the impression that these students were desperate to get to him because he is barely in his office, always hunting treasure all over the world.
Also, after watching this movie, you might like to experience the classic 1989 LucasArts adventure game of the same name, which follows the storyline quite closely.
There is a followup game, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, which sadly never was made a movie, but which easily could have been one.
should have been one. :)
I always assumed they just wanted their papers graded
Loved Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis! One of the classic Point & Click games. They should have adapted it as the fourth film rather than going with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Indy's love interest in Fate of Atlantis (which I've still never played to this day) Sophia Hapgood, pops up again in The Infernal Machine (which I have played)
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine is a 1999 PC game from LucasArts, I loved it, played and completed it, it takes place in 1947, Commies are the bad guys this time around, I loved it at the time, but it's a copy and paste of Tomb Raider's classic gameplay, which if you didn't know originally was going to be a carbon copy of Indiana Jones before one of the programmers or designers had the idea to make the protagonist a woman.
If Miranda has the patience for it she definitely should check out the Lucasfilm game of the same name on her gaming channel. In it you actually can achieve a different good ending. I remember it also having a sneaky copy protection in that if you failed it they would let you play normally but you would automatically always choose the wrong grail in the end. :D
And if she likes it then Fate of Atlantis, too. Which finally featured voice acting.
"Fly, yes."
Land, no."
Harrison Ford in real life.
Truer words were never spoken
He knows a few maneuvers
That was a great reaction! I appreciate the sheer joy you conveyed in watching this classic... and don't feel too bad. As much as I've loved "The Last Crusade" since I saw it back in the day, there are still a LOT of REALLY good movie franchises out there. 😊
After 1989 there was a big gap left by the Indy movies, but to fill the void there are the Mummy movies, Tombraider and National Treasure. None are as good but more than watchable. This was the last movie I watched in the cinema with a couple of school friends before they moved away so it holds a special place in my memory.
Indy was already filling the gap of the slowly dying genre. He's entire aesthetic and persona is a direct copy of Charlton Heston in The Secret of the Incas from decades before.
The modern version of The Mummy, Tombraider and National Treasure are solid watches thou.
I'd argue the Brendan Fraser "Mummy" movies (at least the first two) were decent enough.
There wasn't a big gap there was TV series on ABC The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.
THE MUMMY was pretty goddamn good. In a weird way, DEEP RISING is kind of that same vein too.
There was also the development of so many video games....
32:58 Thats why airports keep birds out of their area. They can acrually get sucked up into the engine causing a stall.
River Phoenix was a great young Indy! He’s Joaquin’s brother. You should check out some of River’s movies sometime! I recommend Running On Empty, which is his first, and only Academy Award nomination, and My Own Private Idaho with Keanu Reeves.
You can't leave out Stand by me though
And of course he played Harrisons Ford's son in "The Mosquito Coast".
“Stand By Me: Am I a joke to you??”
Don’t forget “Sneakers”
Thoroughly enjoyable reaction! Loved your lions, tigers, bears bit on the train. Nothing like a cross reference! Yeah, this is my favorite of the three, and having Sean Connery in it gave such additional dimension. It really was a perfect wrap for the trilogy.
23:00 that realization though, classic, you went from denial, to anger to bargaining to depression to acceptance in about 10 seconds, hilarious
I've been waiting for this one!
This was such a great reaction, you always make me laugh and i am so glad i found your channel, keep up the great work because you are going to have a huge UA-cam channel one day
If you want to see another adventure flick, similar to these, you might check out "Romancing The Stone". Also, if you're into movies about Grails, you should check out, "Monty Python and The Holy Grail."
ROMANCING THE STONE ties with THE MUMMY as the best Indiana Jones movie without Indiana Jones in it.
It's not a blimp, it's a Zeppelin. It is like comparing a bike to a motorcycle.
Blimps are balloons with propellers, Zeppelins were huge (up to 270 yards) and had a metal structure. They could carry up to 50 passengers and were THE luxurious way for intercontinental travel until the Hindenburg catastrophe.
I wish we brought those back
Sean Connery made up "she talks in her sleep" Steven Spielberg loved it and kept it in
Connery is gonna Connery, nothing you can do about it.
@@Theomiteyou mean he’s gonna Bond.
@@vytalman Actually, I'm convinced most of Bond WAS Connery.
@@Theomite hmmm perhaps.
Hi Miranda, quick movie fun fact: The reason for young Indy using the whip to try and tame the lion at the beginning but hitting himself instead was to explain the scar older Indy has on his chin. I think people were asking about how Indy got the scar. In reality, Harrison Ford got it from a car accident.
I kinda hate when they do a backstory and they feel the need to explain everything about that character during that one day (the whip, scar, hat, fear of snakes).
The movie is amazing though, so I will excuse it ;)
@@cryptcI agree with you. They really shouldn't have bothered with that.
Besides, Indy's entire aesthetic and persona is a copy of Charlton Heston in the Secret of the Incas. I rather go and and enjoy the inspiration than to have a backstory cramming in heavy handedly.
@@cryptcEspecially when you consider how farfetched it is that EVERY one of those iconic character attributes that he became known for (hat, whip, scar, fear of snakes) all happened to occur within a ten minute span 😂
I thought he cut himself with a whip, practising for these films - but you're right. Also, Mark Hamill was injured in a car accident, and you can see his injuries in the subsequent Star Wars following A New Hope.
@@DukeDarkshadowThat's Indy for you. Of course it's far fetched; it wouldn't be Indy otherwise.
"Can you just stop fighting around propellers!?"
Me, knowing what's coming up: hehehe
The hat is a fedora, extremely stylish in the 40’s. I have photos if my grandfather, his was always cocked to one side or tipped up or down. I had one of my own in the 80’s, I rocked that thing.
I still can’t get over the fact that literally everything in that room was on fire except for the fireplace
It's like in Superman II where in his Fortress of Solitude he reverses the effect of the chamber so only he kept his superpowers.
The scene that got me thinking from Superman 2 was the fact he could fly so fast as to turn the earth rotation backwards, but not fast enough to catch both missiles.
If you look, it was the carpets and wall tapestries on fire. Tapestries were very common on medieval castles as decoration's, fully covering walls.The fireplace is made of stone and was built as a place for holding fire, hence the word (drum roll please) fireplace
@@stevenwoodward5923 that was the first Superman
@@stevenwoodward5923 I think tapestries also served as thermal insulation against the stone walls.
Even in 2023, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989) is one of the most creative adventure stories ever written!
The opening scenes where they’re walking through arches is a place called arches national Park. It is in Moab, Utah, and happens to be my hometown.
Visited it a few years ago from Austria. Amazing place.
Your reactions are always a treat to add to my day! Keep on keeping on Miranda!
That reaction from 23:03 - 23:10 is *pure* *_gold!_*
I laughed out loud at that bit and scared my dog.
"His father saw it comin'."
Oh yeah he did. 😉
I died laughing and had to watch it like 10 times
It's not quite the reaction from the melting faces on her Raider's of the Lost Ark reaction video, though. 😂😂
Her facial expressions just make it 😂
I was 10 years old when this movie came out, and I remember crying when it ended because at the time it was the last one. So glad to see younger generations enjoying it.
You are so fun and funny. It makes my day to watch your reactions. You should do more.
This was supposed to be the end of the theatrical releases, but it was followed up about 2 years later by a Steven Spielberg produced TV show, “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles “, about 50 episodes across 2 seasons. It was pretty good.
14:31 Always wondered about them carrying a torch around all that petroleum. Its not just the petroleum that's flammable, the fumes it gives off are also very flammable.
This was the first Indy flick I ever saw. Raiders became my favorite, but this one will always have a special place on my list.
23:07
Hey, Miranda
Fun Fact:
Sean Connery Ad-libbed the line "She Talks In Her Sleep" when Indy asked how his father knew Elsa was a Nazi
That was kind of a throwback to when Sean Connery had played James Bond
23:02 your reaction legit made me spit out my drink and I started screaming laughing! That was a perfect reaction!!😂
The best part about Indy's bad scottish accent is that _his father is actually scottish_
I watched this with my dad when it first came out at the movies. We both loved it and considered it the best in the original trilogy. My dad has been gone for 27 years now but I've watched this movie a few times since his passing and it brings back fond memories of my dad and myself.
Me too! My parents took me to see this in the theater when I was just shy of 9 years old. They both passed away last year but this classic is one of the enduring memories of going to the movies with them as a kid. Also, 1989 was an EPIC movie year, with last Crusade, Batman, Back to the Future Part 2, Christmas Vacation, Uncle Buck, and the very Underrated UHF all releasing that year. Every one of those except the last my parents took me to in the theater, many times with a grandparent or two along for the ride. They're all gone now but the memories and the movies all still make me smile!
Your enthusiasm made this so much fun!!! :)
Hello Miranda, your reaction videos to the movies were sorely missed, I hope you continue making reaction videos, I have great affection for this Indiana Jones movie, I enjoyed it very much, I am also enjoying your video Miranda 🥰💖✨
Another great reaction video. Also, just as you were admiring Elsa's hair, I was thinking how amazing your hair and eyeliner are looking today!
If you have never seen Shawshank Redemption, Or The Green Mile I highly recommend Doing a reaction to those.
I saw this at the Theater, and I still immensely enjoy it all these years later! Great reaction! It’s great to see your reactions to this movie, and that still holds up after all these years!
Indiana Jones literally was named after a dog, specifically George Lucas's Alaskan Malamute, Indiana. Who incidentally was also the inspiration for Chewbacca.
Amazing video miranda,and great to see you watch the indiana trilogy. They went south after this. Keep being phenomenal
“Is there gonna be something gross?!” 😬
Nah, a guy’s gonna disintegrate before our eyes, but nothing serious.
Miranda! Been waiting for you to get to this. Really love the way you do the videos one right after the other. I'm jazzed. :)
Sean Connery as Dr. Henry Jones is the highlight of this movie, he perfectly portrays the old, silly academic who is just way out of his element. Something that is even more impressive once you know that he's actually 8 years younger than Harrison Ford.
Also Fun Fact: Indiana naming himself after the family dog is a meta joke on how they came up with the name in real life. They actually named him after George Lucas's dog at the time, a Mamalute named Indiana, that was also the inspiration for Chewbacca with his long fluffy hair.
No. Connery was 12 years older than Ford.
Connery was born in 1930, Ford in 1942.
Check your facts and have a great day.
Hey, so OP was wrong about the actor’s birthdates but both actors DID play Soviet submarine captains! 🤔…😂😂😂 (non sequitur, anyone?)
You ARE in a different mood during this video. I like it. Happy Holidays 🎄
IMO, this is the best of all the Indiana Jones films, and Sean Connery has a lot to do with it. HIs and Ford's chemistry was so great. The way they had actual history, Grail lore, and the action/adventure come together also made it so much better.
you can't have archaeology without 'actual history' I mean .....just saying. Yes, they wrap it up neatly in folklore/legend but that was the charm of the earlier Indy movies. At least they left the Egyptian tomb legends to Brendan Fraser and Tom Cruise.
I love all these Indiana Jones movie when I was a kid my grandparents had all the older movies on VHS tape so I took them home and I binge to watch them and became a fan of Indiana Jones ever since
The on screen chemistry between Harrison Ford and Sean Connery, portraying a complicated father and son relationship is just.. mwah! Chef's kiss. I don't know that I've seen anything better in this particular field of acting. :)
They were only 10 years apart in age!
A) The opening is in Arches National Park in southern Utah, near Moab. You can see most of those locations today! Highly recommend.
B) This definitely was the planned end. Harrison Ford thought he was done with Indy. Lucas and Spielberg were done. But money convinced everyone to come back for decades later.
I think I could watch Sean Connery in more or less anything. The world knows him as James Bond, but when I was a little kid Time Bandits was one of my favourite films, and that's still what I associate him with. So great to see him deploy his comedy skills here.
If you haven't seen it already, may I recommend The Man Who Would Be King. That has a great performance from Connery. Also The Hill is another superb Connery movie.
@28:56 your reaction when Hitler was on camera was amazing 😅
Thank you so much!!!
My favorite joke about this movie:
Elsa couldn't, LET IT GO.
Edit. I wrote that before i saw the entire video. Great minds think alike.
There is also a “Young Indiana Jones Chronicles” TV series that ran for two seasons that is very good.
Did you notice that Indy's father was reading the newspaper upside down?
I've never noticed that! It must have been for the benefit of bats. "It's the only thing in this blasted movie that's the right way up!"
22:20
The intentwas propably for it to look like she was apologizing for getting captured
If you want a really fun series of films (six in all) do the "Thin Man" movies from the 1930's and 40's, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. They show a delightful husband and wife relationship against the backdrop of murder mysteries.
Finally. Somebody else who enjoys The Thin Man!
If you want to see an amazing story about seeking the holy grail, one of the masterpieces of all Arthurian legend re-tellings is the 1981 movie, "Excalibur." It is rated R for a reason. Do watch the unrated version, as the edited one misses some major points by trying to reduce the sex and violence.
That whole reaction to Elza's true allegiances had me in stitches with laughter. Also as a suggestion for the next reaction movie the original 1990 TMNT movie!!! Very well done with how they did that movie, with the legendary Jim Henson doing the creature work for the Turtles.
No…just..no.🥴
@@nicocancilla8386 the reveal or the turtles?
Thanks
Thank you so much!!!
“Indiana… Indiana…” for just one moment his dad stopped, saying Junior and softly spoke his name. God will never shout at you. He speaks softly, and you must be quiet and still to hear
Love your reactions. My fav in this one was when Sean Connery said, "She talks in her sleep." Hilarious!
There are only three Indiana Jones movies.
There was a pretty good TV series.
@@grendeltechand 4 and 5 are bangers
@@Chubby_Runs You misspelled 'bombs' (especially the last one).
@@Cau_Nonah I got it right, thanks for the attempt
@@Chubby_Runs
$4 was enjoyable. Haven't seen #5.
I love your reactions Miranda. You're hilarious, and also really insightful! Looking forward to Flight of the Navigator or Wargames... 🤩
Sean Connery was only 12 years older than Harrison Ford.
The reason Saul laughs so much about him naming himself after the dog is because in Islam the most awful thing is to be compared to a dog.
Hey miss Miranda! :) I’m glad you were able to experience yet again another Indiana Jones film. At the beginning of your video you said you were in a weird mood. Unless I’m missing context, either way I hope you’re doing ok and please know that you have so many people who wish nothing but the best for you, myself included. Stay shining and please reach out should you ever need us! ☺️💚💚
How bad is it that in the Hitler scene, all I can think is that the book just became extremely valuable?
Well his paintings are valuable today so you wouldn't be too far off the mark.
I would have been 12 when this came out. I saw it at the cinema and I remember that for some reason I was a massive fan of Denholm Elliott, the actor that played Marcus Brody, I was thrilled he had a larger role in this. I’m really not sure why I was such a big fan, he is great and I still adore him, but at that point I’d probably only seen him in Raiders and in Trading Places but for whatever reason I was the biggest Denholm Elliott fan of my generation.
(Also, I’ll admit I was a little/massively affronted in the Raiders reaction when you suggested that you didn’t trust him at his introduction)
You're the only person who caught the "ground falls from under your feet" as foreshadowing. I saw this when it was released, and I never caught it until you mentioned it.
The Original Trilogy Of Indiana Jones Movies Are So Good
Thanks for creating these videos makes me very happy as a Gen X'er and someone who grew up with George Lucas and Steven Spielberg action adventure movies to see someone from the younger generation "get" the classic 80's Spielberg Adventure movie and why people still love these movies
The end with the Grail.
I guess Elsa just couldn't... ... let it go?
...
The door is that way? I'll show myself out then.
You'll probably want to do it off camera, but I recommend watching The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones series. It's very well made for early 1990's TV, and Sean Patrick Flannery does a great job as a late-teens Indy. Plus there are a ton of young actors in it who went on to be big stars. There's one alone that has both Catherine Zeta Jones and Daniel Craig before either were famous.
Temple of Doom is also my favourite. I also love the musical number
Julian Glover who plays Donovan is also General Veers in Empire Strikes Back. (commander of Blizzard 1 AT-AT)
Trilogy.....yes......it's a trilogy (with two spinoffs that will remain nameless). This was my favorite and the only one I saw on the big screen making it extra special.
It's not a trilogy anymore. It's a pentalogy. 🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠
"No ticket." --- used by Kevin Smith/Silent Bob in "Dogma."
When this originally came out in theaters, I saw it on my 18th birthday at a special Memorial Day matinee at the local cinema where I was living. It was a great day and is still one of my fondest memories to this day. River Phoenix(Rest In Peace) as the young Indy and the legendary Sean Connery as Indy's dad was awesome. And seeing Denholm Elliott and John Rhys Davies return as Marcus and Sallah was great. I love the part at the beginning when Fedora Hat gives young Indy his hat. I get goosebumps from that part. And, as always, a magnificent score by John Williams. The actor who played Hitler also played Admiral Ozzel in The Empire Strikes Back. Alison Doody, who plays Elsa, had a role in the 1985 James Bond film A View To A Kill as one of the villain's henchwomen. And I absolutely loved the riding off into the sunset scene with the Indiana Jones theme playing.
I saw this for the very first time at a drive-in theater right outside of Wabash, Indiana summer of '89. I was 10, going on 11. Fast froward, years later, the same drive-in replayed it last summer in 2022, and I went to see it again! Even parked about the same spot as my mom parked when we went the first time, just for accuracies sake! 😆
at 39:40 that is actually a real place. It is called Petra and was an important stop along the Silk Road for traders.
21:51 Sean Connery's last film role was Alan Quartermain in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 20 years ago, a film so bad he retired after being in it.
Yeah, I saw that in the cinema with a friend and she fell asleep during the movie. I was so looking forward to it after the trailer and it was so lame and forgettable. I also never rewatched it since then.
I loved first and third indiana jones movies the best. Last crusade was so much fun. Had fun re-watching with you.
☺️hi! Im a new fan. Your reactionings are so much fun!
Indy thought the old knight mistook him for a knight, but it was no mistake.
Well shit, I think I know the inspiration for Frau Farbissina in Austin Powers now. For a second I thought "ALARM!!" Chick *was* Mindy sterling, but it was just an illusion due to her detailed appearance. ...and how she screeched "Alarm" like that.
Still my favorite Indy movie. Nothing will top it, IMO. Great to see you enjoy it!
Indiana Jones was revisited a few years after this as "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles". 28 episodes aired between 1992 and 1993 on ABC. Four TV films in the series were broadcast later in the decade as well.
Have you noticed that in someway at the very opening credits when you see the paramount mountain logo. It in someway seamlessly goes to a mountain scene for the movie
The Temple in the cliff is a real place in Jordan. It is called "Petra" if you are curious.
This was such a brilliantly fun film with plenty of action and adventure. A perfect addition to the series.
As a performing arts/choral person, i recognize your appreciation of the musical and performance elements pointed out throughout the film series.
Fun fact:
Mr. Spielberg was confronted of the problem with the age difference between Sean Connery (Henry Jones Sr.), born in 1930, and Harrison Ford (Indiana, or Henry Jones Jr.), born in 1942, only 12 years apart. Thus the crew had to ensure that Sean always had a white beard to make him appear much older, as well as have slower, contemplative movements, while Harrison had to remain clean shaven to make him appear younger and have quicker, more active movements.