Indiana Jones Memories, Part III

[lazypadawan]

ndiana Jones and the Last Crusade was probably the only film of the series (to date) I actually got to see the weekend it came out. It was sometime during Memorial Day weekend 1989, a couple of weeks after I came home to Miami from college. The sad part is I don't really remember the name of the theater, only that it was a nice new multiplex out in the Kendall area. I think I ended up seeing The Abyss and Batman there too. The reason it has since flushed out of my memory probably has to do with the fact that my family moved away from Miami a year later, unlike theaters like Sunniland, The Falls, and Dadeland Twin that were around for years before their respective wrecking balls.

Anyway, my brother told me several years later that on opening day, he and his high school buddies in a fit of senioritis decided to play hooky and see the first showing. To this day, my parents don't know he did this (shhh). So even though he had already seen the movie, my brother put on a game act and went with us to see it.

I remember in the lobby they were actually selling t-shirts. At the time my collection of t-shirts consisted mostly of dark-haired, pale people in fishnets or bats or skulls or something, and the cartoony style of these shirts just didn't fit into my wardrobe. And I wasn't really a fangirl at that point. My mom bought herself one though.

The movie was of course, awesome. Last Crusade really benefitted from having high-wattage stars like Sean Connery--who really should've had an Oscar nom--and River Phoenix (sigh, RIP) aboard. And like the other times, I was the only one in the theater laughing while everybody else was freaking out over the rats. I use "he chose…poorly" all of the time.

After that, I never really thought we'd see another Indy flick. I watched the underrated "Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" and then the SW machinery fired back up again. There had been talk of another Indiana Jones, but as recently as three years ago, I doubted it would happen.

So, here we are, with less than a week to go.

Comments

[darth-pipes.livejournal.com]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is the only Indy film I saw in the movies. I went with my parents and my brother. Still can remember seeing it and having a great time. I'm so glad I'm going to get another chance to see an Indy film on the big screen.

I liked the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. Some episodes were excellent and I have to admit some were boring. But there was always an effort to produce a quality product.

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

Not every episode of YIJC was awesome but it was a well-made show at a time hardly anyone attempted cinema-quality t.v.. Twin Peaks was the only exception I can think of from that time period.