Molly and I finished watching through the first three Indiana Jones movies this weekend.

I: Raiders of the Lost Ark

4/10

• In the beginning, why did he bring along two morons that would turn on him when he was located so close to the river with the airplane on it?
• Having a snake in the cockpit of the plane was a dumb way to let us know Indy hates snakes.
• The girl is annoying.
• Why did she take Indy’s money and tell him to come back tomorrow?
• The pistols in the bar room fight sounded like cannons.
• The Asian guy in the bar slowly picked up the hot medallion, held it for a while, made a face, then finally dropped it.
• What is with the Asian guy anyway? He just randomly shows up in places and laughs like an idiot.
• When Indiana told Gimli that the girl was dead, he says something like “Oh well, get on with your life.”
• In the snake pit, Indy crashes through a wall that is dripping snakes out of it and there is a passageway to the outside. That is lame.
• How did snakes survive underground like that for so long anyway?

As you can see, I thought this movie was ridiculous. I had heard that the first was the best, so I was wary of watching the other two, but I trudged on…

II: The Temple of Doom

5/10

• The scene where they fall out of an airplane in an inflatable raft was laughable (and I don’t mean in a good way).
• There were way too many gross-out moments throughout the film.
• The “love scene” where Indy and the girl decide to have sex and then make each other mad and then decide to have sex again was hokey.
• Being burnt brings people out of a poison-induced trance?

I did enjoy the Short Round character and the action was more exciting.

The sequel wasn’t much better than the first.

III: The Last Crusade

7/10

It had the least amount of unbelievable action, which made every action scene more enjoyable for me. Henry Jones played off of Indy for a great balance of humor and drama. Marcus was also a good source of comedy.

This was, by far, the best of the three movies.