And, more money is always fun.
Plus, it's the only role of the past decade-plus where Harrison ford seems awake while acting(please log in to view the image)
Did you have any preconceptions going in?
I did (From the trailers but avoided all spoilers) and was surprised by the difference in tone. If I'd expected that tone before going in I'd have probably enjoyed it for what it was a little better.
And, more money is always fun.
Plus, it's the only role of the past decade-plus where Harrison ford seems awake while acting.(please log in to view the image)
So communist infiltration and alien invasions were on people's minds in the 1950's - what could Indy in the 1960's explore? Does he start the war in Vietnam by taking something from a temple on Vietnam's North-South border? Does Mutt drag him to Woodstock? Or does he at last find some old Nazis hiding out in Brazil or the French Foreign Legion?
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He explores copious amounts of marijuana and LSD?
The 3rd act would be spent by Indy in trying to climb completely inside his Fedora, in which he'd hide and use it as a cocoon for meditation.