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This is an absolutely terrific masterpiece! The third film in the Indiana Jones series is more explosive than all the others. One thing that The Last Crusade has over Raiders Of The Lost Ark is that there is more action; not better just more. To be honest, this one gave me a few surprises because I was worried incase Henry Jones Sr.'s involvement might ruin it but it didn't at all which really pleased me. The Last Crusade is quite humourous in some ways because of the relationship between Dr. Jones Sr. and Dr. Jones Jr. It is amazingly told at the beginning of the film with Indy as a young man and the action scenes at that moment. There aren't many third films in a trilogy that are good but this one certainly is. It isn't a threequal because if it was Indy 1-3 would all flow with the same sort of dialogue.
Harrison Ford proves once again he IS Indiana Jones. What I liked most about Indy in this film was he had that cool sort of behaviour around his enemies as well as his partners and colleagues. In The Last Crusade we do sort of see him as a soft guy as well as a cool one which shows he does have sensitive feelings for people. Harrison is remembered for Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy but he is better in the Indiana Jones quadrilogy. Sean Connery was an outstanding Henry Jones Sr. He was really cool and really funny as well. When I hear him call Indy "junior" I just cringe at that because it's just so cool! Personally, I think that in Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, Lucas and Spielberg try to relive Indy's original relationships with a close relative in a cool manner. They tried to do that in Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull between Indy and Mutt Williams (later revealed as his son) but it didn't quite work. River Phoenix was cool as young Indy. Despite the fact River wasn't in it very long, he is probably best remembered for playing young Indy. Dr. Else Schneider was a good female villain in this film. She was far better than female villain Irina Spalko in Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull.
Steven Spielberg is a genius once again in directing The Last Crusade. He directs all four Indiana Jones films in almost the exact same way which is so amazing and original especailly for a series like Indiana Jones. The whole series are like epics which is pretty typical from Spielberg because no matter the genre, he would always turn them into epics.
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade is an absolutely phenomenal film that deserves to be one of the best films ever alongside Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Despite how much I loved The Last Crusade it isn't quite as good as Raiders Of The Lost Ark but it is better than Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull and Temple Of Doom. It is one of the best films of the 1980s and is the best of 1989. One of my favourites alongside Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Both those films have made Indiana Jones my third favourite film series after The Lord Of The Rings and Star Wars.
9/10
