Dr. Jones is a professor in the Department of Archaeology. His Professional Name is Dr. Jones. The boy Shorty repeatedly emphasized that it may be because even the director is worried that after appreciating his various adventures in a foreign land, the audience only remembers Indy, who is full of American personal heroism, and forgets that he is Dr. Jones. Perhaps it is because of this. Apart from watching a lot of thrilling scenes in the film, we will see Dr. Jones in a straight suit and pair of round glasses teaching in the classroom.
In this pioneering Indiana Jones series of adventure films, archaeology is only decoration, only medicine cited, and only Indy's small means to solve puzzles. Can not help but feel that his archaeological knowledge is not as useful as his fists. In this archeology-related film, the tools Dr. Jones uses are not the common pickaxe in archeology, but the whip of a western cowboy and a pistol at his waist. The image of Dr. Jones was also annihilated in the omnipotent Indy. So whenever I see Professor Jones who is writing on the blackboard with round glasses and holding a chalk in hand, I always feel that he is a desperate fugitive who comes here in disguise, of course because of unjust prison. However, at this point, I have to admit that I may have thought too much. The director Lucas's positioning of the film is a commercial adventure film, and the image he wants to create is the hero Indy, and he happens to be a doctor of archaeology. Lucas and Spielberg are not going to make a documentary film "Cambridge Archaeological History", why should I be obsessed with the film’s archaeological nondescript?
Putting down this psychological baggage and just watching the three episodes of Indy's adventures, I personally think that the first episode is exciting, the second episode is disappointing, and the third episode is gratifying.
The first episode is to set the tone and style. It tells us who is Dr. Jones: his image-cowboy hat, leather jacket, holding a long whip, not hesitating to use a pistol, plus Harrison Ford's very attractive face; his profession, this is a little hard to say , I now find it difficult to determine which adventure and teaching are the main one for him. The director must feel that the two are seamlessly integrated, but after watching the three episodes, I always feel that the teaching is just a temporary stop for Indy, mainly to arrange the next adventure with Marcus. The danger that Indy experienced in this episode made people feel strange because of the first appearance. One shot that left a deep impression on me was: when he appeared in the tavern in Marian, Nepal on a snowy night, the shadow of a cowboy hat first reflected on the wall was quite a heroic appearance.
The second episode really disappointed me, it was a farce. It added Chinese elements that are also popular nowadays. After American singing and dancing, Dr. Jones appeared in a bar in old Shanghai in a well-dressed manner. He actually seems to be able to speak Chinese, and he is Shanghainese. I have traveled to Shanghai many times. Among the suspicious Shanghai dialects he said to Lao, I only identified "Thank you Xia Xia Nong".
Later in the film, his Chinese dialogue with Shorty really baffled me. Out, incomprehensible. It doesn't sound like Shanghai dialect. I always feel that it is Cantonese with an American accent after many turns. The adventure scenes in the film are also lacking in new ideas. It seems that the Egyptian tombs in the first episode have been replaced with Indian underground palaces, and the poisonous snakes in the tombs have been replaced by various insects in the secret tunnels. The arrangement of the game feast in the Indian palace is not suspected to be due to the director's intention to tell the audience that the dark forces are evil and shameless, but it is hard to escape the suspicion of irritating the audience's eyeballs. There is another point that makes me quite uncomfortable. I always feel that there is a hint of glorification of British colonialism in the film (perhaps because of the Chinese people’s sensitivity to this issue), but I can’t get rid of this idea. The film seems to say that there is no British civilization. With the intervention and rescue of the colonists, many parts of India will be under the control of ignorant evil forces. In the end, these two points may be more or less online, so stop here. In short, the second episode disappointed me, it seemed to be under the spell of the sequel poison.
In the third episode, I saw hope again, which was quite gratifying. The title is Indy's body. The hero has a source. Indy has had the courage since he was a child, and he truly complies with the old Chinese saying: heroes have been young since ancient times. From this confession, we understand why Indy cherishes cowboy hats, understand why heroes can’t leave their hands, understand why great heroes have lingering fears of snake hearts, and even know that Indiana is the name of a dog, and Dr. Jones has two One, Senior and Junior. In this film, Indy began to fight the Nazis again for the welfare of all mankind. We also reunite with Indy's faithful helper who looks like Pavarotti. Is this coming back? In the third episode, while returning, it also added new ideas. The joining of Sean Connery undoubtedly made the film brilliant. His role as Dr. Jones Senior is an old urchin with a pedantic taste. His appearance was first a primer, which made Indy decide to embark on the journey of searching for the Holy Grail; He makes the dramatic relationship network of the characters more complicated and subtle; the last and most important thing is that he makes the film different from the first two episodes, adding a layer of family affection, the first two are also somewhat affectionate, Indy and two beautiful women Love dramas, but in my eyes they are just the embellishments and episodes of the film. They are love encounters and have nothing to do with love. The relationship between Indy and Shorty also failed to make people feel more warm. In the third episode, the relationship between Senior and Junior runs through, and the audience also saw the hero’s movement. I even think that the reason why Indy became Indy was because of his innate spirit of adventure. He had a mentality that he hoped to attract his father’s attention. At work. In the third episode, we saw the flesh and blood Dr. Jones. It is not the first time that religious elements appear in the film. They are present in all three episodes, but they are undoubtedly the most intensified in this episode. The director made the audience deeply appreciate the power of faith. Anyone who has seen it in detail will be like me, squeezing sweat when Indy takes that step towards the abyss when facing the last puzzle, even though he knows in his heart that the hero will be saved.
After writing so much, there is one more thing I have to say-the director's modelling of female roles. Indiana Jones is a patriarchal hero movie, in which women are only vases. In the first episode, the slightly rugged brunette Marian lives in the mountains of Nepal, in the second episode, the delicate blonde Willie who lives in the drunken old Shanghai, and the intellectual blonde Dr. Schneider who appears in the romantic water city of Venice in the third episode, they are in their own I also helped Indy to some extent in the plot, taking the different routes of the chivalrous girl, the singer girl, and the talented girl, but in the end the same way-called Indy for help. Perhaps in the director's mind, women are waiting for the hero to save. Among the three female characters, Willie’s screams and complaints made me feel mad in front of the screen. I don’t understand why Indy is moved by her. Is she really the incarnation of femininity? Dr. Schneider finally used the title of Doctor to get rid of the inevitable connection between the blonde beauty and the stupid, but she failed to escape another naming of the beauty, the femme fatale, her Nazi identity, the deception of the two Dr. Jones, and The greed for the Holy Grail at the end is sighing. Personally, she is the best choice for a couple with Dr. Jones/Indy. They have no lack of common hobbies and topics, and they all have an adventurous spirit. They could have become an enviable couple. Marian is the fullest of the three, and the most vivid image, but she always thinks that she will become an assistant to Indy's adventures, but she doesn't match Dr. Jones, and doesn't want their story to be continued.
Suddenly I found myself digressing a little, "in the name of archaeology", and then dragged it back abruptly. My archaeological ambition is not dead, Dr. Jones, "If you have not retired from the chair, I will register for your course and remember your Q&A time accurately, but I don’t think I will write on the upper eyelid." Love You'".
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