Looking at the whole film, in my opinion, I don't think it is very brilliant. Perhaps we are now confused by more and better computer stunts and intense and smooth stories. When I look at this 80s work today, I can’t help but look at it from the current perspective. I personally think that the plot of the story is fair, the plot is relatively compact, the action scenes are rough, the ideological connotation is shallow, and the characterization is lacking. , Humorous jokes are naive.
What makes me the most unbearable is that Jones is like a Xiaoqiang who can't be killed. In the first "Ark of the Ark", he escaped from the chasing of the indigenous people at the beginning. It was only a dozen meters away. How could the blowpipe and the bow and arrow not shoot? Now, are the indigenous people so amateurish? When Jones was trapped in the cellar where the ark was buried, he pushed hard and easily pushed away the big rocks that had to be lifted by several people and escaped. After robbing the German Nazi car and returning to the cabinet alone, those Nazis also seemed to intentionally give Jones a chance to perform. Instead of firing a shot, they let him perform acrobatics in the car. Very capable, the German soldiers came to die one by one, but let him come to a full house. In the second part of "Ark of the Realm", in the old coal mine, a large group of people holding guns all failed to face such a living person, and his whip always appeared in his hands like magic at critical moments. , Hook the boom and escape the danger. On the disconnected cable bridge, the believers also made false bullets, ha ha... This cult is "evil", and even the accuracy of marksmanship has become "evil". In the face of a big man like a thick wall, he always has the strength to make use of it. The beauty and the small man standing on the broken bridge seemed to be deliberately waiting for Jones to finish, and then kicked the sweat, and then suddenly realized Generally speaking, hurry up first. When Jones finished his performance, a group of justice-representing troops appeared. At this moment, they seemed to be sharpshooters, fighting one by one. In the third part of "Jihad Raiders", on the tanks, the Nazi officers again demonstrated the excellent quality of "fair play". Perhaps they also have "self-knowledge". Anyway, they can't shoot with a gun, so they don't need it at all. , Let’s have a hand-to-hand fight with you bare-handed, but it’s a pity that Joan finally got rid of them one by one. There are too many shots of this kind, a whole film of typical American personal heroism.
In these three films, there is another thing in common. It seems that Jones is threatened by opponents in each of them. In the first one, he is disguised as a Nazi soldier, but he is stupid when he can find another good opportunity. Holding a rocket launcher and trying to blow up the ark to save his girlfriend, but was counter threatened by others, where did Jones' usual wisdom go? Maybe it’s to show it specifically to women, "Look at me, to save you a person who singled out the entire army, be touched!" Fortunately for them, in the end the "God of Death" in the cabinet will All are gone, not even a little bit left. When I saw it, I just thought it was funny, there was nothing like bravery or love. In the second part, because the little man was threatened, he drank black blood and was used by others to almost burn the beautiful woman. Fortunately, the little man finally escaped and stabbed Jones with a torch to wake him up. Hit the Quartet. In the third part, he was threatened twice, once because he lost his diary because of his "fake" girlfriend, and once because he had to risk finding the Holy Grail because of his biological father. Seeing these similar scenes, I always feel awkward. Using this kind of bridge once is creative, and using it again for the second and third time seems mechanical.
By the way, the only sentence that is always repeated throughout the three films. When someone asks Jones what to do next, he always says "I've no idea, I'm thinking of something / I don't know, But I will slowly figure out a solution." These words sounded brave and fearless, and they also represent Jones' personal mark. However, these words sounded awkward and a little stupid, which completely contradicted his wisdom. Such a scene in the "Terminator" series "I'll be back! / I will come back" has the same similarity and the same skill. This may also be the personal mark of director Spielberg.
The above scenes may indeed highlight Jones' stamina and heroism, but based on a seriously inconsistent logic with the facts, it seems that this hero is a bit too lucky and a bit funny.
However, it seems a bit too much to say that. This is an excellent and veritable adventure film. What is fascinating is its intense and exciting adventure. The expression of the thoughts and the characterization of the characters are second. The level of action scenes and stunts are limited by the level of science and technology of that era, and they are indeed the same as the computer special effects of this era. At the level at that time, they should have been very prominent and very eye-catching. Moreover, the various chasing and fighting scenes in the film, such as chasing in abandoned coal mines, fighting on train tracks, competing on tanks, and chasing between trucks, cars, and motorcycles, always give people a lot of novelty. I feel that I can always see the shadows more or less in many later films. Due to the needs of the plot, we can't kill the protagonist halfway through, so his attack ability and resistance ability are necessary, just follow it and experience that kind of process, no need to pick faults.
In comparison, the third part is my favorite. But at the beginning of the story, there is still something like snakes, insects, mice, and ants. It's a bit off the appetite. I don't know if Spielberg took this bite, or is it to deliberately irritate the audience's eyeballs? The theme of the third part has returned to a similar look to the first part, religion and Nazis, and the final ending is always the philosophy that God’s things are untouchable, and people are not as good as heaven. However, the other main thread of this is the rescue of Jones' father, which shows the theme of father-son affection, which is a higher level than the purely adventurous process of the previous two films.
Thanks to the joining of Sean Connery, the first 007, the film’s dialogue is vivid. The light-hearted ridicule of Sean Connery and the seriousness of Harrison Ford can be described as constant sparks between the two. , The understanding of the subject is also deeper.
Of course, Americans still have their core values, and their understanding of God can be said to be true. Is human curiosity, as an instinct, really part of original sin? If curiosity is a desire, then it will always rise to an improper desire. How to deal with the contradiction between the two? This Jew didn't seem to give his precise ideas, but a general tendency, which has already bluffed us around. Maybe this is his cleverness. If it is something we can't imagine, then leave a god to reply. "We can't stand the rise of deification to the value of faith. After all, Truth and Fact are two completely different concepts."-Comments from netizens.
The beauty element in the film was originally thought to be a typical American-style final reunion, but I did not expect the director to take the Nazi temperament of the heroine to the dark, endlessly dying. Although it is a bit of a pity, but it also feels a bit novel. Having said that, I not only want to say that in American-style films such as "007", "Jurassic Park" (although a little bit different, but basically the same), most of the male protagonists are hardcore camps, as for the females Well, that's the soldier of the running water, and one heroine is changed in one movie. However, many movies nowadays are to inherit the continuity of love. "Die Hard", "Spider-Man", etc., are at best playing a little bit of trouble.
Generally speaking, these trilogy is a bit outdated from the current perspective, but if you want to adjust it occasionally, experience the excitement of the adventure, and see it.
Now "Indiana Jones 4" has been released. This is a work of the 21st century. I have not seen it yet. I am downloading it. I am a little looking forward to the performance of this new work.
Yi Gu/Text 06/27/2009
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