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<blockquote data-quote="Jasperak" data-source="post: 9221966" data-attributes="member: 2487"><p>Yep, that's what I couldn't put my finger on. The tension level in DoD just doesn't ratchet up like previous movies. It has a more natural feel like real life, but neglects its pulp roots.</p><p></p><p>Raiders has a constant increase of narrative tension of, 'How is he gonna get out of this next problem,' only to be broken temporarily by the 'comic relief'. Take for example one of the best scenes in Raiders where Indy and Belloq are talking as rivals/peers in the cafe after Marion is apparently killed. Words are exchanged to the point that all of the cafe patrons draw their weapons on Indy, and he is 'rescued' by Sallah's children. Belloq's final words are threatening, but the scene ends on a humorous note. It's that ratcheting effect that I didn't catch on the first view through DoD.</p><p></p><p>Raiders succeeded because it took itself seriously and the rising tension was real to the characters. And ratcheting of tension in Last Crusade? Nope, that movie looks like parts of it were constructed by Douglas Adams. Even though the sequence in the library in Venice and afterward is mostly tight, the idiotic choice to have the librarian think his stamper is causing the noise of marble shattering is stupid beyond belief. The only thing Last Crusade took seriously was its absurdism, so to me it was like riding the kiddy coaster. Remember such gems as (and I paraphrase from memory) Marcus says to Connery in the tank, 'Don't you see Henry, the pen is mightier than the sword,' after squirting ink into the Nazi's eyes. This is 2/3 of the way through the movie, not the time to make ridiculous jokes when you are still stuck inside a Nazi tank.</p><p></p><p>I didn't catch anything like this in DoD that far into the movie.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jasperak, post: 9221966, member: 2487"] Yep, that's what I couldn't put my finger on. The tension level in DoD just doesn't ratchet up like previous movies. It has a more natural feel like real life, but neglects its pulp roots. Raiders has a constant increase of narrative tension of, 'How is he gonna get out of this next problem,' only to be broken temporarily by the 'comic relief'. Take for example one of the best scenes in Raiders where Indy and Belloq are talking as rivals/peers in the cafe after Marion is apparently killed. Words are exchanged to the point that all of the cafe patrons draw their weapons on Indy, and he is 'rescued' by Sallah's children. Belloq's final words are threatening, but the scene ends on a humorous note. It's that ratcheting effect that I didn't catch on the first view through DoD. Raiders succeeded because it took itself seriously and the rising tension was real to the characters. And ratcheting of tension in Last Crusade? Nope, that movie looks like parts of it were constructed by Douglas Adams. Even though the sequence in the library in Venice and afterward is mostly tight, the idiotic choice to have the librarian think his stamper is causing the noise of marble shattering is stupid beyond belief. The only thing Last Crusade took seriously was its absurdism, so to me it was like riding the kiddy coaster. Remember such gems as (and I paraphrase from memory) Marcus says to Connery in the tank, 'Don't you see Henry, the pen is mightier than the sword,' after squirting ink into the Nazi's eyes. This is 2/3 of the way through the movie, not the time to make ridiculous jokes when you are still stuck inside a Nazi tank. I didn't catch anything like this in DoD that far into the movie. [/QUOTE]
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