The other night I watched Raiders of the Lost Ark with some friends and, aside from a few obviously holes in the plot, we noticed one other important aspect: Indiana Jones does jack shit in the end to actually kill the bad guys. All the Nazi's are killed by the arc while Indiana stands by with his eyes closed.
So today, to continue the series, I watched the Last Crusade (because we all know Temple of Doom is awful). Once again, I noticed that Indiana does nothing to save the day. All he does is retrieve the grail in order to save his father. It's that greedy little ho, Elisa, who crosses the seal with the grail in her hand and, consequently, brings down the entire temple. It's just pure luck that the three good guys manage to just escape with their lives while all the Nazi's are crushed and killed.
Like I said, we all know that Temple of Doom is awful but I looked up the plot on Wikipedia (I've only seen it once or twice). As far as I can tell, the main bad guy dies because he trips and falls off a cliff to be eaten by crocs while the rest of the bad guys are apprehended by the British Indian Army.
I don't know if I consider this revelation a good thing or a bad thing, but it certainly makes Indy a little less bad ass in my eyes. He just has a stupid amount of good luck. Seriously, he should have been killed by now.
Enjoy this one on your way out.. "He chose... poorly."
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