Oh! Also, why can't Indy shut the hell up? The Commies didn't even have to threaten him half the time! It was all "I'll never help you, you're scum, I'm a true blue American..." "Well, there's this puzzle, see..." "Ooh! Lemme see! Oh, wow, see the answer is..."

When Shia LeBoeuf (sp?) came up to Indy and Bad Commie Lady at the map table in the jungle camp I was cheering for him to smack the shit out of Indy and yell "Dude, the fuck? Stop helping them!" I was actually disappointed when it was a simple escape attempt.

Also, when did Indy become such a fucking pedantic ass? He's *sinking* into the ground and has to stop and correct Mutt's use of the term "quicksand"? Seriously? I can only reason that they were going for a "Indy is turning into his dad" thing, but it didn't quite play.

So.

When Shia LeBoeuf (sp?) [whitefont]

See, I noticed that too, and I found it funny to remember that, even though he's always doing these things for the bad guys, it always seems that he ends up getting sucked into figuring out the puzzle, even though he's doing it for the wrong guys. Like finding the temple at the end of Holy Grail. That's always been a character note that I liked about Indy, that the puzzle so often wins out, at least in the very-short-term.

Okay, but at the end of Holy Grail they had his Dad hostage and dying. It was "find the Grail or Senior here buys it." In Crystal Skull it was more of a "Indy's got a weird compulsion, he just can't help himself." In Raiders he just gets caught solving the puzzle and...I don't remember Temple of Doom all that much but it doesn't seem like there was a puzzle, it was just "go get the magic rocks and try not to be brainwashed or excoriated."

I'm not saying it's a good character note. We are talking about a George Lucas joint, here.

THere was no puzzle in Temple. He just had to remember his humanity after slapping the crap out of Short Round.

There was no puzzle in Temple.

The only puzzle was trying to figure out why they made the movie in the first place.

He just had to remember his humanity after slapping the crap out of Short Round.

It's a shame he couldn't have waited until AFTER the annoying little Ewok was dead.

The only puzzle was trying to figure out why they made the movie in the first place.

The opening lazy susan confrontation, the mine-shaft chase and the gross-out moments. Other than that, you got me.

I have a deep love for Temple. It was my first Indy movie AND my first rated R movie I saw in the theater. I adore it and all of its silliness.

And yet, Skull still irritated the shit out of me.

I am an odd creature.

It was my first Indy movie AND my first rated R movie I saw in the theater.

OK, who wants to tell her the bad news.