Z dweller said:Ok, so that's your view on KOTCS.
But how about Indy 5?
Do you believe that a 60+ Indy, played by Ford in his mid 70s, would still be credible in action scenes in general, and fights in particular?
If Indy5 contains scenes where a 70 year old Indy is holding his own in a fistfight with a guy half his age, that's bad screenwriting.
The writing should reflect the character's age. In the case of Indy4, they addressed this more with jokes because Ford turned out to physically still be up for everything they threw at him. The results were less than impressive not because of age, but because the action was poorly designed, with little sense of stakes or momentum. If that happens again I expect the action to suck, and if they improve that I expect it won't.
You don't need Indy in one-to-one fistfights to have good action scenes. In fact, most of the action across all the movies involve things other than fisticuffs. The most memorable sequences are rooted more in Indy's luck, wits and audacious gambits. A 70 year old Indy could still cut the rope bridge or browbeat Willie into pulling the lever or shoot the swordsman. He's often forced to come up with an alternative to throwing punches.
Indy's extreme physical fallibility has been fundamental even when he was in his prime. Old Indy is an opportunity, not a limitation. They can lean on the in-over-his-head element more than ever before, in ways that could potentially be very fun. I hope the people involved seize those opportunities.
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