I am of the view that Temple of Doom's ending is ALOT cheesier than the Wedding at the end of KOTCS. You know, Willie attempting to run off, Indy dragging her back with the whip, Short Round squirting them with water etc.
This isn't about which film is better, but which ending makes you SQUIRM more?
I watched it a couple weeks ago and thought: d*mn! that IS cheesy.
Girl wants to leave, get's caught by the hero's whip, smiles at him and aaaaaahh, they kiss. Q a bunch of really happy kids around them. End of movie.
I think Marion made it at least funny by throwing the flowers aside. Oh, and there were no bunch of happy kids around them.
KOTCS by a huge, huge distance. "Quick, lets have Indy and Marion get married out of nowhere despite the fact that they only just met again after decades, there has been no buildup and nothing has been resolved. It'll make the fans happy."
KOTCS by a huge, huge distance. "Quick, lets have Indy and Marion get married out of nowhere despite the fact that they only just met again after decades, there has been no buildup and nothing has been resolved. It'll make the fans happy."
Precisely. I squirmed at that. What sort of resolution was that? Completely slap-dash.
KOTCS by a huge, huge distance. "Quick, lets have Indy and Marion get married out of nowhere despite the fact that they only just met again after decades, there has been no buildup and nothing has been resolved. It'll make the fans happy."
I can sort of see your point, but the only thing I would say is - how long after they left the Amazon was the Wedding? I mean, presumably Indy had to prove himself to the Feds, the Dean of the College appears to have been reinstated - so we must be looking a couple of months down the line surely?
Anyway just a thought - this thread is really supposed to be just a bit of fun so I don't want to turn it into KOTCS thread!
I can sort of see your point, but the only thing I would say is - how long after they left the Amazon was the Wedding? I mean, presumably Indy had to prove himself to the Feds, the Dean of the College appears to have been reinstated - so we must be looking a couple of months down the line surely?
Anyway just a thought - this thread is really supposed to be just a bit of fun so I don't want to turn it into KOTCS thread!
Yeah maybe but regardless, in terms of what the audience sees (which is what counts), it was rushed. Don't see why they just didn't have Marion leave with Indy without finalising it so solidly. Ambiguity is often better in these matters.
they just wanted to have a happy ending, what did you expect them to do?
They could have developed it better or had a different happy ending. Every ending to the Indy films is a happy one but none of them come out of nowhere.
They could have developed it better or had a different happy ending. Every ending to the Indy films is a happy one but none of them come out of nowhere.
you do have a point there, do you have any ideas on other endings?
you do have a point there, do you have any ideas on other endings?
Well I don't want to derail the topic, but I really think that just finishing beside the sunken Akator would have been enough with some more dialogue. Some implication that Indy and Marion were going to give a relationship a try and that Mutt was at least warming to the idea of Indy as his dad. This way it leaves it open for all the fans to decide in their own minds how things went. It also doesn't tie Indy down for further adventures either on film, in books, games etc.
i am beginning to agree with, you have a good point!
Thanks. The only trouble is I think it was good to show that Indy had not only been reinstated at the college but been "promoted" and you couldn't really do that by finishing at Akator. Unless Oxley made Indy an offer.
The ending for KOTSC felt rather limp to me the only good part about it was Mutt about to put on the Fedora and Indy and snatched it away like, "not today, kid!"
The ending for KOTSC felt rather limp to me the only good part about it was Mutt about to put on the Fedora and Indy and snatched it away like, "not today, kid!"
"Quick, lets have Indy and Marion get married out of nowhere despite the fact that they only just met again after decades, there has been no buildup and nothing has been resolved. It'll make the fans happy."
It was probably more like, "It'll be a perfect, 1950s-style ending."
Well I don't want to derail the topic, but I really think that just finishing beside the sunken Akator would have been enough with some more dialogue. Some implication that Indy and Marion were going to give a relationship a try and that Mutt was at least warming to the idea of Indy as his dad. This way it leaves it open for all the fans to decide in their own minds how things went. It also doesn't tie Indy down for further adventures either on film, in books, games etc.
Got to admit, I'd have liked that, a shot at the very end of them all getting back on their feet and trying to make sense of recent events, then indications of Marion/Indy giving it another shot, and a nice shot of the sunkern Akator landscape, as the camera panned out and the theme came on, would have been nice.
If Kingdom was intended to be the final film, then I can deal with the wedding.
If the Beards come back in a year or two with the "Full House" version of Indy/Mutt ("Mindy"?) V, then I reserve all rights to thus hate said ending at that time.
If Kingdom was intended to be the final film, then I can deal with the wedding.
If the Beards come back in a year or two with the "Full House" version of Indy/Mutt ("Mindy"?) V, then I reserve all rights to thus hate said ending at that time.
Hey leave Full House out of this.................. Come on Cut It Out
