Ngowe-1957, ukuphakama kweMfazwe yeCold. Amajoni aseSoviet, aholwa ngu-Agent Spalco, athabathe uMarion Ravenwood, umthandi omdala wase-Indiana Jones, ebeka inzululwazi phambi kokuzikhethela: ukungasebenzi kukaMarion nokufa kwakhe, okanye ukuncedisa ubuhlakani beSoviet ngokufuna i-Crystal Skull eyingqungquthela ukuba atshintshe inkululeko yabesifazane.
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I-Pam-param-pam-pam-pam, p-param-pam-p-param-pam-pam. Ukucinga, uyabuya! Indodana engapheliyo yeengqungquthela, kwaye ngexesha elide alikho intsha engamashumi amathandathu anesithandathu ekulungele ukubeka intloko yakhe emantanjeni wengonyama, ukuba oko kuyisondeza kuye kwenye imvelaphi yezinto zakudala. Sithanda ukuthetha ukuba asiyikumangaliswa ngongqongqo, kodwa i-Indiana Jones ayizange ishiye ilitye phezu kwamatye ethu. Ndifuna ukumemeza, ngxumle kwiimpahla zentonga kwaye uhlambele ngokufudumele abantu abajikeleze ngumbombo we-pop: lo nguNjingalwazi uHenry Jr., bafazi kunye neentloko!
Enyanisweni, kwaze kwaba yilapho ukubukela, ukwesaba okuphelayo kwakuyi-atmosphere eyaziwayo "yase-Indiana", ngokusemfanekisweni okwangoku - ukugweba ngabaxhasi. Uyakwazi njani ukuqonda ngexesha elikhulileyo kunye nekrini elikhulu? Akunjalo ukuba uguqulele iGavrilov ukuya kwiminyaka elishumi elinesithathu ubudala.
Ukuvuya, zonke iintandabuzo zazingenanto. I-Kinoman okanye i-orgasm iphakanyiswe ixesha elide ngaphambi kokuqala kokuqala ko "Matshi wabaFundi", kwaye kungabi nakwiimpawu zokuqala, njengamaconsi amabini amanzi afana nokuvulwa "kweNkqubela yokugqibela" (ngokuphindaphindiweyo kunye ne-classic trilogy ngokuqhelekileyo ininzi, kwaye ayisoloko isenziwa ebunzini, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha kunye nobuqili obudala-bathi, kodwa khumbula, kutheni kunjalo, kwaye akunjalo na?), kodwa kungekudala iNtaba iParamount yajika ibe yinto ephilileyo emoyeni yento ethile ye-slylyachy. Apha, ngendlela, ufuna nje ukuba uSteven Spielberg afune ukubuza-njani, uthembisa ukuba enze ngaphandle kweekhomputer?
I-Spielberg, kufuneka kuphawulwe, ibe yinto eyingozi: xa i-"Lethal Weapon" efana neyabo abalinganiswa, kubandakanya ububi obungenakukugwema - umncedisi omncinci - kwi-quadricwell yayo, ayizange ibonakale ilula kwaye ihle kakhulu njengowokuqala kweRiggs ne-Merto. Akufuneki ukuthetha, ixesha elide ngaphambi kokuba u-premiere we-character disillusioned of Shai LaBeouf, ubonwa ngokungabi nakwii-bayonethi, kodwa ngexabiso elithile. Ewe, yintoni isihogo somhlobo we-Indiana Jones? Hayi, unokukhumbula i-Shorty Round evela kwiTempile yeDoom, kodwa wayengumhlekisi, kwaye u-Dog Williams (ogama linguShayu) wayebhekisele kumsebenzi we-Indian substitute.
Noko ke, ifilimu iyakwazi ukuphepha ukungahambi kakuhle. Akunjalo nje kuphela, inja yajika yaba yikopi yokuphalaza kaMarty McFly (viva 50's!), Inzondo yokwenza nayiphi na intlupheko, ngoko ke ngaloo mizuzu xa i-cliche okanye i-dramaturgic vulgarity ikhangeleka, imifanekiso iziphatha ngendlela engalindelekanga kwaye ikhupha ngokukhawuleza imeko. Ewe, luhlobo olunjengomxholo othi "Kissing off", ukuba uthanda.
Ukuba ucinga ukuba kunjalo, jonga ugqirha ngokukhawuleza. Ubani okulindele ukuba ubone kubachasene, ukuba isenzo senzeke ngexesha likaMcCarthyism? Ukufihla ePeru, izigwenxa zesiganeko okanye ukuwa kwamadoda aseluhlaza? Ngokugqithiseleyo kuwe, inkohlakalo ebomvu iyona mfanekiso oqokelelanayo njengamaSicilian Mafia. Ngaba awucingi ukuba lonke elaseItali lilahla uhlobo lolwaphulo-mthetho lwaseHollywood? Ngaba kunokwenzeka ukukhunjulwa kwiCate Blanchett enyanisekileyo (inyanisekileyo, i-villain engcono kakhulu yolu chungechunge), kunye nomlawuli oyakhawuleza othi "Hamba!" Ngaba i-Russian Igor Zhizhikin kwaye iphethe ingqungquthela engathandekiyo ngoCrada Stalin?
Ukuphulukiswa kangcono kuGeorge Lucas, owanikezela ibali lebali, ekugqibeleni ekulahlekelwa ngabaphambili abathathu. Hayi, hayi, akubi kwaye ngaphezu kokumangalisa, kunzima ukuphuma kumxholo jikelele kwaye kubonakala kukudlala kakhulu. Kubonakala ukuba, ngenxa yakhe kwaye ingxelo evela eCannes, ebiza ifilimu "ayiyiyo imfuneko yokuqhubeka." Kodwa yintoni isono esiyinyaniso, nangona siphelo esinjalo, "i-Indiana Jones" inika iingxaki kwiimidlalo ezininzi zanamhlanje, kwaye uvuyo lokubona iqhawe elithandayo kwisikrini lifaniswa kuphela nokuxhamla kwe-rumble evela kwiikholomu zomculo:
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