Debbie Schlussel: What's Missing From the New Indiana Jones Movie
In addition to what I said in my review, the new Indiana Jones movie, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (try saying that five times fast) is missing the magical scenes from the first edition, "Raiders of the Lost Ark." Like reader MarySJ and, I'm sure, many others, my favorite scene (actually, my favorite movie scene ever) is when the Nazis open the Ark and their faces melt because they looked at the image of G-d emanating from it. (This is a Jewish belief, and we even look away when the high priests deliver a special prayer, so as not to see the presence of G-d.)
As a reminder, here's the scene (shorter version--first, followed by the entire scene, which you really need to see):
Bonus scene: Here's the Nazi uber-aging scene from "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" . . .
Nothing even close to these scenes in the "Crystal Skull." Sorry.
Posted by Debbie on May 22, 2008 09:35 AM to Debbie Schlussel