Unpopular Opinion: Intro scenes in Last Crusade were forced
I am introducing my son to the Indiana Jones movies and realized that I don’t like the majority of scenes with “young” Indy. First, his character wants the cross of Coronado in a museum. This is noble, but I liked seeing Indy evolve from opportunist in Doom to more selfless in Raiders. Next, having a single event explain his fedora hat, fear of snakes, and use of a bullwhip seems totally forced. The scenes with his father were good but the rest were a bit much. I guess if they envisioned this being the final movie it could have explained why they put all these character development pieces into the scenes.