First mask-free movie since "King Kong" last March 15. Seems like a lifetime ago.
Watching "Raiders" this time it occurred to me the reason they were able to translate it so directly into the Indiana Jones stunt show at the old MGM Studios at Disney World is that a lot of its action is basically choreographed pantomime. Just like the serials it was based on.
It's a very early '80s John Williams score. Some moments there are flutes like "The Empire Strikes Back" and then a few moments later it gets very brass heavy like "Return of the Jedi."
This might be blasphemy, but the movie wouldn't be hurt if it were ten minutes shorter. The back and forth with the Ark in the second half drags on a bit. At least I thought so this time.
For some reason, I had it in my head that Indy teaches at Princeton. But that can't be since Princeton wasn't coed in 1936. And obviously Indy has female students.
I'm pretty sure the last time I saw "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in a theater was in 1981. Maybe 1982 at the latest, if it was still playing. "Star Wars" certainly was.
"Raiders" is up there in terms of movies I've seen the most. I've seen it a lot. But this was the first time I'd watched the whole thing in a few years. Anytime they want to put "Temple of Doom" or "Last Crusade" back in theaters, I'll go see those again, too.
I presume this one-week run was for its 40th anniversary. If so, it hasn't gotten much notice. Not like "The Empire Strikes Back" did last year. Unlike that one, I don't have a "Raiders" piece in me. Much as I love it, it's not my thing. That honor has to belong to someone else.
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"Her political missteps overshadowed the policy progress on her trip."
If CNN is saying this, you know it's pretty much conventional wisdom in DC that Harris' trip was a disaster. They'd never say something this negative on their own. cnn.com/2021/06/09/pol…
"Her shaky handling of the politics around the immigration issue drew new questions about her political dexterity both as vice president and as a future aspirant for the White House, because the trip this week was her first test at the highest levels of statecraft."
Ouch
"The right-wing media is trying to portray Harris as hopelessly inept when it comes to matters at the border -- and she gave them an opening by appearing to try to distance herself from the problems there."
"The strength of his objections to ending the filibuster or supporting S.1, Democrats' marquee election reform bill, have some in the party convinced more than ever he's not freelancing."
This is a farrago of warmed-over Beltway conventional wisdom which will be lapped up by those whose taste buds have become so desensitized they will mistake it for sharp political analysis. nationaljournal.com/s/713967/trump…
Here's the kind of answer the AP rubric tells graders to give a "1" to because it just repeats whatever was in the textbook without showing any understanding or assimilation of the material. Just the laziest, most banal gloss imaginable. nationaljournal.com/s/713967/trump…
Kylo Jen has been writing this same "call Manchin's bluff" column for the last month. She's like Lucy to Manchin's Schroeder. He keeps telling her to drop dead, she looks at him for five seconds, then goes right back to planning their wedding. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…