It's weird, Indiana Jones is like this uber nostalgia beast. And you're right, they are on equal footing, absolute masterpieces, but for some reason I never got the urge to rewatch T2 as much as I do Indy.
Raiders is a perfect movie too.
Indy has the simple pulp hero power fantasy appeal, the cool clever rogue going on exotic adventures punching bad guys in the face. Same kind of appeal as James Bond
That could be it lol. It's general aesthetic is just colder, too. Which comes with the material, of course. Doesn't help though.
I was actually just listening to both. I love how foreboding both themes are.
The 4K restoration they did for the rerelease last year was amazing. And they did do CGI touch ups (eg: replacing the stunt dude with Arnold for the motorbike jump in the canal chase).
I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about how T2 provides blatant exposition for things that are obvious through the visuals, through Sarah's voiceovers. Most egregiously for when we see the Terminator and John building a relationship and then we get her voice-over telling us what the imagery is already telling us. Miles' haunted look as they explain the future....here's Sarah explaining how he feels, even though we see how he's grasping things in literally the next scene. It's like the film doesn't trust the audience to grasp what it's already showing usMad Max had a far more simplistic story and therefore it did not require too much exposition. Not every film needs to work as silent cinema in order to be considered good story telling. T2 explains only whatever needs to be explained.
All that character development in Mad Max but nothing hits hard like this.
All that character development in Mad Max but nothing in that movie comes close or hits hard emotionally like this.
Everyone saw T2 but I just don't see or experience as many references to it IRL or on tv and in popular culture.
Yes. T1 is the superior film. It's leaner, meaner, and less cornball. T2 is still a great sequel though.
Jaws and Radiers benefit from better scripts and actors too, and while T2 is one of my favourite action films it has a saggy as middle section (made worse with directors cut) and this it's narratively weaker in its co structure than Jaws or Raiders both of which are dam near perfect.
Love T2. This was my very first DVD purchase circa 2000, the ultimate catalog title. Watched it on my fancy DVD drive on my PC before getting my DVD player proper for my TV.
You misunderstood my post.
