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Everyone tries to do the same thing

posted 2 years ago by avortac4 (3754)
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These movies are so weird, plotwise, as everyone tries to do the same thing in them. The nazís, Indy and Brody were both after the same thing, essentially. Well, Indy wanted to save his father, but the father and Brody were after the grail, so in the end, Indy was also after the grail.

Why struggle so hard when everyone is going for the same thing anyway? Why not do what the 'bad guy' of the first movie did; wait for the other party to get the treasure, then figure out a way to get the treasure from that party. That way, you don't have to struggle, they can do the struggling.

I suppose it's a 'race to the goal' in a way, but everyone always ends up together at the end anyway, so what's the point..

[–] Karl Aksel (1490) 2 years ago

The only one with the expertise to find the Grail was Henry Sr. He was unwittingly working for the nazis, and when he found out he sent the diary to Indy and tried to stall. That's when the nazis imprisoned Henry, until he could tell them where the diary was and/or lead them to the Grail.

Indy, as a precaution in case he got captured, gave the map in the diary to Brody. Indy gets caught trying to spring his father free and loses the diary. Which doesn't matter because Brody has the map. Then he escapes with his father, but now they need to find Brody before the Germans do because Brody has the map. Henry insists on going via Berlin to get his diary back, because "there is more in the diary than just the map".

So meanwhile, the nazis capture Brody. But more importantly they have the map. So the Jones' need to catch up with them, because now the nazis can find the Grail.

In short, the nazis couldn't simply wait till someone found the Grail, because the only person who knew how to find it was Henry - and he wasn't co-operating once he found out the nazis were after it.