Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Teaser Trailer
I feel like I am ten years old again. The Indiana Jones teaser trailer has been released and I can’t help but experience a certain level of excitement about having another Indiana Jones adventure coming to theatres. I have two memories that feature Indiana Jones. The first was my 9th (or it may have been my 10th) birthday party. This party stands out in my memory because it was possibly the best birthday party I have ever had.
My parents hosted a huge sleep over party. We made personal pizzas, goofed off, played games, and rented Raiders of the Lost Ark. The reason this made a point in my life was that a couple of my friends had to go home because their parents felt that Raiders was too violent for their children. At the time, I didn’t really notice. I am sure I thanked them for coming but I was more excited about watching the film. When you are nine years old, social grace tends to develop later. At some point, we watched the movie with popcorn my father made using his sophisticated “smash the oil and salt into the popcorn kernels while bashing the pot on the stove elements” method. I always thought this was hilarious to watch because I waited for years to see what would happen to a stove top element that broke. I think it eventually did but I missed it.
Of course, we stayed up well into the night. Nine o’clock, maybe. Who knows. All I remember is being scared of the back door (one of those sliding glass deals). It was pitch black outside. I don’t remember much of the following day (sugar rush, I am sure, caused that) but I always think back to that day and night because it meant a lot. Thus, Indiana Jones has been burned into my memory as the movie series that represents a good part of my childhood.
The other memory I have is my first time seeing Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. It was the one and only time I ever went to a movie with my grandmother. She was the nicest person and I tried to explain to her what the movie was about as she felt it was “violent”. I treasure that day as we lost my grandmother to Alzheimer's disease not long after 1989. I think of her each time I watch that film.
Who is going with me…
As a quick side note, it occurred to me that Indiana Jones may have been one of the first films we rented but I know for a fact the first movie we ever rented was Darby O’Gill and the Little People with Sean Connery. I remember liking it. But, come on, anything with Sean Connery tends to be good.
