Indiana Jones - Let It Go Scene

[@DaDitka]

1:49 The scene with the knight is just... I can't describe how it makes me feel. So sad and yet so triumphant. The knight did his job for 700 years, and now he is forever trapped and forgotten. But he did his duty. May all of us have the courage to do the same.

[@franklesher4459]

For me when Elsa crossed the seal with the Grail, the curse of eternal life got broken not only for Indy and his father, but also for the knight itself. In other words, he is finally free from immortality and he can die in peace, not before wishing our main characters a honorable farewell.

[@DaDitka]

@@franklesher4459 If that is how it goes, and what you say is very reasonable, then it turns out to be a fine end for the honorable knight. I hadn't thought about that.

[@johntaylor6345]

John Williams score for Last Crusade is excellent. The music he uses for the grail is spine tingling. The grail healing Indys father the Knight, the picture of the crucifixion etc all use that same score.

[@DaDitka]

@@johntaylor6345 You aren't kidding. And the use of it at that moment when the knight is seen for the last time was truly a touch of genius. I really think so. It captured the mood of the knight's last moments as he realized his task is complete.

[@abelkeinz7028]

To do same? You mean to be locked in middle of nowhere for 700 years in one room?

[@knightime25]

The son learns from the father. Incredible scene! ❤❤❤

[@RedStarRogue]

I mean, even though they didn't leave with the grail, Indy's dad got to be healed by it, touch it and also got to see the knight before they left, so that 40 years of research wasn't a complete loss?

[@nikolaspapanagnou2723]

🎶Let it go, let it go Can't hold it back anymore🎶

[@carlos.quadros]

The movie is so amazing... but this scene, the moment when his dad calls him "Indiana" for the first time, ans tells him to "let it go" is my favorite movie scene ever. And everything that follows is brilliant. I watched this more than 30 times in the 90's as a kid, and I still watch this again from time to time.

[@timesnewlogan2032]

"Young Indiana Jones" makes the bit about the dog a lot sweeter: they were the same age, being introduced when they were both a few weeks old.

[@sitisarah826]

1:29 INDIANA..

[@danielhayden6214]

1:37 In other words, you’re more important than some old chalice, Indy.

[@JSSTyger]

*Knight:* Seriously? I have to do this another 700 years?

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

2:03 look how he puts his hand up

[@ShockedPool]

The fact that its Let it go and Elsa 😂

[@Vixen743]

I would’ve said love and a strength of belief in God you can’t bring stuff to heaven it just doesn’t work that way it has to be from your heart

[@emiljawad5777]

That goes both ways

[@marionesaphire7445]

now indi see n feel.He is more important.tol his Dad than the grail... likev

[@IceSlushi]

I know it has a greater emotional meaning to it but, if Indie archived the history of the grail, what is stopping another modern expedition from going back and digging everything out?

[@trajan231]

I'd say that Indiana either destroyed the diary or guarded it closely.

[@MrWhiterunGuard]

So I went to this thing in Egypt, and there is noting once you get bast the doorway. Just solid rock, I was expecting to find at least a room in there.

[@user-zr6pl6nb6z]

It's not in Egypt. It's in Jordan.

[@marionesaphire7445]

like.i see.Matt gat his fathers eyes.. Henry jhohes Jr..

[@drunkweebmarine9492]

His name means land of Indians

[@dannyrichards6233]

Lol

[@jaymac1737]

1:58 look how well layered this film has. Final shot is the holy trinity: father, son and holy ghost. Genius

[@12classics39]

I love the moment where Indy and Henry lock eyes with the knight. No words, just awe and mutual respect.

[@Hamstray]

they could have at least waved back.

[@konradciembka2059]

Elsa couldn't let it go😔

[@chrismassey6991]

Don't Be So ******* Stupid You ******

[@DaDitka]

She chose... Poorly.

[@alivelizade621]

Я пошутил

[@SuperHaoken]

OMG 😂 😂 excellent

[@bullhorn2208]

she couldnt let go of that desire of fame and fortune. that was her demise. just as jesus taught

[@ThePlaton20]

The interaction between Indiana and Sallah about his name is great. In Egypt, being associated or named after a dog would be a curse or at least a severe embarassment, so it makes sense that Sallah would be so taken aback by it.

[@Christrulesall2]

"Indiana" When your parent calls you by your full name instead of your nickname, its time to pay attention. He was talking to him not at him. Powerful scene.

[@it_s_me555]

💯💯💯

[@shamrockballs1066]

But Indiana is not his name

[@Christrulesall2]

@@shamrockballs1066 I know its Henry but in retrospect when he knows his father always normally calls him Jr and not Indiana, its close enough to realize that his dad means business. He realized that by looking up at him. So did the audience.

[@it_s_me555]

@@shamrockballs1066 omg, it's Nickname, just like wrote in post above

[@shamrockballs1066]

@@Christrulesall2 I think it was more that his Dad respected his position to get through to him. I don't class that as the same as a parent saying someone's full name to get their attention. It was symbolic that Henry Snr made a connection with Indy in that moment and that's what made him snap out of what ever hold the grail had on Indy at that point of the film. It established that Henry Snr accepted his son for who he was for the first time. The next scene he's back to calling him Jnr.

[@JWBabaYaga]

The quest for the Holy Grail was actually a facade for the reconciliation between Indy and Henry. It’s magnificently done!

[@christophzeit6282]

Yes, that´s what we used to call a "movie" in the olden days

[@LordZaamus]

The great thing about the knight's scene is that his gesture is the Roman hail. Basically, the same of the Nazis, but the meaning is completely different. The contrast between the honor of the knight and the fanatism of the nazis is the essence of that scene and makes it even greater. And John Williams put his mark on that too.

[@spinobusted]

What a wonderfully insightful comment. Thank you.

[@eddiemoran8044]

This is a myth largely circulated by pop culture ( including this movie, HBO’s Rome) the origin of the salut is from the painting “oath to the Horatti” and has since then been associated with Rome. However there is no actual evidence of the Roman’s ever using this gesture

[@LordZaamus]

@@eddiemoran8044 I didn't know this and thank you for letting us know :). Still, this knowledge does not change the meaning of this scene: same gesture, different attitude and, therefore, different meaning. The contrast is still there and is powerful.

[@biketrailing4277]

It's completely the same. The ideology and romanticism of the NSDAP was heavily rooted in the honor and traditions of the Teutonic Order.

[@benjiunofficial]

@@eddiemoran8044 Perhaps Romans didn't commonly use that particular salute, but the intention is clear. Spielberg wanted us to contrast a Roman Salute against against a Nazi Salute, especially after Elsa Schnieder met her end.

[@kryptonianpowers]

"Elsa never really believed in the Grail. She thought she'd found a prize."

[@ZuluRomeo]

In the end, there can be only one 😜

[@netherfreakultima4498]

"What did you find, dad?"

[@PianoandKeysStudio]

"Me?... Illumination. And what did you find, Junior?"

[@netherfreakultima4498]

@@PianoandKeysStudio "Junior? Dad..."

[@PianoandKeysStudio]

@@netherfreakultima4498 "Please, what does it always mean, this this... junior?"

[@andreimcallister1365]

I wonder if someone looked at this scene and made a song of Elsa letting go and turned into a Disney song in a movie.

[@EmpireFanatic]

Nice one XD

[@TF2Fan101]

I doubt it, but it’s fun to make jokes about.

[@johntaylor6345]

Last Crusade is one of my favourite Indy movies. Just loved it first time I saw it Sean Connery and Harrison Ford are great together.

[@PoetTornado2022]

James Bond and Han Solo, once and forever!

[@dilatedbeholder3865]

When his dad finally called him "Indiana..." I choked

[@stevenkimdmd]

The original Elsa and the original let it go.

[@jaykinya9360]

😂👏

[@edwinreid8355]

The Nazi's never bothered her anyway.

[@davidmacfarlane4761]

this comment is underrated!!

[@jameswent48]

Nazis*

[@SapphireCrusader1988]

1:37 "But Dad, it's the Grail." "And you're my son."

[@fonzieskatesurf]

I cried as a kid thinking thats the last man from Bible times still alive

[@kevinninja787]

Well he lived about a thousand after Bible times since he was a crusader

[@bullhorn2208]

Profound. Let go of the worldly things Indy. The grail is a worldly object that will bring its seekers fame and fortune.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Elsa was evil but by far the sexiest of the 3 Indy gals.

[@Surfer041]

Not so much evil. Easily manipulated by the Nazis. She's Austrian by birth.

[@freddiegibbs101]

One of the great scenes in cinema history and so rewatchable. It's such a unique scenario to see the protagonist try to prevent an antagonist from doing something for the antagonist's own self interest, then the protagonist in the exact same situation that they were just trying to prevent. I can't think of another movie that's done this even with time between the two similar situations, let alone one right after the other. Rare to see a moral dilemma align with the plot so well, where the actions of the characters have so much more to say than just the storyline. Elsa is an interesting antagonist where despite her obvious evil and traitorous deeds, there's degrees of evil vs Donovan/the Nazis, and Indiana still feels some human connection to her enough to try to save her from own boundless greed, in a "no one deserves to die like this" kind of way. He saves her from Donovan, immediately dives after her with no regard for himself, calls her "honey" as he desperately pleads with her not to go after the Grail, even his genuinely shocked scream when she drops. Interesting dynamic that shows Indy's true character, great acting from Harrison Ford.

[@moddedinkling4168]

I don't have a perfect example, but The Bad Batch did a callback to this in the Season 2 premiere, minus an antagonist dying to greed first. Of all the things Dave Filoni learned from George Lucas, this was one of the best things.

[@freddiegibbs101]

@@moddedinkling4168 interesting, thanks for sharing

[@nerthus4685]

Also the reconciliation of Indy with his father. His father neglected him to quest for the grail only to reject the grail in favor is his son in the final moment. Also respectfully calling him Indiana, something he had denied every time before. "I love you and respect you, and find you far more valuable than the grail".

[@AnthonyOldhandGarcia]

First Elsa not wanting to let go of the Holy grail resulting the fall of her death, then Gollum in LOTR 2, who he too fell to his death for his precious ring. Be intresting if actor Christopher Lambert (McCloud), were to play the role as the old knight, waving his goodbyes to (Ramirez), Henry Jones Sr. (Connery), as a nod to Highlander. That would be cool.

[@gregofcanada4494]

Last Crusade is the best of the series.

[@Jonathan-om1wq]

Should've stayed the last of the series.

[@UmbrellaWatch]

THE REAL END TO A TRILOGY!!! LOVE IT

[@Cinemax-or7xy]

I can't help but imagine what the end of Dial of Destiny would have been like if Short Round had been there instead of Helena with that music playing in the background. Short-Round : Indy ! The window is closing ! We can't get stuck here ! Indy: *broken, speaks in Greek to Archimedes* Short Round (to Archimedes) : No ! No ! Don't say yes ! *Short Round desperately tries to negotiate with Archimedes in the same language while Indy tries to call him.* Indy : Shorty... Short Round : He has to go home ! It's your time, not his ! Indy : Short Round. *he places his hand on his shoulder and looks at him with a solemn and sad look.* Let me go. *Short Round looks at his friend for a short moment before throwing himself into his arms, bursting into tears. Indy hugs him back for a moment before pulling away.* Indy : Get on the plane now. I'll be all right. *Short Round turns his head towards Archimedes who nods in approval. Short Round then walks towards the plane and prepares to enter, then takes one last look at Indy who raises his hand in the same way the Grail Knight had saluted him years before. Short Round finally boards the plane and passes back through the time rift.* *Ellipse. Back in 1969, Short Round visits a museum where many of the relics and artifacts found by Indy during his adventures are stored. He then notices a familiar silhouette on an old fresco that he immediately recognizes. Indiana Jones is now anchored in legend and now belongs where he always belongs : in a museum.*

[@crusher5599]

This would’ve been better than what we got

[@Al-ok1lj]

This should’ve been the last movie. Now there’s another on the way. Good grief. And I haven’t forgotten about the crystal skull one either.

[@WisamSafi1978]

I did forget. Thanks for reminding me :)

[@elmergonzales5232]

The knight is now at peace

[@Hamstray]

he has a lot of cleaning up to do

[@elmergonzales5232]

Nothing everything was gone

[@johntaylor6345]

I think indy would have given the cup back to the Knight if Elsa hadn't of got greedy. Henry knew best. He was not meant to have the grail either. He got illumination instead.

[@CarlAdams-m7k]

1:54 1980s wave goodbye.

[@shelleywantiez7964]

Harrison Ford and Sean Connery were paired perfectly. Fantastic movie

[@myerr21]

man, that would be the most nostalgia creating moment in history. "Hey Dad, remember that time I drank from the holy grail, met a crusader that was 700 years old, defeated the nazis, then fled a collapsing temple? That was pretty coool."

[@joshdietrich5080]

Do you know what I miss? That movie magic where everything you see is actually happening! This was one of the best movie going experiences of my life, and as excited as I am for Dial of Destiny, I acknowledge that it’s only because I hold out for that sliver of hope that a piece of that magic can be recreated.

[@PresidentJamesDean]

After seeing Hollywood's track record, I wouldn't be so optimistic.

[@Leprechaunproduction]

I'm sorry to say that it wasn't.

[@oswaldfarkleton3839]

I guess “let it go” didn’t apply to Elsa in this one.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

We have got it come on Elsa Elsa don’t move It’s ours Indy yours and mine Elsa don’t cross the seal a knight warned us about taking a grail from here

[@Hamstray]

i thought that was just a fairy tale. unlike, people aging rapidly and people getting healed from deadly wounds.

[@Rheubie]

For all that he gets mocked for calling himself Indiana, when Henry Jones Sr. wants his attention, he calls him Indiana. Not Junior, not Henry. Indiana.

[@Cara_de_Cavalo]

Thank god there was no sequel after this movie.

[@joshuarosen1862]

If there is a holy grail, maybe it's better if it stays lost. This movie shows the capabilities it would cause

[@OsamaBinLooney]

i've always wondered what would happen if you tried to leave with the Grail but you WEREN'T a complete klutz? would you be able to escape or would there just be earthquakes wherever you went that tried to swallow up the grail and if that's the case what if you put it on a plane? would the earthquakes follow the plane on the ground

[@ironboy3245]

it wouldn't matter. The price of eternal life would make the grail useless once you passed the seal, just an old wooden cup. Admittedly it would be a wooden cup that historians would probably literally kill to have, but a cup nonetheless.

[@armorpro573]

@@ironboy3245 I doubt that last bit because most historians would dismiss the whole biblical backstory. However if the cup was dated to be extremely old, then it could have some value

[@WadeWilson-]

Her name is Elsa and the line is "LET IT GO". Disney you devil you.

[@Nicks_Pix]

No one has ever sold a line more than John Rhys-Davies in this scene. Makes me laugh every time.

[@cameronjacobs2719]

Weird how both this movie and Frozen both features female characters named Elsa and the line "Let it go."

[@villgefortzzzz]

0:37 - what a great catch XD

[@hothotheat3000]

The dooooooooooog?!

[@azurerainbow4637]

Though Henry Jones, Sr. got to see the Knight, it's a shame that they never got to talk.

[@ktoppert99]

You have to like a materialism that’s even the cup of Christ but the memories will live on with Jesus took the last sip

[@dd_zzero6827]

I have always been sad about this scene. Not only because they lost the grail needlessly, but the Knight as well. So many what ifs went through my head over the years because of this scene.

[@azurerainbow4637]

Even if the Holy Grail did get taken out of the cave past the Great seal, it wouldn't work past it because that was the boundary the Knight said. Also, even if Indiana Jones had found Elsa's family, how could he tell them that she was working for the Nazis and that she fell to her death during an earthquake after she tried to retrieve the Holy Grail and that Indy lost his grip on her?

[@edwinreid8355]

At least Elsa realized moments before they found the grail how greedy & corrupt Donovan really was when he shoots Henry Jones in order to force Indie to go retrieve it for him & how she went along with him by betraying the Jones Boys. And then when they find the Knight's Tomb, she must've known that the God Shiny Cup wasn't the Grail Cup as she smiles & hands it to Donovan. And so she redeemed herself.

[@azurerainbow4637]

@@edwinreid8355 Though Elsa redeemed herself, she should've listened to Indy not to cross the great seal because the Knight warned them not to take it with them beyond the great seal. Indy knew that would be dangerous and Elsa didn't think of how her family would feel if they heard that she was killed in an earthquake, assuming that she had relatives when she met Indy's father and then Indy.

[@PoetTornado2022]

The fact that Indiana reacted so well to his own father, who insisted on calling him "Junior" for almost the entirety of the film, FINALLY calling him the name he chose for himself was so beautiful

[@alasdairmacleod7769]

It was more powerful, for his dad to realise his son's life was more important than the grail

[@katkit4281]

The perfect end to the trilogy. Thank God they didn't make any more Indiana movies after this.

[@NathanDrake_2023]

It is not "Let it Go.." it is "Le Tit Go". SNL reference.

[@theflanman1986]

Elsa was gorgeous….but a little dim witted.

[@KhalilKhan-jj4yx]

Elsa came back in a Disney Movie . . To ETERNAL LIFE !

[@captainz-man7708]

Trust a woman to destroy the poor knights house. Typical.

[@최민석-j6e]

인디아나? 인디아나? 잊어 버리자.

[@johnerb8512]

One of the greatest movies of my childhood. They don't make them like that anymore.

[@crazyralph6386]

Masterclass writing, acting and music score.

[@testtest-xg4fk]

The knight is like: Bruh, you had one job

[@WisamSafi1978]

I can get it, it’s mine, my precious

[@Evan-on6ec]

Did this inspire the Frozen song “Let it go” with Elsa?

[@NickyHelp]

Henry Sr gets to experience and observe what he worked one. He gets to be healed and experience the power of the Holy Grail, and before he leaves, he gets to see the last of the three knights.

[@eox7036]

at least Kathy can't go back in time and ruin this one

[@seculartemplar5407]

I guess the Grail would look good in a museum as it’s powers are useless outside this building

[@rekunta]

What good is eternal youth if ya gotta spend it in a rotten, god forsaken cave? Jeeez.

[@Mockingjay1764]

Ya, I mean the grail was protected by the cave and seal. The knight basically wasted his whole life for nothing.

[@Kiddo_X]

Can't argue it.

[@agentcooper4627]

Fun fact: It did have an Arby's. So there's that.

[@Channelbermeja010]

I've come to know what the secret is.

[@DeesoSaeed]

aaaand they never could set up an excavation to recover it because apparently archeologists give up when the biggest prize us under a few metres of rubble :D

[@hanksherman8078]

Elsa is Perfect

[@hassantv100]

Doc Hudson: In the end, it's just another empty cup. Jesus Christ: Indeed. Buddha: You said it.

[@blakerackley8874]

Gimley busting balls

[@lampham5525]

Walt Disney trying to continue this franchise Steven Spielberg: Disney....disney.... let it go

[@lucad9667]

I wonder what Dr. Jones Senior was thinking when he saw the Knight standing there. He had devoted his life to the study of history, researching everything around the grail including the three brothers. Seeing this man, written about in books that are hundreds of years old, this living piece of history must have been an indescribable feeling. Just imagine if you saw King Arthur in the distancee and he would formerly greet you.

[@Retsler54]

2:07 a bit eerie. Imagine seeing a medieval knight there still alive, a 750 year old person...I would freak out if I met someone looking to be in his 30s but dressed as when he was a soldier at the beginning of the 18th century.

[@PoetTornado2022]

I love the fact that, as Elsa was trying to pick up the HG (ive decided to abbreviate it), she actually knocked it into the chasm and assured her own desmise

[@LEE_MILLARD]

Harrison is only 12 years younger than Sean....... in real life but they look about 30 years apart

[@Ben82077]

She could of literally ran out of the tomb into the canyon-but that would of been too easy..the canyon would collapsed as well. 😆

[@Xylarxcode]

The knight said that the grail only works in the boundaries of the seal. If she had managed to take it outside and survive, all she would have to show for it is a dinky little cup and no way to prove that it was the holy grail, because it doesn't work outside the seal. It would be an archeological find of some worth, since it's still an intact cup from an era long past, but no one would ever believe it was the holy grail, since she has no way to prove it. The only way to prove it was locked in the chamber with the knight and then a very small area past that.

[@ironboy3245]

@@Xylarxcode pretty sure a modern dig team with sufficient resources could dig that shit up

[@jtomally9681]

@@ironboy3245 Still, the seal is the boundary of its power.

[@evanroldan9566]

Ironic That Elsa "Let it go"

[@cal5566]

Women ☕

[@JoeyKlempay]

Elsa never really believed in the grail she thought she found a prize

[@baohoangdoan1643]

Hay quá cô gái

[@tomiekawakami6018]

Greed is never the answer

[@alasdairmacleod7769]

Greed can lead to downfall

[@GuardIAN4546B]

“Indiana let it go” Words of fatherly love 🥹🥹🥹

[@alasdairmacleod7769]

It was more powerful coming from the dad, as it was his life's obsession, it was more powerful Indy's dad saying it

[@Иван-р1р7е]

👑🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🧩🧩🧩🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🦋🦋🦋🦋🐠🐠🎰💕💕💕💕👑🤩🤩😀

[@waynemacfarland1546]

When karma comes to Elsa for what she did to Donovan.

[@Mr_Gray_1995]

The knight always gave me chills

[@DaveGX]

I honestly wondered if she could’ve just walked around the seal, meaning if there was enough room to walk around it despite the knight’s warning, which honestly might’ve made little-no difference as to that place/ground crumbling open. The gloves were her 2nd mistake. Indiana on the other hand, he could reach it and possibly make it out of there 50/50. He had at least 1 or 2 fingers on the grail.

[@Mr_Gray_1995]

He really tried to help her :(…..