I don't think they're terrible, but it always is kind of easy to pick out the one needless bit of information that's thrown in to determine the culprit. Also why is this Sherman guy always hanging out with thieves? He should just stay holmes instead.

Are they finding the Arc of the Covenant?

I can imagine it being unnecessary, but I don't think anyone has gotten one and thought "Oh my god, HOW RUDE!"

Circle takes the square

Is that really as cold as death?

I was honestly just talking about how I wanted to write a paper on this movie because its so intriguing. I'm glad they removed the part about Stephanie from the film, it sort of kills all the wonder and philosophy of the idea by making a simple and straight forward explanation, and who wants that? It's crazy to me how a movie that is essentially a comedy can be so intriguing and inspiring on so many other levels, and when it comes down to it I'm not sure it's a comedy at all, despite it being extremely funny. It's also interesting to compare it to modern movies which rarely seem to be successful in combining so many themes and ideas and also being able to capture and keep the attention of such a wide variety of audience. Man, what a good movie.