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Strap Yourselves into Your Seat Boys and Girls...
You are in for the ride of your life! If you love adventure, romance, murder, mystery and intrigue this movie is for you. It has it all.
The expectations were high when George Lucas and Steven Spielberg got together to make this movie. They set the bar a couple of notches higher with this film.
What boy or man hasn't dreamed of finding lost treasure? And what girl or woman hasn't dreamed of a dark mysterious man who literally sweeps her off her feet and takes her for an adventure she never forgets.
From the opening scene where Indiana Jones finds a small gold statue and almost gets crushed by a giant bolder to finding of the lost arc of the covenant we follow our hero and his romantic interest through caves, tombs and wild car chases that rival any movie ever done.
Harrison Ford is exceptional as the hero who thrives on adventure. His quick mind and Critical Thinking skills get him out of many a tight situation throughout the movie. A boy at heart with the knowledge as deep as the tombs he explores. One minute he is teaching a class in archeology. The next minute he is being dragged under a truck in the desert. As he says in one telling line to Marion "It's not the years, it's the miles!"
Karen Allen plays the heroine Marion with the right mix of spunk, sexiness and the girl next door look that men desire. She can take care of herself in tough situation, but has a kind and vulnerable side as well. Her unwilling attraction to our hero provides the sparks for romance and arguments that make the movie just plain fun!
Overall this is the "Gold Standard" for action adventure movies!
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
America entered a conservative period after the Iranian hostage crisis. Ronald Reagan became president, and Raiders was the big movie. It is a throwback to the serials and politics of 1936. Harrison Ford is archaeologist Indiana Jones. The Jones character is a fedora-wearing, bull whip-slinging, adventurer who fights Nazis while traveling the world in search of ancient treasures. The Ark is the chest which held the Ten Commandments. The Nazis want it because legend has it that any army which possesses it will be invincible. Indy's droll instincts save the movie. Shooting the sword-wielding Arab was unexpected. The close calls and narrow escapes are numbing.
The very definition of a heroic movie icon
Hollywood, Universal Studios, movie heroes, and modern classics - when these are mentioned, somewhere in the mix is the scene we have all viewed at some point or another - the archaeologist dressed as a lion tamer running from the huge rolling ball. Harrison Ford, along with George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, have done more than bring us a fantastic action/adventure that truly entertains, but they have created something that has gone down in cinematic history as a cultural movie icon - the creation of one of the greatest on screen heroes of all time - Indiana Jones. If you have never seen Raiders of the Lost Ark, you are missing arguably not just perhaps the best Indiana Jones movie, but one of the best modern classic films ever to hit the big screen.
Indiana Jones is almost like James Bond in a sense - he is smooth, inventive, tough, cool with the ladies, and visits the most exotic of locations - perhaps even more exotic than what Bond is used to. Armed with a gun and bare fists, its the whip that has become the trademark for Indiana Jones. It's something that could come off as silly, but it worked so well, and it appears that nobody else dares to take the risk of copying in other films out there.
The hero isn't the only thing that makes this film work so well, it's the artificats. The very beginning of Raiders is extremely engaging, pitting Indiana and some of his "not so loyal buddies" into a South American cave occupied by booby traps and big spiders. The artifact Indiana is seeking is a golden head, but it's just an opener for what is yet to come - The Ark of the Covenant - and I can't think of any greater artifact one could want. Historical information is shed on the Ark throughout the film, and to make matters very intense, Indiana's nemesis "Beloch" and his Nazi allies want the ark for themselves. It becomes an all out war between both parties, filled with incredible action and adventure.
As a whole, Raiders is amazing entertainment. It has a wonderful story, highly memorable characters, romance, action, adventure, archaeology, and teriffic pacing. I don't think there is one scene in this movie that is not interesting. Probably some of the best things about Raiders is the action and the characters. The fights are memorable such as Indy vs the big Nazi guy, and the incredible truck chase scene that follows. The characters deliver lines one after another that fans will (and do) quote for times to come. If that's not enough to satisy, the story is so much fun and engaging as well.
I think everyone loves this movie, no matter who you are. This is the kind of movie that goes beyond what kind of genre film you enjoy, its easily in a list of some of the best films of all time that are must see.
Acting - 4.5
Action - 5
Characters - 5
Story - 4.5
Overall - 5
The greatest adventure film of all time!
It ever there was a solid 5-star film, this is it.
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is a semi-ethical archaeologist who is commissioned by the U.S. Government to retrieve The Lost Ark of the Covenant from an Egyptian tomb before the rotten Nazis can get their hands on it. The sacred and dangerous Ark gets bounced around here and there and so does Jones.
This film has it all -- the flavour of an old-time Saturday matinee cliffhanger serial, but also offering superb color cinematogragraphy, incredible sets, perfect casting, and on and on. I can hardly say enough good about it.
If I have an issue, it's that you apparently have to buy the Indiana Jones Boxed set (3 movies) to get this one in the Region 1 release. So that's sort of a stinky bummer. The other two movies are okay, but not of the caliber of this one.
To me, this is one of the top films of all time of ANY genre. You can watch this one with equal glee over and over.
Great, fun and entertaining, I'd give it a one hunderd out of 5!
This is a very great movie, If only this thing would go that far! The Jones movie's are my favoite movies of all time!!!! Any body needs to see the movies, and it's awesome that they are selling them indivisual. There like page tuners, you can't but the book down. Well with these movies its the same, you Just can't stop watching them... everybody can enjoy the movie's. You probably wouldn't let your kids watch the jones for a while becuase of there violence and gore. But actually, I saw them when I was a 7 year old boy. And you know what, I loved them! Personaly my favorite is the last one.
I can't stop watching them, one time i watched all of them... twice in one day! If you havn't seen them, your missing out on somthing huge!
so let me give you guys some info on all of them.
The first one is called indiana jones and the raiders of the lost ark:
In this one doc. jones is on an epic crusade to try to find the lost ark, while trying to rescue his love intrest, and get out of this mess...alive!
In the second instllment, indiana jones and the temple of doom: Indy has crashed into India, where a tribe is missing something very sacred to them! the tribe suggests that a tribe of evil has stolen it! So indy finds himself in bind, becuase the only way indy id getting back home is to find that rock! Watch as indy and his two companions try come out of all this mess, alive!
In the last one, Idiana jones and the last cursade: Indy is trying to find the holy grail and his father! on the way he has an adventure that only he could expereince! Watch as indy struggles to: run away from nazis, try to save his fathers life, and find the holy grail and accomplish the three tasks that that lead him to it!
The three movies are the best out there. So make some popcorn, turn of the lights, get cozy on the sofa, and press the play button.
I promise you that the three movies are somthing that you'll never forget!
OF coarse, this is the first, Which is my second fav. You guys should try getting all of them!
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