Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay), George Lucas (story), 1 more credit
Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman | See full cast and crew
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay), George Lucas (story), 1 more credit
Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman | See full cast and crew
Storyline:
The year is 1936. An archeology professor named Indiana Jones is
venturing in the jungles of South America searching for a golden statue.
Unfortunately, he sets off a deadly trap but miraculously escapes.
Then, Jones hears from a museum curator named Marcus Brody about a
biblical artifact called The Ark of the Covenant, which can hold the key
to humanly existence. Jones has to venture to vast places such as Nepal
and Egypt to find this artifact. However, he will have to fight his
enemy Rene Belloq and a band of Nazis in order to reach it.
Movie Reviews:
I
remember seeing this movie when I was young, and it may well have been
in the cinema with my Father, I can't quite remember (if he does, then
please post the answer), anyway I do remember seeing it and being
thoroughly entertained and that feeling of excitement and total fun
staying with me to this very day as that is the feeling that the movie
conjures up whenever I think of it.
I think a part of that is down to the fact it's a complete retake on the old serial movies combined with obvious comic book style, and that is just perfect for kids and appeals to them no end, or rather it did then! So it was with excitement that I opened my presents on my birthday and found the boxset for the Indiana Jones Trilogy, and with even more excitement when I finally watched the first in the trilogy, Raiders of the lost Ark.
It was just as I remembered, fun, excitement, wise cracks, a tiny splattering of romance but with a manliness that kids would allow, and lots of stunts and action. It's a superb movie and captures that style of serials, adventure stories and comic books perfectly, how I know that for sure is only through repeats since I wasn't alive during those times.
The set pieces are fantastic, and although some of the wilder end sequences are slightly dated now, it hasn't lost the excitement factor. It's a perfectly crafted movie as well, moving from location to location without any distraction or superfluous scenes, it just feels like it's all there for a reason and that it belongs there.
I think a part of that is down to the fact it's a complete retake on the old serial movies combined with obvious comic book style, and that is just perfect for kids and appeals to them no end, or rather it did then! So it was with excitement that I opened my presents on my birthday and found the boxset for the Indiana Jones Trilogy, and with even more excitement when I finally watched the first in the trilogy, Raiders of the lost Ark.
It was just as I remembered, fun, excitement, wise cracks, a tiny splattering of romance but with a manliness that kids would allow, and lots of stunts and action. It's a superb movie and captures that style of serials, adventure stories and comic books perfectly, how I know that for sure is only through repeats since I wasn't alive during those times.
The set pieces are fantastic, and although some of the wilder end sequences are slightly dated now, it hasn't lost the excitement factor. It's a perfectly crafted movie as well, moving from location to location without any distraction or superfluous scenes, it just feels like it's all there for a reason and that it belongs there.
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