"Raiders of the Lost Ark": Lucas had wrapped up "Star Wars" and was on vacation with Spielberg. What to do next? Spielberg wanted to "do James Bond," but Lucas remembered the cliffhanger movies of the 1930's. Second choice leading man Harrison Ford, got to create another iconic movie character. Karen Allen as "Marion Ravenwood," Indy's equal, could drink an Neanderthal under the table but still be all Woman. With enough action stunts for THREE Action movies, hit the box office like a tidal wave. A generation of college students were persuaded to "dig in the dirt" as now-Cool Archeologists. Yep, you could say I liked Dr. Herny Jones, Jr. from the start.;)
Definitely watch the first three, then decide if you want to see the newer ones - the original trilogy is brilliant, the latter films play more like fan-fiction, but still have decent moments. The second film is a prequel (only because, when they wrote the script, they realized that if it were a true sequel, they would have needed to use Nazis as villains again. )
Temple of Doom is nowhere near as good as Raiders. The Last Crusade is a return to form and is many people's favourite movie of the series. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Dial of Destiny can be ignored without losing anything of value.
Couldn't have said it better myself.Raiders was great..love old '30s/40's cliffhanger serials..didn't like Temple..Crusade was fun,but then they went and took Indiana Jones out of the '30s where I thought he belonged,saddled him with a kid,brought in ALIENS?!!..Not a superfan,just a movie addict..
Couldn't have said it better.Raiders was brilliant..I love '30s/40s cliffhanger serials..didn't like Temple..Crusade was fun..Then they went and took Indiana Jones out of the 1930s(where I personally think the character belongs),stuck him with a kid,and then we have..ALIENS?!!So yeah,Raiders and Crusade are it for me.And I'm just a guy who likes movies.
Yup Temple of Doom AND Gremlins both created a need in 1984 for a new rating, hence PG-13. So Last Crusade from 1989 was truly the first Indy film with a PG-13 rating.
The Nazis actually looked for Supernatural Biblical, Greek, Iranian, Turkish, Italian, and Norse artifacts. Starting in 1933 they sent research teams to South America, Russia, Africa, The Arctic, Norway, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean.
H. Rider Haggard's novel King Solomon’s Mines (1885) inspired the movie series, and Allan Quatermain is the inspiration for the Indiana Jones character. The Secret of the Incas inspired some scenes and the outfit Indiana Jones wore.
@@ThePharaz Yes, King Solomon's Mines was a product of its time and spawned a whole genre from its publication until today. But it is very much a product of its time and has many 'values' which are outdated.
They original wanted Tom Selleck for the role of Indiana, but he couldn't get out of his Magnum P.I. contract. Thank God for Magnum P.I., can't imagine anyone else as Indy.
@@Tom-Mac1975 They did do an homage to Indy in the Magnum episode Raider of the Lost Art. Throughout the episode, he starts looking more and more like Indy with a jacket, the fedora, a whip, it's really fun! And instead of Art they keep saying Ark.
@@minnesotajones261 I love Magnum. I still want a 1/18th scale toy of TCs chopper! I'll check it out. Thanks. I would have loved to have seen Tom in the role.
Great to see Mikey jaunt over from The Buffyverse to Indiana Jones World. Hard to believe that some people have still not seen this film, but a great ride form start to finish with some great scenes throughout. You gotta go ahead and do the franchise now. Fav scene is the sword wielding villain who Indy just shoots, as as you say all the tropes are here throughout, real cheesy, but work so well. One of Spielberg's best.
Spielberg was definitely already a big shot by this point, having already made _Jaws_ and _Close Encounters of the Third Kind,_ both of which were critically and financially very successful. In 1979, he even got away with spending a $35,000,000 budget on _1941,_ which is a good movie, but that was a completely insane budget for a comedy. Oh well, it made close to $100,000,000 at the box office. Then he turns around, and makes _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ on a $20,000,000 budget, securing another big box office hit. Next, he took $10,500,000, and made _E.T.,_ which proceeded to blast everything else (including the record that _Star Wars_ held at the time) out of the water, raking in over $600,000,000 worldwide (and another nearly $200mil from a 1985 re-release). His influence got the ball rolling on the agreements necessary for Who Framed Roger Rabbit? to be made, when WB refused to even talk to Disney (including even Roy Disney).
The "monacled" cobra, is a native of SouthEast Asia (not Egypt) and was filmed with a glass wall between the snake and the cast. You can see saliva on the glass (in spots). When raised in the hooded position, that means the snake is terrified (like a rattlesnake rattling) it is a fear response, and in many cases, their strikes are bluffs with closed mouth. The Asiatic cobra is among the top 10 most toxic snakes in the world, along with the likes of several Aussie snakes, the Black Mamba, the kraits and The Russels viper/saw-scaled viper combo in India. Backing slowly (without lots of additional movements) to a couple feet away is sufficient to turn and walk away without danger from that snake. Most snakes of the world rarely approach 1 mph in forward locomotion (side to side movement are fast, but only propel the snake inches at a time) You could easily out WALK any snake in the world, with the mamba being a slight exception with speeds of 9-10 mph recorded as the snakes FLEE from danger. I was bitten by a spitting cobra in 1992 (I worked with large and dangerous reptiles for decades.) and quickly realized that most of what you see in movies, tv and stories from people is total sensationalized crap.
Until recently, the title was soley Raiders of the Lost Ark. Airplane! (1980) has a post credits scene (plus a ton of stuff in the credits) as does Ferris Bueller. If Marion is the actress' age, she woukd have been 20 10 years earlier and Indy was 29. The film was inspired by serial films from the pre-TV past. I don't know how to describe them well.
Can you imagine, Tom Selleck was their first choice for Indiana Jones? But he couldn't take up the role because he was bound by his Magnum PI contract...
Who would have thought Indian's guide at the movie's start would one day become Doctor Octavius. Several movie makers were pushing for a PG-13 rating, as they wanted more than the allowed PG rating but not an R rating. Movies like this and the next intentionally push the boundaries as a reason the PG-13 rating should be added. Had John Rhys-Davies not been doing Lord of the Rings he might have had a chance at playing Hagrid. The after-credits scene I think may have started with Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) after which I remember staying through the credits to see if there was one in every movie after that.
All five movies are worth at least a first watch. So many people denigrate the last two, but I actually enjoyed them more than Temple of Doom, the second film in the series (and the first in the timeline if you go solely by the films).
The boulder scene is akin to the first scene of A New Hope when the star destroyer seems to take forever to pass overhead. It was just an excellent start to the movie, so it becomes so deeply remembered.
Interesting that almost no green screen was used, even the ghosts at the end were just puppets floating in water. All the outdoor desert action was performed on location .
Honestly, i always thought Indy's motivations seemed to change from movie to movie. He's clear that he wants the Ark for the museum in this one. In the next movie, there's a lot of talk about "fortune and glory." Since Indy 2 technically takes place a year BEFORE Raiders, some say that reveals a change in heart between the events of Indy 1 and 2. But I don't think that was author intent. 2 is not a prequel in the traditional sense. The different-years-for- different-adventures idea was meant to give the movies a kind of "from the files of Indiana Jones" vibe. There was no real over-arching narrative intended to explain why "fortune and glory" becomes "It belongs in a museum." I don't know if anyone else has thought this, but I feel like the Indy in Raiders never really came back for the sequels. He seems somehow "apart" from his portrayal in forthcoming movies. But that's just me.
Trivia: In the James Bond film 'Octopussy,' which was released in 1983 - two years after 'Raiders of the Lost Ark,' there's a chase scene on vehicles, which concludes with Bond's vehicle crashing through a large poster (made of heavy paper or cloth)... then a fresh new, second poster (identical to the first) slides down over the torn original one. The pursuing bad guys circle the courtyard facing the poster, don't see Bond, and give up in anger and disgust. That chase-conclusion, is (I think) meant as an homage / mirror to the scene in THIS film, where the natives (implausibly) hide Indy's fleeing vehicle (also in the space of about 2 seconds - which you couldn't do in real life, unless you had rehearsed it.)
The Mercedes truck that the bad guy bends the bar in the movie is/was at the Indiana Jones attraction at Disneyland. The sword fight scene was filmed when everyone but Spielberg were sick with food poisoning. You can actually see that Harrison wasn't feeling well.
It's 1980s PG, we were a different generation. I was 6 when I saw this. The "Leap of Faith" is actually in the 3rd film. 😉 Correct, most reactors miss that the bad guys recreated the medallion using the burn marks on Toht's hand. That's why they were digging in the wrong place. Toht's hand didn't have the markings on the opposite side.
And you can see in the map room which building they picked to excavate, they marked it all up. Close, but no cigar. Eventually, they would have found it by trial and error, but Indy got there first.
@@minnesotajones261 Aye. Actually considering the ending, resolution to the plot, the best thing Indy could have done was save Marion in Nepal, head back to America, and them find the ark and open it. All Indy did was delay the inevitable. but it was a fun ride.
The U Boat is the same one that was used in the German WW2 film 'Das Boot', the filming of Raiders actually delayed the production of Das Boot (one of the best submarine movies ever made) The Extra History UA-cam channel recently did a series on occultism and the third reich's fixation on conspiracies, alternative "history" and fringe "science", it's pretty insane stuff!
That scene where Indy goes under the truck was practical. They dug a shallow trench to give the stuntman room to fit under the axles and drove the truck slow then sped up the film . This is a truly great trilogy of movies. I'm so glad they stopped at three and didn't try to milk it for more money with additional movies. If they tried something stupid like that, the movies would be terrible.
@@Shazam961 No thank you. Modern woke BS without good story, writing or character development is nothing a person with common sense would ever recommend...
Watch all four films (they never made a 5th film... lol). Raiders was 1936, Temple of Doom is a prequel set in 1935, Last Crusade is 1938, and Crystal Skull is set in 1957.
Yes, Williams is indisputably the greatest composer. And you should watch all three of the only Indiana Jones movies ever made. And possibly the Young Indy TV show if you want.
Great reaction to this classic and nice to have the siblings back! 👌😊 I enjoy the 3rd one the most and I would like to see your reactions to the other parts. They are old for sure but also very entertaining. Of course the bad guys are Nazis, they always are and it is always interesting to see. So we need "The Man in the High Castle" reactions! 😁 About that warehouse idea at 34:10 there is a show that ran from 2009-2014 that is literally exactly about this topic called "Warehouse 13" and let's just say not using them, is not on the agenda. Not really reaction worthy, but if you want some old tv entertainment, you can give it a watch.
Enjoyed your reaction to this classic movie, an ode to the serial films of the early 20th Century. I love Karen Allen in this too. Definitely watch the original trilogy. The 2nd is not as good but it does have Ke Huy Quan as Short Round before his Oscar winning role in Everything Everywhere. The third is very good. While Karen Allen does return for the 4th and 5th movies, they are definitely lesser films and IMO there are better films to react to. If you were in the mood for more adventure/comedy, a film I enjoy that came out 3 years after Raiders is Romancing the Stone with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.
So when one of you comments about how your friend would be fishing like the character in the movie, he says "No, I'd be playing with the snake". How does he know that there's a snake on the plane? It hasn't appeared in the film yet and he claims that he has never seen the movie before. Just curious.
I was more joking that I would play with the snakes in the jungle. Whenever I go on vacation that's what I do on my vacation, Nature Photography of snakes 😅
I'd say the first 3 films in the series are generally considered the best. Crystal skull is so unloved you should instead watch the south park episode where they make it very clear just how much they dislike that film. The most recent film just sort of came and went without leaving much of an impact.
@@PromptCriticalJello Some would say it's a good thing they stopper at #3. It has a great ending for the series and can you imagine if they made some crappy movies just to cash in on the name?
So, and this is not something I say too often, but this time the government got it (almost) right. The Ark is too dangerous to research casually. The best thing would have been to give it to a synagogue or church. But, since they obviously couldn't choose one, burying it indefinitely in a warehouse is the next best thing.
Mikey's and Taylor's parents should be prosecuted for child neglect. "Temple of Doom" isn't regarded well by me and a lot of people. However, The Last Crusade wonderfully plays off Sean Connery with Harrison Ford. I guess there are only two really good Indiana Jones movies.
#2 is OK. #3 is arguably the best. #4 is only passable compared to the woke #5. Don't bother with #4 and #5 and only do #2 if you want to see why PG13 is a thing.:)
Watch the first three, then stop. It was where it was supposed to end before they came back for a cash grab. The others just spoil the ending of the original trilogy.
@Shazam961 They get to decide for themselves whatever I recommend. Do I need to point out the irony of your comment in which you also push your own preference?
No, watch the last movies! Those who don't like the four don't realize that was exactly how it was. The competition between Russia and US at the time. It was called remote viewing. Crystal skulls was discussed in major magazines. The third one explains Indy. The fourth one goes full circle. George Clooney made a movie about tipping goats about using the powers of the mind based on a true story.
Indy 4 is not a cash grab. Steven did it only because of the fans and the right story. George and Harrison joined him to do it and it's as best as the three.
Mikey, yes you guys need to watch the other films in this series after this 1981 mega hit . Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ( 1984 ) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( 1989 ) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ( 2008 ) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny ( 2023 )
Eddie's sister. Engaged to Chris from our Alien series, married next month. Taylor is how I, Mikey, know Eddie. 15 years of friendship thanks to Eddie tagging along one day when we were teenagers(he's 2 years younger than Mikey and 1 year younger than Taylor)
This is such a great movie! The second film isn't nearly as good (in my opinion, of course), but it was alright. The 3rd film is outstanding! Just as good as the first one. The 4th one ... meh.
John Williams didn’t create either Star Wars theme or the raiders theme songs. He took them from other composers. You can hear both peoples work and see where he stole their music. UA-cam has videos on that subject.
Ever since I learned how to walk in heels and took ballet lessons I ONLY wear heels from 5 & a half inch to 7 inch heels! And I got used to being able to run in them too! I got rid of all my flat shoes years ago. ALL MEN love to see us in dresses! At least she knew as I do the dress was backless so it called for no bra straps! The only thing I wouldn't like about THAT dress is having to sit on that flower all the time! Back then we were always considered to be just property. That is also why on the boat the other man mentioned selling her! It was and still is common for us to be sold for money! I get excited thinking about it happening to me!👍👍😉😉👱♀👱♀👗👗👠👠❤❤
This movie is a classic. Its one of the great action adventure movies. Its hard to watch it blind because its so iconic its impossible to not have seen its tropes and even whole scenes incorporated into newer media. Its impact on pop culture cannot be overstated. 80's PG is a whole nother level. Watch more 80's PG movies light nudity and butts were common, cuss words were common, slurs and whatnot often happened. The PG of today is more like G+ lol Another fun aspect is the Ark. In the bible touching the ark if you weren't a high priest was supposed to result in immediate death. When it was moved the High priests had to carry it, and it had to be covered so no one who didn't worship God, could even look upon it. If they did it was supposed to result immediate death. So the movie took that and adapted it to when they opened it and looked they all died. Having the reverence to not look when God didn't want people to is what saved Indy and Mariam, is what the movie is implying. But you don't really have to know that to figure out nazi's are bad and so a holy relic strikes them all dead. But its an interesting thing to know to see how they adapted it.
"I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A NAZI MONKEY!!" I have to work that into more of my daily conversations.
"So we're in the past."
Yes. Spot on.
This is a light PG for the 70s early 80s 😆.
"Raiders of the Lost Ark": Lucas had wrapped up "Star Wars" and was on vacation with Spielberg. What to do next? Spielberg wanted to "do James Bond," but Lucas remembered the cliffhanger movies of the 1930's. Second choice leading man Harrison Ford, got to create another iconic movie character. Karen Allen as "Marion Ravenwood," Indy's equal, could drink an Neanderthal under the table but still be all Woman. With enough action stunts for THREE Action movies, hit the box office like a tidal wave. A generation of college students were persuaded to "dig in the dirt" as now-Cool Archeologists. Yep, you could say I liked Dr. Herny Jones, Jr. from the start.;)
No George Lucas hadn't wrapped up Star Wars when this was made.
Raiders were released 1981, the year after Empire strikes back was released.
Definitely watch the first three, then decide if you want to see the newer ones - the original trilogy is brilliant, the latter films play more like fan-fiction, but still have decent moments. The second film is a prequel (only because, when they wrote the script, they realized that if it were a true sequel, they would have needed to use Nazis as villains again. )
I only own the original trilogy.
Temple of Doom is nowhere near as good as Raiders. The Last Crusade is a return to form and is many people's favourite movie of the series. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Dial of Destiny can be ignored without losing anything of value.
Couldn't have said it better myself.Raiders was great..love old '30s/40's cliffhanger serials..didn't like Temple..Crusade was fun,but then they went and took Indiana Jones out of the '30s where I thought he belonged,saddled him with a kid,brought in ALIENS?!!..Not a superfan,just a movie addict..
Couldn't have said it better.Raiders was brilliant..I love '30s/40s cliffhanger serials..didn't like Temple..Crusade was fun..Then they went and took Indiana Jones out of the 1930s(where I personally think the character belongs),stuck him with a kid,and then we have..ALIENS?!!So yeah,Raiders and Crusade are it for me.And I'm just a guy who likes movies.
It's the second movie that really brought on the PG vs R rating. With the compromise PG-13.
Yup Temple of Doom AND Gremlins both created a need in 1984 for a new rating, hence PG-13. So Last Crusade from 1989 was truly the first Indy film with a PG-13 rating.
The Nazis actually looked for Supernatural Biblical, Greek, Iranian, Turkish, Italian, and Norse artifacts. Starting in 1933 they sent research teams to South America, Russia, Africa, The Arctic, Norway, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean.
Charlton Heston 1954 - Secret of the Incas. Generally credited for the inspiration for this series.
H. Rider Haggard's novel King Solomon’s Mines (1885) inspired the movie series, and Allan Quatermain is the inspiration for the Indiana Jones character. The Secret of the Incas inspired some scenes and the outfit Indiana Jones wore.
@ThePharaz Allan Quartermain is the big game hunter.
@@Dularr you forgot the 'and Adventuerer' part.
@@ThePharaz Yes, King Solomon's Mines was a product of its time and spawned a whole genre from its publication until today. But it is very much a product of its time and has many 'values' which are outdated.
@@nomadpurple6154 What does that have to do with the price of gas on Mars.
They original wanted Tom Selleck for the role of Indiana, but he couldn't get out of his Magnum P.I. contract. Thank God for Magnum P.I., can't imagine anyone else as Indy.
I think Tom bowed out of the role because he didn't want to chance losing the TV show and the regular pay check, but I could be wrong.
@@Tom-Mac1975 CBS preempted him, so Selleck didn't have a choice.
@@minnesotajones261 Ahhh gotcha. Thanks.
@@Tom-Mac1975 They did do an homage to Indy in the Magnum episode Raider of the Lost Art. Throughout the episode, he starts looking more and more like Indy with a jacket, the fedora, a whip, it's really fun! And instead of Art they keep saying Ark.
@@minnesotajones261 I love Magnum. I still want a 1/18th scale toy of TCs chopper! I'll check it out. Thanks. I would have loved to have seen Tom in the role.
Subs mostly stayed above water when travelling. Battle or stealth was when they went under.
The Asp scene, on old VHS copies, you can make out light rays on the glass between them.
Great to see Mikey jaunt over from The Buffyverse to Indiana Jones World. Hard to believe that some people have still not seen this film, but a great ride form start to finish with some great scenes throughout. You gotta go ahead and do the franchise now. Fav scene is the sword wielding villain who Indy just shoots, as as you say all the tropes are here throughout, real cheesy, but work so well. One of Spielberg's best.
I need to watch so many movies, this won the poll. What a blast
No one takes a punch in the face from beautiful women better than Indiana Jones! Not even Jack Sparrow!
Spielberg was definitely already a big shot by this point, having already made _Jaws_ and _Close Encounters of the Third Kind,_ both of which were critically and financially very successful. In 1979, he even got away with spending a $35,000,000 budget on _1941,_ which is a good movie, but that was a completely insane budget for a comedy. Oh well, it made close to $100,000,000 at the box office. Then he turns around, and makes _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ on a $20,000,000 budget, securing another big box office hit. Next, he took $10,500,000, and made _E.T.,_ which proceeded to blast everything else (including the record that _Star Wars_ held at the time) out of the water, raking in over $600,000,000 worldwide (and another nearly $200mil from a 1985 re-release). His influence got the ball rolling on the agreements necessary for Who Framed Roger Rabbit? to be made, when WB refused to even talk to Disney (including even Roy Disney).
Karen Allen was in a great movie with Jeff Bridges called Starman. Underrated film. 1984.
"I want a whip for Christmas" You'll whip your eye out, Kid! You can skip Temple of Doom. Just jump to the Last Crusade and stop there.
If nothing else this movie features the greatest character introduction of all time.
John Wayne’s introduction in BIG JAKE is a great, too!
The "monacled" cobra, is a native of SouthEast Asia (not Egypt) and was filmed with a glass wall between the snake and the cast. You can see saliva on the glass (in spots). When raised in the hooded position, that means the snake is terrified (like a rattlesnake rattling) it is a fear response, and in many cases, their strikes are bluffs with closed mouth. The Asiatic cobra is among the top 10 most toxic snakes in the world, along with the likes of several Aussie snakes, the Black Mamba, the kraits and The Russels viper/saw-scaled viper combo in India. Backing slowly (without lots of additional movements) to a couple feet away is sufficient to turn and walk away without danger from that snake. Most snakes of the world rarely approach 1 mph in forward locomotion (side to side movement are fast, but only propel the snake inches at a time) You could easily out WALK any snake in the world, with the mamba being a slight exception with speeds of 9-10 mph recorded as the snakes FLEE from danger. I was bitten by a spitting cobra in 1992 (I worked with large and dangerous reptiles for decades.) and quickly realized that most of what you see in movies, tv and stories from people is total sensationalized crap.
I have found my person! I'm Mikey, I love reptiles. I take trips to photograph the ones in the US, primarily the rattlesnakes and other vipers
Until recently, the title was soley Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Airplane! (1980) has a post credits scene (plus a ton of stuff in the credits) as does Ferris Bueller.
If Marion is the actress' age, she woukd have been 20 10 years earlier and Indy was 29.
The film was inspired by serial films from the pre-TV past. I don't know how to describe them well.
First post credit scene I ever saw was Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
I think we missed one once and since then Mikey has to make sure
Can you imagine, Tom Selleck was their first choice for Indiana Jones? But he couldn't take up the role because he was bound by his Magnum PI contract...
Do you think he would've had a mustache
@@732ReviewCrew Haha, probably.
@@732ReviewCrew The moostache was his trademark, he HAD to have it.
Nowadays the ending makes me think of the TV series Warehouse 13
Indeed. Funny series!
great show!
Who would have thought Indian's guide at the movie's start would one day become Doctor Octavius.
Several movie makers were pushing for a PG-13 rating, as they wanted more than the allowed PG rating but not an R rating. Movies like this and the next intentionally push the boundaries as a reason the PG-13 rating should be added.
Had John Rhys-Davies not been doing Lord of the Rings he might have had a chance at playing Hagrid.
The after-credits scene I think may have started with Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) after which I remember staying through the credits to see if there was one in every movie after that.
Whatttttt doc Oct???
@@732ReviewCrew Haven't you watched the Spider-Man movies?
Those I've seen! Just didn't recognize him
@@732ReviewCrew I understand.
"The power of the sun, in the palm of my hand."
They were cheering the Swordsman's death because he was the local crime boss.
With him dead they no longer have to pay him 10% of their net sales
All five movies are worth at least a first watch. So many people denigrate the last two, but I actually enjoyed them more than Temple of Doom, the second film in the series (and the first in the timeline if you go solely by the films).
The boulder scene is akin to the first scene of A New Hope when the star destroyer seems to take forever to pass overhead. It was just an excellent start to the movie, so it becomes so deeply remembered.
Interesting that almost no green screen was used, even the ghosts at the end were just puppets floating in water. All the outdoor desert action was performed on location .
Amazing what George Lucas can do!
In the original theatrical cut, you can easily see the reflection of the snakes in the glass panels.
Blue pre Green, too?
Honestly, i always thought Indy's motivations seemed to change from movie to movie. He's clear that he wants the Ark for the museum in this one. In the next movie, there's a lot of talk about "fortune and glory." Since Indy 2 technically takes place a year BEFORE Raiders, some say that reveals a change in heart between the events of Indy 1 and 2. But I don't think that was author intent. 2 is not a prequel in the traditional sense. The different-years-for- different-adventures idea was meant to give the movies a kind of "from the files of Indiana Jones" vibe. There was no real over-arching narrative intended to explain why "fortune and glory" becomes "It belongs in a museum." I don't know if anyone else has thought this, but I feel like the Indy in Raiders never really came back for the sequels. He seems somehow "apart" from his portrayal in forthcoming movies. But that's just me.
@@wnepper I could see the changes in Indy was due to pre war Germany.
Trivia: In the James Bond film 'Octopussy,' which was released in 1983 - two years after 'Raiders of the Lost Ark,' there's a chase scene on vehicles, which concludes with Bond's vehicle crashing through a large poster (made of heavy paper or cloth)... then a fresh new, second poster (identical to the first) slides down over the torn original one. The pursuing bad guys circle the courtyard facing the poster, don't see Bond, and give up in anger and disgust. That chase-conclusion, is (I think) meant as an homage / mirror to the scene in THIS film, where the natives (implausibly) hide Indy's fleeing vehicle (also in the space of about 2 seconds - which you couldn't do in real life, unless you had rehearsed it.)
The Mercedes truck that the bad guy bends the bar in the movie is/was at the Indiana Jones attraction at Disneyland. The sword fight scene was filmed when everyone but Spielberg were sick with food poisoning. You can actually see that Harrison wasn't feeling well.
It's 1980s PG, we were a different generation. I was 6 when I saw this. The "Leap of Faith" is actually in the 3rd film. 😉 Correct, most reactors miss that the bad guys recreated the medallion using the burn marks on Toht's hand. That's why they were digging in the wrong place. Toht's hand didn't have the markings on the opposite side.
And you can see in the map room which building they picked to excavate, they marked it all up. Close, but no cigar. Eventually, they would have found it by trial and error, but Indy got there first.
@@minnesotajones261 Aye. Actually considering the ending, resolution to the plot, the best thing Indy could have done was save Marion in Nepal, head back to America, and them find the ark and open it. All Indy did was delay the inevitable. but it was a fun ride.
The U Boat is the same one that was used in the German WW2 film 'Das Boot', the filming of Raiders actually delayed the production of Das Boot (one of the best submarine movies ever made)
The Extra History UA-cam channel recently did a series on occultism and the third reich's fixation on conspiracies, alternative "history" and fringe "science", it's pretty insane stuff!
That scene where Indy goes under the truck was practical. They dug a shallow trench to give the stuntman room to fit under the axles and drove the truck slow then sped up the film .
This is a truly great trilogy of movies. I'm so glad they stopped at three and didn't try to milk it for more money with additional movies. If they tried something stupid like that, the movies would be terrible.
Masterpiece. No adventure film has ever beaten this. Kudos to john williams. Perfect film. Spielberg 👌🏽
Watch the original trilogy only...
Classics!
Nope watch them all.
@@Shazam961 No thank you. Modern woke BS without good story, writing or character development is nothing a person with common sense would ever recommend...
The guy who betrays Indy is Alfred Molina, Doc Ock.
Scenes during and after the closing credits happened in John Hughes, Naked Gun and Airplane movies
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The fly did fly away but Spielberg, being a little mischievous decided to cut away some frames to create that illusion.
Marion Ravenwood was 16 and Indiana Jones was 23 when he was her father's assistant.
Watch all four films (they never made a 5th film... lol). Raiders was 1936, Temple of Doom is a prequel set in 1935, Last Crusade is 1938, and Crystal Skull is set in 1957.
Yes, Williams is indisputably the greatest composer. And you should watch all three of the only Indiana Jones movies ever made. And possibly the Young Indy TV show if you want.
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Sand AND ash.
Inside the ark was except for the tablets Aarons rod and a jar of manna.
The relics did burn on the ship to keep them away.
Since you do TV series, you should consider the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles from the early 90's.
Great reaction to this classic and nice to have the siblings back! 👌😊 I enjoy the 3rd one the most and I would like to see your reactions to the other parts. They are old for sure but also very entertaining. Of course the bad guys are Nazis, they always are and it is always interesting to see. So we need "The Man in the High Castle" reactions! 😁
About that warehouse idea at 34:10 there is a show that ran from 2009-2014 that is literally exactly about this topic called "Warehouse 13" and let's just say not using them, is not on the agenda.
Not really reaction worthy, but if you want some old tv entertainment, you can give it a watch.
Enjoyed your reaction to this classic movie, an ode to the serial films of the early 20th Century. I love Karen Allen in this too. Definitely watch the original trilogy. The 2nd is not as good but it does have Ke Huy Quan as Short Round before his Oscar winning role in Everything Everywhere. The third is very good. While Karen Allen does return for the 4th and 5th movies, they are definitely lesser films and IMO there are better films to react to.
If you were in the mood for more adventure/comedy, a film I enjoy that came out 3 years after Raiders is Romancing the Stone with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.
"Super secret bomber" is a flying wing.
Indy was supposed to be Tom Selleck but it conflicted with his Magnum PI contract.
that would have been a flop....that dude was a sub par TV personality as it was.
cgi was actually proneered in "Tron" and "The Last Starfighter", neither of which had anything yo do with ILM, Spielberg or Lucas.
It was actually pioneered in the film Vertigo from 1958, then Westworld from 1973.
I always figured the "ghost" was the angel of death.
So when one of you comments about how your friend would be fishing like the character in the movie, he says "No, I'd be playing with the snake". How does he know that there's a snake on the plane? It hasn't appeared in the film yet and he claims that he has never seen the movie before. Just curious.
I was more joking that I would play with the snakes in the jungle.
Whenever I go on vacation that's what I do on my vacation, Nature Photography of snakes 😅
I'd say the first 3 films in the series are generally considered the best. Crystal skull is so unloved you should instead watch the south park episode where they make it very clear just how much they dislike that film. The most recent film just sort of came and went without leaving much of an impact.
Watch them all to see a character from the beginning to the end.
There are only 3 Indiana Jones movies.
It's a shame they didn't do anything with the franchise after Last Crusade.
@@PromptCriticalJello Some would say it's a good thing they stopper at #3. It has a great ending for the series and can you imagine if they made some crappy movies just to cash in on the name?
There’s a good Joe Rogan video they talk about the Ark being found and the guards protecting it go blind after a while from being near it .
So, and this is not something I say too often, but this time the government got it (almost) right. The Ark is too dangerous to research casually. The best thing would have been to give it to a synagogue or church. But, since they obviously couldn't choose one, burying it indefinitely in a warehouse is the next best thing.
You should find the 80s TV series Tales of the Gold Monkey.
It wasn't Hitler who was a nut on the occult, It was Himmler.
I was 10 when this came out, no PG-13. We watched all kinds of stuff!! 😅
Last Crusade tops them all.
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Mikey's and Taylor's parents should be prosecuted for child neglect.
"Temple of Doom" isn't regarded well by me and a lot of people. However, The Last Crusade wonderfully plays off Sean Connery with Harrison Ford. I guess there are only two really good Indiana Jones movies.
Eddie's parents are the same as Taylors!
Mikeys mom... She just showed him the alien franchise, star wars, lotr and jurassic park 😂😅
#2 is OK. #3 is arguably the best. #4 is only passable compared to the woke #5. Don't bother with #4 and #5 and only do #2 if you want to see why PG13 is a thing.:)
"This is not PG"....in 1981 it was.
Third movie is good too.
espero que vocês assistam também ao indiana jones e o templo da perdição.
Watch the first 3 movies and then stop!!!!
1000% agree
First three? There are only 3 Indy movies. 😁
Nope watch them all if you want to see a character from the beginning to the end. That including Young Indiana Jones chronicles too.
I recommend all 5 Dial of Destiny is a fun and fitting ending to the series.
Yes! Agreed. If you watch one, you really should watch them all. I never understood the hate for 5. It's probably my second favorite Indy adventure.
Yes, this was rated PG. This was before the PG-13 rating was a thing. Back in the early 1980s a brief topless scene could get a PG rating.
The violence and gross stuff in the 2nd movie in this series was a factor in the creation of the PG-13 rating.
Watch the first three, then stop. It was where it was supposed to end before they came back for a cash grab. The others just spoil the ending of the original trilogy.
With great respect let them judge for themselves. Watch them all including the young Indiana Jones chronicles as well.
@Shazam961 They get to decide for themselves whatever I recommend. Do I need to point out the irony of your comment in which you also push your own preference?
I could stomach the last two Indy films better than anyone else here.
No, watch the last movies! Those who don't like the four don't realize that was exactly how it was. The competition between Russia and US at the time. It was called remote viewing. Crystal skulls was discussed in major magazines. The third one explains Indy. The fourth one goes full circle. George Clooney made a movie about tipping goats about using the powers of the mind based on a true story.
Indy 4 is not a cash grab. Steven did it only because of the fans and the right story. George and Harrison joined him to do it and it's as best as the three.
Fun reaction! Oh, and notoriety is indeed being famous for something bad...
Mikey, yes you guys need to watch the other films in this series after this 1981 mega hit .
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
( 1984 )
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
( 1989 )
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
( 2008 )
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
( 2023 )
We plan to, don't worry!
@732ReviewCrew Awesome.
Who is Taylor to the group by the way ?
( friend / girlfriend ... )
Eddie's sister. Engaged to Chris from our Alien series, married next month.
Taylor is how I, Mikey, know Eddie. 15 years of friendship thanks to Eddie tagging along one day when we were teenagers(he's 2 years younger than Mikey and 1 year younger than Taylor)
@@732ReviewCrew Gotcha.
Will Taylor be in future reactions or just this film series?
This is such a great movie! The second film isn't nearly as good (in my opinion, of course), but it was alright. The 3rd film is outstanding! Just as good as the first one. The 4th one ... meh.
1930's and 40s a lot of women were married at 16 - so still a "child' but mariagable
John Williams didn’t create either Star Wars theme or the raiders theme songs. He took them from other composers. You can hear both peoples work and see where he stole their music. UA-cam has videos on that subject.
Ever since I learned how to walk in heels and took ballet lessons I ONLY wear heels from 5 & a half inch to 7 inch heels! And I got used to being able to run in them too! I got rid of all my flat shoes years ago. ALL MEN love to see us in dresses! At least she knew as I do the dress was backless so it called for no bra straps! The only thing I wouldn't like about THAT dress is having to sit on that flower all the time! Back then we were always considered to be just property. That is also why on the boat the other man mentioned selling her! It was and still is common for us to be sold for money! I get excited thinking about it happening to me!👍👍😉😉👱♀👱♀👗👗👠👠❤❤
This movie is a classic. Its one of the great action adventure movies. Its hard to watch it blind because its so iconic its impossible to not have seen its tropes and even whole scenes incorporated into newer media. Its impact on pop culture cannot be overstated. 80's PG is a whole nother level. Watch more 80's PG movies light nudity and butts were common, cuss words were common, slurs and whatnot often happened. The PG of today is more like G+ lol Another fun aspect is the Ark. In the bible touching the ark if you weren't a high priest was supposed to result in immediate death. When it was moved the High priests had to carry it, and it had to be covered so no one who didn't worship God, could even look upon it. If they did it was supposed to result immediate death. So the movie took that and adapted it to when they opened it and looked they all died. Having the reverence to not look when God didn't want people to is what saved Indy and Mariam, is what the movie is implying. But you don't really have to know that to figure out nazi's are bad and so a holy relic strikes them all dead. But its an interesting thing to know to see how they adapted it.
John Williams always wrote movie music the same way. Every main character has his or her own theme.