If the theme from Raiders is playing in your head...
I can't blame you.
If you would argue that this movie, is truly the greatest movie ever made, I wouldn't argue very hard with you either.
Raiders and Jaws have battled for years as to which is my favorite movie of all time. Pick a day, I would change my mind.
Ultimately, just like in the opening of Raiders, Indy came up 2nd again.
Otherwise, Spielberg's direction, John Williams score... they combine to make for some great movies over the years.
The plot, if you've never seen Raiders...
Archaeologist and professor Indiana Jones is on a mission in Egypt to find the lost Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can locate it.
That's right, Nazis!
The movie spawned two successful sequels. The 2nd, following most trilogy lore, was not as good as the first. It did, however, usher in the era of PG-13 as it was so dark and spooky for kids in the 80s! The 3rd, if not for the rule of sequels, would have easily made this list on its own merits. Sean Connery as Indy's dad was a stroke of casting genius.
This is the movie for Harrison Ford. Sure, Han Solo was great, but nothing even remotely compares to Dr. Jones. Even the abysmally bad 4th movie was almost worth enduring just to see Ford back in the fedora once more.
And for the record, it's Raiders of the Lost Ark. Not Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Suck it, George Lucas!
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