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Apr 30, 2000 · 6 min read. Steven Spielberg’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark” plays like an anthology of the best parts from all the Saturday matinee serials ever made. It takes place in Africa, Nepal, Egypt, at sea and in a secret submarine base. It contains trucks, bulldozers, tanks, motorcycles, ships, subs, Pan Am Clippers, and a Nazi flying wing.
January 1, 1981. 5 min read. “Raiders of the Lost Ark” is an out-of-body experience, a movie of glorious imagination and breakneck speed that grabs you in the first shot, hurtles you through a series of incredible adventures, and deposits you back in reality two hours later — breathless, dizzy, wrung-out, and with a silly grin on your face.
- The filmmaking. As "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was the first film in the series, Spielberg and producer George Lucas had a lot more freedom when it came to shooting.
- The villains. You can't go wrong with Nazis as your villains. Whatever bad things happen to them, you never feel bad for them. The main baddies in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" are the most distinct of the series.
- The script. Lawrence Kasdan was fresh off writing "The Empire Strikes Back" when he was hired by Spielberg to write the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" script, and the result is a witty, efficient screenplay that constantly propels the story forward.
- The plotting. For all the smug "well, actually" posts out there pointing out plot holes in classic movies, what's remarkable about "Raiders of the Lost Ark" on a rewatch is how the smallest leap in logic is explained in the script.
To get to the point immediately, Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the most deliriously funny, ingenious and stylish American adventure movies ever made. [Raiders of the Lost Ark] grabs you in the ...
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TOP CRITIC. Raiders of the Lost Ark is a heady mixture of high adventure, street-smart humor and hardboiled romance in the midst of nonstop lethal battles between the forces of -- yes -- good and ...
Jun 29, 2023 · Starring Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, Steven Spielberg’s 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark is a near-perfect work that remains the best in the series. This classic film remains face-meltingly good ...
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Jun 21, 2023 · Howard Hawks once said that a good movie is “three great scenes and no bad ones”. By my non-existent calculations, Raiders has about 90 great scenes and no bad ones, making it an undeniable ...
