Belloq: “Jones, do you realize what the Ark is? It's a transmitter. It's a radio for speaking to God.” God: *_”Don’t you ever call this number again!!”_*
The Ark of the Covenant was SO HOLY that even The High Priest Aaron's Older Sons lost their lives because They treated it without respect when They were drunk.
No,i believed that too for long years,they lost their lives because they made a error,they made a sacrifice what was not allowed for them. God didn't judged Aaron with the made of the golden calf,but here he didn't look away.. They was not bad,they was dumb..
@@MrBenhadad007 What Aaron did regarding the golden calf was the same of apostle Peter: Fear of men. They sincerelly regret it so They were forgiven. The Ark only the High Priest can touch it once a year, not even the levites that trasladate it to other site at the wilderness, They used golden post to carry it.
Well remember that Uzzah touched the Ark to settle it when it was slipping (because the oxen stumbled) and he was killed by God. He did nothing wrong but was killed for disobeying God's command. (A really harsh punishment for what seemed to be for doing the right thing.)
@@jamesrawlins735 It may seem harsh, but let’s not forget that God is the perfect judge. We don’t know what was in Uzzah’s heart when he touched the Ark to stabilize it. You’ve also got to consider that since God is all powerful he could’ve prevented the Ark from falling without the need of someone touching it. So the fact that Uzzah touched the Ark not only is a violation of God’s law, but also a clear sign of lack of faith in his power.
He chose poorly, but he was just one dude. Mola Ram got dropped and croc'd, same level. They all die screaming, but the several dozen Nazis in Raiders got EFFED UP.
@PolymurExcel I don't remember Indy ever dealing with Soviets. Pretty sure he rode off into the sunset with his father and friends, never to be seen again.
The wide shot of the warehouse is mostly what they called a matte painting. The majority of the warehouse is a painting that is painted on glass. The only part left blank is the live action part of the scene. The guy pushing the Ark. The painting and the live action are merged in post production. Matte paintings were used in the OG Star Wars trilogy and prequels. Two scenes that they were used in ROTJ was the Death Star hangar bay where the Emperor arrives. The wide shot showing the entire hanger with thousands of Imperial troops wasn't real. Another matte painting was the wide shot of the hanger of Ackbar's flagship. With CGI now fully developed matte paintings have become a lost art.
The pretty female ghost was based off a real woman who worked at the movie studio. She was an admin. assistant I think, something like that. Very pretty irl!
I don't think that he *really* believed. He thought it was just regular magic that he could control with the right ritual and spells. He didn't realise or *believe* that there was an intelligent force that went far deeper than any 'words' or human control.
@@benrussell-gough1201 ... Is there such a thing as "regular" magic? As opposed to "super" or "divine" magic? Belloq certainly believed in supernatural forces, whether they were called God or something else. He was so arrogant that he thought he could discover and/or harness those powers.
Despite dressing in ritualistic Kohen (priest) attire and reciting a blessing for opening the Ark, Belloq presumably didn't undergo any ritual priestly purification, in addition to which he's not even Jewish, let alone a Kohen Levite (the only tribe permitted to serve as priests). Without any actual Kohanim present, any attempt to open the Ark is doomed to fail. Also, when reciting the prayer, Belloq also manages to omit the last part of the prayer, which consists of a blessing to the Jewish people. Quite possibly because he's in cahoots with the Nazis.
Note to self: do not piss off the big man upstairs by speaking his name, gazing upon him or trying to enter his realm. You will end up like these smucks. Still an amazing scene from the work and effects by everyone involved.
Oh it’s more than just wax, they had to use a stone skull and add on layers of yarn and fake blood. They used a hair dryer to melt it over time and sped it up in post. There’s a behind the scenes video on it on YT, it’s super cool!
I love how the film equiment got shorted out *before* the facemelting began. God's way of saying "nobody's gonna believe you even if you could talk about it."
Absolutely - but he isn't no. 1 when it comes to film scores - that goes to Alfred Newman, who won nine. Alan Menken has won eight Oscars in music categories. Walt Disney holds the record for most Oscars with 22 awards.
@@ThatsNotFunnyThatsSickThey never denied that the book of Exodus is within the Christian Bible. They asserted that Spielberg derived from his Jewish background concerning knowledge of the Ark of the Covenant and its significance. Exodus is present within the Hebrew Bible.
Imagine the horror that was going through Indy and Marion’s minds when their eyes were closed: all they heard was the screaming then everything became silent again and everyone has vanished when they opened their eyes again…
Have to appreciate how Jones figured out what to do in this situation. He was likely thinking back to the image of the book and noticed that those who were holding the Ark had their faces turned _away_ from it while the opposing force were looking at it and being eradicated.
Jones was also a professionally trained archaeologist and historian. He most probably already knew all about the ancient taboos and superstitions of the ancient Hebrews. He didn't believe any of it, but when the Ark started showing real supernatural powers, he did an about-face and told Marion to not look at it.
Apparently it is in the script that the old man who told Indiana and Sallah about the height of the Staff of Ra, also told them not to look at it if the Ark was opened. I don't think that the scene was ever shot.
@@RiFFxxx yeah they think the costume Beloq wore was invented by the movie. Also the ark only made an army invulnerable if the Jewish god approved of going to war. When the Jews went to war without approval they got defeated overwhelmingly and the Ark taken. What happened to the takers varied depended on how they treated the Ark.
Spielberg’s superpower as a filmmaker is that he can make movies that have heads exploding, hearts being ripped out of chests, people being eaten alive, and some how makes these movies “family friendly entertainment”. If anyone else made Raiders of The Lost Ark, that scene alone would have made it an R rated horror movie
I think Belloq's exploding head being obscured by the fire (as opposed to being out in the open) was specifically to avoid the R-rating (and yet Toht's melting face was acceptable, funny enough).
I remember watching this movie in the theater when it came out with my family. The audience including ourselves were completely shocked by the effects. What a awesome experience
Hebrew tradition was very clear: You do not utter the name of the Lord, you do not gaze upon the Lord, and you do not try to reach the realm of the Lord (as the people in Babel discovered). To do so is a great offense against the Lord, as you are showing great arrogance and no humility. Belloq and his pals chose poorly. 😱😱😱
@the.seagull.35 He wasn't working for Nazis. Remember, before this scene, we get a hint what's about to happen when it burns the Nazi symbols off its crate....
The freemason's said you could not even write "g-o-d", so they wrote g>d. G being the 7th letter,d the 4th. It's why the masons made 7-4 our national holiday..."in God we trust"
Marion: people get shot, he lets me look. There's snakes, he lets me look. That one guy with the propeller, he lets me look. The most incredible thing I'll ever witness is happening, and he tells me NOT to look!!
The whole point of this scene is that you do not demand to see god and his power, and you are not allowed to. God is the one that decides on that, not people. That's why Indy closed his eyes and was saved. Back then, people joked that Indy had to do was to let them bring it to Hitler, so it would kill all nazi leaders lol; Looking forward to more reaction scenes from Indiana Jones :D, it has many funny and very well made scenes, especially on the third one.
@the.seagull.35 That was more of a special case, moses was an acting agent of agod directly being told that little fact, you more or so request power from God then you get it, you demanding will probably be ignored and if you force it in duch a way to bring harm to others then God will deal with you
Only one certain tribe in Jerusalem was supposed to be the priest who opened the Ark. The Nazis broke that and that's why they were killed. Indi knew this that's why he told Marion to close her eyes and never to look at the open Ark.
"What's this beam?" Indy: "Fire. Lightening. Power of God, if you believe in that sort of thing." There were a lot of believers at THAT moment, I'm sure.
It is also a reference to when GOD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah where the angel told Lot to escape and no matter what happens he should not look back, and his wife disobeyed and turned into a pillar of salt.
For more than 40 years, the melting and exploding of the villain heads has never become boring but becomes more and more interesting especially with the availability of Bluray 4K and 3D. I have watched this movie 🎥 hundreds of times and this scene ten hundreds of times and never get bored. Used to watch this in the cinema back in 1981, on 📼 vhs tapes, VCDs, laser discs, dvd discs and Bluray discs. Back in the 80s and 90s, I used to watch this movie 🎥 at the nearest library where I used to live. Each time I booked the timing for viewing, I always try to choose late afternoon say around 6pm when the sun is still up and shining, at which time the movie will end around 8pm. Then I got to exit the viewing room into the main part of the library where the lighting ambience is EXACTLY as portrayed in the final scene of ROTLA. Then I whistled a bit of the Indy theme or later I managed to recall the brief musical notes of the ark theme while casually sauntered over to the shelf that I know contains the King James Bible and read the pages that describe the Ark Of The Covenant in detail and what it did to those impetuous enough to open its lid and peek inside. Those were the good old days😊
As a kid I couldn't watch this film properly because this ending used to give me nightmares. As an adult I'm still glad it produces a visceral reaction from first time viewers if only to use as a counter-argument to my parents who said I was supposed to just enjoy it.
Really outs that Bible quote from _Pulp Fiction_ into perspective, don't it? "And you will know my name is the LORD when I smite my vengeance upon thee"
The end reminded me of warehouse 13 the series on sci-fi that ran several years ago about a bunch of top artifacts that were secret they stored for safekeeping.
I really don‘t like it when people watch a movie and constantly ask: „what‘s happening“ as if they‘re not gonna keep watching and get their answer literally one or two freaking seconds later!!
Just watched a Lost Ark film reaction on new channel 'At Kim's Place' and now get an encore presentation by the amazing YoureMrLebowski! 🎥 Always fun watching your select reactors compiled together with a movie excerpt!
The only unfortunate thing about a lot of reactions to this movie is they don't have any idea what the Ark of the Covenant is, what this power is, or why it did this.
@@Stogie2112 A bit, but they often have no idea what the power is when the climactic scene happens. They just come away thinking the spirits are ghosts instead of angels of vengeance, or that it's some cursed artifact.
Man, such a GREAT sequence!! That is one of those catch-22's: What do you do with something like that? Bring it back to the States? Take it back to the city of Tannis? Or leave it on the island? Too many questions!!
I remember seeing this for the 1st time on HBO. They would show movies AFTER movie theater had them, sometimes up to a year or 2. Anyways, seeing this for the 1st time fresh as a child was absolutely terrifying. Non were safe, not even Indy.
I, Really LOVE How You've Created your Reaction Mashups .. showing Various Reactors off & on During the Clip., then Bringing them Altogether for the Main Scene is such a AWESOME way to Do it. The Best part .. is You Don't Block the View of the Video at all, You let it, PLAY as it was meant to Be Seen.. a GREAT JOB., Keep it up. Cheers 🍻
In The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull during the Soviet raid to steal the Skull it is revealed that the Warehouse is part of Area 51 and during the fight between Indiana Jones and the Soviet soldiers in the Warehouse the box containing the Arc is broken and he sees it.
Unlike most this scene didn't scare me as a kid. I was a precocious little nipper who was more interested in how they did it. The ghosts were double exposures of people moving about underwater. The melting faces were time lapses of wax models melting. The clouds were paint in water, but I can't remember for the life of me what they dropped into the paint to create the hole in the clouds, but obviously the clouds closing was that footage in reverse.
and real Archeologists said the US gov't would likely do that with such an artifact. The two gov't officials were the real heroes of the movie not fools like Indiana said. Their ignorance of the Ark was just a test for Indiana to see if he knew about the Ark and its purported powers
It’s better for the Ark to be in a safe place and not be disturbed for a long period of time. Even God would accept and respect that it’s the right thing to do.
Fun Fact: At 3:19 when the ark is going through all of the Nazi soldiers it sounds like two lightsabers clashing together and their blades grinding against one each other in a duel
hi .. my name is Mark ... i was born in 1972 i saw this film at the movie theater ... during its U.S. release :) i remember being rather young ... ... ... movie was great ... but yeah ... ... ... ... ... ... that final scene was downright haunting to most of us in our seats ... ... ... you could look around at the other viewers and see the emotion on their faces ... lol
I always loved listening to the music as the ending credits rolled. Dude (if I'm Mister Lebowski, then you must be the Dude), you did another fine job putting this together. Having all of these reactors react simultaneously adds a different dynamite than you'd get watching them watch it alone. What's the use of having an Ark if you can't open it.
It is very strange WHY all the viewers were SO surprised. THE ARK OF THE COVENANT is described in the Bible in the Old Testament. It was a chest in which fragments of broken tablets were placed, the TEN COMMANDMENTS for people that Moses received from God on Mount Sinai (yes, those very ones). The Ark of the Covenant had incredible power. Only specially trained priests could approach it. In the film, by the way, it is shown correctly - the rays of God's wrath are first reflected from the chest of the robe of the one who stood next to the Ark (because he was dressed as an ancient Jewish priest), and only then they strike the enemies. An army carrying the Ark of the Covenant in front of itself would be invincible. The Ark of the Covenant was last mentioned in the city of Thanos. The city was swallowed up by the desert. Unofficially (!) The Ark of the Covenant is still being sought.
Don't you just love how everyone's disgusted and terrified, while Mary Cherry's just laughing her private parts off? In all seriousness, Belloq's death almost got the film rated R, so to secure a PG rating, they had to obscure his exploding corpse with a crudely overlayed wall of flames.
This edition with the channels in reverse is great, much better than one channel at a time. Mr Lebowski managed to overcome what was already good. We are the ones who win.
Uzzah, who was walking next to the cart, put out his hand to steady the ark from falling. “Then the anger of the LORD was aroused against Uzza, and He struck him because he put his hand to the ark; and he died there before God” Or another verse: "Out of curiosity the men of Beth-shemesh gazed at the Ark; and as a punishment, seventy of them (fifty thousand and seventy in some translations) were struck down by the Lord." I am an Atheist. But the Bible sure does have some dramatic stories doesn't it?
Atheist or not, multiple cultures across the planet who had no means of communication all had tales of horrible shit happening to people who touched divine things. Doesn't take a genius to see you keep your hands off the holy relic.
YOU LOOKED AT THE CONTAINER THAT HELD THE THING I WROTE FOR YOU TO READ? How very dare you!?!?! Death, immediately. The old gods get very odd about the weirdest shit.
@@fellforit A lot of that is just stuff humanity added. If all the garbage Christians added was removed from The Bible, it would be less than 1/4 it's current size.
......."Well, I know what I've got here." A great line, the most underrated in the film. Thankfully, we all know what we have in Indiana Jones. Unforgettable.
All jokes aside,if anyone ever does find the ark of the covenant,they had better leave it alone,in the old testement,only the high priest of the temple was allowed to even touch it,anyone else would mean instant death,weather you believe it or not,but I do.
my mother saw this at the theater when it first came out she was a devout Catholic when she got home first thing she did was she got her bible and read the verse from Exodus telling me there are things men were never meant to do including trying to contact God in this manner
According to the Bible, anyone who touches the Ark would die instantaneously. I think other than the two men who opened the lid who touched it would already have been dead.
Everyone: *OMG!*
The Ark: _"Precisely"_
Reactors: “Jesus!!”
Ark: “Umm, not really.”
@@Stogie2112 Close, but no cigar. 😆
Ark: “We really like the Nazarene, but he’s not all that great….”
Back, to the early part of the film after seeing the image of the Ark in the book...
_"Good God...!"_
_"Yes, that's just what the Hebrews thought."_
Yes, that's just what the Hebrews thought.
Belloq: “Jones, do you realize what the Ark is? It's a transmitter. It's a radio for speaking to God.”
God: *_”Don’t you ever call this number again!!”_*
lol
I would like to talk to you about your universe's extended warranty. God hates scams and always slams the receiver.
It's unlisted in the Universe😇
The Ark of the Covenant was SO HOLY that even The High Priest Aaron's Older Sons lost their lives because They treated it without respect when They were drunk.
No,i believed that too for long years,they lost their lives because they made a error,they made a sacrifice what was not allowed for them.
God didn't judged Aaron with the made of the golden calf,but here he didn't look away..
They was not bad,they was dumb..
@@MrBenhadad007 What Aaron did regarding the golden calf was the same of apostle Peter: Fear of men. They sincerelly regret it so They were forgiven. The Ark only the High Priest can touch it once a year, not even the levites that trasladate it to other site at the wilderness, They used golden post to carry it.
Well remember that Uzzah touched the Ark to settle it when it was slipping (because the oxen stumbled) and he was killed by God. He did nothing wrong but was killed for disobeying God's command. (A really harsh punishment for what seemed to be for doing the right thing.)
@@jamesrawlins735 It may seem harsh, but let’s not forget that God is the perfect judge. We don’t know what was in Uzzah’s heart when he touched the Ark to stabilize it. You’ve also got to consider that since God is all powerful he could’ve prevented the Ark from falling without the need of someone touching it. So the fact that Uzzah touched the Ark not only is a violation of God’s law, but also a clear sign of lack of faith in his power.
I remember that story Nadab and Abihu, Aaron’s evil sons who brought pagan fire to the tabernacle where the Ark was laying and were burned alive
Seeing Toht's face melt off will never not be satisfying.
out of all of the deserved villain deaths throughout the Indiana Jones franchise, this scene has to be the most gruesome out of all of them
Really? This over the ageing to death from Lat Crusade?
@@PolymurExcelBig time in crusade man turn to dust. having your face melted shrunken and exploded is a bit more
He chose poorly, but he was just one dude. Mola Ram got dropped and croc'd, same level. They all die screaming, but the several dozen Nazis in Raiders got EFFED UP.
@@motorcycleboy9000 I guess there's also the Soviets who got taken up by the aliens.
@PolymurExcel I don't remember Indy ever dealing with Soviets. Pretty sure he rode off into the sunset with his father and friends, never to be seen again.
At least all these RUclipsrs are adults. I made the mistake of watching this scene as a seven-year-old kid. It traumatized me for life, lol
Good
Same 😂
Welcome to the club
I saw it when I was 8, and I loved it!
Hehe... true story
Them now: Oh my god!
Us in 1981: THAT WAS AWESOME
Facts!
Haha true 👍
3:35: That effect puts 90% of today's CGI to shame.
Practical effects are underrated
Even though it looks a bit fake, it's still much better than today's CGI, which looks really fake.
The wide shot of the warehouse is mostly what they called a matte painting. The majority of the warehouse is a painting that is painted on glass. The only part left blank is the live action part of the scene. The guy pushing the Ark. The painting and the live action are merged in post production. Matte paintings were used in the OG Star Wars trilogy and prequels. Two scenes that they were used in ROTJ was the Death Star hangar bay where the Emperor arrives. The wide shot showing the entire hanger with thousands of Imperial troops wasn't real. Another matte painting was the wide shot of the hanger of Ackbar's flagship. With CGI now fully developed matte paintings have become a lost art.
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When that pretty female ghost face changes to evil that scared the hell out of me as a kid
I ran out of the damn room when that happened!
I was 9. Nearly peed on myself. And still had Poltergeist lurking around the corner...
That image, plus the change in music makes its clear.
The angel of death.
The pretty female ghost was based off a real woman who worked at the movie studio. She was an admin. assistant I think, something like that. Very pretty irl!
I think it’s the angel of death
When Beloq put on the robes and memorized the words, he should have asked himself, "Who am I trying to fool?"
"Your overconfidence is your weakness, Belloq."
-- Indiana Skywalker
Yeah, Beloq... definitely not a Levite.
I don't think that he *really* believed. He thought it was just regular magic that he could control with the right ritual and spells. He didn't realise or *believe* that there was an intelligent force that went far deeper than any 'words' or human control.
@@benrussell-gough1201 ... Is there such a thing as "regular" magic? As opposed to "super" or "divine" magic?
Belloq certainly believed in supernatural forces, whether they were called God or something else. He was so arrogant that he thought he could discover and/or harness those powers.
Despite dressing in ritualistic Kohen (priest) attire and reciting a blessing for opening the Ark, Belloq presumably didn't undergo any ritual priestly purification, in addition to which he's not even Jewish, let alone a Kohen Levite (the only tribe permitted to serve as priests). Without any actual Kohanim present, any attempt to open the Ark is doomed to fail. Also, when reciting the prayer, Belloq also manages to omit the last part of the prayer, which consists of a blessing to the Jewish people. Quite possibly because he's in cahoots with the Nazis.
The scene that scarred an entire generation of kids
I was one of them, and still kinda am.
Not me. I loved it!
You Got-Damn right about that!!! Nightmares for weeks!!
Glad I wasn’t a child when I watched this part. If I did, I would’ve been scared too.
I was amazed!! To be honest
In my own opinion, this sequence is nothing... NOTHING... without the AMAZING score by John Williams.
In the Epic Rap Battles of History between Spielberg and Hitchcock, Hitch raps that Spielberg owes many of his billions to John Williams.
@@jamesrawlins735 I like that rap battle. "Half your billions should go to John Williams!"
Note to self: do not piss off the big man upstairs by speaking his name, gazing upon him or trying to enter his realm. You will end up like these smucks.
Still an amazing scene from the work and effects by everyone involved.
Even though the effect is just "Melting Wax" the scene still gives me the "hebbie jeebies"
Best melting wax ever! The GOAT of melting wax!
Oh it’s more than just wax, they had to use a stone skull and add on layers of yarn and fake blood. They used a hair dryer to melt it over time and sped it up in post. There’s a behind the scenes video on it on YT, it’s super cool!
I love how the film equiment got shorted out *before* the facemelting began. God's way of saying "nobody's gonna believe you even if you could talk about it."
God’s power is NOT meant for mortal eyes to witness.
As my Mom once said when she watched this, "You dont mess with God". ❤
Amen to that
Especially old testament God.
John Williams has been nominated 54 times for an Academy Award. He has won 5 times.
Tough competition!
Absolutely - but he isn't no. 1 when it comes to film scores - that goes to Alfred Newman, who won nine. Alan Menken has won eight Oscars in music categories. Walt Disney holds the record for most Oscars with 22 awards.
In 1978 he won the Oscar for Star Wars, beating out Encounters of a third kind. Which he also composed the music for.
Exodus 33:20 “And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.”
Spielberg put his Jewish background and knowledge to good use here.
@@jdw5678 Exodus is a book in the Old Testament. It is not uncommon for it to be in the Christian Bible.
@@ThatsNotFunnyThatsSickThey never denied that the book of Exodus is within the Christian Bible. They asserted that Spielberg derived from his Jewish background concerning knowledge of the Ark of the Covenant and its significance.
Exodus is present within the Hebrew Bible.
Beloq: "It's beautiful!"
Little did he know those would be his last words. 😈
Morgan Freemen: and it was in that moment he (Toht ) knew, he f**ked up.
Imagine the horror that was going through Indy and Marion’s minds when their eyes were closed: all they heard was the screaming then everything became silent again and everyone has vanished when they opened their eyes again…
Have to appreciate how Jones figured out what to do in this situation. He was likely thinking back to the image of the book and noticed that those who were holding the Ark had their faces turned _away_ from it while the opposing force were looking at it and being eradicated.
Jones was also a professionally trained archaeologist and historian. He most probably already knew all about the ancient taboos and superstitions of the ancient Hebrews. He didn't believe any of it, but when the Ark started showing real supernatural powers, he did an about-face and told Marion to not look at it.
He would also have read the bible and there are scriptures about death brought to anyone who looks inside or touches the Ark.
Apparently it is in the script that the old man who told Indiana and Sallah about the height of the Staff of Ra, also told them not to look at it if the Ark was opened. I don't think that the scene was ever shot.
@@ttt2080it was. It’s in the movie.
The sand retrieved from The Ark was the remains of the Ten Commandments... they were written on stone tablets...
Aye, it always amazes me the amount of people who don't know that when they watch this movie. I guess they don't teach religion in schools anymore.
@@RiFFxxx yeah they think the costume Beloq wore was invented by the movie. Also the ark only made an army invulnerable if the Jewish god approved of going to war. When the Jews went to war without approval they got defeated overwhelmingly and the Ark taken. What happened to the takers varied depended on how they treated the Ark.
God how much I loved seeing this in the theater as a kid. This scene blew me away and gave me chills.
Spielberg’s superpower as a filmmaker is that he can make movies that have heads exploding, hearts being ripped out of chests, people being eaten alive, and some how makes these movies “family friendly entertainment”.
If anyone else made Raiders of The Lost Ark, that scene alone would have made it an R rated horror movie
I think Belloq's exploding head being obscured by the fire (as opposed to being out in the open) was specifically to avoid the R-rating (and yet Toht's melting face was acceptable, funny enough).
@@80sNewWaveGeek Ehh, he’s a Nazi, who cares?
I remember watching this movie in the theater when it came out with my family. The audience including ourselves were completely shocked by the effects. What a awesome experience
“Top. Men.”
You beat me to it!! D'OH!! 😁
Porkins!
@@BClarke…. I never realized that until now. 👍
That's a line from the movie!
@@richieclean That’s a line from every RUclips comment section with a line from the movie!
I still can't believe John Williams didn't win the Oscar for this....
Vangelis deserved more
Hebrew tradition was very clear: You do not utter the name of the Lord, you do not gaze upon the Lord, and you do not try to reach the realm of the Lord (as the people in Babel discovered). To do so is a great offense against the Lord, as you are showing great arrogance and no humility.
Belloq and his pals chose poorly. 😱😱😱
Of course they would offend the Lord, they're Nazis.
@the.seagull.35 He wasn't working for Nazis. Remember, before this scene, we get a hint what's about to happen when it burns the Nazi symbols off its crate....
he sounds like a dick .
Plus God hates those who harms his people, and doesn’t tolerate arrogance. He punishes accordingly to the actions of the wicked.
The freemason's said you could not even write "g-o-d", so they wrote g>d. G being the 7th letter,d the 4th. It's why the masons made 7-4 our national holiday..."in God we trust"
You pick the very best reactors and the very best clips. It's a real pleasure watching this.
Marion: people get shot, he lets me look. There's snakes, he lets me look. That one guy with the propeller, he lets me look. The most incredible thing I'll ever witness is happening, and he tells me NOT to look!!
...and then she rewards him with a "drink".... 😆
The whole point of this scene is that you do not demand to see god and his power, and you are not allowed to. God is the one that decides on that, not people. That's why Indy closed his eyes and was saved.
Back then, people joked that Indy had to do was to let them bring it to Hitler, so it would kill all nazi leaders lol;
Looking forward to more reaction scenes from Indiana Jones :D, it has many funny and very well made scenes, especially on the third one.
@the.seagull.35 That was more of a special case, moses was an acting agent of agod directly being told that little fact, you more or so request power from God then you get it, you demanding will probably be ignored and if you force it in duch a way to bring harm to others then God will deal with you
Only one certain tribe in Jerusalem was supposed to be the priest who opened the Ark. The Nazis broke that and that's why they were killed. Indi knew this that's why he told Marion to close her eyes and never to look at the open Ark.
The tribe of Levi are the only ones allowed to be priests or priestesses of God.
I think there’s some verse in the Bible that warns people not to look upon the Ark when it was open.
Correct
"What's this beam?"
Indy: "Fire. Lightening. Power of God, if you believe in that sort of thing."
There were a lot of believers at THAT moment, I'm sure.
"That box?" That's box is God's covenant with his people.
There is something so satisfying about your edits! Another winner 🏆
It is also a reference to when GOD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah where the angel told Lot to escape and no matter what happens he should not look back, and his wife disobeyed and turned into a pillar of salt.
I saw this at the cinema when I was 8 years old. What a great memory!
For more than 40 years, the melting and exploding of the villain heads has never become boring but becomes more and more interesting especially with the availability of Bluray 4K and 3D. I have watched this movie 🎥 hundreds of times and this scene ten hundreds of times and never get bored. Used to watch this in the cinema back in 1981, on 📼 vhs tapes, VCDs, laser discs, dvd discs and Bluray discs. Back in the 80s and 90s, I used to watch this movie 🎥 at the nearest library where I used to live. Each time I booked the timing for viewing, I always try to choose late afternoon say around 6pm when the sun is still up and shining, at which time the movie will end around 8pm. Then I got to exit the viewing room into the main part of the library where the lighting ambience is EXACTLY as portrayed in the final scene of ROTLA. Then I whistled a bit of the Indy theme or later I managed to recall the brief musical notes of the ark theme while casually sauntered over to the shelf that I know contains the King James Bible and read the pages that describe the Ark Of The Covenant in detail and what it did to those impetuous enough to open its lid and peek inside. Those were the good old days😊
As a kid I couldn't watch this film properly because this ending used to give me nightmares. As an adult I'm still glad it produces a visceral reaction from first time viewers if only to use as a counter-argument to my parents who said I was supposed to just enjoy it.
Fantastic edit as usual!
Really outs that Bible quote from _Pulp Fiction_ into perspective, don't it?
"And you will know my name is the LORD when I smite my vengeance upon thee"
Not a real quote I believe but yeah.
@@JnEricsonx Most of it was made up for the movie, but the part that Christopher quoted is the real verse.
Thank you so much for this. This film and especially its ending is perfect. Seeing everyones first reaction to this just shows how timeless it is.
The end reminded me of warehouse 13 the series on sci-fi that ran several years ago about a bunch of top artifacts that were secret they stored for safekeeping.
Cassie from Popcorn In Bed had the best reaction. Nobody shows being terrified of jump scares better than Dear Cassie...
I still watch these films & they never disappoint. Thank you for sharing this one!
I really don‘t like it when people watch a movie and constantly ask: „what‘s happening“ as if they‘re not gonna keep watching and get their answer literally one or two freaking seconds later!!
John Williams at his best right here!
The world will be hard pressed to find his equal.
Just watched a Lost Ark film reaction on new channel 'At Kim's Place' and now get an encore presentation by the amazing YoureMrLebowski! 🎥 Always fun watching your select reactors compiled together with a movie excerpt!
One of the best endings. First time I saw it as a kid it literally left me speechless.
The only unfortunate thing about a lot of reactions to this movie is they don't have any idea what the Ark of the Covenant is, what this power is, or why it did this.
They are a generation of functional idiots who read nothing but children's book and play video games.
Don’t audiences learn about the Ark in the beginning of the movie, when Jones and Abner are telling the agents all about it?
@@Stogie2112 A bit, but they often have no idea what the power is when the climactic scene happens. They just come away thinking the spirits are ghosts instead of angels of vengeance, or that it's some cursed artifact.
@@thepaladinauthoryoutube Angels are comprised of fire.
Think I was 8-9 when this came out. Reminds me its time to watch 'The Keep' again, same vibe. Also "I mean you no harm, Jenny Hayden"
ROFL. Try meeting Paul Wlson, asking him what he thought of the movie, and he turns around and started bumping his head against the blackboard..... :)
That's the power of the God of the Hebrews.
So very well done!
It's with top men.... at Warehouse 13.
Area 51, IMO.
This was a perfect scene for you to use for a compilation. Excellent work!
6:56 ...Right when the music kicks in, the guy pulling the ark shall appear asking "where the fuck is the exit?"...
This was a great watch for me to watch them as first time watchers 😅😅😅😅😅 their reactions are priceless
Man, such a GREAT sequence!! That is one of those catch-22's: What do you do with something like that? Bring it back to the States? Take it back to the city of Tannis? Or leave it on the island? Too many questions!!
I remember seeing this for the 1st time on HBO. They would show movies AFTER movie theater had them, sometimes up to a year or 2. Anyways, seeing this for the 1st time fresh as a child was absolutely terrifying. Non were safe, not even Indy.
I, Really LOVE How You've Created your Reaction Mashups .. showing Various Reactors off & on During the Clip., then Bringing them Altogether for the Main Scene is such a AWESOME way to Do it.
The Best part .. is You Don't Block the View of the Video at all, You let it, PLAY as it was meant to Be Seen..
a GREAT JOB., Keep it up. Cheers 🍻
Ah, another diamond of compilation magic! Thanks!
This was visual effects at its very best❤💯 It was a treat seeing it on the big screen as a 12 yer old back in the summer of '81
It's beautiful!
AAAIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Belloq: “C’est beau!!”
[Spirits turn hideous]
Belloq: “Merde!!”
3:30 that was just GOD saying what’s up lol😁
In The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull during the Soviet raid to steal the Skull it is revealed that the Warehouse is part of Area 51 and during the fight between Indiana Jones and the Soviet soldiers in the Warehouse the box containing the Arc is broken and he sees it.
Unlike most this scene didn't scare me as a kid. I was a precocious little nipper who was more interested in how they did it. The ghosts were double exposures of people moving about underwater. The melting faces were time lapses of wax models melting. The clouds were paint in water, but I can't remember for the life of me what they dropped into the paint to create the hole in the clouds, but obviously the clouds closing was that footage in reverse.
my father always said that was the safest place for it. 😂
and real Archeologists said the US gov't would likely do that with such an artifact. The two gov't officials were the real heroes of the movie not fools like Indiana said. Their ignorance of the Ark was just a test for Indiana to see if he knew about the Ark and its purported powers
It’s better for the Ark to be in a safe place and not be disturbed for a long period of time. Even God would accept and respect that it’s the right thing to do.
Fun Fact: At 3:19 when the ark is going through all of the Nazi soldiers it sounds like two lightsabers clashing together and their blades grinding against one each other in a duel
1:00 "Don't touch it!"
Was that Science Officer Ash from the Nostromo talking?
I guess Amy from Big Bang Theory was right all along lol
hi .. my name is Mark ... i was born in 1972
i saw this film at the movie theater ... during its U.S. release :)
i remember being rather young ... ... ... movie was great ... but yeah ... ... ... ... ... ... that final scene
was downright haunting to most of us in our seats ... ... ... you could look around at the other viewers
and see the emotion on their faces ... lol
I always loved listening to the music as the ending credits rolled. Dude (if I'm Mister Lebowski, then you must be the Dude), you did another fine job putting this together. Having all of these reactors react simultaneously adds a different dynamite than you'd get watching them watch it alone. What's the use of having an Ark if you can't open it.
"You cannot see my face; for no man shall see me, and live." - Exodus 33:20
Amen!
3:55 she looks terrified
It is very strange WHY all the viewers were SO surprised.
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT is described in the Bible in the Old Testament.
It was a chest in which fragments of broken tablets were placed, the TEN COMMANDMENTS for people that Moses received from God on Mount Sinai (yes, those very ones).
The Ark of the Covenant had incredible power. Only specially trained priests could approach it. In the film, by the way, it is shown correctly - the rays of God's wrath are first reflected from the chest of the robe of the one who stood next to the Ark (because he was dressed as an ancient Jewish priest), and only then they strike the enemies.
An army carrying the Ark of the Covenant in front of itself would be invincible.
The Ark of the Covenant was last mentioned in the city of Thanos.
The city was swallowed up by the desert.
Unofficially (!) The Ark of the Covenant is still being sought.
Spielberg has some surprisingly brutal death scenes in his filmography.
"THOU. SHALT. NOT."
Mary Cherry "Jesus..."
Nope Yaweh.
Don't you just love how everyone's disgusted and terrified, while Mary Cherry's just laughing her private parts off? In all seriousness, Belloq's death almost got the film rated R, so to secure a PG rating, they had to obscure his exploding corpse with a crudely overlayed wall of flames.
Which you can clearly see.
Those aren’t Ghosts. They are Angels.
This edition with the channels in reverse is great, much better than one channel at a time. Mr Lebowski managed to overcome what was already good. We are the ones who win.
When it's good to know your Bible
I like your reaction supercuts, Mr. Lebowski
😅You can't imagine how much i've been thinking about which Indy clip to make.
And i'm still not convinced
looking forward to whatever scene you pick. 👍🏼
It's ironic that aside from part 2. All the other villains ended up destroying themselves.
True, but it was Jones' faith I guess that triggered the Stones that burned Mola. :)
Uzzah, who was walking next to the cart, put out his hand to steady the ark from falling. “Then the anger of the LORD was aroused against Uzza, and He struck him because he put his hand to the ark; and he died there before God” Or another verse: "Out of curiosity the men of Beth-shemesh gazed at the Ark; and as a punishment, seventy of them (fifty thousand and seventy in some translations) were struck down by the Lord." I am an Atheist. But the Bible sure does have some dramatic stories doesn't it?
Like the one where god sends bears to kill children for calling someone bald. Kind of a dick move, ngl.
Ancient myths and folklore are the original action-adventure dramas!
Atheist or not, multiple cultures across the planet who had no means of communication all had tales of horrible shit happening to people who touched divine things.
Doesn't take a genius to see you keep your hands off the holy relic.
YOU LOOKED AT THE CONTAINER THAT HELD THE THING I WROTE FOR YOU TO READ? How very dare you!?!?! Death, immediately. The old gods get very odd about the weirdest shit.
@@fellforit A lot of that is just stuff humanity added.
If all the garbage Christians added was removed from The Bible, it would be less than 1/4 it's current size.
......."Well, I know what I've got here."
A great line, the most underrated in the film.
Thankfully, we all know what we have in Indiana Jones.
Unforgettable.
It was very genuine.
The Ark should NOT ever be on Earth for us humans to put our hands on. This has to be one of the scariest scenes to watch.
All jokes aside,if anyone ever does find the ark of the covenant,they had better leave it alone,in the old testement,only the high priest of the temple was allowed to even touch it,anyone else would mean instant death,weather you believe it or not,but I do.
I collected film music back in the day. This score is amazing 👏👏👏
Yeah... nothing can prepare you for something like that!, scared the hell out of me when I was a child!
my mother saw this at the theater when it first came out she was a devout Catholic when she got home first thing she did was she got her bible and read the verse from Exodus telling me there are things men were never meant to do including trying to contact God in this manner
Who knew this was a religious film: “God will not be mocked.”
The God of the Old Testament, not someone you mess around with. Rameses of Egypt learned that the hard way.
Excellent!
According to the Bible, anyone who touches the Ark would die instantaneously. I think other than the two men who opened the lid who touched it would already have been dead.
I think some do not notice how all the Nazis are gone after God does his thing and the top of the Ark falls back down.
the power of God
Indiana Jones is three movies of people fucking with God and getting smote.
Not one you tuber realizes the power of God. The first light of the beginning of creation