Spielberg said Nazis are the best movie villains, since you can do any horrific thing you can come up with to them and absolutely no one will get upset.
I agree with you did say about Harrison. And he was able not to get stuck with a certain type of role or image as an actor after playing such iconic characters as Indiana or Han Solo and move on with his career very succesfully and even to play another recurrent role as Jack Ryan. He is a legend.
"You wanna talk to God? Let's go see him together. I've got nothing better to do" is probably my favorite line. It's so chilling. Harrison Ford is so great as Indiana Jones
Fun fact. The market scene where Indi shoots the guy with the sword, was improv. Harrison was actually not feeling well, there was an actual fight scene planned. But, since Harrison wasn't feeling well, he decided to improv the shot to end the scene quickly. As always, love you guys.
@@kReilly1988 Whatever it was, I know it was one of those illnesses that has you chained to a toilet with your pants down. lol I can't imagine how _miserable_ that must have been in those conditions. Amazing how Harrison Ford's improv got us two of the best movie scenes ever: this one, and "I love you."/"I know."
@@kReilly1988 I think I heard that almost everyone, cast and crew had some type of food poisoning while filming except for Speilberg because he had cases of Spagetti- O's shipped to him lol. I don't know if that is true or not. lol
Not really improv- it was a decision by Ford and Spielberg to change it on the day of shooting. Ford, as well as most of the rest of the cast and crew had contracted dysentery. Spielberg wasn't affected because he traveled with his own canned food. They tried several times to film it as originally written but, as Ford couldn't stand for more than 15 minutes at a time, they just couldn't get it to work, so they decided to change it and an iconic scene was born.
I always thought of them as angels rather than ghosts - angels in the actual lore are scary as hell (ironically) and it makes sense that the ark would have angels protecting it
The first thing angels always say when they meet humans is “£̶̥̪̻͕̥̈́͗̓̐̃È̵͉̜̟̼̦͂̄̅́̕Ä̶̧̢̨̝͔͛̿̆̕͠R̴̨̜̩̻͖̆̀̊͋͝ ̵̦͙͉͕̈́͋̇͋̊͜ṇ̶̣̝̙̲̃͐̽͛̄͝Ö̶̡̧͙̤͙̊̀̐̐̚†̵̤̯̫̺͖̈̈̚̕͝!”
You hit the nail on the head with Indy taking some losses. It's part of what humanizes him. He takes hits. He gets hurt. But he comes *through*! Through intelligence, grit, and sometimes straight-up cheating. And he's still usually a bruised, bloody mess by the end of it. It's part of what makes him an icon.
I love how his amazing luck goes back and forth. He can make it out of very deadly situations by the seat of his pants (and probably worse for the wear), but still be unlucky enough to be sitting just right to get whacked in the chin with a flipping mirror.
I loved 80's action films that did this, not be afraid to beat up the hero. Which a part of what makes movies like Die Hard, First Blood, and the Indy movies so good.
Indie's friend in Egypt, Sallah, is John Rhys-Davies. He also played the dwarf Gimli in Lord of The Rings. He's actually one of the tallest member of the cast playing the smallest member in the group, "The Fellowship of The Ring". Just shows how great a job they did filming LOTRs. I saw Raiders so many times when it first came out. Y'all be safe.
I love the fact that the series is based on really historical items that people have looked for. Nazis were obsessed with religious artifacts that they thought brought power.
They didn't think it had powers, but it was a way to bring riches and, in a way, legitimacy to their reign. The occult angle is post-war fiction writing (for the most part).
This is such a great Triogloy this was me and my father's favorite films besides star wars... the scene when indie shoots the swordsman my father applauded..and since he been gone for the last 20 years..every time I watch it... I do get misty eye so thanks fellas
Two characters that most people miss, his assistant that got stuck with the arrows after dropping the whip is Alfred Molina, you may know him as Doc Oc from one of the Spidey movies and the heavy-set government agent that asks him to go on the search for the Ark is Porkins, the first to get waxed in Star Wars: A New Hope Death Star run.
YES!!! Best Action Adventure Movie Ever Made! Originally, Tom Selleck was going to play the role of Indiana Jones, but turned it down to star in Magnum PI. Tim Matheson, Jeff Bridges, Nick Nolte, Nick Mancuso, Bill Murray, Steve Martin, Peter Coyote, Chevy Chase, and Jack Nicholson were considered for the role until Harrison Ford was picked. Barbra Streisand, Barbara Hershey, Sean Young, Amy Irving, and Stephanie Zimbalist were considered for Marion Ravenwood until Karen Allen was picked. Danny DeVito was going to play Sallah but turned it down as he was too busy working on TAXI. Half the cast and crew got food poisoning except for Ford and Steven Spielberg, who ate Spaghetti O's and PBJ sandwiches as they didn't want to eat any of the food. It was 113 degrees where they were filming in Tunisia Africa. Some of the crew ended up passing out. Harrison Ford twisted his knee while fighting a German mechanic and they had to film around him. The sounds of Indys handgun are that of a 30/30 Winchester Rifle. The punch sounds are that of someone whacking a pile of leather jackets with a baseball bat. The sounds of the spirits coming out of the Ark Of The Covenant are that of Seals, Sea Lions, and Dolphins played backwards or sped up to make it sound otherworldly. The climax was filmed in Elstree Studios London England. Luckily for the crew, it was air conditioned. The film was a box office and critical success, making $389 million dollars ($940 million dollars today) against a $20 million dollar budget. It was nominated for 8 Oscars including Best Picture but won for: Best Visual Effects Best Sound Editing Best Sound Effects Best Film Editing Best Production Design.
@ZXSPEX a know maybe it's the female lead ,she gets a lotv stick .but for me she's perfect ,scared of everything especially monkey brains who wouldn't be,I put it as a perfect trilogy up ther with back to the future
This is a rare example of a perfect film. There is not one moment in this movie that is wasted. Spielberg has two perfect films in his catalog in my opinion, this and Jaws.
@@bazf9564 That has nothing to do with "not one moment in this movie is wasted". It's perfect from a filmmaking perspective, not the morality of the characters within the film. Does that really need to be explained to you...?
2:53 - Credit to a young Alfred Molina as the guide. 10:50 - It has been pointed out that the tagline from the original movie posters syncs up remarkably well with the movie's main theme music: "If adventure has a name, that name must be Indiana Jones." 15:49 - Other people have talked about the story behind this scene, but the detail I like is that apparently when Ford suggested that Indy just shoot the guy, a couple of crewmen overheard and burst into laughter, and THAT is what convinced Spielberg to give the scene a chance. You can see some of what was intended for the scene in this outtakes video: ruclips.net/video/cUtkNMmVDqU/видео.html 17:49 - There's a great Indiana Jones pinball machine and it plays this line when the Ball Save rescues your ball. (When you get a Game Over, it plays Marion saying "See You Tomorrow, Indiana Jones.") 30:42 - A lot of people ask "How did Indy know to keep his eyes shut?" In a deleted line from the 'bad dates' scene, the Imam gave Indy and Salah a warning that gave Indy the clue he needed. 32:57 - George Lucas didn't want Harrison Ford for the role because he didn't like reusing actors (Ford was already Han Solo at this point). Spielberg convinced him that Ford was best for the role (after their first choice, Tom Sellick, fell through). 39:10 - The Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular was a show performed at Disney MGM Studios (now Disney Hollywood Studios), and this was BEFORE Disney bought Lucasfilm. The show had three main segments. It started out with a recreation of the jungle temple sequence, then the Cairo bazaar chase, then it ended with the Nazi air strip scene.
In case you didn't notice, the guide that Indy has at the beginning of the film is played by Alfred Molina. The same actor who plays Doctor Octopus in Spiderman 2.
To quote James Rolfe, film historian, critic and founder of Cinemassacre, Raiders of the Lost Ark is the pinnacle of action adventure cinema, put Harrison Ford on the map as one of the most badass actors of the age, and pushed the boundaries of how much ass can be kicked in a single film. It was one of the best and most defining films of the 80s and I don't know who I envy more, the children who had never seen anything like this before, or their parents who were in shock seeing what they grew up watching in serials blown up to such a spectacular display.
I’m old enough to remember the previews for Raiders. We had just seen The Empire Strikes Back a few months before, and we came running into the living room to catch the preview. It looked *so* awesome. Funnily enough, I don’t remember actually seeing the movie, but I well remember the excitement of the preview.
This film is super iconic and super enjoyable! The special effects at the end of the film are very good, and there's almost always a threat of danger, which really keeps you on the edge of your seat. Han Solo and Indiana Jones are roles that Harrison Ford will always be remembered for.
One of the most overrated films ever made. Indiana Jones didn't even stop the bad guys in this film, they just found the thing that they were looking for and died from it. In other words the entire thing is pointless.
Alfred Molina. BABY Alfred Molina! He's a great actor. Spiderman 2 is in my top five favorite movies ever, though it's tied with Spiderman No Way Home.💙
You need to watch the original trilogy. The 2nd one is an acquired taste, but the 3rd is a lot of fun and highly entertaining, featuring THE original James Bond. Yeah, it’s pretty amazing. As a film, this is probably better, but Last Crusade is so much fun.
Man in the third movie there is one scene I don't think I'll ever forget. It's when they're being shot at while they're flying the plane and while his dad is shooting the gun he shoots the tail. And he turns around and he says.... I'm sorry son.., They got us 🤣🤣🤣
The 2nd one is pretty horrible because Steven Spielberg cast that horrible woman just so she would...do stuff with him. And then she eventually married him.
When I think of the movies we were presented with from the 1940s through the 1980s, i am CONVINCED that movies of the past 20 years, with a few exceptions, are not worth a rewatch.
The Indiana Jones franchise has some of the best punch sfx in cinema, they set the standard for the noise it makes when the hero's fist meets the bad guy's jaw.
I'm glad you guys picked up on one of the main virtues of this movie in that it's not afraid to let Indy deal with failure. He's not a superhero. He gets hurt. He gets bested. He has to confront adversity and setbacks. It makes him such a better hero.
Originally, the fight between Indy and the sword guy in the market was supposed to be longer and more choreographed. That day, however, the crew, including Harrison Ford, had dysentery. So he came up to Spielberg and said "Can't I just f***ing shoot him?!" Spielberg agreed and thus we have an iconic moment in film history
yeah he got food poisoning from whomever was catering the set that day and felt like shit, they had this huge fight planned, and he just wasnt feeling it. I wonder what it would have looked like but in the end, less is more.
It’s interesting how weirdly people interpret certain things. I don’t see him ‘respecting religion’ in that scene. He’s not a fan of religion. He says as much. He’s witnessing unimaginable power, and respecting that. He’s not respecting religion, nor should he.
I anyone witnessed an entire platoon of Nazi soldiers evaporate and disappear without a trace, regardless if your eyes were closed, even the most die-hard atheist would find religion.
9:55 that is actually historically accurate Hitler was obsessed with things like The Lost Ark and the Occult he also sent an expedition to find the Holy Grail and another one to the Antarctic to find the Hollow Earth
This movie is a call-back to the serial westerns from Spielberg’s youth: every week at the movie theater, the hero appears done for in a cliff-hanger. Then you go back the next week to figure out how he got out of it.
My dad got to see this in the theater before release back when they still did sneak previews! No one had any idea what they were watching, and at first everyone was just like "oh come on, this is so cheesy" It wasn't until the "show a little backbone, will ya?" line that the whole theater busted up laughing. Suddenly it was clear that the movie wasn't taking itself seriously, and from that moment on it was one of his favorite all-time theater experiences.
I am 54 years now, and it amazes me, that yes, some are just experiencing films, music, tv, books, that my generation enjoyed years ago. That is why YouT’ channels can be so damn fun -experience through others! Join the ride!
I think Harrison Ford has a kind of everyman's cool. He's not jacked. He's not even the best fighter in his movies. He just has a casual, understated confidence. Kind of like Humphrey Bogart in his noir movies. Also, in the swordsman scene, Ford was supposed to fight him in this long, choreographed sword vs whip fight, but Ford was feeling sick and didn't want to go through it, so he improved shooting the guy and they just used it.
"I was a child; I was in love"- if you do the math on the actors' ages Indy was hooking up with Marion when he was 21-22 and she was like FIFTEEN at best.
Shooting the swordsman in the market was improvised. They had originally choreographed an entire fight, but Harrison Ford came down with dysentery shortly beforehand. In the moment the fight was to begin on set, Ford decided he would rather just shoot the guy and avoid overworking himself. First time dysentery ever did anything good for film!
Fun fact: They Originally wanted tom selleck to play as indiana but he was busy Filming magnum P I. Which I'm glad that it didn't work out. And they put harrison ford in the role because he did such a fantastic job. He's got a certain swag that I feel like tom selleck doesn't.
I was about 10 when my parents dragged me off to see this and I had no idea what it was(Raiders of the Lost what?), or what it was about, but by the end, I loved the entire experience. To this day, this is probably the loudest movie I've ever seen/listened to at a theater, as the punches sounded as loud as the gunfire, it was absolute bonkers at the time(your insides shook). This series really was one of the best trilogies around, as part 3 really was a perfect ending to the OG films. I haven't seen 5, but 4 is worth a watch, but if you guys decide to stop after part 3, there are much worse things you can do in this life. LOL
This was an awesome movie and close to perfect. Few points: Sallah is also the actor that played Gimli the dwarf. The Ark was fashioned after the description from the bible. The way it was transported at the end before the ceremony was the prescribed way, and the garb and ritual during the ceremony was also biblically correct. And finally, Indy told Marion to close her eyes because he knew mortals could not look upon the divine without consequences.
I was age 1 when this came out. Didn't see it till 5 years later on the ABC Sunday night movie. The first time i heard the name of Indiana Jones, it was associated with the term "Action Hero". Lucas & Spielberg were the ultimate team of filmmakers. They created my childhood and i was so grateful. Without this as the blueprint, you got nothing. Indy's adventures were inspired by 1930/1940s serialized films, campy and adventurous. For the saturday matinees, you'd go to the theatres and watch a episode every week to see what happens next. A lot of us as kids wanted to be like Indy. All the right moves, useful tools, getting the girl and saving the world. Every other person just wanted to search for artifacts anywhere. "Raiders" was No.1 film of 1981 and the winner of 4 Oscars. This franchise played a huge part in making Harrison Ford into the biggest box office draw in film history. Next 2 films are glorious. The 4th film is kinda controversial. But nevertheless, watch them all if you can.
4th was really bad. 5th was fine, not great or memorable, but just not bad, which is still disappointing but Harrison is in his 80's and Disney owns the franchise, so what could I expect?
You know what my a-hole child pointed out to me? "If the Nazi's all died cause they got melted by the Ark, then it didn't really matter if Indiana was there or not." He's a good kid, I swear.
Your kid was right. Indiana Jones really didnt do a whole lot of stopping of Nazis. He killed several low end Nazis, but in the end, he basically just helped them find the ark quicker (they were gonna do it anyways) andhe was just there for the ride to "not witness" them all die by the hand of God. Maybe he helped the US Army get the ark after the Nazis were cleaned up, but that was about it.
I hate how snarky millennials started this point. You could argue that the Nazis wouldn't have found it. (Unless they dug up the entire area) But, you could take 100s of movies and say the same thing. (That the protagonist didn't affect what the bad guys did)
It's disgusting how much I relate to Indy during the snake pit scene. I have an enormous fear of snakes and rats. Spiders I can handle just fine. Snakes? I freeze. Rats? I pass out.
I'm like that with spiders and tarantulas. Snakes i could probably handle, but if that was me in that cave filled with tarantulas in the beginning, i would've passed out.
I saw this in the theater when it came out (I was a teenager) and I remember after the intro sequence of Indiana getting the idol, the whole audience burst out in applause. Not because he got the idol, but because that was the BEST intro to an action movie ever seen at that time. It was exciting and captivating. We were all completely hooked.
For me, this movie will always be just Raiders of the Lost Ark. The "Indiana Jones and the" was added after the sequels were released. I was waiting to see your reaction to the scene with the swordsman. I knew it was going to be good. Someone else mentioned below that it was originally written to be a big fight scene, so I'll just leave you a little more trivia. The seaplane at the beginning of the film had the call letters OB-CPO. Images of C-3PO and R2-D2 appear among the hieroglyphs on one of the walls in the Well of Souls. In the scene with Indy and the Cobra, if you freeze it at just the right moment, you can see the reflection in the pane of glass that's positioned between Harrison Ford and the cobra. Indy's line "It's not the years, honey, it's the miles." was ad-libbed. Spielberg was known for giving his actors the freedom to ad-lib lines. Spielberg first included the coat hanger gag in his film 1941, but it was cut after it received no laughs during early previews. He vowed to include it in all of his movies until it worked, and this movie was it. The sequel, The Temple of Doom is, in my opinion, the worst of the series, though some people do like it. The Last Crusade is at least as good as this one, plus it costars Sean Connery. The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull isn't as bad as many of the haters say it is, even though it does costar Shia LeBeouf.
This is the archetypal action/adventure movie, the one that every film following it is measured against. There was another film called 'Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr' that might be better-known today if it had the misfortune to open at the same time as 'Raiders.' I was six years old when I saw this movie for the first time, and the closing scene with the melting faces traumatized me for YEARS. One of only two movies I ever tried to imitate. I got the official Indy fedora and a toy bullwhip and soon learned that those whips they used to sell at the county fair would NOT support my enormous bulk. Fortunately, I was only trying to swing across the yard, not cross a deep gorge. I'll tell you about the other movie I tried to imitate if you do a reaction to 'A Christmas Story.'
I saw this opening night when I was only 10, watched it all alone. 😳 Not bad parenting, it was PG and my mom took a last second job to take surveys as rooks exit the theater. She sat me in there and told me to stay until she came for me. I wanted to run out a few time but couldn’t because I had to wait for mom.
Based on old pulp fiction adventure stories. Where the hero is an everyman, not a superman. I love the mixture of history and the supernatural, the classic fist fights and the travels to exotic locales. Can't wait for Temple of Doom reaction.
One of the greatest action adventure movies of all time,paying tribute to all the 30's and 40's movie serials.What movies are suppose to be like before they became woke.🐒🐒🐒🐍🐍🐍🕷🕷🕷
30:08 The “Get Up” was an attempt by Belloq to follow Hebrew tradition and wear priestly garb equivalent to a high priest’s tunic and ephod. SPOILER: God wasn’t fooled.
I haven't seen the last movie that came out this year, but I haven't heard good things about it, although I've seen the critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, and it's not as bad as I thought it'll be, it's actually looking good.
I disagree with the previous two comments. It is not a bad movie. It is also not a particularly good movie. It felt like extra content, and while it had some good moments, I'm definitely not going to rewatch it as much as I rewatched the trilogy. Basically, if you hated Crystal Skull, you're going to be pleasantly surprised that somehow 80 year old Indy works better.
The next movie Temple of Doom is actually a prequel. It takes places before Raiders. Also the next time we see the Ark and the warehouse it's stored in, is in the movie Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Indy is forced to enter the warehouse in search of another dangerous artifact
Belloch was faking beong drunk too. He told Marion that the liquor came from his family vineyard. He'd been drinking ot for years. There was a show on SyFy called Warehouse 13 that was based on the warehouse where they stored the Ark at the end. You're right. Sh*t goes bad quite often.
There’s a great behind-the-scenes moments when Steven Spielberg holds and looks at a snake. “Why do you like fire? You’re supposed to hate fire. You’re ruining my movie!” 😂
So glad you’re watching these. The 2nd is the least of the 3, but still extremely entertaining. I personally think The last Crusade is the best one. I know you’ll love them.
It's funny that they chose Indiana Jones in celebration of the WoW expansions considering there are so many references in WoW to Indiana Jones. There is even a character who is an archeologist that is named Harrison Jones in the game who fights against goblins that have a very nazi-esk way of speaking and dressing. Also, because the idea of Indiana Jones came from the mind of George Lucas. The director who is best friends with him, put hieroglyphics of R2-D2 and C3P-0 next to the Arch when they found it down in the well of souls.
Amusingly picking this as a first of 3 in homage to the 3 WoW expansions you've landed on a reference that appears frequently in WoW particularly Uldum with Harrison Jones and of course the Uldaman dungeon map room.
Spielberg said Nazis are the best movie villains, since you can do any horrific thing you can come up with to them and absolutely no one will get upset.
Villains according to ✡️ish Hollywood, what a surprise.
Well. That's not necessarily true anymore for a subsect of the population in the US right now. 😒
And anyone who does complain about it shouldn't be allowed to have an opinion. They should stay under their rock, and rot there.
Well...nazis get upset, but no one cares lol
as a german i agree lol
I agree with you did say about Harrison. And he was able not to get stuck with a certain type of role or image as an actor after playing such iconic characters as Indiana or Han Solo and move on with his career very succesfully and even to play another recurrent role as Jack Ryan. He is a legend.
"You wanna talk to God? Let's go see him together. I've got nothing better to do" is probably my favorite line. It's so chilling. Harrison Ford is so great as Indiana Jones
Fun fact. The market scene where Indi shoots the guy with the sword, was improv. Harrison was actually not feeling well, there was an actual fight scene planned. But, since Harrison wasn't feeling well, he decided to improv the shot to end the scene quickly. As always, love you guys.
Wasn't it severe food poisoning?
@@kriscynical I do believe if my recollection is correct, that is what it was.
@@kReilly1988 Whatever it was, I know it was one of those illnesses that has you chained to a toilet with your pants down. lol
I can't imagine how _miserable_ that must have been in those conditions.
Amazing how Harrison Ford's improv got us two of the best movie scenes ever: this one, and "I love you."/"I know."
@@kReilly1988 I think I heard that almost everyone, cast and crew had some type of food poisoning while filming except for Speilberg because he had cases of Spagetti- O's shipped to him lol. I don't know if that is true or not. lol
Not really improv- it was a decision by Ford and Spielberg to change it on the day of shooting. Ford, as well as most of the rest of the cast and crew had contracted dysentery. Spielberg wasn't affected because he traveled with his own canned food. They tried several times to film it as originally written but, as Ford couldn't stand for more than 15 minutes at a time, they just couldn't get it to work, so they decided to change it and an iconic scene was born.
I always thought of them as angels rather than ghosts - angels in the actual lore are scary as hell (ironically) and it makes sense that the ark would have angels protecting it
Like the angel of death that killed all the 1st born and came like a mist
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Ye. Angels or guardian spirits, things like that.
I think they're heavenly angels too, and they're open for business, baby!
You hit the nail on the head with Indy taking some losses. It's part of what humanizes him. He takes hits. He gets hurt. But he comes *through*! Through intelligence, grit, and sometimes straight-up cheating. And he's still usually a bruised, bloody mess by the end of it. It's part of what makes him an icon.
I love how his amazing luck goes back and forth. He can make it out of very deadly situations by the seat of his pants (and probably worse for the wear), but still be unlucky enough to be sitting just right to get whacked in the chin with a flipping mirror.
I loved 80's action films that did this, not be afraid to beat up the hero. Which a part of what makes movies like Die Hard, First Blood, and the Indy movies so good.
In Captain America the Red Skull says "and the fuhrer digs for trinkets in the desert" after he finds the tesseract. A reference to this movie.
There is one thing that makes the best movies even greater. John Williams. His music can make you feel emotions you never would feel otherwise.
He can also make bad movies more tolerable. 1941 has such a fun theme.
"he's got a leather jacket and everything" yeah and you've got an octopus hat! that's pretty dang cool in my book! 👍
Indie's friend in Egypt, Sallah, is John Rhys-Davies. He also played the dwarf Gimli in Lord of The Rings. He's actually one of the tallest member of the cast playing the smallest member in the group, "The Fellowship of The Ring". Just shows how great a job they did filming LOTRs.
I saw Raiders so many times when it first came out.
Y'all be safe.
I love the fact that the series is based on really historical items that people have looked for. Nazis were obsessed with religious artifacts that they thought brought power.
I believe those mythical artifacts are real..
They didn't think it had powers, but it was a way to bring riches and, in a way, legitimacy to their reign. The occult angle is post-war fiction writing (for the most part).
@No, it's not. They were really into the occult.
@sexysadie2901 No, they really weren't. If you have sources to the contrary, please share.
Mein Komf and other documents from third reich science/occult higher ups. Some believed things "may" have powers. @
This is such a great Triogloy this was me and my father's favorite films besides star wars... the scene when indie shoots the swordsman my father applauded..and since he been gone for the last 20 years..every time I watch it... I do get misty eye so thanks fellas
Two characters that most people miss, his assistant that got stuck with the arrows after dropping the whip is Alfred Molina, you may know him as Doc Oc from one of the Spidey movies and the heavy-set government agent that asks him to go on the search for the Ark is Porkins, the first to get waxed in Star Wars: A New Hope Death Star run.
YES!!!
Best Action Adventure Movie Ever Made!
Originally, Tom Selleck was going to play the role of Indiana Jones, but turned it down to star in Magnum PI.
Tim Matheson, Jeff Bridges, Nick Nolte, Nick Mancuso, Bill Murray, Steve Martin, Peter Coyote, Chevy Chase, and Jack Nicholson were considered for the role until Harrison Ford was picked.
Barbra Streisand, Barbara Hershey, Sean Young, Amy Irving, and Stephanie Zimbalist were considered for Marion Ravenwood until Karen Allen was picked.
Danny DeVito was going to play Sallah but turned it down as he was too busy working on TAXI.
Half the cast and crew got food poisoning except for Ford and Steven Spielberg, who ate Spaghetti O's and PBJ sandwiches as they didn't want to eat any of the food.
It was 113 degrees where they were filming in Tunisia Africa. Some of the crew ended up passing out.
Harrison Ford twisted his knee while fighting a German mechanic and they had to film around him.
The sounds of Indys handgun are that of a 30/30 Winchester Rifle.
The punch sounds are that of someone whacking a pile of leather jackets with a baseball bat.
The sounds of the spirits coming out of the Ark Of The Covenant are that of Seals, Sea Lions, and Dolphins played backwards or sped up to make it sound otherworldly.
The climax was filmed in Elstree Studios London England. Luckily for the crew, it was air conditioned.
The film was a box office and critical success, making $389 million dollars ($940 million dollars today) against a $20 million dollar budget.
It was nominated for 8 Oscars including Best Picture but won for:
Best Visual Effects
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Effects
Best Film Editing
Best Production Design.
And the world is better for it because the original Magnum PI was awesome!
Imagine Bill Murray lol
Indiana Jones is a great trilogy.
I agree Temple of Doom never happened.
@@LeighMet Its part of the trilogy. The lesser of the three but still good.
@@ZXSPEXyup temple of doom as a kid scared the hell outv is an the cart chase brilliant, Al not have a bad word said about it
@ZXSPEX a know maybe it's the female lead ,she gets a lotv stick .but for me she's perfect ,scared of everything especially monkey brains who wouldn't be,I put it as a perfect trilogy up ther with back to the future
@ZXSPEX Al 2nd that as a 45 Yr old male and 2 teenage female offspring pure movie magic 🎩 s off to them
Letting the hero lose is something that's missing in most movies these days. It goes a long way to make you actually care about the character.
Bruce Lee never loses though. Neither does John Wick.
This is a rare example of a perfect film. There is not one moment in this movie that is wasted. Spielberg has two perfect films in his catalog in my opinion, this and Jaws.
Then he was also a producer on Back to the Future which is considered a perfect screen play. Dude was on a roll. lol
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@@bazf9564 That has nothing to do with "not one moment in this movie is wasted". It's perfect from a filmmaking perspective, not the morality of the characters within the film. Does that really need to be explained to you...?
Jurassic Park is up there for me, but I know it has some flaws.
@@bazf9564 Not even the movie treated Indy and Mary's relationship like it was ok when it happened.
2:53 - Credit to a young Alfred Molina as the guide.
10:50 - It has been pointed out that the tagline from the original movie posters syncs up remarkably well with the movie's main theme music: "If adventure has a name, that name must be Indiana Jones."
15:49 - Other people have talked about the story behind this scene, but the detail I like is that apparently when Ford suggested that Indy just shoot the guy, a couple of crewmen overheard and burst into laughter, and THAT is what convinced Spielberg to give the scene a chance. You can see some of what was intended for the scene in this outtakes video: ruclips.net/video/cUtkNMmVDqU/видео.html
17:49 - There's a great Indiana Jones pinball machine and it plays this line when the Ball Save rescues your ball. (When you get a Game Over, it plays Marion saying "See You Tomorrow, Indiana Jones.")
30:42 - A lot of people ask "How did Indy know to keep his eyes shut?" In a deleted line from the 'bad dates' scene, the Imam gave Indy and Salah a warning that gave Indy the clue he needed.
32:57 - George Lucas didn't want Harrison Ford for the role because he didn't like reusing actors (Ford was already Han Solo at this point). Spielberg convinced him that Ford was best for the role (after their first choice, Tom Sellick, fell through).
39:10 - The Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular was a show performed at Disney MGM Studios (now Disney Hollywood Studios), and this was BEFORE Disney bought Lucasfilm. The show had three main segments. It started out with a recreation of the jungle temple sequence, then the Cairo bazaar chase, then it ended with the Nazi air strip scene.
In case you didn't notice, the guide that Indy has at the beginning of the film is played by Alfred Molina. The same actor who plays Doctor Octopus in Spiderman 2.
No offense but did yall grow up off the grid man how did you not see this
You’d be surprised, their parents may not have been into it. I know I have missed out seeing some movies it seems everyone else saw. It just depends 🤣
To quote James Rolfe, film historian, critic and founder of Cinemassacre, Raiders of the Lost Ark is the pinnacle of action adventure cinema, put Harrison Ford on the map as one of the most badass actors of the age, and pushed the boundaries of how much ass can be kicked in a single film. It was one of the best and most defining films of the 80s and I don't know who I envy more, the children who had never seen anything like this before, or their parents who were in shock seeing what they grew up watching in serials blown up to such a spectacular display.
I’m old enough to remember the previews for Raiders. We had just seen The Empire Strikes Back a few months before, and we came running into the living room to catch the preview. It looked *so* awesome. Funnily enough, I don’t remember actually seeing the movie, but I well remember the excitement of the preview.
This film is super iconic and super enjoyable! The special effects at the end of the film are very good, and there's almost always a threat of danger, which really keeps you on the edge of your seat. Han Solo and Indiana Jones are roles that Harrison Ford will always be remembered for.
One of the most overrated films ever made.
Indiana Jones didn't even stop the bad guys in this film, they just found the thing that they were looking for and died from it.
In other words the entire thing is pointless.
Indiana Jones films are some of the most overrated films ever made.
Fun fact the guy who accompanies Indy at the Beginning is the same actor who played Doc Ock in Spider Man 2
Alfred Molina. BABY Alfred Molina! He's a great actor. Spiderman 2 is in my top five favorite movies ever, though it's tied with Spiderman No Way Home.💙
Not sure if you guys noticed but the guy who got killed by the spikes in the beginning was Alfred Molina (Doc Ock in Spider-Man).
You need to watch the original trilogy. The 2nd one is an acquired taste, but the 3rd is a lot of fun and highly entertaining, featuring THE original James Bond. Yeah, it’s pretty amazing. As a film, this is probably better, but Last Crusade is so much fun.
Man in the third movie there is one scene I don't think I'll ever forget. It's when they're being shot at while they're flying the plane and while his dad is shooting the gun he shoots the tail. And he turns around and he says.... I'm sorry son.., They got us 🤣🤣🤣
2nd one is the best IMO, for three reasons: (1) Darker tone, (2) Better soundtrack (3) Kickass arcade game based on it.
They said in the beginning they're going to watch all 3.
The 2nd one is pretty horrible because Steven Spielberg cast that horrible woman just so she would...do stuff with him. And then she eventually married him.
@@RobynHoodeofSherwood, but stop at 3. Don't go any further or you will be disappointed.
Great reaction! Grew up watching this film on VHS. Oh and the "birds" on the Ark are Cherubim, a type of angel.
When I think of the movies we were presented with from the 1940s through the 1980s, i am CONVINCED that movies of the past 20 years, with a few exceptions, are not worth a rewatch.
Cannae believe you two haven't seen this 😂
All I can say is, CLASSIC!
Indiana Jones 1, 2, 3 are good movies.
The Indiana Jones franchise has some of the best punch sfx in cinema, they set the standard for the noise it makes when the hero's fist meets the bad guy's jaw.
Temple Of Doom is the greatest adventure film ever. Looking forward to that. Calimaaaaaarrrrr!❤
One of the best trilogies ever created.
I'm glad you guys picked up on one of the main virtues of this movie in that it's not afraid to let Indy deal with failure. He's not a superhero. He gets hurt. He gets bested. He has to confront adversity and setbacks. It makes him such a better hero.
I might call Indy’s luck a superpower, though it’s certainly not one he can always rely on.
Originally, the fight between Indy and the sword guy in the market was supposed to be longer and more choreographed. That day, however, the crew, including Harrison Ford, had dysentery. So he came up to Spielberg and said "Can't I just f***ing shoot him?!"
Spielberg agreed and thus we have an iconic moment in film history
Classic story, but not true.
yeah he got food poisoning from whomever was catering the set that day and felt like shit, they had this huge fight planned, and he just wasnt feeling it. I wonder what it would have looked like but in the end, less is more.
Belloq: It's a transmitter. It's a radio for speaking to God.
*Belloq's head explodes
Marcus: Yes that's just what the Hebrews thought.
My favorite movies of all time finally
7:37 - That gag is cleverer than most people realize . . . *eye* love you. 😂
Were you guys raised in a cave your entire childhood? LOL! How did you miss out on all of these great movies growing up?
I clicked on this so fast I LOVE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK!
I love how Indy doesn't win, the Nazi's lose. And how Indy is respecting religion by not looking at the Ark, and telling Marion to also not look.
It’s interesting how weirdly people interpret certain things.
I don’t see him ‘respecting religion’ in that scene. He’s not a fan of religion. He says as much.
He’s witnessing unimaginable power, and respecting that. He’s not respecting religion, nor should he.
I anyone witnessed an entire platoon of Nazi soldiers evaporate and disappear without a trace, regardless if your eyes were closed, even the most die-hard atheist would find religion.
@@sean---the-other-onein the third one he clearly respects religion (mostly Christianity) and he believes in God same as his father
As long it's not the SMD-Marion...
@@sean---the-other-one Who hurt you?
9:55 that is actually historically accurate Hitler was obsessed with things like The Lost Ark and the Occult he also sent an expedition to find the Holy Grail and another one to the Antarctic to find the Hollow Earth
Good thing they never found it. The Hollow Earth is where the Supersonic Nazi Hell-Creatures live.
Have fun on the Indiana Jones ride!
This movie is a call-back to the serial westerns from Spielberg’s youth: every week at the movie theater, the hero appears done for in a cliff-hanger. Then you go back the next week to figure out how he got out of it.
Let's gooo so happy you guys watched this and the others to come hopefully soon lol
Guys, most people don't recognize him, but the first guy in the tomb that betrays Indi is the same actor that plays Doc Oc.
The other guy that runs off also played the monkey's master.
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Holy shit, it _is._
Still one of my all time favorite movies. Practically every single shot, every single line, is iconic.
My favorite movie of all time❤️❤️
The guy who tells Indy to throw him the Idol is none other than Doctor Octopus from the Spiderman films!
My dad got to see this in the theater before release back when they still did sneak previews! No one had any idea what they were watching, and at first everyone was just like "oh come on, this is so cheesy" It wasn't until the "show a little backbone, will ya?" line that the whole theater busted up laughing. Suddenly it was clear that the movie wasn't taking itself seriously, and from that moment on it was one of his favorite all-time theater experiences.
I am 54 years now, and it amazes me, that yes, some are just experiencing films, music, tv, books, that my generation enjoyed years ago. That is why YouT’ channels can be so damn fun -experience through others! Join the ride!
One of us.
One of us.
One of us....
I think Harrison Ford has a kind of everyman's cool. He's not jacked. He's not even the best fighter in his movies. He just has a casual, understated confidence. Kind of like Humphrey Bogart in his noir movies.
Also, in the swordsman scene, Ford was supposed to fight him in this long, choreographed sword vs whip fight, but Ford was feeling sick and didn't want to go through it, so he improved shooting the guy and they just used it.
This is a classic movie 🎥 wise choice 😎
"I was a child; I was in love"- if you do the math on the actors' ages Indy was hooking up with Marion when he was 21-22 and she was like FIFTEEN at best.
Shooting the swordsman in the market was improvised. They had originally choreographed an entire fight, but Harrison Ford came down with dysentery shortly beforehand. In the moment the fight was to begin on set, Ford decided he would rather just shoot the guy and avoid overworking himself. First time dysentery ever did anything good for film!
Fun fact: They Originally wanted tom selleck to play as indiana but he was busy Filming magnum P I.
Which I'm glad that it didn't work out. And they put harrison ford in the role because he did such a fantastic job. He's got a certain swag that I feel like tom selleck doesn't.
I was about 10 when my parents dragged me off to see this and I had no idea what it was(Raiders of the Lost what?), or what it was about, but by the end, I loved the entire experience. To this day, this is probably the loudest movie I've ever seen/listened to at a theater, as the punches sounded as loud as the gunfire, it was absolute bonkers at the time(your insides shook). This series really was one of the best trilogies around, as part 3 really was a perfect ending to the OG films. I haven't seen 5, but 4 is worth a watch, but if you guys decide to stop after part 3, there are much worse things you can do in this life. LOL
I believe this film won the Oscar for Best Sound Editing.
This was an awesome movie and close to perfect. Few points: Sallah is also the actor that played Gimli the dwarf. The Ark was fashioned after the description from the bible. The way it was transported at the end before the ceremony was the prescribed way, and the garb and ritual during the ceremony was also biblically correct. And finally, Indy told Marion to close her eyes because he knew mortals could not look upon the divine without consequences.
The guide who says he’ll toss Indy the whip if he throws him the idol, is played by Alfred Molina aka Doc Ock in Spider-Man 2.
By the way, the native with the eyepatch and the monkey is the same actor who plays the shorter of the two guides in the opening scene.
I was age 1 when this came out.
Didn't see it till 5 years later on the ABC Sunday night movie.
The first time i heard the name of Indiana Jones,
it was associated with the term "Action Hero".
Lucas & Spielberg were the ultimate team of filmmakers.
They created my childhood and i was so grateful.
Without this as the blueprint, you got nothing.
Indy's adventures were inspired by 1930/1940s serialized films,
campy and adventurous.
For the saturday matinees, you'd go to the theatres and
watch a episode every week to see what happens next.
A lot of us as kids wanted to be like Indy.
All the right moves, useful tools, getting the girl and saving the world.
Every other person just wanted to search for artifacts anywhere.
"Raiders" was No.1 film of 1981 and the winner of 4 Oscars.
This franchise played a huge part in making Harrison Ford
into the biggest box office draw in film history.
Next 2 films are glorious.
The 4th film is kinda controversial.
But nevertheless, watch them all if you can.
4th was really bad. 5th was fine, not great or memorable, but just not bad, which is still disappointing but Harrison is in his 80's and Disney owns the franchise, so what could I expect?
If you didn’t notice but that’s doc ock from Spider-Man 2 with Indy at the beginning of the movie.
Do all the rest of the Indiana Jones movies! DOD is coming to Disney+ on December 1st! Also, have you seen the Back To The Future movies?
39:10 That's not in Universal Studios but Disney's MGM Studios (called Disney's Hollywood Studios nowadays).
In every raiders movie, no matter what year it represents, if you know what was going on in that year you enjoy it alot more.😊
*Me while watching the Intro* : These two need to be contained
You know what my a-hole child pointed out to me? "If the Nazi's all died cause they got melted by the Ark, then it didn't really matter if Indiana was there or not." He's a good kid, I swear.
Your kid was right. Indiana Jones really didnt do a whole lot of stopping of Nazis. He killed several low end Nazis, but in the end, he basically just helped them find the ark quicker (they were gonna do it anyways) andhe was just there for the ride to "not witness" them all die by the hand of God. Maybe he helped the US Army get the ark after the Nazis were cleaned up, but that was about it.
I hate how snarky millennials started this point. You could argue that the Nazis wouldn't have found it. (Unless they dug up the entire area) But, you could take 100s of movies and say the same thing. (That the protagonist didn't affect what the bad guys did)
That doesn’t matter. The movie was all about the journey and the friends we made along the way.
@@JoeMama410 that's what I said! Bless you
@@JoeMama410 you said it!!!! 💯!!!
It's disgusting how much I relate to Indy during the snake pit scene. I have an enormous fear of snakes and rats. Spiders I can handle just fine. Snakes? I freeze. Rats? I pass out.
I'm like that with spiders and tarantulas. Snakes i could probably handle, but if that was me in that cave filled with tarantulas in the beginning, i would've passed out.
I'm the exact opposite lol
Hello, "Gene Belcher.";)
Freudian problem, my dude. The snakes represent your repressed fascination with...
@@pistonburner6448 Fascination with what?
I saw this in the theater when it came out (I was a teenager) and I remember after the intro sequence of Indiana getting the idol, the whole audience burst out in applause. Not because he got the idol, but because that was the BEST intro to an action movie ever seen at that time. It was exciting and captivating. We were all completely hooked.
For me, this movie will always be just Raiders of the Lost Ark. The "Indiana Jones and the" was added after the sequels were released. I was waiting to see your reaction to the scene with the swordsman. I knew it was going to be good. Someone else mentioned below that it was originally written to be a big fight scene, so I'll just leave you a little more trivia.
The seaplane at the beginning of the film had the call letters OB-CPO.
Images of C-3PO and R2-D2 appear among the hieroglyphs on one of the walls in the Well of Souls.
In the scene with Indy and the Cobra, if you freeze it at just the right moment, you can see the reflection in the pane of glass that's positioned between Harrison Ford and the cobra.
Indy's line "It's not the years, honey, it's the miles." was ad-libbed. Spielberg was known for giving his actors the freedom to ad-lib lines.
Spielberg first included the coat hanger gag in his film 1941, but it was cut after it received no laughs during early previews. He vowed to include it in all of his movies until it worked, and this movie was it.
The sequel, The Temple of Doom is, in my opinion, the worst of the series, though some people do like it. The Last Crusade is at least as good as this one, plus it costars Sean Connery. The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull isn't as bad as many of the haters say it is, even though it does costar Shia LeBeouf.
This is the archetypal action/adventure movie, the one that every film following it is measured against. There was another film called 'Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr' that might be better-known today if it had the misfortune to open at the same time as 'Raiders.'
I was six years old when I saw this movie for the first time, and the closing scene with the melting faces traumatized me for YEARS.
One of only two movies I ever tried to imitate. I got the official Indy fedora and a toy bullwhip and soon learned that those whips they used to sell at the county fair would NOT support my enormous bulk. Fortunately, I was only trying to swing across the yard, not cross a deep gorge. I'll tell you about the other movie I tried to imitate if you do a reaction to 'A Christmas Story.'
"Could Indy be a Belmont?" You guys deserve more subs.
He looks quite different 40 years ago, but Satipo in the beginning is Alfred Molina - Dr. Octopus, among many other roles. Raiders was his debut film.
I saw this opening night when I was only 10, watched it all alone. 😳 Not bad parenting, it was PG and my mom took a last second job to take surveys as rooks exit the theater. She sat me in there and told me to stay until she came for me. I wanted to run out a few time but couldn’t because I had to wait for mom.
Based on old pulp fiction adventure stories. Where the hero is an everyman, not a superman.
I love the mixture of history and the supernatural, the classic fist fights and the travels to exotic locales.
Can't wait for Temple of Doom reaction.
One of the greatest action adventure movies of all time,paying tribute to all the 30's and 40's movie serials.What movies are suppose to be like before they became woke.🐒🐒🐒🐍🐍🐍🕷🕷🕷
This will always be my favorite movie of all time
30:08 The “Get Up” was an attempt by Belloq to follow Hebrew tradition and wear priestly garb equivalent to a high priest’s tunic and ephod. SPOILER: God wasn’t fooled.
I haven't seen the last movie that came out this year, but I haven't heard good things about it, although I've seen the critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, and it's not as bad as I thought it'll be, it's actually looking good.
It is good check it out especially the opening and last part of the movie including the ending
saw it in the theater, it is awful.
I disagree with the previous two comments. It is not a bad movie. It is also not a particularly good movie. It felt like extra content, and while it had some good moments, I'm definitely not going to rewatch it as much as I rewatched the trilogy.
Basically, if you hated Crystal Skull, you're going to be pleasantly surprised that somehow 80 year old Indy works better.
My favorite movie of all time. Thanks for reacting.
Love this movie its a favorite of my daughter and I. We watched them all the time.
The next movie Temple of Doom is actually a prequel. It takes places before Raiders. Also the next time we see the Ark and the warehouse it's stored in, is in the movie Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Indy is forced to enter the warehouse in search of another dangerous artifact
Belloch was faking beong drunk too. He told Marion that the liquor came from his family vineyard. He'd been drinking ot for years.
There was a show on SyFy called Warehouse 13 that was based on the warehouse where they stored the Ark at the end. You're right. Sh*t goes bad quite often.
There’s a great behind-the-scenes moments when Steven Spielberg holds and looks at a snake. “Why do you like fire? You’re supposed to hate fire. You’re ruining my movie!” 😂
Yes, rather than destroy the shot, Paul Freeman ate a bug. He's a consummate professional.
🔔 FUN FACT: THE $3,000 HE OFFERED HER FOR THE MEDALLION IS EQUIVALENT TO OFFERING HER $65,000 IN TODAY'S MONEY. 💰
Great movie!
Hopefully, you guys watch the entire trilogy...it's always good when studios know when to stop.
Indiana Jones, early COD WW2 games, and Assassins Creed are major reasons for why I’m in college rn going into History. Lucasfilm never fails💯
I still think the truck scene may be in fact on of the best action/stunt sequences in cinema history. It’s just too good.
Not sand.
It's ash.
Inside the Ark was except for the stone tablets Aarons rod and a jar of manna.
The relics did burn on the ship to keep them away.
Imagine if it was Indiana Kyle, would be much better 👌🏼
yo yo lots of love from Poland, 420!
So glad you’re watching these.
The 2nd is the least of the 3, but still extremely entertaining.
I personally think The last Crusade is the best one.
I know you’ll love them.
Woo-hoo
Bonjour les amis, un coucou du sud de la France. Avez-vous reconnus Alfred Molina au tout début du film ? Bonne continuation
I was 13 when this came out and it was fucking awesome to watch on the big screen.
It's funny that they chose Indiana Jones in celebration of the WoW expansions considering there are so many references in WoW to Indiana Jones. There is even a character who is an archeologist that is named Harrison Jones in the game who fights against goblins that have a very nazi-esk way of speaking and dressing.
Also, because the idea of Indiana Jones came from the mind of George Lucas. The director who is best friends with him, put hieroglyphics of R2-D2 and C3P-0 next to the Arch when they found it down in the well of souls.
Oh god, will you guys please calm the fuck down.
Shout out to Porkins, he plays a dick but at least he lived 🎉
Amusingly picking this as a first of 3 in homage to the 3 WoW expansions you've landed on a reference that appears frequently in WoW particularly Uldum with Harrison Jones and of course the Uldaman dungeon map room.