Jen getting bit by a King Cobra is no joke. That shit will literally melt your bones. Just ask my friend from Ghana. He got bitten by one at the age of 10. Shhheeesh
Listen out for the "Wilhelm Scream". You can hear it in your video at 19:12 as that German fella gets thrown out of the back of the truck and onto the bonnet of that car behind. Aaaaargh he goes. That same scream has featured in dozens of movies... at least five of them starring Harrison Ford. The first movie it was in was made in 1951. In some of those 50s movies the same scream was played multiple times. It is a good scream, to be fair. It was played in 'Die Hard - with a vengeance', 'The Fifth Element', 'Planet of the Apes (2001)', 'The Lord of the Rings (Two Towers)', 'The Pirates of the Caribbean', and many many more.
The guys driving off the cliff didn't use the Wilhelm scream i do think I would of sounded the same as those poor guys if I was going to be falling that far but it is the Wilhelm scream for the guy going onto the bonnet, that scream always crack me and my wife up.
The big warehouse at the end is a matte painting by Michael Pangrazio. It's massive, painted on glass with the small area clear where the guy pushing the crated-up Ark was composted in. It remains on screen for a long time, which is unusual for a matte painting since the longer you look the more they seem fake. Pangrazio is that good. I had a large poster of it as a kid. It's a little sloppy up close, but it gains in quality if you step back. Too much detail would look fake he said. It took him three months to paint. His matte paintings for Return of the Jedi are insane.
I can remember when this came out in the theater. I was 17. When Indy says, "what truck?" I was like, "Jesus, this guy is determined" and then when he comes charging out on that horse I was like, "Well this shit just kicked into 5th gear" and during the entire chase scene I was like, "This is unbelievable!" What a ride! Lucas fully understood just what made the Saturday matinee hero of the the 30s and 40s so popular. Took that and translated it into a modern movie and it was instant success. Basically it's the same thing he did in creating Star Wars.
Lil Trivia: The actor playing the guide in the very beginning, the one who has the spiders all over him? - He later went on to star as Doc Ock in Spiderman 2 Name is Alfred Molina.
Favourite thing is how they make indiana jones seem like a complete unstoppable badass but then completely humanize him by having him running away from the army, and screaming his life off, and then having a fear of snakes. It's so good
"Is the monkey a good guy, or a bad guy?" The monkey is only a pawn in the game of life. We needed a counter at the bottom of the screen to indicate how many times Jen called Harrison Ford, handsome or hunky.
The scene in the map room is a textbook example of how a musical score can elevate a movie to a new plateau. During this time John Williams was at his peak and this movie is one of his best examples. Of course the entire movie is just a perfect storm of story, actors, director and production. One of the best movies ever made.
@@jenmurrayxo If you get a chance, try and see John Williams in concert. He's 91 and still going strong. I've seen him for the past 8 years at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, and seeing him LIVE is amazing. The man is a treasure.
A couple of improvised scenes in this: - When Indy is up against the all-black sword fighter and pulls out his gun and shoots the guy, that was devised because Harrison had dysentery and couldn't do the full rehearsed sword vs whip fight. Someone came up with the gun killing the guy as a quick-to-shoot alternative which audiences LOVED. - When the snake falls on Marion's neck in the well of the souls, that was Steven Spielberg's idea (he didn't tell her ahead of time and her glare back at him is real) - When Indy says to Marion on the ship, "It's not the age, it's the mileage", that was Harrison's idea. Also, when Indy and Sullah are getting the Ark, if you look at one of the pillars with the hieroglyphics (I think it's the one on the left in the scene) you can see R2-D2 and C-3PO from Star Wars. Difficult to see unless you have a really good copy (damn near impossible on the original VHS).
There was a TV show called Warehouse 13 that was in part inspired by the ending scene where the Ark was boxed up and stored in a vast warehouse. The show aired from 2009 to 2014 and was part Sci Fi and part paranormal, and followed a group of archivists who had to recover all these ancient powerful artifacts and securely store them in the warehouse. It had a great cast with lots of chemistry, and was a really fun.
As soon as I saw the interior of the warehouse in the first episode, I told my roommate "They've got the ark in there, I just know it." 😀 Love Warehouse 13 and Eureka!
If you want to watch a good, old school, adventure movie that you’d probably enjoy, check out “Romancing the Stone”. The movie won a golden globe for best picture, staring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito. You’ll probably love it!! 😁
Romancing the Stone was basically a rip-off of Indiana Jones but for a rip-off it was really good and had a great cast. IMHO it doesn't reach the benchmark that Raiders of the Lost Ark set 3 years before it (I don't think I've seen a single action-adventure movie that has).
I saw Raiders at 7, and loved it ever since. Here's some fun facts: This is the film that made Hugh Jackman want to be an actor, and M. Night Shyamalan a director. It was originally rated R because of the head explosion. To get a PG rating, all Steven had to do was add flames over the exploding head.
I can now claim Jen Murray was my first, I have never sat and watched an add for anybody but I watched every second! I hope hello fresh treats you well.
My top movie of all time. Whenever they show it on the big screen, I go in my Raiders outfit. This is one movie you must see on the big screen. Same with Star Wars, Jaws, Close Encounters, Conan, Starship Troopers, Wrath of Khan, Flash Gordon...
This is some real trivia: Spielberg wanted to make a Bond film, out of curiosity, but Cubby R. Broccoli (famous for producing the spy franchise) turned him down. Whereas George Lucas, without an inch of sarcasm, said "Ive got something better than Bond". And thus came this 1981 film and it spawned 4 sequels through the years. But the 5th instalment, well, that remains to be judged individually.
The first and third movies are the best in my opinion. Temple of Doom was good, but not as good as 1 and 3. I'm one of the few people I know who actually likes the fourth movie. I thought the Russian antagonists were awesome and I loved Mud and Marion's return. The crystal skull has been a serious conundrumto archeologists for a while now... Personally, I thought they should have made a bunch of Indiana Jones Jr movies with Shia Labouff. Maybe a series. But the KK monster just HAD to ruin another franchise and Dial of Destiny was spawned. KK had to kill off Mud offscreen amd screw Indiana Jones as far as she could. Shame on KK. I still have not seen that one.
The moment when we see the Ark being put in the storehouse, the music swelling, and then the credits finally roll . . . I actually find myself letting out a long-held breath.
Yes, Raiders was THE movie to see when it came out. The pacing, the humor, the squishy bits -- all perfect. Nod to the special effects teams - nothing like this had been done before. The face - melts were genuinely horrifying and unexpected for the time. Fun reaction to a fun movie!
21:11 - Knowing how you feel towards Harrison Ford, and understanding myself to be a red-blooded man who thinks Marion is georgous, the nonchalant-ness with which you said "yeah, they need to make out, pronto" made me crack up. We're such pervs. 😆
I met the actress that plays the love interest, Karen Allen, and John Rhys Davis, Saula. He is in Lord of the Rings as well. I got both of their autographs.
Hi. I was 8 when Raiders came out but didn't get to see it on big screen until many years later. It is my favorite Indiana Jones movie and my favorite movie of all time. I became an Indy fan after seeing Last Crusade in theaters at the age of 16 and have been crushing out on Harrison Ford since then. He was, of course devastatingly handsome as Indy and made hundreds of girls hearts a flutter. His tanned physique, that heart stopping smile those gorgeous hazel eyes, the rugged scar... Of course I loved Harrison as Han Solo, too!!!
Fun Fact: indy getting dragged under the truck is a nod by Spielberg back to the early days of the film industry, with Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. THe Keystone cops would do those sorts of gags all the time for movie viewers to watch at the penny arcade. And yes it was literally 5 cents to see a movie back in 1915.
Loved your reaction! Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones is the best example of that Austin Powers quote: Women want him and men want to be him. Everyone loves Indy! haha
Really have come to appreciate reaction videos as of lately. Some are a bit out there and some don't hold my attention at all. I do look forward to your posts. You are so chill it's like watching great movies with a good friend. Thanks for your work and never stop being you😊
There's been a lot of people "explaining" over the years how Indy survived hanging onto the sub for that distance, but the honest truth is probably the fact that most diesel subs of the era spent very little time entirely underwater, usually they had at least the tower above the surface for exhaust and air intake. Usually they were at surface level unless they spotted something to shoot at.
I just recently started watching your channel, one of my favorite things about it is how you dress the part for whatever we happen to be watching! haha
1. While filming in Tunisia most of the cast got food poisoning and Ford actually got diarrhea from it. and was very ill. The scene where he shoots the guy was supposed to be another long fight scene but Ford was feeling so bad and it was terribly hot so he basically said, "The hell with this" and just shot the guy.🤣 2. Karen Allen played Boone's squeeze in "Animal House" HINT HINT 3. If you don't like spiders you're going to love the next one. It's not the best of the bunch but it's adventurous. Billy is a pain in the ass though. 4. Two overlooked Harrison Ford movies worth a first time/share are: "Witness" and "Force 10 From Navarone" 5. The sand in the ark is the stone tablets turned to sand over time. 6. The ride at Disneyland is pretty cool. Make sure it's one of your first to get it out of the way before the line gets too long. Adventureland.
@@jenmurrayxo I wouldn't force its proximity on someone who I knew was arachnophobic. I only took my reptiles and tarantulas to schools and scout groups who asked. I'm not hostile toward animals that are helpful in controlling pests and would only hurt me in self defense. I have handled a lot of spiders and was only bitten once when I was about eight by a jumping spider that I accidentally pinched when I closed my hand over it. In recent decades my main interaction with spiders has been to gently take them outdoors when they were found inside.
People rarely contacted me about helping them overcome their fear of spiders or dogs. Ophidophobia, fear of snakes, was a more frequent subject, as I was mostly known for my involvement with reptiles. I took the request as indicating that they were ready to try interacting with the object of their fear.
Die hard fans might recognize ROBERT NEVIN who played the medical examiner in JAWS lurking in the background at the very end scene discussing the location of the arc. WATCH FOR HIM!
I saw this as a kid when it came out with my family. The theater was so crowded we couldn't sit together. Your reactions to several scenes are how I remember the whole audience reacting at the time. What is that? Oh that's a menacing hanger. :-)
My favorite Indiana Jones movies from least to most favorite: Crystal Skull Temple of Doom Last Crusade Raiders Some people will advise to avoid Crystal Skull. But in my opinion, it is worth watching. It has some great moments.
No pet spider or snake for Jen. I was 8 when I saw this movie on a Rented VHS cassette in 1983. My 2 older sisters and I told our parents we where to scared to go to bed after seeing the creepy ark scene near the end of the movie. We convinced our parents to let us watch a Disney movie to calm us down before going to bed. So we could stay up longer. Random recommendation for some light hearted cheesy 80's fun is 1986 Short Circuit. If you haven't seen it. The theme song was stuck in my head for a week after.
Harrison was extremely sick with dysentery during the Arab swordsman scene, which originally was planned as a full fight sequence. He told Spielberg the only way he was going to last the day's shoot was if he just shot the bad guy. Spielberg thought it funny, and shot it that way...
You should absolutely continue with the trilogy so you can also watch Last Crusade. And if you liked Marion then you should consider watching Starman, a sci-fi/roadtrip/romance movie that has Karen Allen starring opposite Jeff Bridges
Oh man didn’t see this coming but I’m SO glad you’re doing this series! Lol, “that money’s a bad guy!” Hilarious, but yeah I’m with you on big hairy spiders. Hellll no. Lol, the machine gun noises and the Harrison thirst were adorable to watch. So glad you enjoyed them. Man I forgot how much fun we had seeing this in theaters. We must’ve gone back to see this 1/2 a dozen times.
Great reaction! Seeing a young person watching these old movies and having such a good time really takes me back to the good old days, Thanks for posting! Best wishes for you and your channel.
Other good adventure movies in this style would be Stargate, The Phantom, The Rocketeer, The Shadow, The Mummy (1999), John Carter (2012), The Fifth Element, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), The Green Hornet (2011), Romancing the Stone and Flash Gordon (2000) all have a 1930s/40s pulp action/adventure vibe similar to Raiders. Characters like The Phantom, Flash Gordon, The Shadow, John Carter and Tarzan were foundational in creating the pulp action/adventure genre.
Your reaction to the spiders alone deserves a tip as does your speed hair braiding 🔥if it was a choice between spiders or snakes I'd have to go with snakes eeeeek both are a no from me . MVP always Boston when he's chilling in the background what a good boy 😊 kicking off September in style cheers Jen for being awesome and continuing to be awesome you're the best 🔥💙🔥💙
It's cool seeing the younger gen watching the movies us genx grew up with....I didn't know one kids mom that didn't like Harrison Ford..lol...he was the shit back then n still is today🤘👍✌️
Yes... Hitler was totally into anything occult looking to conquer the world.....AND Indiana movies have the best "punching" noises out of all movies ever made 😅
Jen!!! I was thinking about you today because I was watching a movie and had the same reaction you had to Harrison Ford. I love your unfiltered honesty in sighing and commenting on how handsome he is. Some PC people just will NOT admit any attraction to anyone because, well, they're PC. I was watching a Hallmark movie with an actress I think is drop-dead beautiful, so much so that I found myself doing what you did, "Oh my gosh, I can't believe how gorgeous she is," sighing and everything. Funny thing is she's one of the second-bananas who always gets cast as the best friend of the protagonist. Her name is Amy Groening. I pretty much have trouble following the story when she's on the screen. So when I was teasing you about running some of the movie on "loop," I was actually relating to myself. Can't wait for your next one. Later, Gator!!! :)
This was the first movie I ever saw..in a Drive In and is one of my earliest memories in 1981. Marion is a classic George Lucas female character - the "damsel NOT in distress".
I saw Temple of Doom at a drive-in, the 2nd movie was Star Trek 2 Wrath of Khan. My mother took me and my best friend, we were either 8 or 9. I think we fell asleep before Star Trek finished, but I remember the bug that went in that guy's ear!
The third Indiana Jones movie, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, remains my favorite. This film is one that still sounds weird to me with the "Indiana Jones" prefix. When I watched it, it was still just called Raiders of the Lost Ark. But then, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was still being marketed only as Star Wars, so there is that. I think both got their extra bits to their marketing titles around the same time (though Star Wars had long before appended both Episode IV and A New Hope in the title crawl). It makes sense they'd do it, but it just doesn't seem right when people say it as such, to my mind. At least they didn't edit the title as it appears on screen, though, which is nice.
Obviously at that stage they didn't know there would be a series of films. The main title just reads "Raiders of the Lost Ark". I really see no trouble in letting viewers know it's part of a series.
Such a fun and fantastic film. Watching you swoon over Harrison Ford was delightful. This is what adventure movies are all about. Glad you enjoyed it, Jen.
Other trivia, the U-boat (submarine) movie prop that pulls them over was one of the ones used to film the German movie "Das Boot" which was also being done around the same time.
One of my all-time fave films - arguably the best of the franchise and one of the greatest action/adventure films ever made. Ford's second iconic role (after Han Solo) truly makes it his own with a great cast including the sexy and feisty Karen Allen (lucky enough to meet her and she's even more beautiful and down to earth IRL). When I saw this when it first came out my mom took me and my sister into the theatre lobby to chastise us before the screening (we were cutting up) and threatened that we'd be getting punished when we got home. The film was such a great experience viewing it with my parents my mom totally forgot to follow up on the grounding :D ;d Yes by all means watch the entire franchise; you won't regret it Jen. Nice job as usual here.
Oh wow, "I take it back the monkey might be a nazi" is one of the funniest things I've heard a reactor say 🤣
3:42 It seems actor Alfred Molina just cannot avoid spiders - from tarantulas to Peter Parker.
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Jen getting bit by a King Cobra is no joke. That shit will literally melt your bones. Just ask my friend from Ghana. He got bitten by one at the age of 10. Shhheeesh
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So if Indy was a grad student, and Marion was Ravenwoods daughter.... That would have made him about 22 and her like 15 ..
There will never be another John Williams...Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Superman, so many classics. Fantastic composer.
you forgot jurrasic park
@@cl844 How could I forget Jurassic Park???
You're correct. Thanks!
Listen out for the "Wilhelm Scream". You can hear it in your video at 19:12 as that German fella gets thrown out of the back of the truck and onto the bonnet of that car behind. Aaaaargh he goes.
That same scream has featured in dozens of movies... at least five of them starring Harrison Ford. The first movie it was in was made in 1951. In some of those 50s movies the same scream was played multiple times. It is a good scream, to be fair. It was played in 'Die Hard - with a vengeance', 'The Fifth Element', 'Planet of the Apes (2001)', 'The Lord of the Rings (Two Towers)', 'The Pirates of the Caribbean', and many many more.
The guys driving off the cliff didn't use the Wilhelm scream i do think I would of sounded the same as those poor guys if I was going to be falling that far but it is the Wilhelm scream for the guy going onto the bonnet, that scream always crack me and my wife up.
The big warehouse at the end is a matte painting by Michael Pangrazio. It's massive, painted on glass with the small area clear where the guy pushing the crated-up Ark was composted in. It remains on screen for a long time, which is unusual for a matte painting since the longer you look the more they seem fake. Pangrazio is that good. I had a large poster of it as a kid. It's a little sloppy up close, but it gains in quality if you step back. Too much detail would look fake he said. It took him three months to paint. His matte paintings for Return of the Jedi are insane.
I can remember when this came out in the theater. I was 17.
When Indy says, "what truck?" I was like, "Jesus, this guy is determined" and then when he comes charging out on that horse I was like, "Well this shit just kicked into 5th gear" and during the entire chase scene I was like, "This is unbelievable!"
What a ride!
Lucas fully understood just what made the Saturday matinee hero of the the 30s and 40s so popular. Took that and translated it into a modern movie and it was instant success. Basically it's the same thing he did in creating Star Wars.
Such an awesome movie 👍👍
when this came out, some stupid critic said it was boring
Lil Trivia: The actor playing the guide in the very beginning, the one who has the spiders all over him? - He later went on to star as Doc Ock in Spiderman 2 Name is Alfred Molina.
Nice 👌
"Makes me want to put a braid in my hair" ... 3 seconds later: A braid. How is that possible? 🤔😂
Favourite thing is how they make indiana jones seem like a complete unstoppable badass but then completely humanize him by having him running away from the army, and screaming his life off, and then having a fear of snakes. It's so good
"Is the monkey a good guy, or a bad guy?"
The monkey is only a pawn in the game of life.
We needed a counter at the bottom of the screen to indicate how many times Jen called Harrison Ford, handsome or hunky.
Lol hope the counter goes to infinity 😆
The scene in the map room is a textbook example of how a musical score can elevate a movie to a new plateau. During this time John Williams was at his peak and this movie is one of his best examples. Of course the entire movie is just a perfect storm of story, actors, director and production. One of the best movies ever made.
Really is the dream team 👌
@@jenmurrayxo If you get a chance, try and see John Williams in concert.
He's 91 and still going strong. I've seen him for the past 8 years at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, and seeing him LIVE is amazing.
The man is a treasure.
I love that Raiders of the Lost Ark's Boulder scene was inspired by Uncle Scrooge comics.
Ohhh didn't know! 👍
“Asps. Very dangerous. You go first.” One of my all time favorite movie lines
Love it!
John Rhys Davies is always wonderful in everything he does, a genuinely entertaining person in real life and a thorough gentleman too.
A couple of improvised scenes in this:
- When Indy is up against the all-black sword fighter and pulls out his gun and shoots the guy, that was devised because Harrison had dysentery and couldn't do the full rehearsed sword vs whip fight. Someone came up with the gun killing the guy as a quick-to-shoot alternative which audiences LOVED.
- When the snake falls on Marion's neck in the well of the souls, that was Steven Spielberg's idea (he didn't tell her ahead of time and her glare back at him is real)
- When Indy says to Marion on the ship, "It's not the age, it's the mileage", that was Harrison's idea.
Also, when Indy and Sullah are getting the Ark, if you look at one of the pillars with the hieroglyphics (I think it's the one on the left in the scene) you can see R2-D2 and C-3PO from Star Wars. Difficult to see unless you have a really good copy (damn near impossible on the original VHS).
Oh wow! Crazy about the hieroglyphics Easter egg!
I love that Harrison wrote that line... so awesome 👌
Yeah, people say: "The poor monkey!" And I say: "It was a NAZI MONKEY."
The guide who betrays Indy at the beginning of the movie is a very young Alfred Molina aka Doc Oc from the Spiderman movies.
Re-watch. 💜 Loved the Hello Fresh intro and food cooking, eating part - great job, very enticing. Halloumi, mmmm. 😍
There was a TV show called Warehouse 13 that was in part inspired by the ending scene where the Ark was boxed up and stored in a vast warehouse. The show aired from 2009 to 2014 and was part Sci Fi and part paranormal, and followed a group of archivists who had to recover all these ancient powerful artifacts and securely store them in the warehouse. It had a great cast with lots of chemistry, and was a really fun.
Such a great show. It's Sister show Eureka was good as well.
Oh yes, Warehouse 13 was great. It didn't take itself too serious while still having really good plots.
As soon as I saw the interior of the warehouse in the first episode, I told my roommate "They've got the ark in there, I just know it." 😀 Love Warehouse 13 and Eureka!
that was a good show! now i need to go watch it again
Such a shame that they cancelled it. It was really fun.
If you want to watch a good, old school, adventure movie that you’d probably enjoy, check out “Romancing the Stone”. The movie won a golden globe for best picture, staring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito. You’ll probably love it!! 😁
Romancing the Stone was basically a rip-off of Indiana Jones but for a rip-off it was really good and had a great cast. IMHO it doesn't reach the benchmark that Raiders of the Lost Ark set 3 years before it (I don't think I've seen a single action-adventure movie that has).
Ye it's a really good movie. Oldie but goodie!
She will love it!
Also the sequel Jewel of the Nile
@@scyphehow inconvenient that Romancing the stone was written B4 Raiders.
I saw Raiders at 7, and loved it ever since. Here's some fun facts:
This is the film that made Hugh Jackman want to be an actor, and M. Night Shyamalan a director.
It was originally rated R because of the head explosion. To get a PG rating, all Steven had to do was add flames over the exploding head.
The traitorous guy in the beginning ("throw me the whip") was Alfred Molina, the guy who played Otto Octavius from the Spiderman movies
I can now claim Jen Murray was my first, I have never sat and watched an add for anybody but I watched every second! I hope hello fresh treats you well.
My top movie of all time. Whenever they show it on the big screen, I go in my Raiders outfit. This is one movie you must see on the big screen. Same with Star Wars, Jaws, Close Encounters, Conan, Starship Troopers, Wrath of Khan, Flash Gordon...
Oh I'd love to see someday on the big screen! 👍👍
One of a handful of movies I personally deem perfect. Spielberg could not be topped during this era.
Oh for sure! Dream team on this one 👍
@edd I was actually referring to the 80s era which started with this film. And I meant Spielberg the producer as well as director.
Spielberg was great. Jurassic Park is his last great movie that he directed.
Nope!
@@biguy617 Nah, Schindler's List came out five months after Jurassic Park and is a masterpiece (albeit quite difficult to watch at times).
This is some real trivia: Spielberg wanted to make a Bond film, out of curiosity, but Cubby R. Broccoli (famous for producing the spy franchise) turned him down. Whereas George Lucas, without an inch of sarcasm, said "Ive got something better than Bond". And thus came this 1981 film and it spawned 4 sequels through the years. But the 5th instalment, well, that remains to be judged individually.
The first and third movies are the best in my opinion. Temple of Doom was good, but not as good as 1 and 3.
I'm one of the few people I know who actually likes the fourth movie. I thought the Russian antagonists were awesome and I loved Mud and Marion's return. The crystal skull has been a serious conundrumto archeologists for a while now... Personally, I thought they should have made a bunch of Indiana Jones Jr movies with Shia Labouff. Maybe a series.
But the KK monster just HAD to ruin another franchise and Dial of Destiny was spawned. KK had to kill off Mud offscreen amd screw Indiana Jones as far as she could. Shame on KK. I still have not seen that one.
One of the purest, most enjoyable cinematic experiences of all time 🥇
The moment when we see the Ark being put in the storehouse, the music swelling, and then the credits finally roll . . . I actually find myself letting out a long-held breath.
Yes!
So awesome!!
When you've finished the Indiana Jones movies, another Harrison Ford movie to check out is Air Force One.
Yes, Raiders was THE movie to see when it came out. The pacing, the humor, the squishy bits -- all perfect. Nod to the special effects teams - nothing like this had been done before. The face - melts were genuinely horrifying and unexpected for the time. Fun reaction to a fun movie!
Thanks Edward! This must've been a blast to see when it came out ☺👍
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But the best of the series will always be the third one. The Last Crusade.
Sean Connery was amazing!
@@jenmurrayxo seriously, are you watching movies like this on laptop?
21:11 - Knowing how you feel towards Harrison Ford, and understanding myself to be a red-blooded man who thinks Marion is georgous, the nonchalant-ness with which you said "yeah, they need to make out, pronto" made me crack up. We're such pervs. 😆
I met the actress that plays the love interest, Karen Allen, and John Rhys Davis, Saula. He is in Lord of the Rings as well. I got both of their autographs.
"That monkey might be a Nazi" may be the best sentence ever spoken on this channel.
Lol! 🤣
Hi. I was 8 when Raiders came out but didn't get to see it on big screen until many years later. It is my favorite Indiana Jones movie and my favorite movie of all time. I became an Indy fan after seeing Last Crusade in theaters at the age of 16 and have been crushing out on Harrison Ford since then. He was, of course devastatingly handsome as Indy and made hundreds of girls hearts a flutter. His tanned physique, that heart stopping smile those gorgeous hazel eyes, the rugged scar... Of course I loved Harrison as Han Solo, too!!!
Such a hunk!! 🥰🥰
Caption fun: 'Indiana Jones hates steaks, I hate spiders. A match made in heaven.'
Bahaha
Fun Fact: indy getting dragged under the truck is a nod by Spielberg back to the early days of the film industry, with Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. THe Keystone cops would do those sorts of gags all the time for movie viewers to watch at the penny arcade. And yes it was literally 5 cents to see a movie back in 1915.
also a classic Western stunt.
The whole series is a "borrowing" of weekly cliffhanger serials that were on at cinemas. There are a few on YT.
Loved your reaction! Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones is the best example of that Austin Powers quote: Women want him and men want to be him. Everyone loves Indy! haha
Oh so true!! 👍👍
Just started your video, and love the vintage door to your room. This room looks like a southern bed and breakfast. Love it!
Oh thanks! My house has lots of character I love! 👌
Really have come to appreciate reaction videos as of lately. Some are a bit out there and some don't hold my attention at all. I do look forward to your posts. You are so chill it's like watching great movies with a good friend. Thanks for your work and never stop being you😊
Thanks Bob! 👍
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If your friends/patreons have horror film requests, hit me up if you want a heads up. That's my forte.😊
This movie is utter perfection.
Agreed! ☺👍
There's been a lot of people "explaining" over the years how Indy survived hanging onto the sub for that distance, but the honest truth is probably the fact that most diesel subs of the era spent very little time entirely underwater, usually they had at least the tower above the surface for exhaust and air intake. Usually they were at surface level unless they spotted something to shoot at.
Thank you, I always wondered myself…… but in the 80’s we accepted that it was make believe and it just worked somehow. We didn’t care then. Lil
I just recently started watching your channel, one of my favorite things about it is how you dress the part for whatever we happen to be watching! haha
Thanks, I'm having fun with it ☺👍
20:21 - Belloq: "Idiot! Idiot!"
Raiders is one of my favorite films, it never gets old, probably my favorite role for Harrison Ford as well.
He does get an amazing theme song as Indy!! 👍
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws, and Jurassic Park = Speilberg's holy trinity
Need to see Jaws this summer!!
Fun fact: the exterior submarine model used in the film was borrowed from the production of the german film "Das Boot"!
Who needs a model of a sub when you have a FULL SIZE one? Ha!
Hitler was indeed interested in supernatural artifacts. Glad you picked up on that.
"The Frisco Kid" was an underrated Western comedy starring Harrison Ford and Gene Wilder from 1979. It deserves a reaction.
I love history and learning about war history. Hitler was very interested in the occult for some reason.
1. While filming in Tunisia most of the cast got food poisoning and Ford actually got diarrhea from it. and was very ill. The scene where he shoots the guy
was supposed to be another long fight scene but Ford was feeling so bad and it was terribly hot so he basically said, "The hell with this" and just shot the guy.🤣
2. Karen Allen played Boone's squeeze in "Animal House" HINT HINT
3. If you don't like spiders you're going to love the next one. It's not the best of the bunch but it's adventurous. Billy is a pain in the ass though.
4. Two overlooked Harrison Ford movies worth a first time/share are: "Witness" and "Force 10 From Navarone"
5. The sand in the ark is the stone tablets turned to sand over time.
6. The ride at Disneyland is pretty cool. Make sure it's one of your first to get it out of the way before the line gets too long. Adventureland.
Thanks for the info William! ☺👍
I always get a kick out of "Doc Oc" covered in spiders.
The spiders that creeped you out are Mexican red knee tarantulas, a fairly docile species that were popular pets in the '70s and '80s.
Oh my goodness I could never have one as a pet 😱
@@jenmurrayxo I wouldn't force its proximity on someone who I knew was arachnophobic. I only took my reptiles and tarantulas to schools and scout groups who asked. I'm not hostile toward animals that are helpful in controlling pests and would only hurt me in self defense. I have handled a lot of spiders and was only bitten once when I was about eight by a jumping spider that I accidentally pinched when I closed my hand over it. In recent decades my main interaction with spiders has been to gently take them outdoors when they were found inside.
I really wish I could learn to love spiders, but it seems impossible!
@@jenmurrayxo I am sorry that anyone must suffer this phobia, as they are pretty much everywhere outside Antarctica.
People rarely contacted me about helping them overcome their fear of spiders or dogs. Ophidophobia, fear of snakes, was a more frequent subject, as I was mostly known for my involvement with reptiles. I took the request as indicating that they were ready to try interacting with the object of their fear.
"Sapito" is played by British-Spanish actor Alfred Molina...Doc Ock from Spider-Man 2.
Die hard fans might recognize ROBERT NEVIN who played the medical examiner in JAWS lurking in the background at the very end scene discussing the location of the arc. WATCH FOR HIM!
Need to see Jaws this summer! 😎👍
21:06 Did Jen just “what a baby!” Indiana freakin’ Jones?!?!
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"I don't believe in magic and a whole bunch of superstitious hocus-pocus" hearkens back to Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope...
I saw this as a kid when it came out with my family. The theater was so crowded we couldn't sit together. Your reactions to several scenes are how I remember the whole audience reacting at the time. What is that? Oh that's a menacing hanger. :-)
Must've been awesome to see as a kid & in theaters! ☺👍
My favorite Indiana Jones movies from least to most favorite:
Crystal Skull
Temple of Doom
Last Crusade
Raiders
Some people will advise to avoid Crystal Skull. But in my opinion, it is worth watching. It has some great moments.
No pet spider or snake for Jen.
I was 8 when I saw this movie on a Rented VHS cassette in 1983.
My 2 older sisters and I told our parents we where to scared to go to bed after seeing the creepy ark scene near the end of the movie.
We convinced our parents to let us watch a Disney movie to calm us down before going to bed. So we could stay up longer. Random recommendation for some light hearted cheesy 80's fun is 1986 Short Circuit. If you haven't seen it.
The theme song was stuck in my head for a week after.
Lol so cute!! ☺👍
"The monkey might be a Nazi" Jen 2022
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Harrison was extremely sick with dysentery during the Arab swordsman scene, which originally was planned as a full fight sequence. He told Spielberg the only way he was going to last the day's shoot was if he just shot the bad guy. Spielberg thought it funny, and shot it that way...
8:23 "There's a lot of history, there!"
Well, he is an archaeologist...
You’ve seen the Lord of the Rings movies?
…Sallah is Gimli !
Is crazy that the final scene, alone, inspired an entire TV series (called "Warehouse 13").
The Ark will make a brief cameo in the fourth movie.
Boy... Your editor is really good, too...!
"Hovitos." Loosely translated, "Storm Troopers of the Jungle..." I believe.
Really?!
@@jenmurrayxo They shoot like 'em... (PEW! PEW!)
You needed your protective blanket for the spiders scene.
Yes!! 😱😱😱
I saw this when I was 8 in the theater and kept telling everyone how cool it was that someone's face melted.
Must've been awesome to see as a kid! 👍
That guy with the glasses is named Toht, courtesy of the Kenner Indiana Jones action figures from the early 1980s.
You should absolutely continue with the trilogy so you can also watch Last Crusade. And if you liked Marion then you should consider watching Starman, a sci-fi/roadtrip/romance movie that has Karen Allen starring opposite Jeff Bridges
Just don't acknowledge Crystal Skull lol. I enjoyed it even though many didn't.
@@brysonfreeman7226 I did and I didn't need anyone's permission
Starman is a good movie to watch.
Oh man didn’t see this coming but I’m SO glad you’re doing this series!
Lol, “that money’s a bad guy!” Hilarious, but yeah I’m with you on big hairy spiders. Hellll no.
Lol, the machine gun noises and the Harrison thirst were adorable to watch. So glad you enjoyed them.
Man I forgot how much fun we had seeing this in theaters. We must’ve gone back to see this 1/2 a dozen times.
Must've been a blast to see in theaters! ☺👍
That warehouse may show up again. Also, when the army came to pick up that Ark, I’d be like Don’t touch that shit, let’s gtf outta here. 🤣
🤣I LOVE how every reactor says, "Ok. Did that monkey just 'heil'?! Then I take it back (fk that monkey!)"
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Great reaction! Seeing a young person watching these old movies and having such a good time really takes me back to the good old days, Thanks for posting! Best wishes for you and your channel.
Definitely add the classic 80s adventure ROMANCING THE STONE to your list, Jen.
Other good adventure movies in this style would be Stargate, The Phantom, The Rocketeer, The Shadow, The Mummy (1999), John Carter (2012), The Fifth Element, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), The Green Hornet (2011), Romancing the Stone and Flash Gordon (2000) all have a 1930s/40s pulp action/adventure vibe similar to Raiders. Characters like The Phantom, Flash Gordon, The Shadow, John Carter and Tarzan were foundational in creating the pulp action/adventure genre.
The Mummy coming Tues! 👍
I enjoy watching your reaction videos and I’m so happy you watched my favorite movie of all time. This is the movie that made me love movies.
Another couple of great Harrison Ford movies are Blade Runner and The Fugitive!
Love this classic as well! 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 It has a sort of the 1940s Republic Serial vibes.
Gotta love a film that makes you say "That monkey might be a nazi."
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If you’ve never seen Witness, that’s a great one and The Fugitive.
Want to see The Fugitive soon! 👍
My favourite film of all time since I first saw it summer 1981 and it blew my then 10yr old mind. The perfect hero in the perfect adventure. 😁
Must've been so awesome to see as a kid!! ☺👍
Your reaction to the spiders alone deserves a tip as does your speed hair braiding 🔥if it was a choice between spiders or snakes I'd have to go with snakes eeeeek both are a no from me . MVP always Boston when he's chilling in the background what a good boy 😊 kicking off September in style cheers Jen for being awesome and continuing to be awesome you're the best 🔥💙🔥💙
Thanks Ian!! ☺️👍
It's cool seeing the younger gen watching the movies us genx grew up with....I didn't know one kids mom that didn't like Harrison Ford..lol...he was the shit back then n still is today🤘👍✌️
Yes... Hitler was totally into anything occult looking to conquer the world.....AND Indiana movies have the best "punching" noises out of all movies ever made 😅
A couple of alternative movies of the time are “ Allen Quartermaine” and “ Doc Savage the Man of Bronze “.
Hitler did have some interest in the occult, but it was more Himmler and the SS. There were a lot of esoteric occult beliefs among high ranking nazis
I would love to see You react to "The Neverending Story"!
That’d be almost like a reaction of someone’s reaction. Lol. Gmork approves.
Me too
Jen!!! I was thinking about you today because I was watching a movie and had the same reaction you had to Harrison Ford. I love your unfiltered honesty in sighing and commenting on how handsome he is. Some PC people just will NOT admit any attraction to anyone because, well, they're PC. I was watching a Hallmark movie with an actress I think is drop-dead beautiful, so much so that I found myself doing what you did, "Oh my gosh, I can't believe how gorgeous she is," sighing and everything. Funny thing is she's one of the second-bananas who always gets cast as the best friend of the protagonist. Her name is Amy Groening. I pretty much have trouble following the story when she's on the screen. So when I was teasing you about running some of the movie on "loop," I was actually relating to myself. Can't wait for your next one. Later, Gator!!! :)
Thanks Christopher! Glad to hear I'm not the only one swooning over beautiful people 😆👍🥰🥰
What a fun reaction.....Really enjoyed watching along
Thanks John!
Probably my favourite film of all time!
Also, Jen, can you clear up once and for all: do you find Harrison Ford handsome? 😉
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This was the first movie I ever saw..in a Drive In and is one of my earliest memories in 1981. Marion is a classic George Lucas female character - the "damsel NOT in distress".
Marion is awesome!!
@@jenmurrayxo Watch 'Starman' with Jeff Bridges. Whether he comes around or not, she's in that.
I saw Temple of Doom at a drive-in, the 2nd movie was Star Trek 2 Wrath of Khan. My mother took me and my best friend, we were either 8 or 9. I think we fell asleep before Star Trek finished, but I remember the bug that went in that guy's ear!
The third Indiana Jones movie, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, remains my favorite.
This film is one that still sounds weird to me with the "Indiana Jones" prefix. When I watched it, it was still just called Raiders of the Lost Ark. But then, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was still being marketed only as Star Wars, so there is that. I think both got their extra bits to their marketing titles around the same time (though Star Wars had long before appended both Episode IV and A New Hope in the title crawl). It makes sense they'd do it, but it just doesn't seem right when people say it as such, to my mind. At least they didn't edit the title as it appears on screen, though, which is nice.
Obviously at that stage they didn't know there would be a series of films. The main title just reads "Raiders of the Lost Ark".
I really see no trouble in letting viewers know it's part of a series.
Such a fun and fantastic film. Watching you swoon over Harrison Ford was delightful.
This is what adventure movies are all about. Glad you enjoyed it, Jen.
The 2nd one, Temple Of Doom, is actually a prequel since it takes place a few years before Raiders.
One year before.
Awesome! One of my all time favorite movies.
Total classic 👍👍
Yeah great scene (and indeed the whole movie) the Map Room! Nice one "Indy, how do you recover the Ark? There are only 15 minutes left" :)
So thanks to the whip scene in the opening, its why garage doors now are required to have an eye to stop it from closing on people.
"I take it back. The monkey might be a Nazi."
Might? Hah, that's the director of the entire African theatre of Nazi operations.
Other trivia, the U-boat (submarine) movie prop that pulls them over was one of the ones used to film the German movie "Das Boot" which was also being done around the same time.
Oh neat, I want to see that movie too! 👌
One of my all-time fave films - arguably the best of the franchise and one of the greatest action/adventure films ever made. Ford's second iconic role (after Han Solo) truly makes it his own with a great cast including the sexy and feisty Karen Allen (lucky enough to meet her and she's even more beautiful and down to earth IRL). When I saw this when it first came out my mom took me and my sister into the theatre lobby to chastise us before the screening (we were cutting up) and threatened that we'd be getting punished when we got home. The film was such a great experience viewing it with my parents my mom totally forgot to follow up on the grounding :D ;d Yes by all means watch the entire franchise; you won't regret it Jen. Nice job as usual here.
I will forever love the sword bit where Indy is just like eff that Im just shoot him 🤣😂