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).
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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. 😆
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.
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.
"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.
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. :-)
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 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.
If Back to the Future is the funnest movie ever, this is a very, very close second. It's yet another one I like to watch at least once a year. One of my favourite movie scenes of all time is the map room, Williams's music is SO iconic in that scene, and only adds to its incredible sense of wonder. The sequels are a mixed bag. I personally absolutely love it, but Temple of Doom is simultaneously extremely dark and extremely cheesy. Definitely worth a look. Last Crusade I find quite pedestrian compared to the first two, and that latest one is just trash. Oh, and by the way, since you love Harrison F, and for something COMPLETELY different, do both Blade Runners, if you haven't already....
You should watch all of the Indiana Jones movies. While Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Last Crusade are the best two, they all are fun. There's one more in production now so you may as well get caught up :-) The Brendan Fraser Mummy franchise is a good one since you like this style of movie so much. Oh... and the National Treasure movies.
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
Temple of Doom is my favorite. Yes, Willie is rather annoying, but that’s kind of her deal. She was supposed to be the anti-Marion. And the addition of Short Round more than makes up for it. He is the best sidekick in all of the Indy movies.
You asked about Hitler's interest in the occult. It is based on some truth, but Heinrich Himmler (the head of the SS) was the real fanatic on that. Hitler developed a lot of the Aryan/Teutonic 'super race' idea, but Himmler was the guy who really ran with it. Ironic too, because he was a little, sniveling, weasel of a man that in no way embodied the ideal he became obsessed with.
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!
Possibly the best movie ever made. The almost-perfect mix of everything!! Adventure, action, humor and romance. The special effects are 2nd to none. I remember seeing this in a theater in the early-summer of 1981, in Tucson, AZ when it 1st came out. This movie is just a good as it ever was and never gets old!!
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.
Absolutely 100% yes... watch the rest of the Indy movies. Last Crusade is great... Temple of Doom is awesome... Crystal Skull is... okay. It's not awful or anything, but it's just not as good as the first three. Hoping #5 (coming in 2023) is better.
My thoughts 100%. I didn't hate Crystal Skull but I rolled my eyes a good portion of the movie because of just highly implausible scenarios,* even for an Indy movie! (something I never did with any of the other ones). And I too am hoping that #5 will blow our socks off. Harrison Ford will be nearly 80 when it comes out! * You can probably guess some of these scenes...
Indy 2 (Temple of Doom) was okay but is, for me, the weakest of the first three Indy movies. Crystal skull shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence as the original trilogy... IMHO. It was silly, implausible and Shia LeBouf didn't do the movie any favors. :/
I'm all 4 freedom of expression, ANYTHING GOES!!! But Temple Of Doom is like "Black Face" 4 Hindus! If all these SJW clowns knew wtf Kali is, they'd have canceled TOD a long time ago! It's like making Jesus a mindless zombie, & gate-keeper of Hell!🤣🤣🤣 Ignorance is no excuse 2 censor!!! 1st Amendment FOREVER!!!✊😎❤
@@scyphe I actually loved Temple of Doom, but that may be because the first time I saw it I was a kid seeing it with my Mom in the theater. But yeah, the 4th one was a disappointment compared to the first 3.
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
Apologies if someone already noted this, but, this movie is called "Raiders Of The Lost Arc". When it 1st premiered we didn't know who Indiana Jones was.
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).
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.
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.
I nearly swallowed my tongue with excitement when I first saw this movie---nothing ever quite matched the rolling boulder after this, not even the sequels.
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.
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 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.
F.Y.I the actor that played the guide that betrayed him at the start was also the same guy that played "Doctor Octopus" both times in the Spider-Man movies.
That final scene with those leaders' faces melted were practically special effected before CGI. Spielberg had experts in the field of special effects at that time. Your crush, Harrison Ford has done his final time as Indiana Jones for untitled Jones 5. Jones 5 is scheduled to be released in June 2023.
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.
Great reaction! John Williams is wonderful I agree! One of the best scores to a movie happens to be in one of the best films I’ve ever seen…”The Lord of The Rings”! A must watch if you haven’t seen it.
I've seen them in theaters when they came out but never the extended editions so I'm thinking of reacting to those! I hope people would be interested in that! 👍
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 😅
If you love Mr. Ford's work, you should check out the Tom Clancy series. Mind you it starts with "The Hunt for Red October" and stars Alec Baldwin (but it's still an EXCELLENT film), but then follow up with "Patriot Games" and "Clear and Present Danger", where Harrison Ford takes on the lead role. There are more, but start with this trilogy. Top notch suspenseful intelligent movies that I KNOW are right up your alley... :)
Jen! Did you notice the reveal when the creepy guy held up his hand (Heil Hitler) to show JUST THE ONE SIDE OF THE MEDALLION burned into his hand? They were digging in the wrong place because they were digging based on that, but didn't have the information on the OTHER side of the medallion. I dunno. A lot of people say yuck or gross, but they miss that Spielberg revealed the reason for the wrong place in this one-second shot, which was the purpose of the shot.
If you liked this one then you should absolutely watch the next 2 movies, Temple of Doom and The Last Crusade. Both are worth watching if you're a fan of the first movie.
Not a fan of ToD, personally, but it belongs in the trilogy (yes, trilogy). LC is my favourite, can't wait for the reaction on that. Never would've called it, but Ford and Connery were fantastic together.
@@grogsrevenge I'm with you on the fact that it's a Trilogy since I grew up with them. ToD is the weakest, but if you're gonna watch the series, might as well include it.
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!!! :)
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.
Much of the Ark of the Covenant lore is based in scripture. The Bible has very specific instructions on how the Ark was built including dimensions and materials to be used. The construction description starts with Exodus 25:10.
Hey now, spiders are my people, don't hate... all of them (except the ones that bite you in your sleep, screw those guys) As for the other Indy movies, my two cents: Temple of Doom is kind of fun but nowhere near as good. And somewhat...problematic, in terms of bad cultural stereotypes (or at least resembling old movies with bad stereotypes....) The Last Crusade is a nicely composed character-defining screenplay, mixed with a similar feel of the first one. The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is like if someone wrote a script for an animated Indiana Jones movie but decided to shoot it in live action instead. It's so cartoony at times it's almost a parody of itself. It has some fun references to earlier episodes though.
I saw this film when it first came out and it knocked my socks off. Action films pre Indiana Jones were slow compared to this film whereas this film was non stop action. Also, the women weren't as physically tough as Marion. Mostly woman in older action films were expected to stand around and look pretty as the hero did all of the fighting. Watch the original King Kong. Fay Ray does nothing but screem as Bruce Cabot and Kong does all of the work of rescuing her. Or watch Alfred Hitchcock's the Bird. In that movie the birds attack the house and poor Rod Taylor alone defends three screeming, passive women. But,not Marion. She isn't helpless. Not her. I understand that the original choice for the role of Indiana Jones was Tom Selleck. He couldn't do the role because the shooting of the film conflicted with the schedule of his t.v. show, Magnum. Even though Selleck would have been good as Indiana Jones(He has played characters like Indy since) it is still hard seeing anyone else in the role other than Harrison Ford.
The first three Indiana Jones movies are all you need. Just be forewarned, the "damsel" in the next one kinda is helpless/useless. But the third one has a better female character. Marion is most people's favorite, however. She reprises her role in the fourth one but...yeah, we don't talk about that one. I'm sure others in the comments will tell you how they fell about it.
Right ON!! Your sincere enjoyment during the heart-pounding action, your genuine awe as the scope of the story unveiled and your APPRECIATION of Harrison Ford's skill as an actor kept ME smiling throughout your entire reaction. Fun reaction + fun movie = fun time. Thank you! This movie is one of my all-time favorites. And John Williams' score is top-notch. IMVHO, this his 2nd best score behind what he wrote & conducted for movie that starts with a capitol "S" ...Superman (that's right, I said it).
@@jenmurrayxo If Hollywood had not ended up being what it is, you should have become an actress. Your reactions are effortlessly fun. You're almost like an extra character from the movie. 👍
Oh wow, "I take it back the monkey might be a nazi" is one of the funniest things I've heard a reactor say 🤣
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.
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!
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
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.
You’ve seen the Lord of the Rings movies?
…Sallah is Gimli !
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!!
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
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).
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
The actor with the tarantulas on his back is Alfred Molina who went on to play Dr Octopus in Spider-Man.
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.
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.
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!! 👍
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.
Yeah, people say: "The poor monkey!" And I say: "It was a NAZI MONKEY."
So if Indy was a grad student, and Marion was Ravenwoods daughter.... That would have made him about 22 and her like 15 ..
Another couple of great Harrison Ford movies are Blade Runner and The Fugitive!
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?
@@jenmurrayxo It was.
Re-watch. 💜 Loved the Hello Fresh intro and food cooking, eating part - great job, very enticing. Halloumi, mmmm. 😍
Definitely add the classic 80s adventure ROMANCING THE STONE to your list, Jen.
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
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" :)
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
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. 😆
The place that you called a "Nazi bunker" was actually a real Nazi submarine base.
Indiana is adept at moving heavy stones because he owns and carries around a pair of 'em!
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.
The guide who betrays Indy at the beginning of the movie is a very young Alfred Molina aka Doc Oc from the Spiderman movies.
“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.
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! ☺👍
"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 😆
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! ☺👍
"Sapito" is played by British-Spanish actor Alfred Molina...Doc Ock from Spider-Man 2.
DEFINITELY keep going, on Indiana Jones. At least through Last Crusade. Personally, I didn't care much for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
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 traitorous guy in the beginning ("throw me the whip") was Alfred Molina, the guy who played Otto Octavius from the Spiderman movies
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.
Love this classic as well! 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 It has a sort of the 1940s Republic Serial vibes.
If Back to the Future is the funnest movie ever, this is a very, very close second. It's yet another one I like to watch at least once a year. One of my favourite movie scenes of all time is the map room, Williams's music is SO iconic in that scene, and only adds to its incredible sense of wonder. The sequels are a mixed bag. I personally absolutely love it, but Temple of Doom is simultaneously extremely dark and extremely cheesy. Definitely worth a look. Last Crusade I find quite pedestrian compared to the first two, and that latest one is just trash. Oh, and by the way, since you love Harrison F, and for something COMPLETELY different, do both Blade Runners, if you haven't already....
You should watch all of the Indiana Jones movies. While Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Last Crusade are the best two, they all are fun. There's one more in production now so you may as well get caught up :-) The Brendan Fraser Mummy franchise is a good one since you like this style of movie so much. Oh... and the National Treasure movies.
The Mummy will be on RUclips April 12th! 👍
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
The best trilogy in my opinion. The Last Crusade is my favorite movie.
"Oh, yeah... Nazis. Right, right, right."
That was the 1st of 3 or 4 that just killed me! ❤️
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Temple of Doom is my favorite. Yes, Willie is rather annoying, but that’s kind of her deal. She was supposed to be the anti-Marion. And the addition of Short Round more than makes up for it. He is the best sidekick in all of the Indy movies.
You asked about Hitler's interest in the occult. It is based on some truth, but Heinrich Himmler (the head of the SS) was the real fanatic on that. Hitler developed a lot of the Aryan/Teutonic 'super race' idea, but Himmler was the guy who really ran with it. Ironic too, because he was a little, sniveling, weasel of a man that in no way embodied the ideal he became obsessed with.
I love history and learning about war history. Hitler was very interested in the occult for some reason.
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!
🤣I LOVE how every reactor says, "Ok. Did that monkey just 'heil'?! Then I take it back (fk that monkey!)"
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"That monkey might be a Nazi" may be the best sentence ever spoken on this channel.
Lol! 🤣
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!
Karren Allen at the end scenes looked like the PERFECT Harley Quinn with that toothy smile.
Hope you get to "The Last Crusade", the third movie - thanks for your great reactions. Cheers from Denmark.
Possibly the best movie ever made. The almost-perfect mix of everything!! Adventure, action, humor and romance. The special effects are 2nd to none. I remember seeing this in a theater in the early-summer of 1981, in Tucson, AZ when it 1st came out. This movie is just a good as it ever was and never gets old!!
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. 🤣
Hitler was indeed interested in supernatural artifacts. Glad you picked up on that.
Awesome! One of my all time favorite movies.
Total classic 👍👍
Your Worst Award Evil Guy actually has a name Major Arnold Toht and as far as I'm concerned the other 3 are all worth watching
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.
Absolutely 100% yes... watch the rest of the Indy movies. Last Crusade is great... Temple of Doom is awesome... Crystal Skull is... okay. It's not awful or anything, but it's just not as good as the first three. Hoping #5 (coming in 2023) is better.
My thoughts 100%. I didn't hate Crystal Skull but I rolled my eyes a good portion of the movie because of just highly implausible scenarios,* even for an Indy movie! (something I never did with any of the other ones). And I too am hoping that #5 will blow our socks off. Harrison Ford will be nearly 80 when it comes out!
* You can probably guess some of these scenes...
Indy 2 (Temple of Doom) was okay but is, for me, the weakest of the first three Indy movies. Crystal skull shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence as the original trilogy... IMHO. It was silly, implausible and Shia LeBouf didn't do the movie any favors. :/
I'm all 4 freedom of expression, ANYTHING GOES!!! But Temple Of Doom is like "Black Face" 4 Hindus! If all these SJW clowns knew wtf Kali is, they'd have canceled TOD a long time ago! It's like making Jesus a mindless zombie, & gate-keeper of Hell!🤣🤣🤣 Ignorance is no excuse 2 censor!!! 1st Amendment FOREVER!!!✊😎❤
@@scyphe I actually loved Temple of Doom, but that may be because the first time I saw it I was a kid seeing it with my Mom in the theater. But yeah, the 4th one was a disappointment compared to the first 3.
"Hovitos." Loosely translated, "Storm Troopers of the Jungle..." I believe.
Really?!
@@jenmurrayxo They shoot like 'em... (PEW! PEW!)
I had such a crush on Indy's love interest in this when I was teen. Hot n Bad Ass! Lucky Indy! ❤️🤣🙏😎
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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Apologies if someone already noted this, but, this movie is called "Raiders Of The Lost Arc". When it 1st premiered we didn't know who Indiana Jones was.
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 👌
Your double gasp when he finds the girl. You're adorable.
The guy with indie in the beginning is Alfred Molina aka Doc from Spiderman
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.
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.
oh Je-en...and now, The Last Crusade! Bet you will like it more than this one 😊
Yayyy more George Lucas!
This film was his least stressful film ever because he was just doing it for fun with his best friend ❤️
Love that!
I nearly swallowed my tongue with excitement when I first saw this movie---nothing ever quite matched the rolling boulder after this, not even the sequels.
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! 👍
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.
I always get a kick out of "Doc Oc" covered in spiders.
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!! 🥰🥰
The second movie Temple of Doom is actually a prequel, just for some context. And has a different vibe from the first and 3rd movie.
Great reaction Jen! As always it's fun to watch a film that you treasure, through the eyes of someone else!! In this case... YOU!!! Be safe "J"
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.
F.Y.I the actor that played the guide that betrayed him at the start was also the same guy that played "Doctor Octopus" both times in the Spider-Man movies.
Sorry but I'm straight crushing' here. It's Ben a real treat rewatching some classics with you!
Cheers!
That final scene with those leaders' faces melted were practically special effected before CGI. Spielberg had experts in the field of special effects at that time. Your crush, Harrison Ford has done his final time as Indiana Jones for untitled Jones 5. Jones 5 is scheduled to be released in June 2023.
Oh I didn't know he's in the new one 👍👍
Boy... Your editor is really good, too...!
I always like to see the reactions to the melty part especially 😂
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! 👍
Great reaction! John Williams is wonderful I agree! One of the best scores to a movie happens to be in one of the best films I’ve ever seen…”The Lord of The Rings”! A must watch if you haven’t seen it.
I've seen them in theaters when they came out but never the extended editions so I'm thinking of reacting to those! I hope people would be interested in that! 👍
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.
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 😅
If you love Mr. Ford's work, you should check out the Tom Clancy series. Mind you it starts with "The Hunt for Red October" and stars Alec Baldwin (but it's still an EXCELLENT film), but then follow up with "Patriot Games" and "Clear and Present Danger", where Harrison Ford takes on the lead role. There are more, but start with this trilogy. Top notch suspenseful intelligent movies that I KNOW are right up your alley... :)
Oh... If you can get your hands on "Regarding Henry" (also staring Harrison Ford)... It's one of those lesser known but still real good movie.
"Makes me want to put a braid in my hair" ... 3 seconds later: A braid. How is that possible? 🤔😂
I will forever love the sword bit where Indy is just like eff that Im just shoot him 🤣😂
Jen! Did you notice the reveal when the creepy guy held up his hand (Heil Hitler) to show JUST THE ONE SIDE OF THE MEDALLION burned into his hand? They were digging in the wrong place because they were digging based on that, but didn't have the information on the OTHER side of the medallion. I dunno. A lot of people say yuck or gross, but they miss that Spielberg revealed the reason for the wrong place in this one-second shot, which was the purpose of the shot.
Ya!!!! Love that! 👌
If you liked this one then you should absolutely watch the next 2 movies, Temple of Doom and The Last Crusade. Both are worth watching if you're a fan of the first movie.
Not a fan of ToD, personally, but it belongs in the trilogy (yes, trilogy). LC is my favourite, can't wait for the reaction on that. Never would've called it, but Ford and Connery were fantastic together.
@@grogsrevenge I'm with you on the fact that it's a Trilogy since I grew up with them. ToD is the weakest, but if you're gonna watch the series, might as well include it.
Very excited to watch the trilogy! 👍
The 2nd movie I love, but it is tonally much darker than both 1 & 3. The 4th movie, however, well and truly "Nuked the Fridge" 😉.
@@jenmurrayxo even the fourth one is worth watching.
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 😆👍🥰🥰
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! ☺👍
Much of the Ark of the Covenant lore is based in scripture. The Bible has very specific instructions on how the Ark was built including dimensions and materials to be used. The construction description starts with Exodus 25:10.
Ya I've read a bit about this, super interesting! 🤓
Hey now, spiders are my people, don't hate... all of them (except the ones that bite you in your sleep, screw those guys)
As for the other Indy movies, my two cents:
Temple of Doom is kind of fun but nowhere near as good. And somewhat...problematic, in terms of bad cultural stereotypes (or at least resembling old movies with bad stereotypes....)
The Last Crusade is a nicely composed character-defining screenplay, mixed with a similar feel of the first one.
The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is like if someone wrote a script for an animated Indiana Jones movie but decided to shoot it in live action instead. It's so cartoony at times it's almost a parody of itself. It has some fun references to earlier episodes though.
I think I'll try 2 & 3 at some point!
I saw this film when it first came out and it knocked my socks off. Action films pre Indiana Jones were slow compared to this film whereas this film was non stop action. Also, the women weren't as physically tough as Marion. Mostly woman in older action films were expected to stand around and look pretty as the hero did all of the fighting. Watch the original King Kong. Fay Ray does nothing but screem as Bruce Cabot and Kong does all of the work of rescuing her. Or watch Alfred Hitchcock's the Bird. In that movie the birds attack the house and poor Rod Taylor alone defends three screeming, passive women. But,not Marion. She isn't helpless. Not her. I understand that the original choice for the role of Indiana Jones was Tom Selleck. He couldn't do the role because the shooting of the film conflicted with the schedule of his t.v. show, Magnum. Even though Selleck would have been good as Indiana Jones(He has played characters like Indy since) it is still hard seeing anyone else in the role other than Harrison Ford.
Ya I like Tom Selleck but Indy is Harrison's character! 👍
The first three Indiana Jones movies are all you need. Just be forewarned, the "damsel" in the next one kinda is helpless/useless. But the third one has a better female character. Marion is most people's favorite, however. She reprises her role in the fourth one but...yeah, we don't talk about that one. I'm sure others in the comments will tell you how they fell about it.
Ohhh bummer I thought Marion would be in them all 👎
@@putinscat1208 Not a spoiler.
Right ON!! Your sincere enjoyment during the heart-pounding action, your genuine awe as the scope of the story unveiled and your APPRECIATION of Harrison Ford's skill as an actor kept ME smiling throughout your entire reaction.
Fun reaction + fun movie = fun time. Thank you!
This movie is one of my all-time favorites. And John Williams' score is top-notch. IMVHO, this his 2nd best score behind what he wrote & conducted for movie that starts with a capitol "S"
...Superman (that's right, I said it).
Thanks David! I really did have such a blast watching this one ☺👍 John Williams is the greatest!!
@@jenmurrayxo If Hollywood had not ended up being what it is,
you should have become an actress. Your reactions are effortlessly fun.
You're almost like an extra character from the movie. 👍