Raiders of the Lost Ark

Pros: Fast, furious, and FUN, all the cast, especially Ford and Rhys-Davies
Cons: Nothing unless you're really picky (apart from some parts being scary for young children)

For my 100th film review on epinions I thought I’d review a classic, and not only a classic but one I’ve recently had the pleasure of seeing again at the cinema thanks to the Diet Coke Film Fest. (I won tickets and then ...

Pros: Ford, strong writing and dialogue, quick paced plot and innovative action sequences
Cons: none

Fresh out of becoming a household name as Han Solo in Star Wars, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas cast Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. This was all despite the fact that everyone involved wanted Tom Selleck to take on the part of the hero. Jones is an ...

Pros: Fantastic screenplay, great score, and an appealing central character.
Cons: None.

"Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the most deliriously funny, ingenious and stylish American movies ever made!" -- Vincent Canby, The New York Times "If adventure has a name, it's Indiana Jones." -- tag line for Raiders of the ...

Pros: That Score!!!!
Cons: You questioning me?

Raiders Of The Lost Ark was Steven Spielberg's homage to every Saturday matinee serial you have ever seen. It has action, adventure and Nazis (a common villain in the serials he was aping, mainly for the costumes and accents they offered.) ...

Pros: Ford as Jones. Fun adventure movie with likable main character.
Cons: Snakes, snakes, and more snakes. Did I mention snakes?

Harrison Ford has been in several very successful movies during his career. I have seen and enjoyed many of them. I love the Indiana Jones movies despite the fact that snakes keep turning up. I just watched Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the ...

Pros: Action, story, acting
Cons: Dated special effects, some graphic images

Most film historians agree that the evolution of the summer blockbuster began in the 70's with films such as Jaws and Star Wars. But you can't ignore the importance of this film, released in 1981. It's got everything a typical summer movie needs, ...

Pros: story, pace, action sequences, effects, cinematography
Cons: nothing

In the early 1980’s, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas teamed up with the idea of creating an adventure serial the likes of which they remember from going to the movies during their own childhoods. The result was Raiders of the Lost ...

Pros: The finest Action and Adventure Movie ever made.
Cons: They can never make another one like it without it looking like a rip-off

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

All right, listen up. Have you got your notebooks and pencils ready? Then take this down: This movie is probably the greatest action and adventure story ever produced.

Director Steven Spielberg...

Pros: A perfect adaption of the two-fisted Republic Serials of the 40's.
Cons: Not a damn one. Perfect!

No doubt about it - the early eighties was the decade where Harrison Ford reigned supreme as a god amongst men. Both Han Solo and Indiana Jones dominated the action movie landscape, and without Ford's presence, both movies would have been poorer. And ...

Pros: Storytelling, effects, script, cast, directing, everything
Cons: Ummm...still waiting for the fourth film?

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas' rollicking collaboration hasn't lost a step in the nearly twenty years since its release, still as exciting and enjoyable as ever. The film's non-stop, breathless style action mixed with the rugged hero and...

Pros: Loopy sense of fun. Harrison Ford and Karen Allen's interplay.
Cons: Sometimes the homage to cliche becomes the cliche.

I'm absolutely shocked, I tell you, shocked at the turn of events in my life over the last day. Everything started out so ordinary this morning. I was in my palatial bathroom, the one with the ormulu fixtures and the cascading waterfall into the tub, ...

Pros: A marvelous adventure tale, reminiscent of Hollywood's Golden Era
Cons: As usual in Spielberg films, things are a bit oversimplified.

In 1981, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, two of the world’s most prolific filmmakers, teamed up to create the ultimate action film. They wanted to make a movie that was cast out of the same mold as the Saturday Morning Serials they saw growing up...

Pros: Everything.
Cons: None.

Put simply, Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the greatest films, of any type, ever made. This movie single handedly set the standard for all other action films that followed and changed the action movie genre forever. Everything about it just ...

Pros:   Entertaining, action packed, unique
Cons:   What’s not to love?

  This is the adventure movie of all adventure movies. You have an intelligent hero that is willing to risk life and limb for what he believes in....archeology. He is all about the treasure. A one track goal oriented mind that will do whatever it ...

Pros: per
Cons: true