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Summary: AT LAST!
Review: This Is the GREATEST DVD boxed set of all time!I love it because not you not only get the movies but tons of extras.includining a behind=the-scenes look at each movie.filmettes.movie trailers and exclusive acces to certain parts of the official Indy website.The movies have never looked or sounded better!This is the ONLY way to watch the trilogy!If you like the movies.action or great music.buy the set and keep up with the Joneses!
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Summary: Essential to any DVD collection
Review: Even if you can't stand Spielberg, you can't deny that the Indiana Jones movies are some of the most entertaining blockbuster action films ever made. At a reasonable price, this 4-DVD set is essential. Not only are all three films remastered (thankfully, without adding or deleting scenes or effects), but the fourth disc boasts feature length documentaries on the making of each movie.Raiders (my personal favorite) definitely stands out in the pack as the daring 1981 epic of non-stop action/adventure. There was nothing else like it at the time. The sequel, Temple of Doom was an unfortunate mis-step which somehow did well at the box office. Spielberg even admits it is his least favorite. Last Crusade though, was and is an excellent character study on the Jones persona and a great way to close the trilogy. I can go on and on about the movies, but everyone already knows their legendary status. What really makes this package stand out is the bonus disc and the interviews. Lucas, Spielberg, Ford, Karen Allen, John Rhys-Davies, and many more will tell all there is to know about creating this stunning adventure series. "My soul's prepared, Dr. Jones! How's yours?"
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Summary: Fan of movies that start as storyboards...
Review: It's not a big secreat that Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have used storyboards when starting production of their many movies. Using storyboards and storyboard concept drawings are very useful for designing the look of the movies and how the characters will look, and how movie sets will look when telling the story. It's almost like drawing a cartoon or comic book, except here you are planing it on a larger scale. Steven and George have almost used storyboards when going into preproduction on many of their successful movies and the Indiana Jones films were no exception. Not every film maker uses this approach in movie production, but when they do, it seems that the movies have a very comic book appeal about them which comes out in the finished film.
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Summary: One of the best trilogies of all time...
Review: I've been a fan of the Indiana Jones films for as long as I can remember! I remember seeing The Last Crusade in the theaters and being wowed. I've lived through the first releases of all three, but I don't think I saw the first two in the theaters. But I've viewed all three various times on TV and video! And now, finally, the DVD collection has arrived! Raiders of the Lost Ark was an amazing film. The idea of finding the ark of the covenant was brilliant. In my opinion, the story was perfect. The Temple of Doom wasn't as good, but I've always liked it. It's just Capshaw's character got too annoying and girly. The Last Crusade was excellent. It's either as good or right below "Raiders." I'm not sure where they got the idea that the cup of Christ would give eternal life, since it's not in the bible. But it was a cool idea, and made for a great film. The DVD extras are pretty cool. We get a behind the scenes look at each of the films. They're pretty long too, which is great. I can't remember everything that's on the disc, but I remember that I enjoyed what I watched. Great movies, great DVDs.
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Summary: Still remains one of the best
Review: At last the Indiana Jones trilogy arrives on DVD! Indy fans have been waiting for this moment for a long long time. The anticipation for this DVD release is unmatched except by perhaps 'Star Wars'. Rest assured that this complete 4-DVD set will feature all three films digitally re-mastered with crystal clear sound and picture. The fourth disc will contain a boatload of extras ... In addition, the DVD set comes in a unique box design... a keeper for any serious collector.
What makes Indiana Jones such a unique legacy is that he is an original character. He was dreamed up by several different men and women, including 'Star Wars' creator George Lucas (Lucas is the only writer credited for all three films). Indiana Jones has become an iconic figure in film. Who else do you know sports a felt hat and carries around a bullwhip? Just recently Indy was honored into the American Film Institute's (AFI) '100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains' list at #2, ahead of other famous film heroes as James Bond, Rocky, and Han Solo. He exhibits all the qualities of a hero: courage, intelligence, strength... but at the same time he also has weaknesses, like his dreadful fear of snakes. Harrison Ford immortalizes his character as the most human of all screen heroes. If I were asked to choose the best movie amongst the three, I wouldn't be able to provide an answer. I love them all and I think each of them are equally brilliant and entertaining. The Indiana Jones trilogy still remains some of my favorite movies of all time. Good adventure stories are certainly lacking these days. If I were to choose a favorite movie, however, I'd pick 'Temple of Doom' because it is the most frightening, surreal, action-packed, humorous, and happy all in one. You feel really good at the end when Indy brings all the enslaved Indian kids back to their home village, and you certainly feel petrified during the moment when the fanatic head of the cult pulls out a man's beating heart. If you haven't seen all three movies, don't even bother wasting your money for a rental. You should just buy this DVD set and enjoy 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', 'Temple of Doom', and 'Last Crusade' over and over and over again. And then maybe again after that. >>> 5 stars. Movies like these are made very rarely. - the enlightened one
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Summary: Finally, Indiana Jones without TV or VHS!
Review: Finally, the Indian Jones Trilogy has made it to DVD. And it was worth the wait! With amazing picture quality, superb sound, and a few nice touch-ups thrown in throughout the series (one notable example being the snake/glass scene in "Raiders") this DVD set is definitely worth its meager price. All of the special features are contained on a fourth DVD with three extensive "Making of..." documentaries on each film. Additionally, a few short featurettes are included on various aspects of the technical crew, from stunts to sound. The documentaries are very interesting to watch for anyone who loves the films. One learns all sorts of interesting facts and trivia and gets to watch footage from the filming sessions. It's nice to see how the idea started small and developed into a gigantic success. That being said, it's disappointing that there aren't more special features to be had in this set. I would have liked to have seen Director's commentaries on each film and deleted scenes. This set definitely does not have some of the extra features that other sets include, but the documentaries make up for this fact to a certain extent. All in all, what's really worth the price of this set are the restored films. Having seen these movies only on VHS and TV myself, it was stunning to see them without any defects or tracking lines. And the sound blew me out of my seat. One can really gain an appreciation for the sound effects editing and the score with this release. At a price of just $15 a film (plus the extra DVD with the documentaries), this set is definitely worth the investment and should be in everyone's collection.
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Summary: exc
Review: Indiana Jones its excellent and now in DVD, it cant be better.
I recommend it to u cause i have it...
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Summary: On DVD at last
Review: This set of DVDs contains one of my all-time favorite movies and its two sequels. On the merits of the original movie alone, this boxed set gets five stars. The remainder is almost supplemental. Raiders of the Lost Ark is a classic adventure movie, an almost flawless film that introduces Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, archaeology professor and treasure hunter in the 1930s. Recruited by the government to find the Ark of the Covenant (containing the remains of the Ten Commandments), Jones soon runs afoul of the others seeking the Ark, in particular the Nazis and his arch-nemesis, Belloq. Belloq is actually the best villain in the entire series, an amoral archaelogist whose ambition seems to be to become Jones, so he is always seeking to emulate Indy's professional and romantic successes. Temple of Doom -easily the weakest of the three - is supposedly a prequel to Raiders. It is not so much action-packed as action-crammed, with so much fighting and fleeing that there is no real time for any real characters. The villains are second-rate and the cute kid sidekick is annoying, but most grating is Kate Capshaw's character who is thoroughly unpleasant and pales in comparison to the much more interesting Marion Ravenwood in the first movie. There are also contradictions created by this movie taking place earlier than Raiders: how can Indy be so skeptical of the supernatural in Raiders if he has previously undergone the Temple of Doom adventures? The Last Crusade returns to the spirit of the original movie, bringing back old characters and situations. Although there is no Marion, we do have Sean Connery as Indiana Jones's father. The two of them are racing against the Nazis to find the Holy Grail. If not quite as good as the original, it is still a decent movie. This is not so much a trilogy as a series, the distinction being that a trilogy is essentially one long story (like Star Wars or the Matrix) and a series is a sequence of individual stories focused on the same characters (like James Bond or the Lethal Weapon movies). As a series, each movie must be judged on it own merits, and as such, this is a set of one great, one good and one so-so movie. The supplemental materials are interesting, but if you skip them, you aren't missing a whole lot. Buy this set for Raiders (which you can't get by itself), and maybe The Last Crusade.
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Summary: The greatest adventure of all time!
Review: Conceived by two of the greatest film-makers of our time, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg's inspired concept to remake the old 50s TV serials into a swashbuckling action adventure movie proved to be one of the best ideas in Hollywood since Zorro. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, and the two subsequent sequels; INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM and INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE did massive box-office success and propelled star Harrison Ford to super-stardom in the 80s. Adored by fans, RAIDERS is perfect movie making. And while some purists claim that TEMPLE OF DOOM is the lesser of the trilogy, the action quota is higher than that of the excellent LAST CRUSADE. Together, these 3 movies have become some of the most famous and still greatest adventures in cinema history. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK is my all-time favorite movie. And one major reason is the incredible opening ten minutes. The ominous jungle setting, Spielberg's brilliant framing revealing the man in the hat. A mysterious cave with booby traps, shady guides who chicken out thus upping the impending threat, Indiana's swagger as he strides into the eerie cavern. Dangerous spiders, avoiding fatal spikes, carefully walking up to the antiquity, then it's grab and run as the cave begins to collapse, the hero betrayed by the shifty guide, dodging arrows, swinging over the chasm with whip, sliding under the quickly closing wall, the shifty guy is dead, and as he picks up the artifact an immense boulder starts thundering after the hero with ever-increasing pace, he swings out of the way cheating death by seconds... only to be faced by his arch nemesis, Belloq, and is forced to relinquish his precious find to the fiend. A tense moment, and suddenly twenty natives race after the hero, shooting arrows after him. Swinging on a vine to safety accompanied by John William's heroic score, he catches his plane. Cinema par excellence.
The success of RAIDERS is in the genius of it's design. No film since (Not even the sequels) has ever managed to pull off the idea of the whole film being one fantastic string of action sequences without being tedious or repetitive. The story is the best of the three movies, with Indy chasing after the lost ark of the covenant before the nazis get there. Here Spielberg shows why he is the best at what he does. And similar to another work of art in the Spielberg cannon; JAWS, John Williams is the 'fifth actor' in the film, with his brassy, heroic score underlying the action and continually giving momentum throughout the entire running time.
As all fans know, Spielberg originally wanted to direct a Bond movie. With Lucas' great writing and Spielberg steady hand, they not only blitzed the 007 movie of the same year, but ushered a whole new generation of film-makers, inspired and influenced to raise the bar in action movies. INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM follows the standard trilogy rule: the second movie is the darkest. Like THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, the second adventure (Or third, since this is actually a prequel) sees Indiana in much darker territory. This time around, Indy's plane crashes in India, where he has to retrieve the stolen Shankara stones and save the children of the village. The action is the film's high point, especially the Shanghai action scene (Set in club Obi Wan) and the fantastic mine car chase. However, it does lose points with it's over-indulgence in dark horrors with human sacrifice and torture. Spielberg himself has said that when he watched it, he felt it was too violent. Compared with recent films, it seems somewhat tame, but still retains it power. But it is comic book violence after all, and therein lies the idea of the film. It's just a movie. But a very good one.
For the third installment, the dream team of Spielberg and Lucas came up with another inspired idea. With the casting of Bond vet Sean Connery as Indiana's father in INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, a new layer of hitherto unseen emotion and clever humor makes this one a fantastic entry in the franchise. the action is great, and Indy's dad calling Indy 'Junior' never fails to be funny. This time, Junior is on the trail to find his father, who was kidnapped by the nazis in a plot to find the Holy Grail. Indy must rescue his dad and the race is on to find the artifact before it falls into the wrong hands. While there are less action set-pieces than in RAIDERS, when they do come, they are amazing. Thrilling boat chases, plane chases, the tank chase, and the finale, a fitting end to the most incredible trilogies of all time. No wonder there's still talk of Indy 4. I can hardly wait...
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Summary: Raiders is the best, BUT.....
Review: Raiders of the Lost Ark is on nearly every "Best Movies Ever Made" list in existence. I have seen it more than any other film, probably 30 times or more, and I have seen it on small tv's with grainy VHS and up on the Huge Screen of the Fox Theater in Atlanta with 6 channel Dolby - and I have loved it every time. It's hard to imagine more of a dream team of producer/director than George Lucas and Steven Spielberg and they put all their creative energies into producing an action/adventure movie that grabs you in the first moments and barely lets up until the credits roll. The American Film Institute ranks it among the top 100 films of all time. Roger Ebert numbers it among his Greatest Films. I personally consider it the most rip-roarin' fun you can have in front of a movie screen. Harrison Ford gives the performance of 100 lifetimes as Indiana Jones - AFI's #2 Screen Hero, right behind Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird and ahead of everybody else including James Bond and Bogart's Rick from Casablanca. The supporting cast fills in every nook and cranny with performances that are a sheer pleasure to watch. The special effects, done back in the days before Computer Generated stuff had been invented, will absolutely knock your socks off and in scene after scene I remember thinking "how the heck did they DO that?" Moments that elicit a bemused grin earlier on are reprised on a larger scale later on in a way that stretches that grin from ear to ear, such as early on in "Raiders" when Indy tells his pilot, Jacques, that he "HATES snakes" as Jacques "pet snake, Reggie" is slithering across his lap. Later on they discover that the highly sought-after Ark is stored in a room inhabited by probably the largest collection of snakes ever gathered. "Snakes..." Harrison deadpans for our enjoyment. "Why'd it hafta be snakes?" Fearless Indy's dread of snakes shows up in the second movie, then is entertainingly explained in the third. John William's score ices the whole thing. At present time we can thankfully acquire the entire Indiana Jones Trilogy, BUT... if you only wanted one of the three movies you're out of luck. Harrison Ford successfully reprises Indiana Jones in the other two movies, but neither quite reach the spectacular glory of "Raiders". "Temple of Doom" is the darkest of the three, with subplots involving enslaved children and human sacrifice, and Kate "Mrs. Spielberg" Capshaw is a good deal more shrill as the female lead than the spunky Karen Allen is in "Raiders". "The Last Crusade" comes midway between the two films in terms of sheer enjoyment and two good casting strokes were made with Sean Connery as Indy's Dad and the late River Phoenix as the young scout Indy. (We even get to see a fictionalized version of how Indy/Harrison got that scar on his chin, and why he hates snakes - the kind of entertaining fluorish that FILLS these movies.) Sooooo.... in conclusion I think that this set is an absolute "must have". There is a fourth disc in the set with little documentaries that answer those "how did they DO that!?" questions I had, but you the DVD buyer doesn't have much choice. Maybe like the "Godfather" series there will be individual reissues of The Adventures of Indiana Jones.
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