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Summary: Indiana Jones!
Review: One of the greatest trilogies of all time, the INDIANA JONES films have stood the test of time to become classic cinema favourites. Steven Spielberg teamed up with longtime friend George Lucas to create one of the greatest action adventure films of all time with RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK! The premise for the film, a throwback to the old Saturday morning serials, was thought up by Lucas, who told the idea to Steven and the two of them came up with the idea of Indiana Jones. To think they originally wanted Tom Selleck to play the role of the rugged, charming "collector of rare antiquities". Instead, Harrison Ford took the role, fresh from the latest Star Wars film THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK as the dashing Han Solo. Ford is the perfect guy for the job, running around in tombs, chasing after Nazis and searching for lost treasures, all with fedora, whip and sardonic grin all in place. The action is masterfully handled by Spielberg, especially in the classic opening scene where Indy avoids a series of lethal booby traps to obtain a rare idol, only to have a giant boulder start rolling after him. Indy's reply when asked how he's going to catch up with a truck is "I don't know, i'm making this up as I go!" That classic line sums up the off-the-cuff action sequences which are all reminiscent of the building tension and excitement of the spirit of the old serials of the 50's. John Williams' score for the film is one of the most popular soundtracks of all time. And the supporting cast of Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey and Denholm Elliott elevates the film to classic status.
RAIDERS was released in the summer of 1981 and became the biggest hit and highest grossing film of that year. Spielberg and Lucas packed the running time of RAIDERS with non-stop action that creates an exciting adventure, that's my (and many other's) favorite film of all time. After Raiders, the dream team of George Lucas and Spielberg went for a darker tone with INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM. The sequel (Or prequel, as the film is set before Raiders) is a fun, exciting addition to the Indy franchise. Starting with an excellent opening scene reminiscent of Spielberg's 1941, the film takes off with a string of exciting set pieces (The mine chase scene is the highlight) adding to the film's energetic feel. However it was not well liked by critics when it was first released. Most people complained in relation to the excessive use of (admittedly comic book) violence, and the film's overly dark manner. But in today's world of ultra violence, Temple of Doom isn't that bad, and the fast-paced action scenes make it fun and exciting. The screenplay by Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck (Who penned the story for Lucas' AMERICAN GRAFFITI) is humorous and witty, and Spielberg's comic approach to the film's tone makes it a lot less malicious than some critics assumed. Harrison Ford looks more comfortable in the role as Indy, and while Kate Capshaws' s annoying club singer shtick gets tiresome after a while, she makes a good impression as the love interest for Indy. The film does lack a sufficiently meaty villain, but Harrison's the main guy in this film, and he's excellent. Add John William's heroic score, impressive action and stunt work and you have one of the best action films of all time. Great entertainment. After TEMPLE OF DOOM, Spielberg and Lucas returned to the sure-fire formula of RAIDERS. Opting to steer away from the darkness of DOOM and go for a more light-hearted adventure, Last Crusade suceeds wonderfully, with the pairing of Sean Connery and Harrison Ford producing one of the best on-screen pairings since Newman and Redford. John Rhys-Davies makes a welcome return as Sallah, Indy's guide and friend. While not as strong as Karen Allen in Raiders, Alison Doody make a good impression as Elsa, a german women who seduces Indy. The villians are great with Walter Donavan (Julian Glover) as an evil german intent on retrieving the Holy Grail. The action set-pieces are top-notch, with speedboat chases, tank chases, plane chases and all rounded off with an exciting finale, Last Crusade ends the trilogy perfectly. When the film was realesed in 1989, it was greeted with critical praise and box-office triumph.
Together, these films make a great night in, as you watch three of the most amazing, thrilling and entertaining films ever made.
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Summary: Must see Must own Movie! :)
Review: This is the best trilogy off all time! The Raiders of the lost ark is a wonderful movie and the actors all do there parts perfectly! :) It a wonderfull movie filled with excitement, Adventure and Comedy,And Keran Allan does a Great job of the out doors type girl! And the second one Temple of Doom goes to a darker side but is still an Awsome movie and again all of the actors do a Great job! :) And it as well is filled with Adventure, excitement and Comedy And Kate Capshaw does a Great job of the spoiled Willie Scott! And the last one is still Wonderfull! :) And still filled with Adventure, Excitement, and comedy and the actors are Great And Alison Doody does a Great job of Acting and she is the only one of them all that will betray Indy to get the Holy Grail! A Must see Trilogy
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Summary: Great Collection!
Review: This is a great collection of the Indiana Jones movies. Included are all three movie which I think "The Last Crusade" was the best one. These movie feature better acting than Star Wars and don't rely on special effects to be great entertainment and have the best ac tors in the movie. The script is great and the sets look realistic. My only question, just like Star Wars is why isn't this a DVD boxed set? Anyways this is a great buy if you still want VHS!
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Summary: Best ever
Review: Plain and simple, the best movie series ever made. Do I really need to say more? This is the widescreen version of all three movies (properly laid out in movie chronology) and if you need more prompting to order this, then you are nuts! Go, get it now!
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Summary: This Is Archeaology?!
Review: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indy is asked by his university to help find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis do, because if it falls into their hands, they will be invincible. This is one of the greatest adventures ever! The acting is superb, the action is great, and the story is amazing. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
One year earlier than Raiders, Indy crashlands in India along with a singer and a young Chinese boy. A starving tribe begs them to go to Bangkok palace to retrieve a magic rock before their village dies out. What they find is a century-old-cult in the Temple of Doom. Once again, the acting, story, and action are great. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Right before WWII, the Nazis begin a search for the Holy Grail. Indy is once again asked to find it first, and this time, his father is along for the ride. He is a professor of miedeval professor who knows more about the grail than anyone. I hate to be redundant, but the acting, action, and story are amazing!
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Summary: Indy whips R2D2 anyday!
Review: Saw this movie when I was just a kid and I was spellbound..... even more than Star Wars! History, archeology, treasure hunting, travel, kicking NAZI ..., snakes, whips, caves, traps & tarantulas. It doesn't get any better than this. IMHO this is the best adventure flick I've ever seen.
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Summary: Lara who.
Review: These Indiana Jones films were just slightly before my time - I remember "The Last Crusade" came out when I was a little kid. I saw it, I loved it, and then I rented the two previous installments. I wound up seeing them chronologically backwards; "Raiders" last. But right away I decided it was my "favorite." I changed my mind a lot afterwards but most of the time if you asked me I'd say "Raiders," and that's probably what I'd say now. After all, I'm reviewing it. This is your classic, quintessential 80's, Spielberg special-effects-packed, super-blockbusting "guaranteed ball-out-of-the-park" box-office-goldmine of a picture, and it exhibits all the symptoms of being such. Some people recoil at the idea of this sort of movie; others might condescend to enjoy it in a stilted postmodern "ironic" sense; but personally I liked it best when I was like 9 and took it "serious" - or took it for what it is. An irrational spectacle. Yeah, you watch it now and the "tribe" (is that a proper term) of grass-skirt-and-bone-necklace-wearing, spear-toting "savages" (let's just forget about proper terms) pops out of the jungle at the behest of the evil arch-archaeologist, who swipes the little gold "idol" from Indy (he'd worked so hard to get it - even inadvertantly activating a giant rolling boulder trap of the sort evidently littering lost tombs), and you understand at once that even your paltry Discovery Channel familiarity with exotic civilizations is going to be of little use here. If you know anything about history or - God forbid - archaeology...or religion, or geography, or anything really, your intellect will revolt throughout at the supreme atrocities. Bag of sand indeed. ("Historical" note: nearly all the motifs in this scene: the golden idol, the temple with the rolling-ball trap, even the spear-toting savages; all these and countless other Indy-images were hijacked wholesale by the Tomb Raider franchise in the making of their games. The utterly imaginary archetype of the sexy rogue apocalypse-postponing archaeologist now has fully-fleshed-out representatives in both sexes.) Oh but who cares. My favorite movies have absurd plots and who cares. Part of the personal appeal of this movie is the archetypal quality its images have assumed for me, having watched it since I was a kid; but it never would've grabbed my attention in the first place had it not been an inherently vivid and interesting picture. The scenes in "Peru", in "Nepal", in "Cairo" (who knows where it really was in any case) are so amusingly and quaintly conceived that one feels like a nineteenth-century Frenchman excitedly perusing catalogues of Oriental imports in a coffee-shop in Paris at an irregular meeting of the "Haschischins". Whether unceremoniously blowing away an Arab master swordsman (in the classic scene), or knocking over a giant statue to break through the wall of a snake-saturated Egyptian temple, thence to freedom, Indy utilizes his surroundings like the movie sets they are: sacred ancient artifacts function as props for stunt acrobatics, then crack open at convenient intervals to supernaturally resolve any moral dilemmas that may have arisen with those pesky Nazis. Just go with it. It's ludicrous, but no more so than "Star Wars" - hell, a lot less so. The other thing that really makes the Indiana Jones pictures work is the juxtaposition of all this insane action with moments of real humor and character - the formula of the Jackie Chan flick. Done well, it's exhilerating. So sue me. I like it. By the way, P.S., let me just add my voice to the collective outrage at the conspicuous absence of even a second- or third-rate badly-transferred DVD of this film. I can only imagine that it's just a matter of time before they're all 3 released together in some big expensive deluxe collector's director's special unrated new-footage-added edition.
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Summary: Indy!!!!!!
Review: How can you even go wrong with this set....this is perfect for a rainy Saturday afternoon movie marathon. Make a bowl of popcorn and enjoy!
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Summary: The greatest action adventure of all time!!!
Review: Steven Speilberg, George Lucas, & Harrison Ford scored big with this one, Dr. Jones (Ford) is an archeologist who's quest for rare antiques usually get him in all kinds of mishaps, his search for a rare Idol is neat at the beginning, after he acquires it through death-defying stunts, it is taken from him by a rival archeologist, the film then progresses to its plot where Jones is contacted by government agents who have learned that the Ark Of The Convenant (keeper of the Ten Commandments) may have been discovered, the film is set in 1936 at a time when Hitler is seeking world domination & believes the Ark can help him acquire it, fearing Hitler's pursuit they hire Jones to go after it & get it before the Nazis do, what follows is one cliffhanger after another, when Jones meets up with his old flame & takes her on the journey with him,they are attacked by anyone & everyone, Jones soon discovers that his rival is working for Hitler, but has a plan all his own in acquiring the Ark's magic, Jones acquires it first only to have it taken, the action is non-stop as Jones tries to take it back, he is soon captured along with Marion(his old flame), what follows the last ten minutes is the magic of ILM, Belloq(Jones rival) attempts to open the Ark before delivering it to Hitler, when he does it is his & Hitler's stooges' undoing, the message is clear ( don't mess with the almighty!!!!!!) only Jones & Marion are spared & the Ark delivered to the U.S. for safe-keeping in what might be considered Area 51, one of the best films ever made.
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Summary: Greatest Adventure Film Of All Time!
Review: I have been watching Indiana Jones films since I was three years old. I have even been Indiana for Halloween...twice! Although all three of the films are amazing, nothing will ever touch the original. The film could be watched over 100 times if one had the time. I beleive that the two main reasons for the film's success are 1, the wonderful acting done by Harrison Ford and 2, the brilliant music composed by John Williams. Spielberg hasn't made a poor film in my opinion, he knows what people want to see, and he never, I mean never fails to entertain the audience. So if your looking for excitement, and you want to purchase film that you can enjoy again and again, Raiders is the film for you. A movie watcher's life is not full-filled without seeing this film. Do not pass it up. Also, while your at this site, vote for the Indiana Jones DVD's to be produced. Thnks for your time!
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