May never be topped

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2001)

There may never be another movie as good as this one. People are crying for Indy 4, but I don't really understand why, we all know that no matter who is attached to the project they'll never top this movie. 20 year old, with countless action/adventure movies made since, it is still the greatest of all time. A few thoughts on the beloved Raiders:
-Great, dark villans. Great rivalry between Belloq and Indy.
-Allen and Ford are great together, and the score is wonderful.
-Wisely holds back on the supernatural until the very end.
-Indy seems like a semi-real person. He's not a kung-fu master or anything stupid like that. He gets hurt and shows fear, although he sure gets punched in the head a lot without getting knocked out.
-Great locations, Cairo is really mysterious place and is a perfect setting for this sort of thing.
-Stunts and battles are great, without any CGI assistance.
-Comedy is present, but it's not "in your face". Funny things happen, but they aren't "jokes" like one liners. Plus all of the comedic events still stick to reality. Toht gets two great laughs and he is by far the darkest character in the film.
So how can a movie have comedy, romance, horror, adventure, action and suspense, and not be stupid in some way? Well, it CAN'T- this movie is a miracle, it shouldn't have turned out this well. The sequels, although entertaining and better than most sequels are, don't even approach this movie. Basically, the odds of anything even close to this coming out in our lifetimes is one in a million.