A crack of a whip and a tip of a fedora

Rating: 10/10 (1 October 2001)

I am an avid insomniac, and while I wander through the hours of darkness brought forth by dusk, there is always one film that brings true entertainment and wonderfully depicts why films are made; for adventure, for amusement, and especially for fantasy.To be flung into the past ages and on the highest octane and pulse-pumping thrill in the history of cinema.The Raiders of the Lost Ark, is the greatest film ever made and they are many reasons why it is, among them a few names: Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Harrison Ford.An absolute wizardry of filmmaking and filmmakers.The most brilliant director, writer, and actor not of just their generation but of every single cohort in motion picture history. Enough praise can never be said in a lifetime about Raiders and if proof is needed then it must be presented.The film is timeless, so perfect it seemingly could have been made in any time era: past, present, or future-this being the true test for all great films.Although this review is purely opinionated as all reviews and critiques are, there are several elements to explore for true indulgence of this film delicacy.I ask for yourself as reader and film-viewer to rent or watch (if owned), the picture and when Henry "Indiana" Jones Junior is running for his life from a 40-ton boulder, a prized antiquity tucked under his arm for which the pursue occured; ask yourself is he not adventure in flesh? How original and cinematic? And why the hell is this number 60 on A.F.I.'s all time list? Did Citizen Kane have a boulder? No, it had a damn sled but than again, the main character wasn't named after the family canine.