Great adventure, great story line, great special effects, great visuals, so genre specific it might not be for everyone.

Rating: 7/10 (7 January 2005)

Occasinaly, there comes a movie, that you know is extraordinary in many ways and yet, because it is very specific in it's appeal, you can appreciate it while not being very deeply involved in it personally. That was the case, for me, with Raiders.
A great movie to be sure and jam packed with more action and adventure them almost any other movie I've seen. Yet because, I am not a fan of this type of movie I saw it once and, while appreciating it, really had no strong desire to see it again. It is, as many of it's most ardent fans write, completely unique and I will admit certain moments got me. It's an extravaganza of adventure not often seen and one thought I had with this movie is how real it looked and felt (and how incredibly difficult to film it must have been.) But I still would would not rank it as one of my favorites. It remains a movie who's fierce beauty and power I can appreciate and have a healthy respect for while not having any strong desire to see it again-though I am glad I saw it at least once. I can appreciate this film's high rank on IMDb and understand it, if I was to cite 1 reason why I did not fall in love with Raiders, it's simply because it's just not my genre. I would estimate if I had to pick a movie that was known to be one of the best that did not appeal to me and that I did not really get into all that much, while still admiring many of it's aspects Raiders would be that movie. Although,all these years later I can still feel the film's power.