Great action film

Rating: Null/10 (13 July 2007)

This is about the only Spielberg film I like (besides Jaws.) Raiders of the Lost Ark is a lot of fun. The most enjoyable scene is the famous stunt involving Indiana Jones and the moving trucks. The bowling ball of stone that rolls through the cave is also a great scene. I also liked the ending because it was fairly creepy. Harrison Ford is at his best and is a perfect hero. The film works because Spielberg, who is prone to sappiness, does not try to do anything in this film except entertain. There is no message, no sappy music, no drenching the audience with syrupy sentimentality. Just a lot of chases and Rube Goldberg film contrivances. Unlike most other Spielberg films which I regularly dis, Raiders of the Lost Ark is a very enjoyable action film.