"It's not the years honey, it's the mileage."

Rating: 10/10 (25 November 2000)

I love Harrison Ford movies, but this is the BEST movie I believe I have ever seen. True, I love Star Wars too, but I saw this movie BEFORE I ever saw Star Wars, and it has found a special place in my heart.
In all my years of viewing movies, I have yet to find another movie with quite as much style as this. Everything was done so well. Putting together a terrific heroic score like John Williams did with the "Raiders March" is only something that happens once in a lifetime. That score will always make me feel the need for adventure. It just gets you going, and makes you excited, helps you get into the movie.
Oh, and the little things that just make it so amazingly clever. Such as the scene where Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is confronted by a thug with a big sword. The thug shows off his swordsmanship as to intimidate Indy, but Indy just draws his weapon as casual as you possibly could and shoots the thug with his pistol. That's incredible. Done very well!
Oh, or how about the famous scene where they open up the seal to the Well of the Souls and Indy just comments, "Snakes, why'd it have to be snakes?"
"Movie magic" is a term described when talking about the special effects in a film, but for this movie, I'd use it to describe how Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Harrison Ford all came together to make an adventure movie that will surely stand the test of time.