The one that started it all

Rating: 10/10 (12 July 2019)

Raiders of the Lost Ark stars Harrison Ford and is directed by Steven Spielberg. Raiders of the Lost Ark follows Indiana Jones as he races against the Nazis to obtain the Lost ark of the covenant. Fresh off of completing Star Wars George Lucas and Steven Spielberg came up with this idea as they were on vacation. And instead of forgetting about it the next day or creating a "movie of the week" that nobody would care about, they actually decided to let their imaginations run wild. Now I'm sure that before they created Raiders of the Lost Ark they saw a lot of movies involving treasure hunting and decided to give it a makeover. And from their they decided to turn something that sounds like it came out of a B movie and transformed it into an A++ movie after the project was finished. But Raiders of the Lost Ark is The Godfather of treasure hunting movies and all the treasure hunting movies are good, but they don't have that passion and majestic as Raiders of the Lost Ark offers. I should also add that it's also the inspiration for many movies and video games over the years and has been referenced in many pop cultures. You can not turn on the T.V. And having someone reference Indiana Jones or the scenes that gave birth to countless of directors and writers imitating those scenes. This movie and Star Wars were the first movies to open my eyes to many movies to come. And there are many movies out there that brilliantly fantastic, but Raiders of the Lost Ark and Star Wars were the first to do that. Besides Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and John Williams, I don't know if the other crew who were in Star Wars also were involved in making this. I would like to think so as they borrow elements from Star Wars such as music, special effects, costumes, to just about anything you can think of and then it into something simple and easy without anything being over dramatic. I also applaud Steven Spielberg and George Lucas for having the ability to create one movie that blew people's minds and creating another movie with an iconic character for many years that people wish they could be. Because in the end who doesn't want to be Indiana Jones? So in the end every thing about this move is pure cinematic perfection that is worth exploring again and again.