Great piece of filmmaking!!!!

Rating: 9/10 (16 June 2003)

I first saw this movie when I was seven years old. I went to a friends birthday party and we all went to see it. As a seven year old kid, this movie scared the hell out of me!! Especially the snakes and spiders and the Nazis melting away. I had a glutton for punishment, especially since I begged my dad in 1979 to take me to see ALIEN because I thought it would be like STAR WARS. I was wrong and wound up sleeping in my parents bed for about four weeks.
This was a good filler movie to keep me occupied for the three LONG years between THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK and RETURN OF THE JEDI. I remember my dad got this movie for us on Beta and we would watch it all the time. This movie brings back a lot of childhood memories for me, as does the STAR WARS trilogy.
Looking back now, some 22 years later, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK remains one of my top 10 favorite films, just as Harrison Ford remains one of my favorite actors. This movie is brilliantly casted, with great writing and action and adventure all along the way. I am very excited to hear the box set is coming out on DVD(right before my birthday no less!)
Now if only George Lucas would follow suit and release the original STAR WARS trilogy!!!