Holy Smoke my friend I'm so pleased you are not dead!

Rating: 10/10 (10 January 2019)

I re-watched Raiders a couple of months ago and, 30 something years after its release, I can find no real flaws.
Rewatching Raiders this time I did notice a lot of Spielberg style similarities from movie to movie. For example, the scene where Indie chases the caravan of military vehicles reminded me of the look of Duel, Spielberg's first movie. And the way the faces melted and the way the ghosts and skeletons were animated, that was similar to Poltergeist, which Spielberg wrote. But just because he re-purposed techniques doesn't make Raiders of the Lost Ark any less grand.
Raiders is as American a movie as you can get. With a swarthy hero, a loud mouth dame, and a whole lotta double cross. Remind you of any other movie about an artifact? Maybe with 'Maltese' in the title?
Sure it's not 100% original and sure the effects are a bit dated but you could watch it right now and be entertained all the way through. And for that I give it an A+.
Best line in the movie - 'Holy smoke my friend I'm so pleased you are not dead!'