RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (DIDIER BECU)

Rating: 9/10 (2 September 2003)

Why are we watching movies? You can come up with thousands of reasons but the main reason Spielberg is exploring must be rediscovering the child in us...he did it with so many movies (from ET to Hook) but Indiana Jones must be the ultimate superhero. All is based on the great adventuremovies of the fifties, you know Burt Lancaster and other Rod Taylors, but perhaps it's the budget, perhaps it's the humour (Harrison Ford is funny), perhaps it's the B-movieacting...je ne sais pas but Raiders Of The Lost Ark is adventure at its best. The original of the trilogy (well, you all know Indy 4 is in the make) brings us back to the thirties at where Indiana Jones is set to Cairo to stop the nazis finding the lost ark (a tomb in where the ten commandments are hidden) and along with Marion (a great acting Karen Allen, just shame about the red trousers) they are having adventure after adventure. Cinema without intelligence? Yup, but a ride on the rollercoaster brings you no use of the brains as well and you always wanna ride again...love that picture so much!!!