One of the greatest action movies ever made

Rating: Null/10 (6 April 2016)

Some of the most memorable and most referenced scenes and sequences were immortalised by this triumph in film-making. Indiana Jones is a superbly crafted and superbly portrayed character in this classic action flick that deserves its reputation and love among fans of film.
Right, now I've said that, I'd like to get to the real reason I'm writing this review. I am getting thoroughly frustrated and annoyed by all the tedious people pointing out the "gaping plot-hole" that supposedly resides in this movie's story. This apparent "flaw" goes something along the lines of (cue whiny and irritating nerd voice): "Indiana Jones is irrelevant to the story. If he wasn't in it the movie would pan out in exactly the same way." And occasionally people would add: "He adds nothing to the movie"; "You can't consider him a hero".
Shut the f*ck up, all of you!
While it can definitely be argued that if Harrison Ford's whip-wielding, gun-toting, lovable adventurer were taken out of the story, the movie would still end with (spoiler alert, everyone) the Nazis opening the Ark of the Covenant and all being killed, but how people conclude that that makes Indiana Jones an inessential asset to the movie is frankly idiotic.
If it weren't for Indy's presence throughout each scene, what would this movie be? It would essentially be just a documentary about a Nazi excavation team searching for an ancient religious artifact and then all dying (except it wouldn't actually be a documentary because it never f*cking happened). There would be no conflict or tension because all the characters would be the Nazis and wouldn't do anything interesting (at least, not until September 1939). Thematically, Indy is in nearly every scene of the film because, funnily enough, he is the main character and we are seeing the story play out through his eyes and from his experiences. He's the one to root for in the story. He's the character the audience likes and wants to see come out the other end of the story victorious. Who would you root for without him? None of the other protagonists would even be there if it weren't for Jones and don't say you'd be rooting for the Nazis because of obvious f*cking reasons.
Aside from him being the inadvertent story-teller, he's also the cause of nearly every great f*cking scene. What would the movie be without the giant boulder chase, the fist fight by the aeroplane or the frankly brilliant scene where Indy shoots his way out of getting into a sword fight. People must realise that without Indy this movie would be about ten minutes long, not to mention without its iconic charm and straight up fun.
So Indiana's absence from the film does take something from this masterpiece; about 95% of it to be honest. I honestly believe that (and I can feel hate coming my way for making this accusation) the only people who give a f*ck over this moronic and non-existent plot-hole are the people who get agitated when film-makers diverge from the norm of film-making, as if that's too much for them to comprehend. "No I'll stick to what I know, what I'm comfortable with already". Just because a film doesn't involve a main character with the same kind of impact to a film that's been used in media countless times before does not mean it should be criticised.
Above all stop calling this minute detail a "plot-hole". It's not one. A plot-hole is something that causes the plot to be inconsistent or contradictory or just simply events that wouldn't ever happen. And to all those people who don't consider it a plot-hole, stop pointing it out anyway and just enjoy the f*cking film, because it's actually really good.