A timeless classic.

Rating: 10/10 (10 May 2008)

I never really watched Indiana Jones as a kid. I always saw bits and pieces when it was on TV and my Grandmother or mother watched it (big fans by the way). When I watched Rugrats as a small child, they re-enacted the whole beginning nearly. I always saw people impressioning the nervous switching of two objects, one valuable one not. I knew the music, I knew the title, I had an idea of who he was. But what was the big fuss? I mean as far as I knew it was just some treasure hunter.
But it wasn't until later that I started to like the idea. Then I heard they were making a fourth, and decided I needed to see them for myself. So my mom, bought every one for me. "You'll love them!" she said. I sat down and watched the Raiders of the Lost Ark, right after school ended, and was at the edge of my seat the whole way. I realized "this is what all the fuss is about!". I was hooked from then on. He wasn't just some treasure hunter, he was more dynamic than that. He seemed like the average person, who happened to be in WAY over his head, and still found a way to get out.
I always told myself that the movies I want my kids to see were Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars, and now Indiana Jones. I have not met a person yet, who does not like Indiana Jones, he is either very much liked, or Loved to death. And the one person who said he didn;t like Indiana Jones, suddenly realized, he had been watching an Indiana Jones movie his whole life, but it was recorded on an unlabeled tape, so he never knew what it was called. (He later said "I NEED TO BY THE WHOLE TRILOGY!!) Even my one friend who I was sure would be one of those who didn't like the movie, jumped up and down in excitement with the mere mention of the fourth.
I wish to not explain the movie, the whole excitement is being surprised by this movie. But one thing I would like to say is that I encourage anyone who grew up with this movie to sit down their kids (or grandkids) and have them watch it. If you have one of those kids who does not like older movies because of the lack of fancy computerized special effects, then simply let them know they have no idea what they are missing. I miss the days where they used real actors, with real explosions, and real danger, just more realism. I look at movies today and see great special effects, great editing, wonderful music, but barely a heart. It is movies like Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark that make me wish I was teenager when my mom was, because her times have seen more great movies then I will ever dream of. I can only pray that my kids, and my grandkids will look back at this and love it as much if not more than my mom, and I do.