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Rating: 10/10 (8 September 2013)

Professor Indiana Jones was introduced to the world here, and thanks to the genius of George Lucas and the fantastic direction of the legendary Steven Spielberg, it will be remembered forever. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was the masterpiece who not only launched the legendary saga of adventure and the fantastic history of the unforgettable Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), but also invented the cinema's entertainment, all thanks to a revolutionized and classic story! Early on we see this man who seems to be a cowboy (cowboy hat, a revolver, a whip, daah). We see him and a small group of Latinos venturing in the jungles of South America, soon the audience knows that he is searching for an ancient treasure entering into a cave. There he is faced with several decaying corpses and discovers that the whole room is full of traps. After getting out the golden statue of his precious place, he burst out run and we received the classic chase scene of a huge round stone. After our hero get-away, but he just falls into another deadly trap by a competitor. Our hero escapes again, and later we discoveres that the movie story takes place on the year of 1936, before the second Great War, and our hero is called Indiana Jones and he is a professor and archaeologist who works for a museum. Then, Jones learns about a biblical artifact called "The Ark of the Covenant" from the healer of the museum and also discovers that this artifact might hold the key to human existence and the powers of god. Now Jones embarks on this adventure to great places ranging from the mountains of Nepal to the deserts of Egypt with the help of his former lover Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen). However, he will have to fight against his competitor Renee Belloq (Paul Freeman) and an army of Nazis in order to reach it.
The whole story since the very beginning became a classic thanks to Lawrence Kasdan's writing improving by every minute of the film, delivering great dialog explanations of the historical artifacts in the film are very realistic and very simple, leaving the viewer feeling pretty smart. Not only with artifacts explanations that the scripts stands out, but delivers us several humoristic moments with a really smart and fun humor, full of cultural references of the time of the story. But not only humor that makes and revolutionize the movie, but is the change of tone, giving really dark and serious moments to Indi's journey across the globe.
Speaking of Indi again, that is another character made by Lucas and starring Harrison Ford that sticks in our minds forever. While in the "Star Wars" trilogy we have the funny and unforgettable Lando, here like I said before we have professor Indiana Jones badass, smart and once again unforgettable. Both of then became legendary, but Indi is the one that we never had seen before, and till today makes you think. At that time, people never had seen a hero that is a human like any other, getting punched; shoot at; throw at a river of snakes, by every passing minute, but always getting out of the situations full of scars and bleeding. And Indi is a character that make's humor and jokes of the situations that he is presented (not like Lando who delivers badass phrases by every minute).
The script (considered one of the best ever written for a film) is excellent, but in technical aspects the movie is marvelous. Spielberg's direction nor comments, delivering chase sequences and action scenes that are breathtaking and are extremely fun, and also feeling really realistic. Everything bathed with John William's unforgettable soundtrack that gets stuck in your head forever (and ever since only made Star Wars soundtracks and every single Spielberg movie).
A unforgettable classic that began one of the best trilogies ever made and it will live forever, thanks to a marvelous direction of Spielberg; superb writing; unforgettable character with an amazing performance from Ford. The masterpiece that invented cinema's entertainment, but none entertainment movie of today hold a candle close to this beautiful blend of a serious story with James Bond style and "The Treasure of sierra Madre" quest all with great quality that show's Lucas and Spielberg minds working together is still today considered a adventure's masterpiece.
10/10