Raiders of the Lost Ark

Pros: One of the best all-time adventure movies. And it has Harrison Ford!

Cons: May be too violent for small children. Does have a lot of snakes.

Review: Raiders of the Lost Ark is a George Lucas-Stephen Spielberg salute to serials. In the early days of motion pictures, each performance of a movie would contain anyone or more of the following: Previews, Newsreels, a cartoon and/or the next chapter of...

Pros: Loopy sense of fun. Harrison Ford and Karen Allen's interplay.

Cons: Sometimes the homage to cliche becomes the cliche.

The Bottom Line: Spielberg's initial foray into the world of the Saturday matinee serial is a modern classic.

Review: I'm absolutely shocked, I tell you, shocked at the turn of events in my life over the last day. Everything started out so ordinary this morning. I was in my palatial bathroom, the one with the ormulu fixtures and the cascading waterfall into the...

Pros: Fantastic screenplay, great score, and an appealing central character.

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: Simply the best action film to come out of the 1980s, and a fun and diverting romp, Raiders remains a classic of its genre.

Review: "Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the most deliriously funny, ingenious and stylish American movies ever made!" -- Vincent Canby, The New York Times


"If adventure has a name, it's Indiana Jones." -- tag line for...

Pros: The finest Action and Adventure Movie ever made.

Cons: They can never make another one like it without it looking like a rip-off

Review: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

All right, listen up. Have you got your notebooks and pencils ready? Then take this down: This movie is probably the greatest action and adventure story ever produced.

Director Steven Spielberg and...

Pros: this movie is a classic and is rather good for its time.

Cons: this movie is a classic. its rather old.

Review: Okay you take a bunch a grave diggers and the guy from starwars and you get this movie. its about going into dark places and getting rare things and having everyone wanting it. along with devices trying to kill people. has a few good quotes like...

Pros: Creative costume and creative plot!

Cons: None I can think of

The Bottom Line: Good revival of 30's suspense matinees with a professor who uses unconventional methods and weapons too, in order to find artifacts. Certainly a classic!

Review: I hear that they are going to release the 20th Anniversary Of Raiders at theatres sometime soon. (Don't know why they couldn't have also released Jaws for anniversaries). But I don't think anything can top this movie, as far as creative: a professor...

Review: amazing movie! an epic adventure! great for the whole family to watch!

Review: a great movie that started of this francise, classic indy.

Pros: Lots of Fun

Review: Spielberg made movie going fun with this movie. You cheer, you boo & you yell what fun. The effects are super. And lets not forget Harrison Ford looking hunky.

Pros: Great action; good story; looks & sounds fantastic

Cons: Hmmmm.....nope.

Review: When my wife and I went to see Meet the Parents, I happened to notice signs on the door promoting the Indiana Jones trilogy being shown over three consecutive weekends. A chance to see movies that were second only to the Star Wars...