RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION
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[@charlesbaker3950]

The mirror bit was just a joke. It's a two sided mirror. He was using one side of it. She was using the other side. Her side was dirty, so she flipped it around - not realizing - that he was sitting close to it and would get smacked. He screams in pain as it smacks him in the face - she is supposed to be comically oblivious. She doesn't realize she's hurt him (even though it should be obvious). It's just meant to be funny.

[@MH-jx1hc]

The bit where she says, "I was a child". She wasn't saying she was literally a child. It was a fairly common euphemism at the time to describe someone with no experience, someone that was naïve, or unjaded that way. When the film was released, no one would have thought, "We better make sure no one wonders whether our hero actually diddles children."

[@adaddinsane]

A commenter who has since deleted their comment (probably because of what I replied) said that, in an interview, it was stated he was a grad student and she was 16 when it happened. So yes, she was "a child" in that she was emotionally inexperienced and probably completely infatuated with Indy. (I also pointed out that in most western countries and over 50% of US states, 16 is the age of consent. But not in California where it's 18, which is why people get so obsessed with the age "18" because in smutty movies they have to say they're 18.)

[@pluckyduck11y]

@@adaddinsane It was a different time. Think about that rock n roll singer who did "Great Balls of Fire." He married a teenage cousin. Appalling. But there was definitely a lot of fooling around back then. Most people married not long after high school too.

[@Frogman1212]

You can actually find a statement where Lucas and Spielberg say they believed (as the makers of the film) that Marion was about 14. Indiana is a humbert humbert.

[@scottketchie5703]

She was 15 when she fell in love with Indy, and he was 10 years older

[@paulknight9998]

@@pluckyduck11y She married him as much as he married her. She knew what she was doing.

[@Pixelologist]

Favorite underrated line of the movie: "Come on, show a little backbone, will ya?"...Jock to the man who'd just faced down poisonous spiders, light-actuated skewers, booby-trapped floor tiles, and giant rolling boulders.

[@Mr62Lincoln]

Agree, and to your point: I don't think I've ever seen a commenter on YT that even caught the line!

[@riffgroove]

Fun fact... the actor who plays "Satipo," who is with Indy inside the temple at the beginning of the film, is Alfred Molina, who played Doctor Octopus in those couple Spider Man films.

[@642lin]

the creepy guy only had one side of the medallion branded on his hand, thats why they were diggging in the wrong place

[@KarlKraus1]

The monkey dying by those "bad dates" was an accident, a misfire by that guy in the turban and eyepatch He meant to kill Indy or the rest of the group with those dates He had no intention of killing his own pet

[@Cheepchipsable]

The monkey was an asset.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

4:27 "it's not the time for fishing. what the hell?" -ryl 😆

[@johnnicpon5783]

The Ark of the Covenant supposedly contained the stone tablets with the 10 commandments, Aarons rod and a pot of mana. Only the Jewish tribe of Levites could actually touch the ark as it was said that anyone else would be struck dead by the power of God. This was a great adventure film and I remember watching it in a theatre when it first came out. The second film is ok and the third is awesome. But the first is still my favorite. The fourth film has an ending that did not sit well with people. I have not yet seen the fifth.

[@Cheepchipsable]

Which 10 commandments? 😂

[@johnnicpon5783]

@@Cheepchipsable Whichever 10 you want.

[@0okamino]

I always think back to _History of the World Part 1._ “These 15 commandments…” 😄

[@bwilliams463]

The collapsible coat hanger bit is one of the greatest misdirections on film.

[@House0fHoot]

It’s so funny 😄

[@asterix7842]

As a big Spielberg and Harrison Ford fan, one of my favorite movies. To me it will always be just Raiders of the Lost Ark. The "Indiana Jones and the" was added after the sequels were released. It's an homage to the cliffhanger movie serials of the 30s and 40s. The seaplane at the beginning of the film had the call letters OB-CPO and images of C-3PO and R2-D2 appear in the hieroglyphs on a wall in the Well of Souls Spielberg first included the coat hanger gag in his film 1941, but cut it when it failed to get any laughs during early screenings. He vowed to use it in every movie until it worked. The scene where Indy shoots the swordsman was supposed to be a big choreographed fight but Ford, as well as most of the rest of the cast and crew, had contracted dysentery and he was unable to stand for more than 15 minutes at a time. They tried to film the scene as planned, but just couldn't make it work, so they changed it and an iconic scene was born. The next movie, Temple of Doom, is, in my opinion, the worst of the series, though many like it. The Last Crusade is at least as good as this one, plus it costars Sean Connery. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull got a lot of hate from fans, but I didn't think it was all that bad, even if it does costar Shia LaBeouf.

[@ronweber1402]

I think it was the intense Shia hate at the time that really hurt Crystal Skull and after what, 12 years of waiting fans expected something as good as Last Crusade but what they got was just okay and just okay in the wake of Last Crusade was a huge disappointment.

[@hmr171]

I remember my Dad taking me to see this when it was released. We take these kind of action/adventure movies for granted now with all the special effects and stunts, but this movie blew people's minds back then. This movie set the standard for all the ones that followed.

[@dalee72]

The writing on the eyelids of the girl student was "Love" "You ".

[@blueeyedcowboy8291]

John Williams musical scores add so much to these iconic films. Such an amazing film. From 1970-2000 made the best movies ever in my personal opinion. Also 30:06 neither of you called Jinx..." What's going on?!"

[@toodlescae]

Marian is about 10 years younger than Indy so she was about 16 when they got together. This wouldn't have been uncommon in the 30's...if they'd gotten married no one would have thought anything about it.

[@StoryTimewithMissAnna]

I have bad allergies, and so when I was a kid, I didn't have furry or feathered pets. I had a boa constrictor, a tarantula, and two chameleons. I got over so many fears at an early age, it made watching this with friends as a kid awesome for laughing while everyone else in the theater was screaming 😂😂😂 so fun.

[@reighniz4488]

I love the ending so much. When the Bible says 'thou shalt not anger the Lord thy God' it is not a recommendation, it's a warning that you will not be around to do so a second time. And what exactly did the Nazis expect? They made a lifestyle out of slaughtering the chosen people of the deity whose artifact they just defiled!?

[@0okamino]

Of course, God does plenty of punishing of his chosen people in the Bible, but this was completely presumptuous of the Nazis. Obviously, they didn’t get proper permission to go touching his stuff.

[@nati5088]

I feel like so many people fail to understand this simple message from spielberg and lucas.. whether the holocaust happened yet or not those nazi’s had a lot of gall thinking they could harness the power of the single most holy artifact in all of judaism. As a grandson of a holocaust survivor who lost her parents and sibling to the nazis, I always get a kick out of that ending scene with the face melting. 👍

[@MartinBeerbom]

The backstory for the stuff at the beginning came from, and was recognized by us at the time, stories like the "Treasure of the Sierra Madre": A bunch of people have to work together to find a treasure, because each of them only holds one piece of the information (map) to find it. Then, when the final place was reached, some (or all) try to betray the others to get the whole treasure for themselves. That's what the guy with the gun tries. Satipo (Alfred Molina) was smarter, probably knowing that he still needed the talent of Indy. After all, he almost succeeded with his move. That's also why Indy didn't know about Reggie's pet snake: He just hired him as a fallback plan becasue he knew he would be betrayed at some point. That's also why Reggie is hanging out fishing: He's not really involved in the whole treasure hunt, just told to wait at a certain place at a certain time just in case.

[@drigerdranzer7514]

Both of them were pretending to be drunk. You maybe noticed that René said that he grew up on that, that it was his family label.

[@MartinBeerbom]

The melon throw: Listen to the sound fx: There's a dog, and he threw the melon at the dog! Poor puppy.

[@zedwpd]

The current generation has an issue with Marion saying she was child when she was with Indiana previously. She didnt mean it literally, She meant it emotionally.

[@Frogman1212]

Wrong. Lucas and Spielberg confirmed otherwise

[@Shyknit]

Nope they confirmed she was supposed to be 15 at the time of being with Indiana and Lucas actually originally wanted her to be 11.

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

*When Marion flipped the mirror over, the bottom part hit Indiana in the chin.* The mirror has a normal side and a magnified side that Marion wanted to use.

[@Frogman1212]

Lucas and Spielberg envisioned Marion being 11 when Indy knew her, possibly not sleeping with him until she was 15. This is easily searchable. Many people in the comments are assuming the writing to be innocuous but it isn't.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

19:05 "she has that superpower to outdrink people so..." -jyn that *is* a superpower.

[@vincentsaia6545]

When Marion flipped the mirror it hit Indy in the jaw and that's why he screamed.

[@62rowley]

The story of the ark says whoever carries the ark before them will be invincible, but you were not supposed to open it. And that’s why it got the Nazis because they were looking at it, but Indy and her weren’t looking at it.

[@Cheepchipsable]

I thought somewhere it said whoever looked upon it would be killed, hence why Indy told Marion to close her eyes. So when they carried it into battle the priests would open the ark and kill the opposing army.

[@CollideFan1]

The moral of the story is, don't mess around with the Ark of the Covenant. When Marion flipped the mirror, it popped Indiana in the jaw because he was looking at himself

[@MattDeMille]

Mt "Sinai" means "reflection" . . .

[@wendell6468]

john rhys-davies (Sullah) is the actor who played Gimli the dwarf in the Lord of the Rings. he was also the voice of Treebeard the Ent...

[@joepaskowski9091]

Another great reaction to a classic from my childhood. The abundance of spiders and snakes freaked everyone out!

[@donniecouch5689]

Subbed a few weeks ago, you ladies are quickly climbing my favorite movie reactors on youtube list, intelligent, engaging and beautiful.

[@MartinBeerbom]

The submarine and the submarine bunker are the same that were used for "Das Boot", which was filmed at the same time.

[@jamesellis701]

I remember seeing this at the Drive in in 1981. Another great movie that year was "Time Bandits".

[@YoureMrLebowski]

8:16 "she was a child? what? what was that just now?" -jyn awkward. 😬

[@YoureMrLebowski]

19:11 "don't do it! she's trying to set you up." -jyn 😆

[@technopirate304]

Not evil it’s the literal wrath of God coming out of that box.

[@BigGator5]

"All your life has been spent in pursuit of archaeological relics. Inside the Ark are treasures beyond your wildest aspirations. You want to see it opened as well as I. Indiana, we are simply passing through history. This, this IS history." Fun Fact: Most of the "body blow" sounds were created by hitting a pile of leather jackets with a baseball bat. Historical Fact: No serious archaeologist believes the Ark Of The Covenant is in Tanis. In fact, it's a known fact that it is in Ethiopia. Location Location Fact: During filming in Tunisia, nearly everyone in the cast and crew got sick except director Steven Spielberg. It is thought that he avoided illness by eating only the food he'd brought with him: A lot of cans of Spaghetti-O's. What Script Fact: The famous scene in which Indy shoots a marauding and flamboyant swordsman was not in the original script. Harrison Ford was supposed to use his whip to get the sword out of his attacker's hands, but the food poisoning he and the rest of the crew had gotten made him too sick to perform the stunt. After several unsuccessful tries, "shooting the sucker" was Ford's suggestion. Steven Spielberg immediately took him up on the idea, and the scene was successfully filmed. Pranked In Post Fact: During the scene where Indiana (Harrison Ford) threatens the Nazis with a Panzerfaust, you can clearly see a fly creeping into the mouth of Paul Freeman. Contrary to popular belief, he did not swallow it. Freeman explained in an interview years later that the fly flew off, but Steven Spielberg noticed it and decided it would be funny to cut out a few frames so the fly would not be seen flying away. This made it look as though Freeman ate it, and he found the edit highly amusing. Empire Magazine chose this scene as one of the most common scenes for which people press the "Pause" button on their VCRs.

[@WarriorPoet01]

2:17 Those tarantulas are Brachypelma Smithi/Hamori. Their bite is no worse than a bee or wasp sting. Tarantulas in the Americas don’t have a deadly bite (unless your allergic - like some people are to bee/wasp stings). Tarantulas in Africa/Asia have a very potent venom which can cause severe cramping and pain, but no deaths are attributed to them.

[@MartinBeerbom]

The burned hand DID help. Listen to the dialog at the translator's: Sallah told Indy Belloq and the Nazis got a headpiece, except with writing on only one side. They got this from the burned hand! But they didn't had the backside, which tells that the real staff had to be shorter.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

20:28 "they're waiting to take it from them when they come out. yeah, that's the thing." -jynxryl jyn has some predictive powers too. 😆

[@subitman]

The arabic friend of Jones with the beard is John Rhys Davies. He also starred in the Lord of the Rings trilogy as the dwarf Gimli. There was a lot of CGI with stand-ins for him to play the role.

[@Lethgar_Smith]

In the Lord of the Rings, unless you see John Rhys Davies face clearly, it's not him but his body double. Davies reaction to the latex face makeup caused them to use the actor only when a closeup was needed. The other cast members spent far more time with Gimli's body double on set than the actor that is actually credited with playing him. The other actors lobbied hard to get the diminutive performer a screen credit for the role but union rules wouldn't allow it.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

25:02 "oh no!" -jyn 😮

[@mostaley5049]

This is one of my all time favorite movies. Adventure love and a biblical reference. All fun. Love y’all’s reactions, ❤👏

[@antondzajajurca7797]

Salah is Gimli from Lord of the rings btw :)

[@YoureMrLebowski]

30:40 "it's scary!" -ryl 👻

[@theopinion9452]

The airplane that Indy escape in the opening intro spells 3-CPO,a Star Wars reference to George Lucas who created the Indiana Jones character,his dog was named Indiana.

[@seandlg57]

Such a great reaction. Y"all are a lotta fun!

[@scottflowe2875]

Nice to see you laugh. So serious most of the time

[@technopirate304]

24:14, Sallah is a loyal ally and beloved friend to Indiana Jones throughout the series. In fact he is in the upcoming fifth Indiana Jones movie which takes place 30+ years after this one.

[@cwell510]

Yes! Finally, my favorite all-time adventure film from my childhood! I'm sure you'll enjoy this trilogy (I don't count the 4th and I'm skeptical about the 5th). Thanks for sharing! 💯

[@Cheepchipsable]

I really wonder if the 4th hadn't included aliens if it would have been received so badly. It if turned out to be some Aztec god or something.

[@KarlKraus1]

The Egyptian god you're thinking of (the face on the statues in the Ark's resting place) is Anubis, Lord of the Dead

[@technopirate304]

I’m in my mid 50’s, I saw this movie when it premiered back in 1981. It was an instant game changer and crowd pleaser. One thing that makes Indiana Jones such an enduring icon is that he is a very ordinary man. He isn’t a superhero or a ex-special forces operator. In half his fights he gets his but whipped. Indy is a college archaeology professor for Pete’s sake. But he has bravery, a can do attitude and a love for history. In the novel for the book early on he admits to himself that he doesn’t like violating these ancient burial grounds. But if he doesn’t do it these treasures would be lost forever via people like Belloq. So he finds them and puts them in a museum.

[@technopirate304]

13:25, this is the lowest we ever see Indiana Jones in this series. When he feels like he has lost Marion, he is brought low. He doesn’t care about the ark, the mission or anything. He is a heartbroken man and all the more relatable.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

31:55 "she should stop drinking." -jyn 🥃🚫😆

[@technopirate304]

20:43 When Indy and Sallah lift the Ark out of the sarcophagus pay close attention to the hieroglyphics on the wall. You will see R2D2 and C-3PO drawn on the wall. This film was developed by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas who created the Star Wars franchise.

[@gregkirby9059]

it says LOVE YOU on her eye lids

[@KarlKraus1]

The words on the female student's eyelids were "Love" and "You" Indiana was apparently a heartthrob in his teaching getup All of the girls want him You'll see more of that in the later movies

[@YoureMrLebowski]

18:12 🤨 the disdain. 😆 18:19 😉 the approval. 😆

[@primusstovis3704]

I get the distinct feeling that there is a great fear of spiders in these two.

[@technopirate304]

28:13 There is a tagline for the movie series - “If adventure had a name it would be Indiana Jones.” Such a go getter you can’t help but route for Indiana. He gets by on his wits, his fast feet and never gives up.

[@John-eq9tv]

The part where he faced the guy in black who was waving the big sword…….originally they were supposed to have a big fight, and Harrison Ford was supposed to use his whip. He was sick that day. As soon as he shot the guy, the reason he was looking around is he was looking for a toilet.

[@davegnarlsson4344]

When you have a bad back you will understand.

[@CChissel]

Yay! You guys are diving into Indy and his crazy adventures! I love these films, and this one is great! Very happy hearing your thoughts on it, can’t wait to see what you think of the other two! (I know there’s more than 3, but the original trilogy is just a classic, while the new ones are… not very good imo.)

[@jamesaugust7498]

Wow, one of the greatest movies and two first timers! Love it! You figured it out at the very start... "It's never ending". You also got at the end the joke that if Indiana Jones wasn't even the movie, the Nazis would have been destroyed when the ark was opened anyway! So some say he is an unnecessary part of the movie! :D "All that for nothing."

[@longfootbuddy]

you actually used the phrase 'low key' in the correct way

[@marievjing]

I hope you'll react to the whole trilogy ;) The second one is my favorite ^^

[@KarlKraus1]

All right! I can't wait to see your reactions to the rest of this series! They set the tone for adventure heroes in movies for decades to come One of the men behind these, George Lucas, created Star Wars, so PLEASE watch the original trilogy when you're done with these movies

[@philmullineaux5405]

Supposedly the ark is one of two places. Either in a maze of catacombs under where Jesus was crucified or in Ethiopia because Solomon's wife was Ethiopian queen. And also supposedly every king queen prince and princess of Britain's Royal family has seen it for the past thousand years!😮😮

[@emwa3600]

The ending - storing this crate in a vast, gov't warehouse as if this was effectively 'lost to the world' - appears again in INDY 4: CRYSTAL SKULL where Indy is brought to another (or the same?) warehouse. A lot of fans dismiss INDY 4 but all of them see it!

[@jodyspiegel73]

Is the warehouse at the end where the ark is stored is it the same warehouse in the sci-fi television series Warehouse 13?

[@davidstone9624]

I like them. They are great.... but it is strange how many adult reactors struggle with understanding the motivations and nuance of movie characters.

[@mem1701movies]

26:22 me too

[@patrickbateman7369]

NOW both of you need to do some research on what the "Ark of the covenant" actually is

[@SubterrelProspector]

Theres literally an entire scene explaining to them what it is. What makes you think they'll bother researching anything?

[@Cheepchipsable]

It's some Jewish fantasy, that's about all we need to know.

[@bennymartinez5532]

Romancing the stone is pretty darn good movie

[@ietomos7634]

When God pranks you, he gets you good.

[@KarlKraus1]

I can't believe you got obsessed with wanting to know who got hit with that mirror when it was obviously Indy LOL There was no one else in the room Marion hit him by accident when she wanted to find a cleaner side to the mirror It was supposed to be a throwaway gag, which you didn't get LOL

[@drigerdranzer7514]

Marion was 17 and Indy was 20-something 10 years prior when they had a love affair, but then he left for another adventure instead of staying with her.

[@KarlKraus1]

The Ark detected a threat, which is why its power bled through the box it was kept in on the ship and the island It knew it was being possessed by heinous men Later, when it was opened, the power was let loose in full and killed anybody evil and/or unworthy to look at the Ark in sight, by the Angels of Death Belloq had no idea this was possible since he never got to properly learn about the Ark's true power and mysticism (surprise, surprise; he really never was a real archaeologist, he was a wannabe) So, unlike Indy, who knew right away something was wrong, he didn't know better and paid for his mistake The Nazis were offed since they deserved it of course, being who they are, along with VERY unworthy In fact, I bet ALL mortals are unworthy to see the Ark opened

[@davegnarlsson4344]

Power of God, not of evil.

[@Cheepchipsable]

Given the number of people he slaughtered, or directed others to slaughter, that's debatable.

[@luvsumkahlua7730]

DR. "INDIE" JONES Inspired, "TOMB RAIDER"!!

[@atuuschaaw]

♥

[@l.A.0]

22:02

[@gregkirby9059]

there are actually 9 arks and the knights templars have found 4 of them

[@gregkirby9059]

9 arks represating the 9 gems on the breastplate of aaron

[@patrickbateman7369]

Haven't seen a reactor that actually knows anything about the Bible, not a single one

[@zsmate2526]

Save place Save Area ??!

[@dwightherron9692]

The Ark of the covenant is real and it's the power of God, No one can find it til this day!

[@Cleron_O_Andarilho]

In the bible say "no one can see the power of God", thats why Indy said to close the eyes. Also, the place where they hide the ark is Area 51. Beloch taught he could see the power of God, but like they said, "its something that no humans can see or should see".

[@mem1701movies]

What’s your relationship?

[@Cheepchipsable]

What a lot of people don't realise, is that when this movie is set, the Nazis had a lot of respect around the world due to the way they turned the German economy around, so they didn't have an "evil" association. Same as these days Indiana would be considered a grave robber and cultural thief.

[@emilianosintarias7337]

You have to understand that in the old biblical mythological tradition, seeing an angel, or a vessel of god's power, as an unprepared and unassisted human would destroy anyone. Like touching the surface of the sun. It's just too much of a direct meeting with pure reality and pure power, would scare a mortal to death.

[@nodak81]

The ritual didn't really matter, it was just the fact that it was being opened by non-believers and evil ones at that. In the Bible people were struck dead for touching or even just looking at it. No one dared open it.

[@pangaea90]

Hi Jyn x Ryl. Love your reactions. A movie called National Treasure starring Nicholas Cage should be next on your list. Great mixture of action and comedy. You'll love it

[@franciscoguzman1034]

Only the selected and train people of the children of Israel may do the ritual.

[@TheFalconking]

Please review part 3 ! don´t even try part 2 as it is terrible ! LOL, but 3 was simply amazing... then skip part 4 and go straight to part 5 !

[@demetriusallen17]

Only jesus christ is the only one that can touch the ark he is totally holy

[@MartinBeerbom]

The Ark is part of the Old Testament of the bible, when god was still furious and angry and burned people, demanded sacrifices and turned people into salt pillars when they watched his destructive powers.

[@KarlKraus1]

The sand inside the Ark isn't actually sand It was the remains of the stone tablets that held the Ten Commandments No one replaced them with ordinary sand Remember, this artifact belonged to the Hebrews that were brought out of slavery by Moses and settled in their new home after their decades-long trek across the desert The tablets were thousands of years old, so it's no surprise that the rock would decompose after all that time So, in a way, the Ark became worthless since its contents are gone forever

[@Cheepchipsable]

Stone doesn't "decompose", it needs to be exposed the the elements to break down.

[@KarlKraus1]

@@Cheepchipsable right, well you all know what I meant

[@Pixelologist]

The ark opening scene unequivocally demonstrates what God thinks of Nazis.

[@trhansen3244]

The same thing Joe Biden thinks of Nazis. Does that mean Joe Biden is God? Yes it does. All hail our Lord and Savior Joe Biden!

[@Cheepchipsable]

LOL, yet he couldn't see fit to act directly against them? BTW, they believed in God too.

[@visionaryventures12]

I don’t think the Nazis’ souls would be trapped with the Ark. The Jewish god came down and killed them.

[@wedge233]

u guys are the most beautiful african woman, your guys give men a reason to get up in the morning.

[@Travis_D_Travesty]

This film is balderdash, 🙄❤😅

[@philmullineaux5405]

According to the bible, the ark contains Moses original stone tablets and his staff which was dead, but sprouted live. The only people who could touch it were sanctified priests who were offspring of Aaron, Moses brother. The top is 2 angels with wings touching, this is the Mercy Seat of God. He sits there and judges humans, if He sees the blood of Jesus on a person, they are forgiven. If not....well u see what happened to the Nazis! If anyone, even other Jews or priests, not Aaron's offspring touch it, that's instant death!

[@OneThousandHomoDJs]

Women looooooove to blame other people for their own bad decisions, don't they, Doris Bove? 😂😂😂😂

[@OneThousandHomoDJs]

There was something that happened a bunch of years ago called the Holocaust, Doris, if you ever get tired of being angry about fictional people, maybe you could look into an actual historical crime/tragedy. Nah, it's more fun to be angry with imaginary men, isn't it, kitten?