*RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK* Movie Reaction FIRST TIME WATCHING INDIANA JONES

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[@bluesilvahalo3576]

Oh wow, "I take it back the monkey might be a nazi" is one of the funniest things I've heard a reactor say 🤣

[@homer1075]

There will never be another John Williams...Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Superman, so many classics. Fantastic composer.

[@cl844]

you forgot jurrasic park

[@homer1075]

@@cl844 How could I forget Jurassic Park??? You're correct. Thanks!

[@bertpunkaficionado8357]

The big warehouse at the end is a matte painting by Michael Pangrazio. It's massive, painted on glass with the small area clear where the guy pushing the crated-up Ark was composted in. It remains on screen for a long time, which is unusual for a matte painting since the longer you look the more they seem fake. Pangrazio is that good. I had a large poster of it as a kid. It's a little sloppy up close, but it gains in quality if you step back. Too much detail would look fake he said. It took him three months to paint. His matte paintings for Return of the Jedi are insane.

[@Lethgar_Smith]

I can remember when this came out in the theater. I was 17. When Indy says, "what truck?" I was like, "Jesus, this guy is determined" and then when he comes charging out on that horse I was like, "Well this shit just kicked into 5th gear" and during the entire chase scene I was like, "This is unbelievable!" What a ride! Lucas fully understood just what made the Saturday matinee hero of the the 30s and 40s so popular. Took that and translated it into a modern movie and it was instant success. Basically it's the same thing he did in creating Star Wars.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Such an awesome movie 👍👍

[@Gravydog316]

when this came out, some stupid critic said it was boring

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

The scene in the map room is a textbook example of how a musical score can elevate a movie to a new plateau. During this time John Williams was at his peak and this movie is one of his best examples. Of course the entire movie is just a perfect storm of story, actors, director and production. One of the best movies ever made.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Really is the dream team 👌

[@markjuarez1791]

@@jenmurrayxo If you get a chance, try and see John Williams in concert. He's 91 and still going strong. I've seen him for the past 8 years at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, and seeing him LIVE is amazing. The man is a treasure.

[@Erickson1971]

If you want to watch a good, old school, adventure movie that you’d probably enjoy, check out “Romancing the Stone”. The movie won a golden globe for best picture, staring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito. You’ll probably love it!! 😁

[@scyphe]

Romancing the Stone was basically a rip-off of Indiana Jones but for a rip-off it was really good and had a great cast. IMHO it doesn't reach the benchmark that Raiders of the Lost Ark set 3 years before it (I don't think I've seen a single action-adventure movie that has).

[@rafapopawski2559]

Ye it's a really good movie. Oldie but goodie!

[@Somber7]

She will love it!

[@fleetadmiralj]

Also the sequel Jewel of the Nile

[@dexterriley]

​@@scyphehow inconvenient that Romancing the stone was written B4 Raiders.

[@jasonroberts5166]

“Asps. Very dangerous. You go first.” One of my all time favorite movie lines

[@jenmurrayxo]

Love it!

[@daxriley8195]

John Rhys Davies is always wonderful in everything he does, a genuinely entertaining person in real life and a thorough gentleman too.

[@timchristensen2522]

One of the purest, most enjoyable cinematic experiences of all time 🥇

[@charlesmartinjr3971]

The moment when we see the Ark being put in the storehouse, the music swelling, and then the credits finally roll . . . I actually find myself letting out a long-held breath.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Yes!

[@jenmurrayxo]

So awesome!!

[@DeronMeranda]

There was a TV show called Warehouse 13 that was in part inspired by the ending scene where the Ark was boxed up and stored in a vast warehouse. The show aired from 2009 to 2014 and was part Sci Fi and part paranormal, and followed a group of archivists who had to recover all these ancient powerful artifacts and securely store them in the warehouse. It had a great cast with lots of chemistry, and was a really fun.

[@JayRock21122]

Such a great show. It's Sister show Eureka was good as well.

[@scyphe]

Oh yes, Warehouse 13 was great. It didn't take itself too serious while still having really good plots.

[@thatpatrickguy3446]

As soon as I saw the interior of the warehouse in the first episode, I told my roommate "They've got the ark in there, I just know it." 😀 Love Warehouse 13 and Eureka!

[@fidel2xl]

Yep...Warehouse 13 and it's sister show 'Eureka' were great during their run. I binge re-watch them occasionally every couple years or so.

[@spartanical]

that was a good show! now i need to go watch it again

[@IndyCrewInNYC]

One of a handful of movies I personally deem perfect. Spielberg could not be topped during this era.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Oh for sure! Dream team on this one 👍

[@IndyCrewInNYC]

@edd I was actually referring to the 80s era which started with this film. And I meant Spielberg the producer as well as director.

[@biguy617]

Spielberg was great. Jurassic Park is his last great movie that he directed.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Nope!

[@scyphe]

@@biguy617 Nah, Schindler's List came out five months after Jurassic Park and is a masterpiece (albeit quite difficult to watch at times).

[@Drforrester31]

You should absolutely continue with the trilogy so you can also watch Last Crusade. And if you liked Marion then you should consider watching Starman, a sci-fi/roadtrip/romance movie that has Karen Allen starring opposite Jeff Bridges

[@w1975b]

Just don't acknowledge Crystal Skull lol. I enjoyed it even though many didn't.

[@w1975b]

@@brysonfreeman7226 I did and I didn't need anyone's permission

[@edwardthorne9875]

Yes, Raiders was THE movie to see when it came out. The pacing, the humor, the squishy bits -- all perfect. Nod to the special effects teams - nothing like this had been done before. The face - melts were genuinely horrifying and unexpected for the time. Fun reaction to a fun movie!

[@jenmurrayxo]

Thanks Edward! This must've been a blast to see when it came out ☺👍

[@robbob5302]

@@jenmurrayxo But the best of the series will always be the third one. The Last Crusade. Sean Connery was amazing!

[@dacsus]

@@jenmurrayxo seriously, are you watching movies like this on laptop?

[@RealBLAlley]

@@jenmurrayxo It was.

[@thegamingcook785]

Favourite thing is how they make indiana jones seem like a complete unstoppable badass but then completely humanize him by having him running away from the army, and screaming his life off, and then having a fear of snakes. It's so good

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

A couple of improvised scenes in this: - When Indy is up against the all-black sword fighter and pulls out his gun and shoots the guy, that was devised because Harrison had dysentery and couldn't do the full rehearsed sword vs whip fight. Someone came up with the gun killing the guy as a quick-to-shoot alternative which audiences LOVED. - When the snake falls on Marion's neck in the well of the souls, that was Steven Spielberg's idea (he didn't tell her ahead of time and her glare back at him is real) - When Indy says to Marion on the ship, "It's not the age, it's the mileage", that was Harrison's idea. Also, when Indy and Sullah are getting the Ark, if you look at one of the pillars with the hieroglyphics (I think it's the one on the left in the scene) you can see R2-D2 and C-3PO from Star Wars. Difficult to see unless you have a really good copy (damn near impossible on the original VHS).

[@jenmurrayxo]

Oh wow! Crazy about the hieroglyphics Easter egg! I love that Harrison wrote that line... so awesome 👌

[@snorpenbass4196]

There's been a lot of people "explaining" over the years how Indy survived hanging onto the sub for that distance, but the honest truth is probably the fact that most diesel subs of the era spent very little time entirely underwater, usually they had at least the tower above the surface for exhaust and air intake. Usually they were at surface level unless they spotted something to shoot at.

[@jeanine6328]

Thank you, I always wondered myself…… but in the 80’s we accepted that it was make believe and it just worked somehow. We didn’t care then. Lil

[@darthphayde508]

Raiders is one of my favorite films, it never gets old, probably my favorite role for Harrison Ford as well.

[@jenmurrayxo]

He does get an amazing theme song as Indy!! 👍

[@peterschmidt4348]

Fun fact: the exterior submarine model used in the film was borrowed from the production of the german film "Das Boot"!

[@minnesotajones261]

Who needs a model of a sub when you have a FULL SIZE one? Ha!

[@lethaldose2000]

Fun Fact: indy getting dragged under the truck is a nod by Spielberg back to the early days of the film industry, with Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. THe Keystone cops would do those sorts of gags all the time for movie viewers to watch at the penny arcade. And yes it was literally 5 cents to see a movie back in 1915.

[@larrystuder8543]

also a classic Western stunt.

[@Cheepchipsable]

The whole series is a "borrowing" of weekly cliffhanger serials that were on at cinemas. There are a few on YT.

[@memphistim2001]

The guide who betrays Indy at the beginning of the movie is a very young Alfred Molina aka Doc Oc from the Spiderman movies.

[@kissmy_butt1302]

Every time I see people doing a reaction to music, movies, etc.... I feel lucky I grew up in the 80's and got to experience this when it was new.

[@kenfreeman8888]

I saw this as a kid when it came out with my family. The theater was so crowded we couldn't sit together. Your reactions to several scenes are how I remember the whole audience reacting at the time. What is that? Oh that's a menacing hanger. :-)

[@jenmurrayxo]

Must've been awesome to see as a kid & in theaters! ☺👍

[@mr.a8315]

Re-watch. 💜 Loved the Hello Fresh intro and food cooking, eating part - great job, very enticing. Halloumi, mmmm. 😍

[@MovieVigilante]

"Is the monkey a good guy, or a bad guy?" The monkey is only a pawn in the game of life. We needed a counter at the bottom of the screen to indicate how many times Jen called Harrison Ford, handsome or hunky.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Lol hope the counter goes to infinity 😆

[@tfpp1]

21:11 - Knowing how you feel towards Harrison Ford, and understanding myself to be a red-blooded man who thinks Marion is georgous, the nonchalant-ness with which you said "yeah, they need to make out, pronto" made me crack up. We're such pervs. 😆

[@traviswinkler3994]

Definitely add the classic 80s adventure ROMANCING THE STONE to your list, Jen.

[@biguy617]

I met the actress that plays the love interest, Karen Allen, and John Rhys Davis, Saula. He is in Lord of the Rings as well. I got both of their autographs.

[@jorgezarco9269]

"Sapito" is played by British-Spanish actor Alfred Molina...Doc Ock from Spider-Man 2.

[@michellepeters7066]

I would love to see You react to "The Neverending Story"!

[@randomtheoretician3986]

That’d be almost like a reaction of someone’s reaction. Lol. Gmork approves.

[@Dd8505]

Me too

[@CaptainFettCosplay]

This was the first movie I ever saw..in a Drive In and is one of my earliest memories in 1981. Marion is a classic George Lucas female character - the "damsel NOT in distress".

[@jenmurrayxo]

Marion is awesome!!

[@ajivins1]

@@jenmurrayxo Watch 'Starman' with Jeff Bridges. Whether he comes around or not, she's in that.

[@w1975b]

I saw Temple of Doom at a drive-in, the 2nd movie was Star Trek 2 Wrath of Khan. My mother took me and my best friend, we were either 8 or 9. I think we fell asleep before Star Trek finished, but I remember the bug that went in that guy's ear!

[@bobbuethe1477]

"The Frisco Kid" was an underrated Western comedy starring Harrison Ford and Gene Wilder from 1979. It deserves a reaction.

[@mrjohn.whereyoufrom]

The actor with the tarantulas on his back is Alfred Molina who went on to play Dr Octopus in Spider-Man.

[@karabearcomics]

The third Indiana Jones movie, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, remains my favorite. This film is one that still sounds weird to me with the "Indiana Jones" prefix. When I watched it, it was still just called Raiders of the Lost Ark. But then, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was still being marketed only as Star Wars, so there is that. I think both got their extra bits to their marketing titles around the same time (though Star Wars had long before appended both Episode IV and A New Hope in the title crawl). It makes sense they'd do it, but it just doesn't seem right when people say it as such, to my mind. At least they didn't edit the title as it appears on screen, though, which is nice.

[@Cheepchipsable]

Obviously at that stage they didn't know there would be a series of films. The main title just reads "Raiders of the Lost Ark". I really see no trouble in letting viewers know it's part of a series.

[@noneya3635]

Oh man didn’t see this coming but I’m SO glad you’re doing this series! Lol, “that money’s a bad guy!” Hilarious, but yeah I’m with you on big hairy spiders. Hellll no. Lol, the machine gun noises and the Harrison thirst were adorable to watch. So glad you enjoyed them. Man I forgot how much fun we had seeing this in theaters. We must’ve gone back to see this 1/2 a dozen times.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Must've been a blast to see in theaters! ☺👍

[@kissmy_butt1302]

Are we not going to acknowledge Porkins from Star Wars was recast as one of the FBI guys in the beginning?

[@SSand4]

He was also Lt. Eckhart in Batman '89

[@andreabindolini7452]

Is crazy that the final scene, alone, inspired an entire TV series (called "Warehouse 13"). The Ark will make a brief cameo in the fourth movie.

[@chriskelly3481]

🤣I LOVE how every reactor says, "Ok. Did that monkey just 'heil'?! Then I take it back (fk that monkey!)" 🤦‍♂️😆👍

[@Inaflap]

Listen out for the "Wilhelm Scream". You can hear it in your video at 19:12 as that German fella gets thrown out of the back of the truck and onto the bonnet of that car behind. Aaaaargh he goes. That same scream has featured in dozens of movies... at least five of them starring Harrison Ford. The first movie it was in was made in 1951. In some of those 50s movies the same scream was played multiple times. It is a good scream, to be fair. It was played in 'Die Hard - with a vengeance', 'The Fifth Element', 'Planet of the Apes (2001)', 'The Lord of the Rings (Two Towers)', 'The Pirates of the Caribbean', and many many more.

[@georgie1246]

The guys driving off the cliff didn't use the Wilhelm scream i do think I would of sounded the same as those poor guys if I was going to be falling that far but it is the Wilhelm scream for the guy going onto the bonnet, that scream always crack me and my wife up.

[@hamburgareable]

This is some real trivia: Spielberg wanted to make a Bond film, out of curiosity, but Cubby R. Broccoli (famous for producing the spy franchise) turned him down. Whereas George Lucas, without an inch of sarcasm, said "Ive got something better than Bond". And thus came this 1981 film and it spawned 4 sequels through the years. But the 5th instalment, well, that remains to be judged individually.

[@davidkent5626]

I saw this when I was 8 in the theater and kept telling everyone how cool it was that someone's face melted.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Must've been awesome to see as a kid! 👍

[@stephenniehaus8635]

The traitorous guy in the beginning ("throw me the whip") was Alfred Molina, the guy who played Otto Octavius from the Spiderman movies

[@MrGpschmidt]

One of my all-time fave films - arguably the best of the franchise and one of the greatest action/adventure films ever made. Ford's second iconic role (after Han Solo) truly makes it his own with a great cast including the sexy and feisty Karen Allen (lucky enough to meet her and she's even more beautiful and down to earth IRL). When I saw this when it first came out my mom took me and my sister into the theatre lobby to chastise us before the screening (we were cutting up) and threatened that we'd be getting punished when we got home. The film was such a great experience viewing it with my parents my mom totally forgot to follow up on the grounding :D ;d Yes by all means watch the entire franchise; you won't regret it Jen. Nice job as usual here.

[@lethaldose2000]

Jen getting bit by a King Cobra is no joke. That shit will literally melt your bones. Just ask my friend from Ghana. He got bitten by one at the age of 10. Shhheeesh

[@jenmurrayxo]

😱😱

[@IronicTonic8]

If you liked this one then you should absolutely watch the next 2 movies, Temple of Doom and The Last Crusade. Both are worth watching if you're a fan of the first movie.

[@grogsrevenge]

Not a fan of ToD, personally, but it belongs in the trilogy (yes, trilogy). LC is my favourite, can't wait for the reaction on that. Never would've called it, but Ford and Connery were fantastic together.

[@IronicTonic8]

@@grogsrevenge I'm with you on the fact that it's a Trilogy since I grew up with them. ToD is the weakest, but if you're gonna watch the series, might as well include it.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Very excited to watch the trilogy! 👍

[@TheMarcHicks]

The 2nd movie I love, but it is tonally much darker than both 1 & 3. The 4th movie, however, well and truly "Nuked the Fridge" 😉.

[@StockdeFerry]

@@jenmurrayxo even the fourth one is worth watching.

[@bekindandrewind1422]

So if Indy was a grad student, and Marion was Ravenwoods daughter.... That would have made him about 22 and her like 15 ..

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

8:23 "There's a lot of history, there!" Well, he is an archaeologist...

[@Michael-id9bw]

Awesome! One of my all time favorite movies.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Total classic 👍👍

[@firstname7856]

Hitler did have some interest in the occult, but it was more Himmler and the SS. There were a lot of esoteric occult beliefs among high ranking nazis

[@laurenceholloway2359]

Harrison was extremely sick with dysentery during the Arab swordsman scene, which originally was planned as a full fight sequence. He told Spielberg the only way he was going to last the day's shoot was if he just shot the bad guy. Spielberg thought it funny, and shot it that way...

[@TheMarcHicks]

Another fun piece of Trivia. The scene where Jones shoots the swordsman was improvised by Ford because he, and almost the entirety of the cast and crew, was recovering from a nasty bout of food poisoning.

[@TheMarcHicks]

Damn, somebody already mentioned it 😄.

[@MrTech226]

That final scene with those leaders' faces melted were practically special effected before CGI. Spielberg had experts in the field of special effects at that time. Your crush, Harrison Ford has done his final time as Indiana Jones for untitled Jones 5. Jones 5 is scheduled to be released in June 2023.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Oh I didn't know he's in the new one 👍👍

[@palfab79]

Yeah great scene (and indeed the whole movie) the Map Room! Nice one "Indy, how do you recover the Ark? There are only 15 minutes left" :)

[@toodlescae]

The 2nd one, Temple Of Doom, is actually a prequel since it takes place a few years before Raiders.

[@flashgordon6238]

One year before.

[@juanramirez-wk8ty]

Great reaction! Seeing a young person watching these old movies and having such a good time really takes me back to the good old days, Thanks for posting! Best wishes for you and your channel.

[@supercharleyman]

I just recently started watching your channel, one of my favorite things about it is how you dress the part for whatever we happen to be watching! haha

[@jenmurrayxo]

Thanks, I'm having fun with it ☺👍

[@dunringill1747]

3:42 It seems actor Alfred Molina just cannot avoid spiders - from tarantulas to Peter Parker.

[@jenmurrayxo]

🤣

[@EricPalmerBlog]

Other trivia, the U-boat (submarine) movie prop that pulls them over was one of the ones used to film the German movie "Das Boot" which was also being done around the same time.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Oh neat, I want to see that movie too! 👌

[@ResurrectedBrush]

I enjoy watching your reaction videos and I’m so happy you watched my favorite movie of all time. This is the movie that made me love movies.

[@jjlloyd8017]

Absolutely 100% yes... watch the rest of the Indy movies. Last Crusade is great... Temple of Doom is awesome... Crystal Skull is... okay. It's not awful or anything, but it's just not as good as the first three. Hoping #5 (coming in 2023) is better.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

My thoughts 100%. I didn't hate Crystal Skull but I rolled my eyes a good portion of the movie because of just highly implausible scenarios,* even for an Indy movie! (something I never did with any of the other ones). And I too am hoping that #5 will blow our socks off. Harrison Ford will be nearly 80 when it comes out! * You can probably guess some of these scenes...

[@scyphe]

Indy 2 (Temple of Doom) was okay but is, for me, the weakest of the first three Indy movies. Crystal skull shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence as the original trilogy... IMHO. It was silly, implausible and Shia LeBouf didn't do the movie any favors. :/

[@satyadasgumbyji8956]

I'm all 4 freedom of expression, ANYTHING GOES!!! But Temple Of Doom is like "Black Face" 4 Hindus! If all these SJW clowns knew wtf Kali is, they'd have canceled TOD a long time ago! It's like making Jesus a mindless zombie, & gate-keeper of Hell!🤣🤣🤣 Ignorance is no excuse 2 censor!!! 1st Amendment FOREVER!!!✊😎❤

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@@scyphe I actually loved Temple of Doom, but that may be because the first time I saw it I was a kid seeing it with my Mom in the theater. But yeah, the 4th one was a disappointment compared to the first 3.

[@mcs-bl6sg]

Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws, and Jurassic Park = Speilberg's holy trinity

[@jenmurrayxo]

Need to see Jaws this summer!!

[@BogeyDopeYT]

That warehouse may show up again. Also, when the army came to pick up that Ark, I’d be like Don’t touch that shit, let’s gtf outta here. 🤣

[@linkloudenback8359]

A couple of alternative movies of the time are “ Allen Quartermaine” and “ Doc Savage the Man of Bronze “.

[@seanslen]

Loved your reaction! Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones is the best example of that Austin Powers quote: Women want him and men want to be him. Everyone loves Indy! haha

[@jenmurrayxo]

Oh so true!! 👍👍

[@IdealUser]

Really happy you've gotten around to the Indiana Jones movies. The next one, Temple of Doom takes place before Raiders. Sort of confusing as the timeline messes some people up who never seen the trilogy. Each movie should be viewed as it's own enclosed story as there really isn't a continuation of an overall story like Star Wars or Back to the Future.

[@doctor8342]

The guy covered in spiders in the beginning helping then betraying Indy is Alfred Molina aka Doc Ock from Spider-Man

[@artbagley1406]

Indiana is adept at moving heavy stones because he owns and carries around a pair of 'em!

[@08191906]

Right ON!! Your sincere enjoyment during the heart-pounding action, your genuine awe as the scope of the story unveiled and your APPRECIATION of Harrison Ford's skill as an actor kept ME smiling throughout your entire reaction. Fun reaction + fun movie = fun time. Thank you! This movie is one of my all-time favorites. And John Williams' score is top-notch. IMVHO, this his 2nd best score behind what he wrote & conducted for movie that starts with a capitol "S" ...Superman (that's right, I said it).

[@jenmurrayxo]

Thanks David! I really did have such a blast watching this one ☺👍 John Williams is the greatest!!

[@AntonesPap]

@@jenmurrayxo If Hollywood had not ended up being what it is, you should have become an actress. Your reactions are effortlessly fun. You're almost like an extra character from the movie. 👍

[@freeheeler00]

Sorry but I'm straight crushing' here. It's Ben a real treat rewatching some classics with you! Cheers!

[@quatz1981]

Raiders is a masterpiece of filmmaking. Everything from acting, directing, writing, editing, music, sound, cinematography are all just so well done. Should have won best picture that year for sure.

[@SamtheBravesFan]

18:49 I just heard Ford ad-libbed that line because he forgot what he was going to say. It just works so well!

[@ekku1979]

The stunt where Indy goes under the truck at 20:04 is one of the riskiest stunts of its kind ever performed on film

[@joaquinlechen8611]

Lil Trivia: The actor playing the guide in the very beginning, the one who has the spiders all over him? - He later went on to star as Doc Ock in Spiderman 2 Name is Alfred Molina.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Nice 👌

[@MarkMonforti]

So thanks to the whip scene in the opening, its why garage doors now are required to have an eye to stop it from closing on people.

[@Otokichi786]

Spielberg and Lucas were wondering what kind of movie to make next after "Star Wars." Spielberg wanted to do "James Bond," but Lucas brought up the 1930's cliffhanger movies. With their second choice signed, another franchise was born and Harrison Ford became "Dr. Henry Jones, Jr." This movie got a generation of college students to "dig in the dirt," and made Archeology cool. When I saw "Raiders" in the theater, it looked like it had enough action for THREE movies. 7:38 Introducing, two-fisted Marion Ravenwood. 15:00 In the 1981 theatrical version, you can see glass between Harrison Ford and the very real Cobra.

[@jenmurrayxo]

So glad they made Raiders!! 👍

[@ericseal9027]

Possibly the best movie ever made. The almost-perfect mix of everything!! Adventure, action, humor and romance. The special effects are 2nd to none. I remember seeing this in a theater in the early-summer of 1981, in Tucson, AZ when it 1st came out. This movie is just a good as it ever was and never gets old!!

[@floridareedsreviews]

The fight scene where Indy just shot the guy in black was complete improve. They'd rehearsed that scene a few times that day, and Harrison was really sick and running a fever, that's why he was so sweaty, and he just didn't have it in him to do it again when they actually started rolling, so instead, he just shot the guy and Lucas loved it, so he called "Cut! Print!"

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

The big guy that Indy fights next to the rotating airplane (Pat Roach) is known as a stunt actor because he is the actual guy doing the whole thing (unlike some parts of this fight scene where Harrison is doubled by a stuntman). He can also be seen in Temple of Doom as a bearded badguy that Indy fights and in The Last Crusade as a Gestapo officer. Sadly he passed away in 2004 at the age of 67.

[@chrispittman8854]

I always get a kick out of "Doc Oc" covered in spiders.

[@flyingsquirrel269]

You should watch all of the Indiana Jones movies. While Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Last Crusade are the best two, they all are fun. There's one more in production now so you may as well get caught up :-) The Brendan Fraser Mummy franchise is a good one since you like this style of movie so much. Oh... and the National Treasure movies.

[@jenmurrayxo]

The Mummy will be on KZbin April 12th! 👍

[@botz77]

That's Alfred Molina (Doc Ock in Spider-Man 2/No Way Home) at the beginning with the spiders on his back.

[@matthewmckibben]

That’s a perfect movie IMO. I go to this movie so often when I just want a good fun time. That truck chase is unreal.

[@jenmurrayxo]

So fun, I had a blast watching it ☺👍

[@aziziabdrahman7756]

I saw Raiders at 7, and loved it ever since. Here's some fun facts: This is the film that made Hugh Jackman want to be an actor, and M. Night Shyamalan a director. It was originally rated R because of the head explosion. To get a PG rating, all Steven had to do was add flames over the exploding head.

[@MST3Killa]

I always found the whole staff scene pretty funny. The staff shines right on the center of the largest building smack in the middle of the whole buried city... which makes it pretty much the most obvious location ever and why anyone would look elsewhere after seeing the diorama even without a staff is beyond me.

[@StoryMing]

You’ve seen the Lord of the Rings movies? …Sallah is Gimli !

[@wiseguymaybe]

This is my favorite movie of all times. I wasn't to crazy about Temple Of Doom, myself, but Last Crusade brings the same feel as Raiders highly recommend it. Also The Mummy and the Mummy 2 with Brandon Fraser and Rachel Weisz comes the closest to the Indiana Jones adventures. You would love them as well, highly recommend them as well.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Nice, def want to watch the trilogy! The Mummy is coming to KZbin April 12th!! & patreon this coming week 👌👌

[@dennisdrozdov1424]

Great!😁👍 I can't wait to see your reaction to those movies!

[@cyatic]

Just to let you know, the actor who plays Sallah is the same one who plays Gimli in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy!

[@visionaryventures12]

Hitler was indeed interested in supernatural artifacts. Glad you picked up on that.

[@ClutchSituation]

Yeah, people say: "The poor monkey!" And I say: "It was a NAZI MONKEY."

[@markjuarez1791]

Such a fun and fantastic film. Watching you swoon over Harrison Ford was delightful. This is what adventure movies are all about. Glad you enjoyed it, Jen.

[@canyon1899]

Hi. I was 8 when Raiders came out but didn't get to see it on big screen until many years later. It is my favorite Indiana Jones movie and my favorite movie of all time. I became an Indy fan after seeing Last Crusade in theaters at the age of 16 and have been crushing out on Harrison Ford since then. He was, of course devastatingly handsome as Indy and made hundreds of girls hearts a flutter. His tanned physique, that heart stopping smile those gorgeous hazel eyes, the rugged scar... Of course I loved Harrison as Han Solo, too!!!

[@jenmurrayxo]

Such a hunk!! 🥰🥰

[@markpaterson2053]

I nearly swallowed my tongue with excitement when I first saw this movie---nothing ever quite matched the rolling boulder after this, not even the sequels.

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

Great reaction Jen! As always it's fun to watch a film that you treasure, through the eyes of someone else!! In this case... YOU!!! Be safe "J"

[@yourthaiguy]

Die hard fans might recognize ROBERT NEVIN who played the medical examiner in JAWS lurking in the background at the very end scene discussing the location of the arc. WATCH FOR HIM!

[@jenmurrayxo]

Need to see Jaws this summer! 😎👍

[@flatebo1]

Other good adventure movies in this style would be Stargate, The Phantom, The Rocketeer, The Shadow, The Mummy (1999), John Carter (2012), The Fifth Element, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), The Green Hornet (2011), Romancing the Stone and Flash Gordon (2000) all have a 1930s/40s pulp action/adventure vibe similar to Raiders. Characters like The Phantom, Flash Gordon, The Shadow, John Carter and Tarzan were foundational in creating the pulp action/adventure genre.

[@jenmurrayxo]

The Mummy coming Tues! 👍

[@TheWebcrafter]

20:21 - Belloq: "Idiot! Idiot!"

[@Dirkus17]

21:06 Did Jen just “what a baby!” Indiana freakin’ Jones?!?!

[@jenmurrayxo]

🤣🤣

[@TheMarcHicks]

Little bit of Trivia for you....the film makers incorporate the Paramount logo into the opening scene of all of the Indiana Jones films 🙂.

[@_Some_Guy_]

Another couple of great Harrison Ford movies are Blade Runner and The Fugitive!

[@alexflores7652]

For the longest time, there was a running joke tying Indiana Jones and Star Wars together. That is between Empire and Return of The Jedi. Han while frozen in carbonite, that he was dreaming and Indiana Jones was that dream. This and the second Indi movie was between the two Star Wars movies.

[@1970Coronet_green]

If I may say, you must watch all the Indiana Jones films for the entire experience. Please don't miss them. Thank you for your show.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Definitely want to see more Indy! 👍

[@gaelbourdier2941]

@@jenmurrayxo Yes indeed you must see them. As far as I'm concerned; my favorite is the first one.

[@ralphroshia9247]

Your Worst Award Evil Guy actually has a name Major Arnold Toht and as far as I'm concerned the other 3 are all worth watching