Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Greatest Adventure Movie Ever Made

[@SoCloseToToast]

I rewatched this movie so many times. Had it in like 4 VHS' Definitely inspired a lot in my life

[@RogueWJL]

I never tire of it. It's draw is incredible. .... magical.

[@PerryWidhalm]

My life too ......

[@cwell510]

Raiders remains my all-time favorite action/adventure film; it's practically a perfect film.

[@lindaloe]

1000% Agree 👍!! My Favorite Movie 🎬 Ever!!

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

"Raiders" was definitely Spielberg & Lucas at their best. Hiring Ford to portray Dr. Jones was perfect, too. And though I love Tom Selleck in certain roles, I'm *VERY* glad he wasn't cast as Jones. Same with Sean Young. That would've been terrible. Karen Allen was super ideal as Marion, too.

[@hpa2005]

No argument here, though I will admit it would have been interesting to see how Tom Selleck would have played Indy.

[@ThatSoddingGamer]

Ford is Indiana Jones for me, but I honestly don't think Selleck would have been bad or anything. He would have played it a bit differently, a bit stiffer and more intimidating (he's noticeably taller and broader), but he could have done the role well enough. I can imagine an alternate universe where he took the role and the movie is probably still regarded well, but probably not as well as our version.

[@n.d.m.515]

Tom Selleck would have taken it too seriously the whole time. He isn't a good one liner or cynical actor.

[@hpa2005]

@@n.d.m.515 True

[@hpa2005]

@@ThatSoddingGamer Can't argue that

[@FlorisYoung]

The original trilogy are my childhood favorite movies! I still love them to this day. These movies made Steven Spielberg my favorite Director of all time. Harrison Ford my my favorite actor of all time and Indiana Jones my favorite movie character of all time.

[@RogueWJL]

Peak Spielberg and Lucas. This is as good as Hollywood can get. A masterpiece.

[@mikavirtanen7029]

There is nothing original in this film, but it is and more than likely will continue to be the greatest adventure serial transformed to film cut that we will ever see. I saw this as a 14 year old lad when it came out, and it still gives the same thrills and **ck Yeah attitude like it did in 1981...Yeah...and there are only three Indiana Jones movies.

[@martinhavelock5106]

A masterpiece of filmmaking that has never been equalled, and never will be.

[@spaceodds1985]

Best example of Hollywood action and pacing to ever grace film

[@jarrodedson5441]

Uhhhh Indiana Jones 3

[@jtgd]

Can’t say never… the future isn’t known

[@martinhavelock5106]

@@jarrodedson5441 I'll agree it's an excellent film, better than the awful Temple of Doom, and Connery is an absolute joy to watch, but it's just not as satisfying as Raiders.

[@martinhavelock5106]

@@jtgd Raiders was a product of a time now long dead in Hollywood. Filmed in real locations, practical effects done in camera, stuntmen doing what they do best, beautiful matte paintings, and old school special effects. These days it's CGI everything and green screen in a studio, it just doesn't even come close.

[@354Entertainment]

Best adventure trilogy ever made!

[@Blaze8t88]

This movie, more than any other, is stamped on my childhood.

[@DelightLovesMovies]

I grew up watching Raiders with my dad so many times. I never get tired of watching it.

[@Mandrake42]

I remember seeing this at the cinema when it came out when I was like 10 or so. What a great film and one of the ones that cemented my love of cinema!

[@darrenporter1850]

I remember my best Friend explaining the start of the movie to me, about the same age.

[@TheBatNick2024]

My jaw hit the floor at the end when the nazis opened the Ark. I felt like I shouldn't be watching it either and yet I could not take my eyes off the screen for pure joy. No film has ever made me feel that way but many have come close.

[@w00master]

Indiana Jones is one of the greatest Trilogies in film history.

[@dboygamer8184]

Correction Indiana Jones is one of the greatest Quadrilogies in Cinematic History. Crystal Skull is solid.

[@w00master]

@@dboygamer8184 no. It was dogshit.

[@dboygamer8184]

@@w00master Dial shill?

[@w00master]

@@dboygamer8184 no dial is shit too. It’s why it’s a trilogy. The other 2 films don’t exist.

[@dboygamer8184]

@@w00master 4 films bud

[@jamesmorant1406]

The one that started it all just a classic and it still holds up 10/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@rgerber]

yesterday i watched Temple of Doom (because it is basically a prequel to Raiders) and i was impressed by how damn good the movie just is. I almost forgot how creative it is.

[@Omar-wq9dz]

Still the best Indiana Jones movie ever made

[@badouplus1304]

As for me, IMHO, the third one is at the same level, I am not able to put one above the other.

[@darrenporter1850]

I agree. For some reason I don't like the 3rd so much, but lots of people do. This is perfect balance, didn't have any stupid humour, serious movie but appeals to everyone.

[@PerryWidhalm]

My favorite movie of all time .....

[@davidmckayii752]

The editing made this film the best, it was so inspired. They would mention something in one scene, u think was inconsequential, then the next scene would be readdressed to show that it was a major plot point; that awareness is what makes the direction amazing, really digging into the story, believing in the story, you could tell that the people behind the cameras were INTO the make believe of it. No hesitation, or suspension of disbelief. Maybe it's the religious aspect nof it, that really gave it soul. In TOD, the same, spiritualism is apparent. Last crusade, the same.

[@homelessjesse9453]

Favorite movie of all time.

[@indy1936]

One of the rares movies that inspired my life...and still..!

[@Ipsifendis]

i just watched this today! a downtown theatre is featuring raiders and last crusade as part of their $5.00 rerun movie series as a buildup to dial of destiny. it's great to watch it on a big screen for the first time :D the "raider's march" isn't a song, but a piece - songs have lyrics.

[@darrenporter1850]

One of the movies you can join anytime, and watch unlimited times, but never get bored of it.

[@notmyrealname6150]

"Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Greatest Adventure Movie Ever Made" I can't argue with that.

[@purefoldnz3070]

and still better than most movies made today. Low budget, practical stunts and in camera effects.

[@TheHonoredMadman]

I'm a temple of doom guy myself. But I do like that doc ock was in the beginning of ark

[@asifkhan4822]

À masterpiece of Modern Action Cinema 🎥. The third part Last Crusade has always been my favourite part of the series but this was. A great introduction to Harrison Ford's introduction to the legendary Indiana Jones. It was the only one in the series not to have Indiana Jones in the title like it's sequels. Although in recent years it has been renamed on posters to include Indiana Jones in the title. Classic filmmaking back in the day when everything was done in practical effects.

[@HebrewHammerArmsCo]

I remember seeing it as a kid.. I think we watched it 4 or 5 times over the two weeks it played.. And I've watched it so many times since.......

[@lasvegasira]

Dude! Very clever!! Purposely mispronouncing several of the character’s names just to get the nerd types (like me) to write a comment pointing out the errors helps to boost the video in the algorithms. It’s a diabolically genius move! Hats off to you!

[@chasehedges6775]

Raiders and Last Crusade are the best.

[@GhostDiZ]

Wtf temple of doom was amazing

[@mannymattina3792]

Exactly. To me the original Indiana Jones trilogy are the three greatest films of all time. All three are masterclass in action and adventure storytelling and have yet to be beat. KotCS is not as horrible as some make out, the middle portion of the movie is pretty good, but from the jungle chase onwards, there's no denying that it became an unintentional comedy. I had high hopes for Dial of Destiny, but unfortunately things are not looking good for it. At least we'll always have the original three to cherish.

[@markoportuondo7375]

As much as we greatly enjoy Temple of Doom and Last Crusade, Raiders is as perfect as a movie can get.

[@denvan3143]

In this present cycle of movies that run three hours and more, no one complained about Raiders of the Lost Ark’s runtime of 115 minutes.

[@DSToNe19and83]

Very interesting who was considered for the roles. The movie is perfect and still love watching them even though I’ve watched them a million times!

[@robtalbot8060]

Greatest film of all time. From start to finish, spectacular.

[@georgeharrison9558]

very true. my favourite of the whole franchise❤

[@badchadb33]

Having my Indython now. Watched Raiders earlier and watching Temple Of Doom now. Raiders is well done, my favorite movie a a kid.

[@jez76]

Don’t have time to watch this video now. But thumbs up, because this surely is the GOAT when it comes to action adventures.

[@xikiyo2002]

Anyone watch the Big Bang Theory episode were Amy tells Sheldon that if Indy didn't intervene, the same outcome would have happened? Funny if you think about it but still, RotLA is in my opinion the best of the trilogy with a very close TLC right up there too!

[@callen9623]

They wouldn’t have tracked down Marion and the medallion without tailing him. Also the nazis were digging in the wrong place because they put the staff in the wrong hole. Indy was the one who discovered where the proper place to dig was. Just my thoughts on it 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@xikiyo2002]

@@callen9623 True, but I guess that in the end Dark Helmet would have made them all comb the desert and they would have eventually found it🤣

[@callen9623]

Lol fair enough

[@aranbuzzas8000]

The fact that Indy doesn't influence the ultimate outcome if the plot is completely superfluous. It's the RIDE that matters. Were you entertained watching? Mission accomplished.

[@salemslotandmore8278]

I AGREE, Thank You for the Video 😀

[@bensneb360]

I submit that the Indiana Jones theme is the best theme of all cinema, nothing hypes you up like Indy's theme

[@chrisrose_krii_lun_aus]

We just had this discussion and poll on The Real BBC with Nerdrotic, AZ, and Mauler. The same time you released this video. I think it is. The voting came down to Empire and Raiders. Empire win at 52% it was very close the whole time and if they would have left it up longer I think it would have been dead locked.

[@shanecadden5303]

One of top 5 enjoyable watches still.

[@anthonylewis2080]

1981 looks like a year for movies that "hold up" on to this day - An American Werewolf In London, For Your Eyes Only and Raiders Of The Lost Ark et al. I've yet to see 'Dial Of Destiny', here's my preference for each episode: Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Last Crusade, Temple Of Doom and Crystal Skull. Whilst a good number of people credit Spielberg and Lucas et al for creating the project/franchise, don't ever forget Stunt Coordinators and stunt performers in staging brilliant action scenes. Most iconic is where Jones is thrown out by an enemy on to that bonnet and ends up being dragged, then gets back in : performed by veteran Terry Leonard - whose credentials in movies say it all - moviemaking doesn't get much better than this.

[@alexcicala9930]

Excellent vid! Thank you!

[@jooei2810]

It truly is an awesome movie!

[@luckyrockmore2796]

Its the movie poster I have hagging up in my basement theater!

[@lifeschool]

They dont make Perfect 10 movies any more. They just make green screens.

[@christophermirkovich7290]

This should be called raiders of the lost art of making the movie

[@bacardy330]

just watched the whole trilogy, (and the last one also...) again, getting ready for Dial of destiny. Raiders is still the best action adventure movie, and the best Spielberg hands down.

[@William-the-Guy]

getting ready to avoid it, so hollywood will have a motive to stop making horrible movies that desecrate beloved characters? you are getting ready to avoid it right? you aren't planning to support it financially are you ?

[@bacardy330]

@@William-the-Guy if its better than cristal skull, ill give it a try.

[@William-the-Guy]

@@bacardy330 give a try from streaming because once you give money to the movie theater, you become part of the story that it was a successful movie and they should make more like it. We need to only give money to movies we want more of. We need to stop funding the bad movies that mess up iconic heroes.

[@chichiboypumpi]

and as with newer movies made for ‘modern’ audiences , the last two made Temple of Doom, an Empire Strikes Back.

[@kennethng8346]

The scene where Indy shoots the sword person, does any footage of the original scene exist?

[@cgh7337]

9:58 Oh Spielberg...you trickster.

[@scottieman2]

The original trilogy is amazing. Concept of 4 not bad. My opinion.

[@spice_krispies]

Temple is beyond overrated. Crystal Skull does so many things better

[@NUFIGHTER]

I saw the anniversary showing of Raiders of the Lost Ark a few weeks ago. It was incredible to see it on the big screen! I shudder to think how bad Indy 5 is gonna be from the trailers & leaks alone... 😥

[@GarryPye]

I am about to watch Indy 5 for the first over the weekend, and I cant wait. The trailers look AMAZING! We must have seen different trailers.

[@AD-sk3wo]

Raiders: best phase Temple of doom: best action Last crusade: best story

[@jpotter2086]

Don Winslow ... in the Army, you say? :D

[@MrDragon1968]

Kinda weird how one of the greatest action directors of our time, couldn't make a 'US equivalent Bond franchise', despite the fact that two of the films are excellent, one ok, and two bad, yet quite a lot of Bond films have been phoning it in.

[@mikejohnson3338]

*TAXI* kept Danny DeVito from ROTLR, but it didn't keep him from Romancing The Stone, the superb Indy knock-off!

[@alicegraham1571]

Yes

[@eddead4235]

Review 1992 dead alive no 1 has its a classic

[@Kasino80]

I kinda want to live in the universe where Tom Selleck is Indiana Jones. There's something there I think we all missed out on.

[@OneOfThoseTypes]

Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Reverse Mortgage

[@judsongaiden9878]

21:09 Really?! I always thought Toht's was the best. Even as a kid, that was muh favorite scene (and it still is).

[@_.Lumi._]

The title of the video is NOT click bait!

[@stevekasan3105]

Aside from Selleck and Ford, i can really see Nick Nolte really being a really good Indy considering what Lucas and Spielberg was looking for

[@ShootingStar1313]

40 years have past, many things have changed, yet this movie still brings back fond memories of my childhood. 🥲

[@tomlichnofsky.7048]

Masterpeace!! 😎👍👌😎👊✊😎🍁

[@anadraham2995]

BrillianT

[@andrebunting7603]

My grandfather took me to go see The Last Crusade in theaters when I was 8yrs old. I was already watching the first 2 movies on vhs and when he got the 3rd Im surprised I didnt wear them out lol. I was always binge watching them along with The Goonies. Those movies are staples of my childhood. Then many years later a dumpster fire named Crystal Skull came around. I refuse to watch the new one.

[@cullenkehoe5184]

Indy was supposed to be a knock off James Bond. Harrison Ford wasn't supposed to star in it either as Magnum PI won the part. Great writing, Hitler was looking for relics like that in the 1930's. I recently watched it and it seemed like a Captain America type actor may have been better for the part. The Magnum actor was more in that vein and could have explained better how the guy was so tough and so adventurous. Harrison Ford was more of an everyman which left it somewhat unexplained as to how and why this guy is so adventurous and plucky. Ford obviously did a great job with the part though.

[@MaxskiSynths]

Imagine you're playing golf and a ww2 plane crashes on the green, then Harrison Ford steps out..

[@300kapslar]

12:40 A deleted scene

[@Kiranoir]

wonder what happened to the "bad dates" monkey

[@berrystapp9450]

Lawrence of Arabia is better, which inspired Raiders, also the classics Secret of the Incas, China, Plunder of the Sun, and The Lost City of Z is the about the real life equivalent Indiana Jones, Percival Harrison Fawcett, next they need a film about Hiram Bingham another real life Indiana Jones, oh and one day about my life as it parallels Indy's aswell. As I write this in Peru South America...

[@theenchiladakid1866]

Well ye

[@michaelstaunton1632]

👍👍👍🎥

[@SandwichGlitch]

Could have saved a lot of breath by just reading the title of your video and end the vid.... ,no one would have argued

[@JessicaChastainFan]

Disagree. Temple of Doom is. Raiders is, however, the greatest blueprint to a franchise outside of the first Alien and Terminator. They laid the groundwork for what was possible, but what came second is vastly superior on the technical, story, character arc and action side (Temple, Aliens, T2 are the holy trinity). Before Raiders fanboys get sore asses, remember that I find Raiders better than 98% of action movies out there. No Raid, Mission Impossible, John Wick, Fast, Netflix action schlock of the week or MCU movie comes close to Raiders. However, when you have Raiders fight it's own family, it's going to lose badly. Temple of Doom and Last Crusade are simply better, more polished and more realized. Temple of Doom was actually the movie public's one and only chance to have a versatile series. But since they rejected it, Crusade, Skull and even Dial all have similar beats to Raiders. Holding the series back from being more than just familiar and by the numbers. Temple showed us what was possible with this franchise, and that's why it'll always be the greatest.

[@GarryPye]

As a Raiders fan boy with a sore ass, I feel each movie that followed Raiders added more and more silly slapstick, to the point where they made characters like Indy and Marcus goofy and inept. Raiders had wry humour, but never made anyone look like an idiot. Thats why I love Raiders.

[@darkones12345]

Chewy didn't get a medal in this scene.

[@TreborPaulson]

1:31 they misspelled Army N A V Y how stupid!! And the uniforms not right 😂

[@MattStuttgart]

Better watch that masterpiece than the "dial of destiny". Greetings from Germany

[@mogensschmidt2498]

i dont care what anybody says i like kingdom of the crystall skull

[@Adam-McG]

Run these videos by someone who was alive when the films came out. The errors are annoying.

[@meinhd1483]

The Last Crusade is better. Beautiful music.

[@spaceodds1985]

Yeah it has Connery. But no for me the music is better in Raiders. And take away Connery from Last Crusade and you got a safe facsimile of Raiders.

[@LukeLovesRose]

Terminator 2: Judgment Day is now the greatest action movie ever made as far as I'm concerned

[@mikejohnson3338]

I can't believe Stanley Kubrick's daughter screwed over Steven Spielberg, but I applaud the broad for standing up for the snakes!

[@gregmize01]

Shame about crystal skull and dial of Destiny

[@jeffnichols5841]

Out of all the Indy movies, this is the only one i really liked. Damn shame that its fallen so far to become the pile of crap that is Indy 5.

[@consciousgentile5141]

So they CUT action scenes?? We need a Director's cut

[@isaac_alexander_v]

There’s soooooo much cgi in movies today

[@nrrork]

Oh, you couldn't find a poster with the REAL title of the movie? I know it's a minor thing, but I hate when this movie's title gets the "Indiana Jones and the..." retroactively tacked on. Now where's my TV remote with comically oversized buttons? It's almost time for Murder She Wrote and I can never figure out how to get this damn thing to work. In my day, you didn't have to be an astronaut to use a damn TV, you just had to know how to turn a knob! Betcha this young generation today couldn't figure out how to turn a knob if their lives depended on it. Get it, I'm doing a thing... I'm saying I'm being like a grumpy old person... Guess the remnants of last night's joint have kicked in.

[@BaronVonQuiply]

I'm here because of all the nazzholes pretending to be huge Indiana Jones fans who are triggered as fuck over Indy punching their heroes in the 1980s.

[@dogstar5927]

I’ll be honest, apart from the first 15 mins of the Dial of Destiny, the movie was pure, unadulterated crap ! 💩🤮🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Tarabara]

I appreciate this movie more as an adult, but it was my least favorite of the three growing up. Last Crusade is still my favorite of the three, all these years later.

[@Dr_1212]

It's up there but no not greatest 🤔

[@realDonaldTrump420]

Its janky. 2nd one was perfect

[@Dr_1212]

@@realDonaldTrump420 It's good but part 2 indian Jones was also my favorite 👍

[@darrenclements6028]

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a classic Way much better than the so called Indiana woke and the Dire of disaster

[@William-the-Guy]

I refuse to pay money to see this icon reduced to a miserable old failure. They tricked me into paying money to see Luke turned into a miserable lonely failure, I am not going to fall for the same trick for Indy.

[@fredlandry6170]

The original trilogy is the best the two films after were unnecessary crap.

[@marktellez3701]

There are only 3 Indie movies and a Tv show, the rest is bad fan fiction

[@scootinlootinnshootin683]

Raiders was my all time favorite move growing up as a kid. But you couldn't pay me to watch the wokerized new one. Not a chance.

[@thomasl.chilton3449]

I find it to be an extremely overrated film but then again that’s the power of cinema. Not everything is for everyone and that’s absolutely fine 🙌🏼

[@RedDragonM1]

And then KK thought Jones was "problematic" and "A toxic male" and decided to break him and make him useless to her fan-fiction self-insert, Fleabag. I'm not going to see indy 5....EVER.

[@aranbuzzas8000]

Nobody cares.

[@RedDragonM1]

@@aranbuzzas8000 about indy 5, yeah I know.

[@LukeLovesRose]

If only it wasnt full of anti-German Hollywood propaganda. But after having seen the truth in Europa The Last Battle, this movie is kind of ruined for me

[@aranbuzzas8000]

😂😂😂

[@LukeLovesRose]

@@aranbuzzas8000 Laugh all you want. I know the truth

[@kazvanrooij]

​@LukeLovesRose its not anti german its anti nazi. I dont know if you know but the holocaust was because of the nazis my guy

[@LukeLovesRose]

@@kazvanrooij I dont know if you know but it didnt happen, my friend

[@kazvanrooij]

​@LukeLovesRose Youre seriously a holocaust denier? Hahaha idiot

[@dddon513]

Tom Selleck would have been better.