Reacting to RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) | Movie Reaction

[@mikeaninger7388]

The fact that the coat hanger gag still works is absolutely awesome!

[@tremorsfan]

Fun fact: that scene was originally written for 1941.

[@herpowsito8267]

Man I love that scene 😂

[@herpowsito8267]

​@tremorsfan no wayyy, that's cool! Lol

[@JsscRchlDrsy]

I know, right! What truly makes it work is that the actor Ronald Lacey sells it perfectly.

[@cyberingcatgirls7069]

It's one of my favorite bits to watch people react to!

[@billthomas478]

The Nazis really did have archeology teams going around the world looking for historical and occult artifacts.

[@arandomnamegoeshere]

Yup. The premise here leans in to the occult mythos. But what was largely documented was a search for justification of Nazi ideology. Or prestige from possession of famous artifacts that could service it.

[@woeshaling6421]

it was called the ahnenerbe (ancestor heritage). they were looking for evidence of aryan superiority throughout history. it is where most of the conspiracy theories originate from

[@Carandini]

Where people consistently get it wrong is thinking Hitler had some huge interest in this stuff. Your culprit would be Heinrich Himmler, the Reichsfuehrer-SS. Among other things, he was trying to create a neo-pagan religion that would be more compatible with Nazi ideology than Christianity was.

[@StCerberusEngel]

@@arandomnamegoeshere And possibly destruction/concealing of any that disproved it.

[@wolf99000]

Did they not h ave the spear that was used to stab Jesus on the cross Sure i have seen iy mentioned in docs about the SS and there hunt for artifacts

[@arnoldkegebein2147]

The big warehouse in the last scene inspired a television series: Warehouse 13. It contains many mystical (and dangerous) item.

[@tcshack701]

I came here to say that.

[@bobbuethe1477]

Me too.

[@parinthianquattropani9071]

Me 3

[@StevesFunhouse]

Would've been "me too", but I see I was already here 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣, so now, I ain't sayin' nuttin !!!

[@scarfhs1]

And the big warehouse scene was inspired by the end scenes in Citizen Kane.

[@SG-js2qn]

I guess you've never heard of a Pan Am Clipper. "The Pan Am Clipper was a type of transoceanic airplane flown by Pan American Airways. Designed as a flying boat, the planes used the water to take off and land, bypassing the need to build concrete runways. Named after the clipper ships of the 1800's, known for their speed, they were first commercial passenger transoceanic flights, linking the world in the 1930s and 1940s in luxurious comfort. During World War II, they were used for military transport. After the war, they were phased out, as newer planes could make longer range flights, and more destinations had permanent land runways. Overall, there were three models of plane used, and only 28 aircraft. Commonly, the Pan Am Clipper fleet were known as China Clippers due to its most well-known plane. "

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

Whipping the gun out of his hand and stepping from the shadows into the light is right up there with one of the best hero reveals ever

[@DerrickMims]

My favorite is Steve Rogers catching the spear in Infinity War. But this one might be my second favorite. 😃

[@corpusD]

There is always danger Indy needs to clear before he steps into the light.

[@CLHays]

Yeah, it's up there with the very first "Bond... James Bond," in Dr. No. Fantastic way to introduce your main character!

[@slchance8839]

Spielberg does a similar "into the light hat first intro" with Alan Grant in Jurassic Park.

[@BillyButcher90]

Another great character introduction would be the Joker as immortalised by Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger when they reveal themselves.

[@sparky6086]

In the early days of airplanes, there were few runways large enough to accommodate large planes, so they designed them to land on water. World War II caused many long runways to be built around the World, to accommodate bombers & other large aircraft, so there was no longer a great need for flying boats, since there were plenty of long runways for land based airplane to take off & land on.

[@Philistine47]

Also there were two broad categories, both of which appeared in this film. The first type of "plane-boat" Indy climbed aboard at the end of the intro was a _floatplane,_ basically a normal plane with floats instead of wheels, and these still hang around in civil use in relatively remote locations such as Alaska and Hawaii; the second kind of "plane-boat" Indy flew on was a _flying boat,_ basically a boat with wings, and these are almost entirely gone (there are a very few still hanging on, in various navies and Coast Guards around the world).

[@russellcollins52]

I would have liked it better if they had used a PBY flying boat which would have been more accurate but that is just nitpicking.

[@sparky6086]

@Philistine47 True. I see both types, albeit smaller general aviation types landing & taking off in front of my dock, in central Alabama. Most are recreational flyers, but sometimes there's a float plane from the state department of natural resources or power company plane inspecting their hydroelectric dams & associated series of lakes along the Coosa River. There are a few big, former military flying boats still flying & used to help fight forest fires out West, I think, but the once common large passenger flying boats, like the ones used as "Pan Am Clippers" in the 1930's & '40's are probably in museums, if they still exist? A definition I read, said that a flying boat is an airplane designed primarily to take off & land on water, while a float plane is one designed primarily to take off & land on land, but is modified to land on water.

[@dionysiacosmos]

Yeah, same here in Central Florida. They were around in Lake Ivanhoe in Orlando, I haven't been there in awhile so I don't know if it's still true. In the 60s and 70s before things were built up, they were more common, as were air boats. BTW air boats are cool looking, and keep you out of the weeds and water hyacinth but they are just too loud!! Rode in one when I was 11 and never wanted to again, since I was the adventurous type think how loud it must have been to put me off it permanently.😳

[@craigplatel813]

​@@russellcollins52 would have been more accurate if he went by ship. The only didn't even start being delivered to the USN until late 36. Pan Am didn't start clipper service across the Pacific until 1939.

[@johnhannon4074]

Hitler didn't want to destro the ark, he wanted to use it. He was a big believer in the occult and mysticism. Story is he had the spear of Loginus (the guard who stabbed Christ to speed his death and end his suffering.)

[@testicularchin-slapper9686]

You still wear your flair?

[@ronfehr7899]

I loved the sword fight that didn't happen, where Indy just shoots the guy wielding his sword. The actual reason for this was the fact that Harrison Ford was not feeling well that day. In order to save him from overexerting himself, it was decided to have a quick end to the altercation. Good thing too, because that scene was iconic.

[@0okamino]

Without a doubt, dysentery does not lend itself well to performing long, involved action scenes, unless it’s in the restroom. I don’t think that’s the action we want to see, though.

[@StevesFunhouse]

I heard the "feeling ill" part, but I also heard (from a documentary a long time ago) that there was supposed to be a fight scene, and he (Harrison Ford) ad-libbed the shooting on the spot, and Spielberg liked it so much, he left it in.

[@scottb3034]

@@StevesFunhouse It's both of those. He didn't want to do it because he was sick and just suggested this instead. They choreographed and even filmed some of the original fight. Spielberg eventually was almost the only one that didn't get sick because he didn't eat the local food or water.

[@StevesFunhouse]

@@scottb3034 Click, "good to know" (never saw that movie, but loved the trailer [Girl Interrupted]) 👍😉🤣

[@347Jimmy]

The look on Indy's face makes me think the "he had the runs" part of the story was true. That was an IBS face if ever I saw one

[@Rockaria23]

Denholm Elliott is that man. He was the butler in Trading Places in which he won a BAFTA for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

[@HuntingViolets]

I used to see him on old TV shows like "Alfred Hitchcock Presents."

[@alainvachon6255]

He was good in that one. They made his character goofier and clumsier in the third movie.

[@fionnmaccumhaill3257]

I think he died of AIDS

[@jeremygray7435]

Tragic he died from aids

[@gamleskalle1]

Rip, died of AIDS after the 3rd one

[@timcook6566]

Indy is an archeologist while Ross was a paleontologist

[@colej.banning2419]

That's what I thought. I didn't actually watch Friends, though, so came to the comments for confirmation.

[@Michael-id9bw]

"Frogs are the worst" "That looked like a giant poop coming out of its mouth" Epic quotes from Dawn Marie. 😂

[@Osprey850]

28:10 "The wheel is so close to his pee pee. It might rip it off."🤣

[@spoonunit1]

.... & 'Yer kiss woz shit. He's fell asleep' :)

[@YodatheHobbit]

My favorite part of watching Raiders of the Lost Ark reactions are the reactions to the coat hanger.

[@foljs5858]

You do know Marcus from another movie: he was the butler in Trading Places. Also, seaplanes (or boat planes) were very common, and still exist. They are especially handy from places without airports (think places in remote Australia, Alaska, small islands in the Pacific, and so on, but they're also in Europe and the US) . But one of their most common uses today is also for putting out fires (those have large tanks, that they can fill with water while floating on sea, and then take off and drop the water load to a forest fire).

[@0okamino]

And on the ocean, you’re very unlikely to run out of runway length.

[@DevlinDomini]

Does anyone have a movie that you’ve watched over and over and over and would still watch again? This one of those movies for me.

[@collinpalmer9030]

The Lighthouse, with Willem Defoe and Robert Pattison. I notice something new every time.

[@GentleGiantJason]

A Few Good Men, The Fugitive, Collateral are a few for me

[@rs-ye7kw]

"The Sting", "Casablanca".

[@GentleGiantJason]

@@rs-ye7kw Of all the gin joints in all the towns

[@marthapackard8649]

​@@rs-ye7kw The Sting...such a fantastic movie.👍

[@gliebzeit]

"I could have just watched that all day ... all day, every day." Spielberg and Lucas envisioned this movie (and the sequels) to be kinda like the 'Saturday afternoon adventure movies' that would be at local movie theaters on successive weekends. Each episode would end with either a 'cliff hanger' or a 'what the heck' mystery. Thank you for your exciting reaction video, Dawn-Marie.

[@ianpurnell1991]

Spielberg and Lucas were on a beach relaxing after "Empire Strikes Back" came out or around this time and George asked Spielberg what he wanted to direct and Spielberg said a "James Bond film" as they had both been big fans growing up of those films. This is when George said that cool but I have a better idea in mind and then proceeded to lay out the concept (which was not new to then as such of course) of Indy and his adventures.

[@arctan2010]

You are correct, Dawn. Enrollment in archeology increases with each Indiana movie release. I was told most archeologists spend a lot of their time in libraries looking for clues and cross references long before the dig.

[@christopherwall2121]

The third movie even has a running joke about how unlike real archaeology Indiana Jones movies are.

[@patmurray9730]

This is the first movie I bought on VHS. John-Rhys Davies, Sallah, Indies Egyptian friend, also played Gimli. He used a Scottish accent in LOTRs but he's actually Welsh.

[@speleokeir]

A fantastic actor who's been in loads of things since his career started in 1964. The epic series 'Shogun' was one of the other highlights back in 1980 which was basically the 'Game of Thrones' of it's time set in Japan in the age of the Samurai.

[@YourXavier]

@@speleokeir Shogun is definitely worth watching.

[@patmurray9730]

@@YourXavier The only things I remember are the Brits not taking baths and pillowing. I was a young teen.

[@redviper6805]

Those spiders on Alfred Molina (Doc Ock of Spider-Man 2) were real. They had trouble getting the spiders to move and didn’t want people thinking they were props. Turns out they were all male. So they added one female and in Molina’s words “ all hell broke loose.” 😆

[@44excalibur]

Since tarantulas are cannibals and will often attack and eat each other, I'm surprised they were even able to get them to stay on Molina's body.

[@Stevarooni]

​@@44excaliburEven cannibals have to take time between meals.

[@44excalibur]

@@Stevarooni 😂

[@drg3712]

No idea that was Molina!

[@dallesamllhals9161]

@@44excalibur Man eaters... Females i mean...

[@Keksakallu]

The warehouse filled with wooden crates isn't revisited until the fourth film, "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", where we finally get to see what else lies in the various crates - and yes, it seems as though they're all super dangerous artefacts. Also, you may have recognised Denholm Elliott (who plays Marcus Brody, the Dean of Students at the college Indy teaches at) from "Trading Places", in which he plays the butler, Coleman.

[@panzerdeal8727]

Also in A bridge too Far , RAF officer, and Zulu Dawn.

[@dboss7239]

Glad you enjoyed it. Spielberg and Lucas wanted to revive the old adventure serial movies of earlier times, because they were so much fun. And flying boats were for real, and the one with 4 engines was the Boeing 314 Clipper: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_314_Clipper It was a real aircraft as are all the old plane depictions in all the "Indiana Jones" movies.

[@mikeyb2932]

And seaplanes are still in use.

[@DevlinDomini]

“Is she going to remember any of this tomorrow?” 😂 and “Is that a wedding dress? …Why?” You’re so funny I could quote 10 hilarious things you said in almost all your videos.

[@raybernal6829]

That's why she's one of the best. Just to here what hilarious comments she makes...

[@Erfedwe]

Not only is Dawn naturally funny, she has one of the best laughs ever!

[@mikelarsen5836]

@@raybernal6829 well I guess her humorous comments go some way to make up for her lack of understanding the movies she watches. Hopefully eventually, after she's watched a few hundred she may put out an intelligent reaction?🤔

[@raybernal6829]

@@mikelarsen5836 and yet here you are watching her reactions giving her the reason she puts out these vids ... Views which increase her algorithm and $ .... Me personally if I don't like a reactor I don't watch but that's just me. Carry on

[@Logan_Baron]

@@raybernal6829 Mike is a common troll on several reaction channels. A sad one at that. Always complaining that the female reactors "don't understand" the movies. He's just a sad little virgin taking his frustration that no woman wants anything to do with him out on the anonymity of the internet. This is what makes up his sad pathetic excuse for a life.

[@Otokichi786]

"Raiders of the Lost Ark": An homage to the cliffhanger movies of the 1930's, had enough stunts for THREE Action movies of the time, second choice Harrison Ford got to create another iconic movie character, "two-fisted" Marion Ravenwood was Indy's equal, and persuaded a generation of college students to "dig in the dirt" as now-Cool Archeologists. 7:13 Some aircraft of the time had the pilot in the rear cockpit, usually to train pilot cadets or carry non-pilot passengers. 10:13 Flying boats were common in the 1930's since airports and all-weather runways were less common than seaplane facilities. 33:37 Like this song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnmVqGmFrd1jobM

[@voodoochild1975az]

Created as an homage to the adventure genre.... And became the pinnacle, the shining example of that genre.

[@MrVvulf]

Raiders was almost entirely based on "Secrets of the Incas" (1954). Even Indy's look is a direct copy of the attire used by Charlton Hesston in "Secrets of the Incas".

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

It was funny when Dawn said she could keep watching forever, since that was the goal of the movie serials that inspired it. You had to keep going back to the theater to see the next installment.

[@UWalvern0810]

Wasn’t Tom Selleck (sp?) supposed to get this role, but had to turn it down because he was already committed to doing 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘶𝘮 𝘗𝘐?

[@Otokichi786]

@@UWalvern0810 That's what I've read. Not sure who got the better deal, though.;)

[@emilmlodnicki3835]

The theory of Indy, Marion and Abner Ravenwood: Indy was Abner's graduate student in archeology. Marion was 10+ years younger than Indy and she fell for him. The actual age difference between the two actors is 9.5 years. So you've got a 23-4 year old with a 14 year old love struck girl always following him. Of course dad would not approve of it. "I was a child!"

[@Heegaherger]

If the years are fudged a little, you have a Gard student/Doctoral candidate so a charming 25-27 practical living out of Abner's home, Marion is star struck at 16-18. I can see it happening. If the whatever and the fall out hadn't happened, I would assume that they would have been married for 5-10 years by this point.

[@bicolouredprawn]

Well George Lucas originally wanted Marion to be 12 in the film because he wanted it to be a "forbidden romance," but Spielberg stepped in and said that they can't do that, and it was his idea to make it an inappropriate relationship that had happened in the past, and why she was angry with him.

[@pete_lind]

Same role she did in her first movie National Lampoon's Animal House 1978 , She was student and dated professor played by Donald Sutherland .

[@travisspazz1624]

This is my favorite movie of all time and I've always interpreted it as Indy was leading her on. Nothing nearly as sketchy as people instantly think.

[@krashd]

@@travisspazz1624 Wouldn't really be sketchy in those days. 13 or 14 was considered old enough to work, old enough to drive, and old enough to do anything else (though relationships if the female was 13 or 14 were still frowned upon if not illegal or immoral), in fact Japan only this month upped the legal age of consent from 13 to 16, admittedly they should have done that decades ago but 90 years ago when Indy is set you were an adult as soon as you were old enough to help out around the house or get a job.

[@garyfallows1123]

The big guy fighting Harrison Ford in the plane scene was the great Pat Roach, he was in a few of the films in different roles, he was also in Auf Wiedersehen Pet and was a professional wrestler, he came from the Midlands, great guy RIP

[@DV80s]

I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark in the theater. I must have been about 10 or 11 years old. The parts I remembered most was the rolling boulder and the melting heads, besides the spiritual nature of the contents of the Ark.

[@Packard63]

I am 93% sure that you will enjoy every adventure with this movie really being a taste of what is to come.

[@cyberleadr]

Even Crystal Skull?

[@CAPTEINRIGGS]

@@cyberleadr I mean, I'm sure that when compared to Indy 5, Crystal Skull is a masterpiece.

[@CAPTEINRIGGS]

@@cyberleadrI think Crystal Skull is watchable. I kinda enjoy it. I definitely enjoy it more now than when it was released.

[@drg3712]

Is the new movie really that bad?

[@drg3712]

@@caveatlector2671 I tend to ignore critics reviews nowadays (ex: the Last Star Wars movie getting better scores than Empire Strikes Back). But it does sound a little off. Oh well, three was really enough.

[@brianmcconnell1817]

The ending is supposed to suggest that the ark remains as lost as it ever was. But instead of being lost among the sands of the dessert, it’s now lost among the thousands of identical creates in a secret warehouse. All of the Indiana Jones movies are worth watching. Even the fourth movie (Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) despite its flaws still has its charms. So I’d recommend them all to you. Enjoy!

[@asterix7842]

I can’t believe there are still people who haven’t seen this! As a long time Spielberg and Harrison Ford fan, this is one of my favorite movies. To me, it will always be called just Raiders of the Lost Ark. The “Indiana Jones and the” was added after the sequels were released. The call letters on the sea plane at the beginning of the film are OB-CPO. Images of R2-D2 and C-3PO appear in the hieroglyphics on a wall in the Well of Souls. The scene wheee Indy shoots the swordsman was originally written as a choreographed fight scene, but Harrison, as well as most of the rest of the cast and crew, had contracted dysentery, and was unable to stand for more than 15 minutes at a time. The tried a few times to shoot the scene as planned, but couldn’t make it work, so they changed plans, and an iconic scene was born. Spielberg originally included the coathanger gag in his movie 1941, but cut it after it got no laughs during pre-screenings. He vowed to use it in every film until it worked. This time it worked. Dawn, please watch all the movies. In my opinion, the next one, Temple of Doom, is the worst of the series, though many fans like it. I think The Last Crusade is just as good as this one, plus it costars Sean Connery. The latest one, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, gets a lot of hate from fans, but I don’t think it’s that bad, even though it does costar Shia LaBeouf.

[@n0tk0sher]

I agree with you regarding the quality of each film.

[@AMortalDefiant]

I'm shocked more people don't appreciate Temple of Doom more. I guess it depends when you watched them. Seeing them as kids in the 80s, Temple of Doom was *by far* the most entertaining/mystical/otherworldly, whereas Raiders felt too "talky" and more grounded in "boring"/"everyday" Bible stuff. John William's score for that movie is also extremely underrated - the only one in the franchise that gives me chills down my spine whenever I hear it. It was a darker film, but that doesn't mean the quality was any lower. It was arguably the closest of the movies to capturing the feel of the old adventure serials that Indiana Jones was inspired by, too. Temple of Doom could have been sponsored by Spinal Tap, because everything about that film was dialed-up to 11. I get that people tend to have biases towards the original in a series, but Temple of Doom was also as phenomenal to me as any of those first three films; they each have their own appeals and charm.

[@asterix7842]

@@IcyTorment That is just sad.

[@tonikaihola5408]

The traitor-monkey had it coming 😅

[@kharma7755]

Not only was she a snitch, she was also a nazi... totally had it coming

[@blowba]

Little nazi bastard!

[@V-J-H]

Monkey was never a traitor because monkey never was with the good guys.

[@Logan_Baron]

I love that after Satipo betrays him and leaves him to die, Dawn still says "That's his friend".

[@rccraig7580]

Yeah she kinda missed that one LOL!

[@mikelarsen5836]

Not surprised..... she's not the smartest on the block! 🙄

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

*I've heard another movie reactor say the same thing.*

[@detritus8095]

Sapito. It means "little frog".

[@alaneskew2664]

And I love the fact that character is played by Alfred Molina, he plays Doc Ock in Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man far from home. He's actually one of my favorite character actors

[@routemaster19]

This is one of those almost perfect films where everything came together exactly as it should from the script, the casting, the look and design the music and the pacing and direction. In a cinema packed with an audience who had never seen this before but with a lot of expectation it delivered in spades and en masse the reactions similar to yours electrified the cinema. They truly do not make them like this anymore. I like to point out how seamless the cutting between locations and studio works on this mostly down to cinematographer Douglas Slocombe who was prolific on British films in the 40s to the 60s and who Spielberg first worked with on Close Encounters. All the creepy interiors for Peru and Egypt were all filmed at Elstree Studios, England. The famous music score by John Williams was of course played for the very first time by the London Symphony Orchestra and recorded at the famous Abbey Road Studio 1.

[@50.CalFilms]

Just a shame they can’t make films like this anymore 😢

[@Flexicon9]

.... the best there ever was and the best there ever will be.

[@cyberingcatgirls7069]

Float planes are useful for getting to places without a lot of flat land but near water. Especially in mountainous regions, sometimes the only flat surfaces are the lakes between the mountains.

[@hellowhat890]

Funny story: When Star Wars: A New Hope premiered, George Lucas was terrified about the moving flopping in theaters. Instead of attending the movie premiere of his own film, he took a vacation. This vacation with Hawaii, he went with his fellow friend Steven Spielberg. It was on this vacation that the two of them drafted and began writing the earky scripts of Indiana Jones. 😉

[@catherinelw9365]

Lifted from the kids' action movies from the 1930's...

[@DerrickMims]

@@catherinelw9365 Yup! When I saw the re-release at the theater some years ago, I noticed that the scenes all break down roughly into 10-15 min lengths. So they're basically episodes of a serial, just like the old Flash Gordon adventure stories. I had seen this movie zillions of times going all the way back to the original release, but I never noticed that aspect before.

[@chriscma1]

It was originally the adventures of Indiana Smith. Spielberg thought that name was a bit too common.

[@BaccarWozat]

Actually when Star Wars premiered Lucas was working on the mono mix of the film for 35mm prints (only the 70mms had been playing). Carrie Fisher called him up to apprise him of the long lines at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. "I'm still making the movie," he replied.

[@DerrickMims]

@@BaccarWozat "I'm still making the movie" - he would continue to say it into 1997 and 2004 and beyond. LOL

[@LordVolkov]

Raiders is iconic, and single-handedly responsible for reviving pulpy action (based on radio-plays and cheap paperback stories of the 20s-30s) in the 80's and 90s. From Raiders (80) to The Mummy (99) is a golden time for retro action cinema. Other pulp highlights you would enjoy - The Rocketeer, The Shadow, and The Phantom (with Treat Williams, who recently passed).

[@simonfrederiksen104]

What the hell. He was barely 70! You might add that sky captain movie of 2004 to the list

[@kenyattaclay7666]

In an interview George Lucas said that he based it off of the serials he would go to watch at the movies in the 50's but at least in modern history they are all based off of the dime novels from the late 19th century.

[@LordVolkov]

​@@simonfrederiksen104 There are a few attempts post 99, but they never really land like the heyday. I do enjoy Sky Captain, though the novelization was better 😅

[@LordVolkov]

​@@kenyattaclay7666 Lucas' enjoyment of zeerust/raygun gothic serials (particularly the original Flash Gordon) and cowboy films is well documented 😉, but Indy feels more in line with Perils of Pauline (a serial from the turn of the century) and Allan Quartermain type colonial fiction that fell out of favor post WW2.

[@kenyattaclay7666]

@@LordVolkov I’m just pointing out an interview I saw with him where they direct asked him about Raiders & he said he took influence from the serials he would watch at the theater as a kid on the 50’s. It may feel different to you & that’s okay but for Lucas he said he took inspiration from elsewhere. Also, as I said, the dime novels from the late 19th century is a precursor to all of these movies & comic books for that matter in this style.

[@3DJapan]

34:12 There was a show on SyFy channel called Warehouse 13 that showed what's in those crates. A new fun artifact in each episode.

[@TheRealRedAce]

An ark is a chest. There is an old name, Arkwright, which was a craftsman who made chests. Those planes are called Flying Boats and were common in the 1920s to 1940s in several different makes and sizes, including military use in WW2 etc.

[@dan_hitchman007]

Raiders and the Indiana Jones character and stories were inspired by a number of mini movie adventure serials from the 1940's that Lucas and Spielberg loved and classics like "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" and "Gunga Din." Both worth watching, Dawn. The horror aspects of these films were inspired by EC horror comics from the late 50's and early 60's that were full of gruesome imagery. Hitler and the Nazis were actually obsessed with the occult and obtaining so-called mystical relics from around the world, thinking that they would give them great power and invincibility.

[@jessecortez9449]

The wardrobe that Indiana Jones is known for is a direct copy of Charlton Heston in Secret of the Incas (1954). Pretty much his persona is a copy of Heston in that movie. So few know about this movie today but it's certainly worth a watch.

[@CaesiusX]

​@@jessecortez9449Beat me to it. 😏 The Charlton Heston film takes place in Peru too.

[@brianbooker8724]

I was only 7 when Raiders originally came out, but I can still remember the fanfare that came with it at the time.

[@jonathanross149]

In 2 seater bi-planes the pilot sits in the back to see more. They are not blocked by the wings as much, but if there is a mounted gun in the back, the pilot sits in the front.

[@triadmad]

If you would like to see another movie starring Karen Allen in a supporting role, and one that hopefully will give you more than a few laughs, watch Animal House, from 1978. I was in college when that came out, and I think I went to the theater three times to see it.

[@AutoPilate]

Allen was wonderful in Starman.

[@krashd]

For some reason I always mistake Karen Allen for Margot Kidder, whenever someone asks about other Karen Allen movies I mention Superman and then I have to go back and delete my comment after I realise that isn't a Karen Allen film.

[@docsavage8640]

She would've been a good Lois Lane, though

[@BillyButcher90]

She was also in Scrooged with Bill Murray.

[@toddwright7567]

There are only 3 movies in the Trilogy where it ended perfectly

[@mikerhodes8454]

In the scene where Indy shoots the swordsman, they had a big fight scene all choreographed, but Harrison Ford had stomach flu on the day of the shoot, so he asked spielberg if he could just shoot the bad guy.

[@kirkdarling4120]

I'm surprised that as a Scot, you haven't seen a seaplane. There was indeed a spike in the rolls of archeology students after this movie. Yeah, I love how they dressed, too. The sequel is actually a prequel in Jones' life. The third movie is a proper sequel, but only a few years later.

[@epa316]

A large propellor on a big plane like that would absolutely cut you to ribbons! They have to be very powerful to keep that heavy ass plane in the air.

[@MrVvulf]

I hope Dawn will one day react to "Arthur" (1981), one of the funniest movies of all time. When she mentioned she knew Denholm Eliot from something, I knew she was thinking of the butler in "Trading Places", which in turn made me remember Sir John Gielgud as the butler in "Arthur", a role for which he won an Oscar.

[@jamesdowling9759]

The last crusade and this one were the best of the Indiana Jones films 😊 the desert chase is my favourite stunt sequence in film history.

[@levenkay4468]

I think the "put the Ark into one of tens of thousands of identical crates" scene was just depicting a clever way of protecting it from theft. The old "needle in a haystack" principle. All the other boxes probably contain used pinball machine parts or something.

[@shaggybaggums]

I thought it was supposed to be a reference to a rumoured location where they stored artefacts and supposedly dangerous items. The show Warehouse 13 was based on the same place. In the fourth movie you see the ark's crate again, amongst many others, as Indy escapes the warehouse. (If memory serves, I really can't be bothered to watch that one again.)

[@Anon54387]

No! That'll make the Libyans show up!

[@thesurvivorofhathsin8486]

8:32. "I know. There was a big flood." Proving, in face, that Dawn did NOT go to Sunday School. LOL Always enjoy your uploads

[@austinhan6998]

The Ark melts the colonel and Toht, explodes Belloq's head, zaps the rest of the Nazis, and traumatizes a generation of children. "That was fun!"

[@DerrickMims]

Fun fact: I was so traumatized by the melting faces as an 8 year old back in the cinema that I refused to watch that scene for decades afterwards. 🤪

[@44excalibur]

During the scene where the old man is translating the headpiece for Indy and Sallah, there's a line of dialogue that was cut out of the movie where the old man reads the warning that death will come to those who look upon the contents of the ark.

[@Robert-un7br]

The scene at the end was supposed to represent the fact that the Ark of the Covenant which is was explained as a weapon that any army carried was in invincible. Also as a way to communicate with God, was just put in a crate and stuck in a warehouse with millions of other items. You’re supposed to take away from the scene that it’s just forgotten about. And it actually appears in another Indiana Jones movie briefly.

[@bobschenkel7921]

Indy's friend at the University was played by Denholm Elliot, who has been in a lot of movies, i.e. "Trading Places" and "A Bridge Too Far". The Boat Planes were the first Inter-Continental rapid transit in the 1930's. Indy's friend in Cairo was John Rhys-Davies, who played Gimli and voiced Treebeard in the Lord Of The Rings movies. Parts ii and III are pretty good. Part IV a little less so.

[@Robert-un7br]

Rhys-Davies was also in an excellent BBC miniSeries called ‘I Claudius’ it’s about the Roman emperor Claudius. Who was considered a half wit as a young man because he had a speech impediment. He ended up being the emperor between Caligula and Nero. Two notoriously evil historical figures. There are other people in it that you would recognize such as Patrick Stewart and William Hurt. I urge anyone who hasn’t seen it to watch it immediately.

[@bobschenkel7921]

@@Robert-un7br I have seen the "I Claudius" program, it was very, very good. The part of Claudius was played by Derek Jacobi if I remember correctly.

[@subitman]

The second movie is ok. I am still watching your reaction. The third movie is the best: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. It starred Sean Connery best known for playing James Bond in the 007 movies as a secret British spy.

[@Dizzyruptor]

And the 4th movie we no longer talk about as it was terrible. Stick with the trilogy.

[@user-ed5ng6lr1f]

great reaction, as always. the warehouse was a government warehouse with god only knows what stored in it, not all things like the ark. the joke is that the ark will just sit there gaining dust and being forgotten. btw there was a tv series called The Young Indiana Jones starring Leo DiCaprio as indy

[@stefkukla8533]

It was not Leo who played him. Indy as a child was played by Corey Carrier and teen/young adult Indy was played by Sean Patrick Flanery. Both actors were good choices.

[@Daehawk]

hahahahah that coat hanger is still getting them 42 years later hahaha. I can remember sitting watching this in Jr High as our reward movie. So fun. Small maybe 19" crt color tv with giant top loader VCR on a cart. Room dark...wow what a movie. Was amazing. My 12 year old self was THERE with Indy every step of the way.

[@tremorsfan]

The original fight with the Swordsman was supposed to be longer but Harrison Ford was suffering from dysentery. Because he had to take his medicine every hour he asked if Indy could just shoot the guy.

[@an.oldham-lad]

Glad your doing them .love your reactions ..love the accent aswell ❤🙂

[@Bloodchylde2012]

Fun fact, Hitler was actually interested in the occult, and thought it could help him win the war. He had a whole division dedicated to hunting down information and uncovering whatever they could find... which was nothing, but fun movie material though :)

[@johnfallon3525]

Great reaction, Dawn. Such fun! The flying boat was a Short Solent, designed and built in Britain. The Short Bros Co. produced a family of flying boats during the 1930s and 40s.

[@tru3sk1ll]

Her relating a 90s sitcom paleontologist to 1930's archaeologist as both "Doctor", not sure why but I found that really funny (Oh they're both Doctors!)

[@christopherferrarelli2262]

Dawn Marie, there are four Indiana Jones movies; with a fifth film coming out this June. If you’re interested; they also made a TV series called “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles”; which focuses on Indy’s adventures as a young man.

[@chairmanmeow2413]

The Young Indian Jones series is great 👍

[@stevendubin3584]

there are only three indiana jones movies that we acknowledge exist

[@steveg5933]

The plane-boats actually called Flying Boats were a mainstay in 1930's aviation. The first was called a float plane, many of those are still in service. The second, larger was a Pan-Am Clipper the survivors of those are all in museums. Flying Boats were used by all sides during WWII. The American PBY Catalina being one of the most prolific used by the US Navy and the British. They were expensive to operate and maintain & with the advent of jets they quickly fell out of service.

[@chrissheppard2150]

"Of course, because he's an archaeologist and that's what Ross is..." I can hear Ross screaming from here...

[@Anon54387]

My sandwich! Myyyy Saaandwich!

[@lewistasso8866]

Ahahahahaha!!! "That monkey is up to no good." That's the first time I've heard that! 🤣🤣🤣

[@josephmayo3253]

Great reaction Dawn. One of the greatest adventure movies of all time. The third one is the only sequel as good as this. But the second and fourth have moments that are excellent.

[@Gav-mj6lx]

Brilliant as always, Dawn. These are as close to popcorn movie perfection as you can get. You are going to love this series, pure fun and adventure. Now for the nerdy stuff- George Lucas put in a couple of references to Star Wars - the plane at the start had the reg number OB (for Obi Wan Kenobi) 3PO (for C3PO) and the well of souls has carvings of R2D2, Princess Leia and C3PO hidden in the hieroglyphs. Looking forward to seeing what you make of the next ones.

[@paulstroud2647]

Spielberg did that again in Close Encounters - the mothership in the finale has a small R2D2 in amongst the lumps and bumps on its hull

[@andrewszigeti2174]

The seaplanes (aircraft with floats underneath) and flying boats (aircraft where the fuselage is shaped like a boat) absolutely were real. In the 1930s, when this movie was set, there weren't all that many landing fields out there. But there were lots of rivers and lakes and harbors these amphibious aircraft could land on...

[@jollyrodgers7272]

The opening of this makes me think of Weird Al's "UHF" (Orion Pictures, 1989), which parodies a bunch of films so expertly. Hitler was actually fascinated by all things occult, supernatural and/or Holy. He had special SS troopers led by Archaeologists looking for Relics like the Holy Grail, Spear of Destiny, etc. That was supposed to be the Ark of the Covenant, not Noah's Ark.

[@eugeneoman]

Another great reaction, Dawn! It's delightful to listen to your observations and funny comments. Watching your reactions makes me enjoy my favorite movies all over again 😊👍

[@raydurz]

THE classic adventure movie.

[@dadoctah]

A couple of connections to actual movies of the swashbuckler era.... The stunt with Indy getting launched out the front, having to make his way back *under* the truck during the chase, dragged along the ground, then finally re-entering the truck from the rear, was a near duplicate of a famous chase scene in "Stagecoach" (a classic 1939 western that starred John Wayne and John Carradine). Also, a star of a dozen or so low-budget westerns of the forties, Lash LaRue, was given a bullwhip so he had a "non-lethal" weapon in contrast to all the other cowboy heroes who used either guns or their fists. When the producers made a similar decision for Indiana Jones, they called up LaRue to teach Harrison Ford how to use the bullwhip.

[@alaneskew2664]

Indie's friend Sala also played Gimli in the lord of the rings, and the guy who was with Indy in the beginning in the tunnel is Alfred Molina who also plays Doc Ock in in Spider-Man 2

[@kirkdarling4120]

I missed the Alfred Molina connection.

[@hannahl8]

Great reaction Dawn! I love your laugh & sense of humor. The 2nd one is actually a prequel with a great kid sidekick, but it also has the most annoying love interest ever. The 3rd one with Sean Connery is fantastic & is my personal favorite.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Yep, if you think you’ll love hearing a woman scream at the top of her lungs for a little over half the movie, then by all means, Temple of Doom is the film for you. I will say that there are still lots of fun & iconic scenes in that film, so you should probably watch it. I’d recommend just keeping the volume of your headphones down a few ticks😏

[@sjl197]

“The third one”.. you mean the one that introduces the epic Henry Jones?

[@carlazaz1690]

The kid is like all Steven Spielberg kids -- ANNOYING.

[@santanamauricio]

that annoying love interest become Mrs Spielberg

[@speleokeir]

You can't go wrong with Indiana Jones. The whole series are great fun!🙂 This one and the Last Crusade are my favourites. The Temple of Doom is pretty good too. The 4th one (The Crystal Skull) is the weakest, but still fun. Bearing in mind Harrison Ford is now 80, I imagine he'll play a somewhat different role in the new one. Perhaps a grumpy old man mentoring someone younger like a student or a grandson, etc who'll do the action stuff and fighting.

[@HuntingViolets]

It would be great if Ke Huy Quan could come back as Short Round, with a real name and an archeology career of his own.

[@Jgutterud]

This is what I was going to say ❤

[@mattjohnson7475]

I heard they are making a new film

[@Cau_No]

There's also the Young Indiana Jones TV series, in which we see three three more Iterations of Indy, at ages 6, 16 and in his 90s. (There is also a reprise of Harrsion Ford himself as Indy in one episode.) I think it is an overlooked and underrated show, as it fits very well within the Dr. Jones Family history established in the first three movies.

[@TrashPandaActual]

​@@mattjohnson7475comes out June 30th.

[@philbell5564]

@12:03 He's shivering because he's travelled to Nepal in his normal clothes. He's also not sweating when he's by the fire and gets the poker: It's the snow and ice melting.

[@johng482]

As someone who did attend Sunday School, as well as graduate school in theology, I just wanted to give you a few perspectives on this: The word ark is a transliteration from the Latin arca meaning large box. It was the word Jerome used in his Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible for both Noah’s ark and the Ark of the Covenant. So you weren’t necessarily wrong to think of Noah and the flood, but there could be many objects called an ark. I found it funny that Brody said an army with the ark could not be defeated. In 1 Samuel 4, the Israelites take the ark into battle against the Philistines and were routed. The ark was taken by the Philistines as a spoil of war. This event was punishment for the general sins of the people as well as specific sins of the priests Hophni and Phineas, sons of Eli. If the Nazis hadn’t opened the ark but used it to lead their army, I’m pretty sure they would have lost just as badly, maybe worse given their sins. What happened to the ark is one of those great mysteries. My personal guess is the Babylonians took it, asking with the other artifacts from the temple, when Jerusalem was sacked. They probably opened it, found it to contain nothing they saw as valuable, and either destroyed it (to take the gold and precious stones from it) or put it to use in one of their temples. This would explain why, when Cyrus allowed the Jews to return to Judah with their temple artifacts, the ark wasn’t included. I hope these comments help you enjoy this movie even more.

[@Thewingkongexchange]

I hope you do the next two sequels. They're both bloody great and you'll get to see why he hates snakes particularly!

[@krashd]

*three. Don't be one of those that tries to tell her to only like the movies you like, the 4th movie is actually pretty good, and in my opinion the third best movie in the franchise as Temple of Doom was utter shit. But I wouldn't tell her to skip Temple of Doom.

[@JohntheLNERP2]

Guess what Dawn? The bloke who turns on Indy at the start of the film and walked into the trap well he also Doc Ock in Spider Man 2 Edit: Also the events that take place in Raiders of the Lost Ark are based on true events Hitler and the Thirds Reich leaders were obsessed with the Occult

[@reactionisst]

Dawn: "Frogs....why'd it have to be...frogs??!"

[@christopherwall2121]

I'd have never called your reaction to the Miracle the Ark performs at the end in a hundred years. Massive ups to you, ma'am.

[@terryhughes7349]

Great reaction Dawn. This was a fun movie.

[@DanKetchum007]

Lol Noah's Ark (the boat) and the Ark of the Covenant (box with handles) are two different things...

[@josephstimpfl4594]

Arc and not ark.

[@DanKetchum007]

@@josephstimpfl4594 Umm, this kind of Ark is spelled with a K.

[@agarven1]

John Rhys-Davies who plays Sallah in this movie. I met him a few weeks ago. Such a kind person. I ran into him at my hotel and talked a bit. I met him at the convention i went to. When taking the picture of us he tickled me on the side and I couldn’t stop laughing because I wasn’t expecting that lol I’ll be meeting him again in a few weeks at another convention

[@highstimulation2497]

"I wanted to see SOMETHING get blown up." The Ark: "Hehe... hold my beer..."

[@pfcampos7041]

Love the Indiana Jones series! It is definitely worth watching all of them. I think you will really enjoy them. I have seen them all from the time the original came out in theaters.

[@simonfrederiksen104]

I can do without 2 and 4 and re-watch 1 and 3 instead

[@sean---the-other-one]

The first three are all worthwhile. I really wanted to enjoy the fourth, but I struggled. Unfortunately I don’t think the fifth is going to be any better. I’m still very happy with what we got for the first three.

[@paradoxstudios6639]

I remember riding around that summer of '81 when this came out and hearing on the car radio "Eye in The Sky".

[@leftcoaster67]

My Dad and I saw this in the movie theatre when it came out. We both loved it. My Dad grew up with movie serials back in the 30's and 40's so it was like a modern version of serials. It's still great.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

I remember the audience HOOTING when Indy's face comes out of the shadows!

[@ink-cow]

Raiders is a classic; the sequel Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is fun; Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is MANDATORY. Everything after that, eh. One thing I only recently learned is that Indy's iconic look was designed by commission by comic artist Jim Steranko, who did some killer conceptual art.

[@krashd]

Crystal Skull is way better than Temple of Doom.

[@ink-cow]

@@krashd Shortround vs Shia le Boef though? No contest. 😄

[@markbailey3225]

Loved the “ Final boss” line ❤️. Another great reaction young lady!

[@todd8398]

It's funny because in "Willow" that actor kind of was the Final Boss.

[@stevejette2329]

She said she can't use her fingers to whistle. The key is NOT to blow out. Three tries and you get light-headed. Use a thumb and first finger and SUCK AIR IN until you get a squeak. Then you are almost there. This is how I learned at age 50. I can now use any fingers but I still can't whistle loud without fingers.

[@Wyrmksc]

If I recall #2, Temple of Doom happens before #1, Raiders and ,#3 Holy Grail is after Raiders and #4 is after WW2. If you watch Indy laying on the ground facing the snakes closely you can see reflections in the glass separating them.

[@TheCkent100]

Temple of Doom happens sometime in the year before Raiders of the Lost Ark. Temple of Doom happens sometime in 1935. Raiders happens sometime in 1936. Last Crudade happens in 1938. Crystal Skull happens in 1957.

[@michaeldavidfigures9842]

The plane is based on the Martin M-130 flying boat known as the China clipper. It was the first commercially succesful aircraft to carry mail across the Pacific Ocean. It was one of the largest aircraft of its time. Three were built and delivered to PanAm airlines in 1935. The last one flew in 1945.

[@peytonroyals]

They’re all worth watching. There’s a divisive fan base for the 4th movie, but it’s worth checking out for the story and to see how some things came to be in the 5th movie.

[@Philistine47]

Is the fourth movie really that "divisive?" I thought there was a pretty broad consensus that Crystal Skull just wasn't nearly as good as the first three.

[@continentalquilt7801]

@@Philistine47 I think it is divisive between those who think it is 'terrible' and those who think it is 'ok'

[@Slugbug]

Growing up, I thought that Raiders of the Lost Ark was amazing and Temple of Doom was disappointing. When Last Crusade came out, I thought it was a return to greatness, and when Crystal Skull was released, I thought it was similar quality to Temple of Doom. A few rewatches of the whole series since then and I now feel that Crystal Skull is better than Temple of Doom, but neither is close to the quality of the first and third. Based solely on the premise that the odd numbered ones have historically been strong, I have high hopes for the next one. However I am also aware that there have been as many misses as hits so far, so I will try not to expect too much.

[@peytonroyals]

@@Slugbug exactly how I feel. I say just keep and open mind and try to enjoy it

[@davewhitmore1958]

"The melting was the cherry on top!" Ah, a woman after my own heart. Great reaction Ms. Dawn :)

[@davewhitmore1958]

Make perfect sense Dawn

[@reverendB]

Came because you are reacting to my favorite movie of all time, staying and subscribing for the accent. Holy Shit. I could listen to you all day.

[@toddjackson3136]

The next one is Temple of Doom and while being filmed 2nd technically comes 1st chronologically. Its before he becomes a professor. The third one is The Last Crusade and it takes place many years after Lost Arch. RTLA is the beginning of the war while TLC is at the end of the war. Most diehard Indy fans disregard the 4th movie, but you may want to see it if you're going to watch the 5th one when it comes out.

[@BlyatBlaster]

33:41 the whole “don’t look at it” thing is super symbolic. In Judeo/Christian theology, in Old Testament times the unworthy couldn’t look upon God and live. When the Hebrews built the tabernacle to house the Ark the Levitical priests preformed ritual washings and baptisms for the Hebrew people before they were allowed into the tabernacle. There was a certain level of spiritual and moral cleanliness necessary to enter the presence of God. So because the Nazis were unclean, because they’re Nazis, and still looked upon the Ark it destroyed them.

[@catherinelw9365]

It was any human, not just the "unworthy". When Moses met with God on Sinai, God told him he will reveal himself by just turning his back to him because he knew Moses would not live if he looked at God directly. Only those in heaven finally see God fully, the "Beatific Vision".

[@BlyatBlaster]

@@catherinelw9365 Moses had to be cleansed first before he could see the face of God. The Bible says this when it states that “the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaketh to his friend.” Jacob also saw God face to face, he said “for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.” The Apostles too, on the mount of transfiguration saw the Fathers face, along with visitations of Elijah and Moses. But in each of these instances the individuals needed to be cleansed first. They needed to be worthy and pure in the presence of God.

[@MLJ7956]

Great reaction Dawn. This one is definitely an 80s classic....I enjoyed all 4 of the Indiana Jones films (and even have them all on 4KHD in my home movie collection). I will personally say watch all them at least once and then make up your own mind on how you feel about each entry yourself (truth be told, they all have their good moments and all of them do have their own flaws as well, some more than others)....Note: the next sequel, Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom, is actually a prequel taking place a year before Raiders Of The Lost Ark (and Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom it was one of the two film released in 1984 - the other being Gremlins, that was responsible for creating the PG-13 rating, here in the US, for being too intense for younger children - prior to 1984, there was only G, PG, R & X, here in the States). Looking forward to the next reaction 😁👍

[@jacklewis4044]

Thank you Dawn… for your direction in these… perfect balance between you and the film

[@tareskisloki8579]

The Ark of the Covenant that you may have confused with Noah's Ark (the boat) is a chest that the stone tablets with the ten commandments written on them are stored in. That chest makes a guest appearance in a surprising number of movies and TV shows. I've always loved these movies, they scared me a bit as a kid, but now they're pure nostalgia. You do need to overlook some plot holes to enjoy them, but as pure fun action flicks, they're brilliant.

[@darthken815]

It was also in Activision's first Spider-Man game.