Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!

[@TBRSchmitt]

I can't believe I didn't notice that Sallah is also Gimli... Sallah had a beard but I blame it on it not being a great big bushy beard, or else I would have noticed haha! Thank you all for your support and Sam and I can't wait to finish up the original trilogy! If you are in the market for a standing desk, check out FlexiSpot Don't forget to use my code ''YTB50'' to get $50 off on orders over $500. FlexiSpot E1 L-shaped standing desk: bit.ly/3IOwrxA If you want a normal dual motor standing desk, check out their E7 model which is extremely stable: bit.ly/43h7yCT

[@juansanchezvilla-lobosrami5404]

Also Satipo, the guy in the beginning is Alfred Molina. You know, Doctor Octopus in Spiderman.

[@AlanCanon2222]

Also, he was so tall compared to Gimli!

[@stevetokeley6542]

@@AlanCanon2222 He also played Treebeard.

[@o0pinkdino0o]

How about the very young Alfred Molina (Doc Ock from Spider-Man) ? Molina actually suffered from arachnophobia and struggled as the spider handler covered him in tarantulas. Spielberg was unhappy as the spiders just sat there. "They are like that as they are all male and are quite placid unless we ass a female" the handler said. ""Do you have a female ? Well put her in there !" Spielberg said leading to the shot we had in the film. They could not have enough money to make me shoot that scene. Also Porkins from SW A New Hope is the CIA agent. And so... we get the Raiders paradox. If Indy had not gotten involved then Hitler would have opened the arc in Berlin and Nazi Germany would have been destroyed utterly.

[@evanwalters63]

I can't believe you never saw this before. It's one the best adventure movies ever made.

[@chrisolivo6591]

I can’t explain how cool it was to see a new movie coming out in 1981 that had George Lucas and Steven Spielberg making it.

[@Bawookles]

The hype for it was unreal. "From the makers of JAWS and STAR WARS comes RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK!". And it lived up to the hype.

[@lexkanyima2195]

​@@Bawooklesand they pull it off so well, they should have won a Oscar for best picture

[@kirk1968]

Right? I think it was TIME Magazine that had a shot of Indy & Marion tied up with the caption, "Cliffhanger Classic" and nobody knew what it was about. Didn't matter, it was from Spielberg & Lucas!

[@Tr0nzoid]

Having also been watching this since 1981, it feels so strange to see "Raiders of the Lost Ark" watched and then discussed like it is just any another movie.

[@jimmorrish6771]

the dream team (at the time)

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

The magic of seeing this on first run in 1981 can never be duplicated.

[@Easy_Skanking]

And seeing it as an 11-year old was thrilling!

[@jimmorrish6771]

I was 13, loved seeing it in the cinemas

[@TedBrogan]

I remember seeing it in a theater in Atlantic City with my dad, and afterwards we went to a toy store and I got a GI Joe action figure. I think it was Cobra Sabateur. Coulda been Storm Shadow.

[@32446]

I agree.

[@uncletaylorify]

@@Easy_Skanking I was seven years old and my mom took me to see it lol

[@garyglaser4998]

For the record, the first movie was simply called, Raiders of the Ark... Indiana Jones was not yet a thing.

[@joeyservo]

*Lost Ark

[@KevinMiller-ol2wi]

Raiders of the lost ark

[@lui_salazar]

The legendary John Williams with an iconic score 🙌🏻🔥

[@jp3813]

This film rekindled the trend of treasure hunting adventures in the 80s. You've seen The Goonies, but definitely also check out Robert Zemeckis' Romancing the Stone (1984) starring Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, & Danny DeVito.

[@rosetoren3881]

And the following two.

[@susanalexander6721]

I love Romancing the Stone. Michael Douglas was perfect, and he and Kathleen Turner had great chemistry.

[@KJ-ck8rv]

Omg yes!!!!!! I’ve been wanting to leave this same comment forever!! One of my favorite movies! Set in Columbia, this movie has a bit of everything; action, adventure, romance, comedy. I never tire of watching it! Also directing this movie Robert Zemeckis has said gave him the confidence to direct Back to the Future, because up until Romancing the Stone he had never had much commercial success and was afraid of taking on another Steven Spielberg movie considering his first 2 with Steven were failures. He told Steven his career would be over if his next movie wasn’t a hit and Spielberg agreed with him. So he went off to Direct RTS in 84’ which was a success and BttF in 85’ two of my favorites! Also, the writer of RTS was a waitress and had never written a screenplay before, she did it on the side in her spare time and was killed tragically a year after the movie was released. Before her death she was writing the script for Indiana Jones 3.

[@hgman3920]

Unfortunately when it first came out, all too many people thought it was an Indy clone and didn't really give it a chance, but it's a great film in it's own right

[@Wishbone1977]

@@rosetoren3881 I'm pretty sure there's only one sequel, The Jewel Of The Nile. Further sequels were planned, but never got off the ground.

[@seanmonahan]

I was too young to really understand it at the time, but I think this is one of the greatest movie endings of all time. They go through this whole movie to find this lost ancient artifact, and then it just ends up getting lost again. I envision an archeologist thousands of years in the future trying to once again find the lost ark, and his investigation leads him to the ruins of a warehouse in ancient America.

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

Well, you can't really do anything else with it and keep it somewhat in our timeline. You might as well end Kingdom of the Crystal Skull with Indiana Jones and what the crystal skull comes from making a public appearance at the UN.

[@ExperienceEric]

There's a great call back to this in the beginning of Kingdom of the Crystal skull when Indy bumps a crate in the chase scene and you see its the Ark of the Covenant inside.

[@BClarke]

I love the ending because it makes you wonder what crazy stories and adventures are behind each of the other boxes in that warehouse.

[@janna2245]

Not to mention the BLATANT nod to Citizen Kane

[@saagabragi6938]

Propably just what happened the last time it was found before _Raiders_

[@jimtatro6550]

I was a 14 year old kid who saw this theatrically and the only things I knew were that it was directed by the guy who directed Jaws and starred Han Solo.😂 This is a perfect movie.👍

[@spenser9908]

That description alone would've had me like, "Take my money!"

[@TheMarcHicks]

@@spenser9908 Pretty much the same. The guy behind Jaws & Close Encounters.....what's not to love?

[@auckalukaum]

I was 5 when I saw it in its original run. Was totally mind blowing.

[@keith9716]

I was 8 years old when I saw this movie in the theaters. I wanted to go see Empire Strikes Back again, for the 9th time, but my sisters talked me into this instead, using what you just said. LOL.....Han Solo is in it. And I loved it! 😂

[@Jar0fMay0]

My dad was 16 when it came out and he said the same thing lol

[@justanobadi6655]

I love indy's "you wanna talk to God? let's go see him together. I've got nothing better to do."

[@ericclarke6107]

amazing moment!

[@unimpartialobserver]

And then they do. And then, God judges the wicked.

[@Otokichi786]

"Raiders of the Lost Ark": An homage to cliffhanger movies of the 1930's, it had enough stunts for THREE Action movies of the era, second choice Harrison Ford created another movie icon, "two-fisted Marion Ravenwood" stood tall as Indy's equal, and a generation of college students were persuaded to "dig in the dirt" as now-Cool Archeologists.

[@dabe1971]

9:39 The idea for the 'Love You' girl was only conceived the night before shooting by the Assistant Director. He pitched the idea to Spielberg the next morning and he loved it so told them to find a 'girl with really big lids !' Her name is Julie Brown, she works as a script editor.

[@matthewganong1730]

I just watched the original trilogy with my young son back in March. Usually he has a hard time sitting still through one entire movie, but we started this early in the afternoon and by his request ended up watching all three movies back to back on the same day. It was one of the best bonding experiences he and I have had together. I was probably about his age when I first saw these movies.

[@j.j.h.atemycereal]

This is a PERFECT movie. The acting, the story, the music, the cinematography... everything is just KILLER.

[@sentionno.4553]

You mean the story that in no way is influenced by Indys actions?

[@RealBLAlley]

@@sentionno.4553 That's a myth

[@sunkorg]

I was 11, on an Army base, watching this movie for the first time in the front row of the base's small theater. It was magical. When it was first released, it was simply called, "Raiders of the Lost Ark."

[@lillybart-s9i]

yeah, there was no Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost ark. It was just called Raiders. Star wars was also not Star wars episode 4, a new hope. It was just Star wars originally

[@MrLivewire1970]

I was 10 and I didn't want to see this. We'd gone to Hanover Street and I was just too young for that. I thought Raiders was going to be another boring love story. Needless to say, I was immediately hooked for life.

[@Wezwolf]

I saw this movie when I was 12 ... And I remember clearly, it was called. "Han Solo and the Raiders of the Lost Ark"...anyone who says otherwise needs to do their homework.

[@Scott_Forsell]

Every time Samantha gets introduced I mimic, stick my hand up and say "Hello". It's a ritual and I like it. Makes my day a bit brighter.

[@tidepride86]

Lol I dunno why TBR but your nonchalant "it just got all mystical up in here" cracked me up

[@TheTerryGene]

This film was originally rated PG. The next in the series “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” was the film that led to the creation of the PG-13 rating.

[@shainewhite2781]

33:42, that's one of the biggest mysteries of the franchise: Did the bug go in his mouth? 😂

[@Beuwen_The_Dragon]

Flies are extremely fast little buggers, and not really prone to suicide. The actor was speaking the moment the fly disappeared, and thus exhaling, so the most likely outcome is that the fly simply flew off when it felt his breath in the span of time between frames.

[@markford2272]

Something a lot of people miss about the stone ball is that Indy needs to stay ahead of it because otherwise it will block the entrance before he can get out. At least that was my interpretation

[@spddracer]

Indiana Jones is simply the best. It peaks with The Last Crusade.

[@jdnaz1288]

Yep, I put Last Crusade over this, too. Though, both are fantastic films!

[@clevelandcbi]

My favorite too

[@anzaeria]

I prefer Raiders and Temple Of Doom over The Last Crusade.

[@robertjacques4117]

I still think Raiders is best but Last Crusade is definitely second, wonderful action and of course Sean Connery "Son, I'm sorry, they got us" 🤣 if you know, you know

[@valashar5313]

Crystal Skull would've been fine, about on par w/ Temple of Doom if it wasn't for the damn UFO at the end.

[@76063co2]

ANSWER: It was actually "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (the second film) that the PG-13 rating was created for. There was pressure to make it rated R, rather than PG, due to the violence and Spielberg lobbied for a new rating, in-between. You have to understand how this movie set a new standard for action and adventure in it's time. It was epic, in a time of practical effects and stunts. I saw this in theater as a kid and I remember audiences being blown away. And yes, that ending was in my nightmares for a long time.

[@Kiernan5]

It was not created for Temple of Doom, Temple of Doom was rated PG. It was released on May 23rd, 1984. It was supposed to be rated R but Spielberg talked the ratings board into giving it a PG rating. The first PG-13 movie was Red Dawn which came out August 10th, 1984. Temple of Doom, along with other movies like Gremlins and Poltergeist, were the reason that PG-13 was created, as it was felt that those movies were looked at as being too mature for a PG rating with scenes of horror and violence, but not hard enough for an R.

[@76063co2]

@@Kiernan5 yes, I know that Red Dawn was the first movie that was released with the PG-13 rating.

[@unimpartialobserver]

@@Kiernan5 Temple of Doom was rated "GP". It's been listed as "PG" because "GP" no longer exists.

[@Kiernan5]

@Unimpartial Observer Temple of Doom was never rated GP. It came out in 1984, GP was changed to PG in 1972.

[@BishopWalters12]

It's crazy that Spielberg had Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark and E.T. in like a 7-year time span. He had a HOF career by 1982 and he could've retired but I'm glad that he didn't because he was still kicking a@@ in the 90s and early 00s.

[@andrewreiber7691]

It’s hard to even imagine what movies today would be like if Spielberg never came along. Him and Lucas truly revolutionized the film industry.

[@NeutronDance]

Plus he had written Poltergeist but couldn't direct it due to a contract clause.

[@dustywaynemusic6297]

And had a huge bomb in between Close Encounters and Raiders but bounced back

[@monsterlair]

Jaws, Close Encounters and 1941 all went over schedule and had ballooning budgets. On Raiders, he shot fast and loose because he had promised Lucas (and he wanted to prove to himself) that he could finish the film on time and on budget.

[@andrewreiber7691]

@@NeutronDance I thought I heard that he pretty much directed that. Or at least had a lot of control of that movie. Maybe I’m wrong.

[@philiponeill6903]

As a fun tidbit, the series "Warehouse 13" was inspired by the final shot - a series about all the various artefacts the government has in secret storage.

[@charlize1253]

This movie is still great, but what you lose over time is how revolutionary it was when it first came out in 1981. The 1970's was a golden age for "serious" dramas with heavy themes and serious actors and talkative scripts filled with thoughtful philosophical symbols and themes, like the Godfather, the Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Taxi Driver, The French Connection. Midnight Cowboy, Straw Dogs, and the like. And then this movie came out (along with the original Star Wars), 90 non-stop minutes of exhilarating comic book fun with no deep meaning whatsoever, and the era of talkative dramas literally ground to a stop.

[@johnclawed]

Yes, the end of adult movies. As much fun as they are, this kind shouldn't be all there is.

[@monsterlair]

Lucas and Spielberg more or less invented the 80s movie 😄

[@britsareweak]

Exactly, I saw this movie after a lot of hype and once I had seen it I thought it was good, but it didn’t quite match the hype around it. What was missing was the context and the time period in which this movie was released.

[@m.e.3862]

Yeah Jaws and Star Wars were the big blockbusters that distracted the 70s generation from the real world events at the time- Vietnam, Patty Hearst and the SLA, the energy crisis, crazy inflation, terrorist groups hijacking planes, watergate… When real life is that complicated movies with a clear hero, villain and simple story are a much needed escape!

[@jacob4920]

@@m.e.3862 Which is what society is so desperately in need of NOWADAYS! We need our new generation's "Spielberg and Lucas." I just don't know where they might be. And that's sad.

[@mixtisoreviews6880]

Trivia for you two, Daniel and Sam: -The original title of the movie is just “Raiders of the Lost Ark” -The sword and gun scene in the market, Harrison Ford was sick and had a bad fever, he was actually suppose to have a long drawn out fight. Due to his sickness, shortened it to a gun shot. Not trivia, but the ark holds the tablets of the 10 commandments, the ones that Moses had cast down on the Israelites. It’s a power not to be scene or used by those who are not God or worthy of it. That’s why it took everyone at the end who was looking at the power it bestowed.

[@jp3813]

They never officially changed the title.

[@manxgirl]

Not surprising. Old Testament God killed some of his own priests, because they dared to burn the wrong type of incense in the temple where it was kept.

[@saaamember97]

Indy would not have been better off staying behind the rolling stone. It was meant as a trap. If you are behind it, it will close off the cave entrance and you will be stuck there forever. Therefore, he needed to stay in front of it.

[@terrylandess6072]

Watching reactions often causes me to see some things for the first time since my minds eye isn't being led by the production crew and can wander. At the beginning - little golden statue with the 'realistic' eyes has a little golden butt. =P Made me laugh.

[@kylefleming7987]

Ooooooh. That makes sense.

[@suffersystemstudios]

@Darkstar Not sure taking a slim chance that a hundred ton boulder wouldn't completely seal off the entrance is using your head.

[@robertmartin9029]

@Darkstar The entrance wasn't round shaped but the stone did appear to completely block it at the end of the tunnel. It's fairly obvious that the trap designers intended it to prevent anyone who did not otherwise perish from being able to ever leave. Perhaps Indy could have found a way to get around it after it was stuck there at the end, but better not to need to.

[@davidw.2791]

@@robertmartin9029 He only needs a geologist hammer, and nineteen years time. ;)

[@jeffmansfield914]

As for the face melting… They made a base skeleton, then painstakingly covered it in layers of wax (red for blood and tissue, then flesh tone over that) and expertly sculpted it to look like the actor. Cameras were set up then the hot lights and additional heaters melted it all down in about 10 minutes. The shot was sped up to just a few seconds in the film. I love practical effects.

[@cshubs]

It's been a Top Ten movie for me since I saw it in a theater when it came out. It's got everything. I was 12.

[@lanolinlight]

The key thing about this film is that it's not an '80's movie--it's a 1930s-40's adventure serial filtered through Lucas and Spielberg's imagination and childhood memories.

[@popkorn256]

A marvellous, beautiful film.

[@Joshu_Y]

This movie had great action scenes because they storyboarded nearly every frame of the script before shooting, it's visually consistent with perfect framing and flows like a graphic novel in film form. It's also what allowed them to finish the principal photography in record time (75 days or something, which is crazy fast for a film of this scale). Lucas and Spielberg brought their experience from their respective big movies from a few year before and it became a peak New Hollywood collaboration. Lots of fun. It was brutally violent at times, true... the screaming melting guys at the end was nightmare fuel for 6 year old me at the time (before I knew what Nazis were), lol

[@Daveyboy100880]

Except the fight around the plane - Spielberg has said that they had no storyboards for that! They had a couple of days to shoot it and basically winged it all the way through, coming up with ideas on the fly (though of course they knew that it’d end in a big explosion!).

[@yaqubebased1961]

Not even Nazis deserve that. No one does

[@Joshu_Y]

​@@yaqubebased1961 True, the Ark went a bit easy on them.

[@yaqubebased1961]

@@Joshu_Y americans have done far worse. Just wait till the files get unclassified, if you're alive by then

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

@@yaqubebased1961 if it's classified, how do YOU know?

[@RyunosukeHachi]

35:04 The Ark of the Covenant is supposed to hold the Staff of Aaron (with plant buds), a jar of Manna, and the fragments of the original Ten Commandments. Edit: So it’s not the fragments of the original tablets of the Ten Commandments, it’s the new tablets that Moses made afterward.

[@nanosanimations8705]

And technically they shouldn't be able to touch it unless they were levites (if I recall correctly)

[@kevinfield7787]

@@nanosanimations8705 That's why Indy and Sallah never touch it in the Well of Souls -- they pick it up with the poles to put it in the crate, but never touch it. It's only until the end when the Nazis take the top off... and are punished for it.

[@sheert]

The ark did contain the original stone tablets, except after thousands of years they had disintegrated into sand.

[@RyunosukeHachi]

@@nanosanimations8705 So as it turns out, the Levites were the only ones allowed to carry it (on longs poles through the rings), and technically no one could touch it directly without dying. Not the Levites and not the High Priest, who was the only one allowed to approach it at specific times. The one exception to this was when the Philistines defeated the Israelites during the time of the Judges. The Philistines transported the Ark to the Temple of Dagon at Ashdod as a war prize, and after the first night, the statue of Dagon was found prostrate before the Ark. It was righted, but after the second night, it was found prostrate again, but with it’s head and hands broken off. Afterward, a plague struck Ashdod, and the Ark was sent to Gath and Ekron, which were visited by a plague as well, whereafter it was returned to the Israelites, along with some treasure.

[@dcdrew3]

@@sheert Thank You, I knew there had to be someone else who knew this.

[@perrymalcolm3802]

Karen Allen was a superb comedy/action heroine!! It was a crime Spielberg didn’t continue with the two of them n only brought her back decades later.

[@rayevarney]

She's great in Starman

[@scionofdorn9101]

@@rayevarney She absolutely was. Her chemistry with Jeff Bridges in that movie was amazing.

[@jimmorrish6771]

love her, gorgeous girl in some great movies

[@STOCKHOLM07]

@@rayevarney She's great in Animal House.

[@mondegreen9709]

Man, I had a crush on her. Runs a bar in Katmandu, drinks every badass under the table, greets Indiana Jones with a sucker punch. My kind of girl.

[@lethaldose2000]

Hey TBR and Sam, 40 years later and the sword swinging shootout never get old. The laughter is automatic everytime. Ha

[@odinsahn7648]

Fun Fact: The scene where Indiana shoots the guy with the big sword was improvised. Harrison Ford had a serious case of Dysentery and was unable to be physically active for some of the scenes. He was fed up and just shot the other actor and they played it off so well they just kept the scene.

[@lexkanyima2195]

Well explained

[@darthdmc]

And its one of the funniest scenes in the film.

[@szeddezs]

The way you phrased it sounds like Harrison Ford just killed a guy on set lol.

[@E_y_a_l]

Every reaction to this movie there's someone who spreads that inaccurate "fact", Ford didn't just randomly decided to shoot the other actor and they decided to keep it, Jones was suppose to fight the swordsman, yes, Ford was ill, yes, but they decided to change the scene a few hours earlier in a conversation with Spielberg and the production because of Ford's condition, the scene was planned, the gun was loaded with blanks, the swordsman practiced his fall, it's not an improvisation the two actors just did off the top of their heads that Spielberg liked and decided to keep it like people keep claiming, it's still a great story but stop twisting it.

[@szeddezs]

@@E_y_a_l And here I thought making a movie just involves some dude holding a camera... who could have known stuff like this is actually planned out in advance?

[@hellowhat890]

Fun fact: George Lucas was terrified that Star Wars: A New Hope would not succeed when it premiered. Instead of attending the premiere of his own film, he took a vacation to Hawaii with fellow director Steven Spielberg. This was the vacation where they came up with the first drafts of Indiana Jones.

[@Daveyboy100880]

Though it would develop a great deal with Spielberg’s involvement, Lucas had actually worked on the story for several years prior to that fateful holiday and had a basic idea of how it would play (though Indy was called Indiana Smith). He pitched the idea after Spielberg had said he wanted to direct a James Bond movie, but that the Bond people didn’t want him to do it.

[@christhornycroft3686]

I seem to remember hearing that Spielberg and Lucas weren't trying to make a masterpiece with this. Not that they didn't care, but they were intentionally going for an old school feel and weren't trying to make an Oscar winner. As it turns out, it was nominated for 9 Academy Awards in 1982 (the year after release), winning 5. For an action adventure movie, that's really impressive. They were going more for an American James Bond and given that 1981 saw probably the most Flemingesque, serious and gritty of the Roger Moore films, For Your Eyes Only, this worked really well. FYEO wasn't going to win any Oscars, or get nominated, but this did. And they pulled all of this off with zero CGI. This is back in the days when movies aged really well and never looked fake, like so many late 90s and early 2000s movies, or even movies today that look like you're watching a video gameplay rather than live action.

[@lexkanyima2195]

Both had a equivalent story in 1981

[@BubblyRainbows]

This is what you consider aging really well and not looking fake? The melting faces in this? I really have to assume that you're a huge fan of this movie and are being kind for that reason. I like this movie very much. I've seen and really like a ton of these really old movies. But the effects DO NOT hold up. You can be a fan of a movie and still admit that the effects are old and dated. I'm sure they were great for the time. But they look extremely fake. They were limited by the times. They did the best they could, but that doesn't make it good. Any time I watch a movie from the 70s or 80s I go into it knowing that most of the effects will look cheesy (except for explosions, obviously, since the explosions in old movies are real). It doesn't ruin my experience with the movie to have dated effects. But pretending that they somehow look realistic is going a bit far.

[@Stogie2112]

It’s perfectly understandable how not everyone has seen Raiders of The Lost Ark, or Star Wars or any of the classic movies from decades ago. Younger people, especially, aren’t necessarily going to go out of their way to watch old movies. It’s all good!

[@lexkanyima2195]

But different time

[@Mr-gg8ek]

The end warehouse crawl is an homage to Citizen Kane of which Spielberg (and frankly almost everyone in cinema) was a HUGE fan. Spielberg purchased the only remaining “Rosebud” prop from the aforementioned homaged scene.

[@robertmartin9029]

Every time I see it these days it makes me think the people who created the TV Show "Warehouse 13" maybe got the idea from seeing this scene.

[@phantombrakeman4983]

Indy's outfit comes from the film "The Greatest Show on Earth". Charlton Heston was the circus boss and he wore the fedora hat, the leather coat and a whip. Remember that Spielberg's dad took him to see that movie when he was a kid.

[@LordVolkov]

"Not the monkey!" 🤣🤣🤣 Everyone gets fooled by the little nazi monkey. They got it to salute with a grape off camera. It amuses me that the German salutes the monkey back 😅

[@MessOfThings]

This is one of several movies that got a name change after they became a franchise First Blood Raiders of the Lost Ark Star Wars

[@jonathansmith8672]

There's a great story about the scene where Indy shoots the swordsman in Cairo. The Cairo scenes were shot in Tunisia in North Africa, the same place where "Star Wars: A New Hope" was shot. While filming, most of the cast and crew (Except for director Steven Spielberg who lived off of canned foods) got food poisoning from eating the local foods. They were going to shoot a scripted scene where it was originally going to be a sword/whip fight between Indy and the swordsman. But on the day of shooting, Harrison Ford had dysentery (If you go back and watch the clip, you can see Harrison wiping the sweat off his face and he has a nauseous look on his face) and didn't have the energy to shoot the scene. So he went up to Spielberg and asked if he could "just shoot the bastard". And Spielberg loved the idea. And hence, that was how one of the greatest, iconic scenes in the Indiana Jones trilogy was born. :)💖

[@lexkanyima2195]

Ford improvised it

[@jonathansmith8672]

@@lexkanyima2195 He did. :)

[@tkopp10976]

It just occurred to me... in 10 years we will have a whole new series of Kid Schmitt First Time Watching Classic Movies. You gys have the chance to raise the greatest movie buff ever.

[@rossjohnson5114]

First, Harrison Ford wasn't the first choice for Indiana Jones. Tom Selleck was suppose to be Indiana Jones but due to him getting cast in Magnum PI, he had to decline the role. They didn't think Ford would work as Indy because everybody knew him as Hans Solo but everything work out in the end. You should check out Quigley Down Under with Selleck and Alan Richman. Very underrated film, in my opinion. Second point Sam, if you stayed behind the rolling Boulder, it would have blocked the entrance and you would have been trapped inside.

[@m.e.3862]

There are some preproduction illustrations of tom selleck as indy before he had to turn down the role. He would have been great. Although seeing the pictures now, it just looks like Thomas Magnum cosplaying as Indiana jones 😛

[@susanalexander6721]

I can see Tom Selleck in the part.

[@jhilal2385]

This is the benchmark for treasure hunt movies. You will see comparisons from people reviewing other movies, like "Tomb Raider", "The Mummy", and "National Treasure"

[@Jordashian93]

Gotta thank Steven Spielberg and George Lucas for this movie and the entire franchise. They rock!

[@nanosanimations8705]

The first three are good the others, ehhhhhhhh nah.

[@ccompson2]

@@nanosanimations8705 was gonna say....2.5 out of the 5 films maybe

[@MJKeenan30]

@@nanosanimations8705 There are no others after the "first three".

[@jacob4920]

Don't you dare thank them for 5, which is going to SUCK!!!

[@vandermitch5146]

@@nanosanimations8705 What other !!!! only 3 exist..............

[@Grnademaster]

The nature of Indiana Jones is his ability to adapt to any situation and improvise solutions on the spot. These traits are pretty much gone today.

[@shanenolan5625]

Thanks, guys . Classic.. fun fact the pg 13 rating was invented because of these movies. The violence in this and especially the second one .( parents complained) . Oh, cool desk.

[@valashar5313]

Something that I didn't know until much later in life was that Indy was perfectly safe on the outside of the sub. Diesel subs were a great deal faster on the surface and so would remain surfaced unless they needed to be stealthy or were in combat. In 1936 there was no war so the sub had no need to submerge. Another detail that was pointed out to me by a friend is that you could completely remove Indy from this movie and the end result would've been the same. A load of dead Nazis and the Ark sitting on the island. Only thing Indy was really needed for was to take it from the island back home.

[@daustin8888]

Fun fact: George Lucas pitched this movie to Steven Spielberg after Steven was denied a chance to direct a James Bond movie.

[@chand911]

Funner fact: He pitched it as "what if a cool dude did cool stuff". It was nothing more than that, yet people have continued to deify GL's involvement over the years.

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

@@chand911 *Not when the movie came out. Lucas was always recognized for this film.* It's only until Simon Pegg dissed on Phantom Menace did people start hating on Lucas. The guy who did a zombie b-movie dissed on the guy who literally changed the world with one movie.

[@tophers3756]

@@hulkhatepunybanner exactly one film. Even then the original Star Wars was reportedly an almost unwatchable mess until it was fixed in the editing room (by someone else). The success of Empire Strikes Back, and to a lesser extent Return of the Jedi, was due to his collaboration with others. We saw with the hilariously bad prequels what he creates when he's allowed creative autonomy to do everything his way. Even worse, he's gone on to meddle with his original trilogy and continued to worsen them. Lucas is a hack.

[@Biggiiful]

@Topher S. You sound like you have a stick up you're a** about Lucas' success. What Lucas created with full autonomy was still infinitely more creative and filled with good story beats then what the entirety of Disney could come up. If Lucas is a hack, then that makes Disney, Rian Johnson and JJ Abrams something far worse.

[@TheMarcHicks]

@@hulkhatepunybanner George Lucas is definitely a visionary in many ways, but he sucks at dialogue and editing.....& later he became obsessed with CGI to the detriment of good storytelling.

[@GordoFunk555]

Enjoy parts 2 and 3! The 2nd film (Temple of Doom) is actually a Prequel to this film in terms of the timeline. Many people say that Part 3 (Last Crusade) is the best of the Trilogy, but all 3 films have some great moments. Also, the actor who plays Sallah is the same guy who plays Gimly (the Dwarf) in Lord of the Rings.

[@anzaeria]

For me, The Last Crusade was an okay film. I prefer the first two movies.

[@dylancooper3690]

Choose wisely.

[@JackRabbitSlim]

I watched Temple of Doom not too long ago after having not seen it for a number of years prior and I've gotta say I don't think it's aged as well as the other two, I think there's an element of rose-tinted nostalgia when people look back on ToD. The first third/half of the movie is great, up until they go into the Temple & we get the weird fire/stone rituals. Those scenes drag on too long & it feels like it kinda jumps the shark when Indy gets 'possessed/controlled'; for me it trips over into ridiculous (& yes I know the series is inherently ridiculous) & only regains some momentum towards the end with the mine-cart section. Plus the lead woman is not a patch on Marion.

[@anzaeria]

@@JackRabbitSlim I thought the temple scenes (including the rituals) were well done. It has kind of a nightmarish feel. Though each to their own. I also thought that the photography, music and sound design were great.

[@kingleech16]

@@JackRabbitSlim The female lead in ToD was the nail in the coffin for me, she really was grating (though, to be fair, I wasn't a fan of Ilsa either. Marion forever!). I also thought ToD had a bit too much of the "Ooohhh... we're gonna gross you out!" kinda stuff, which really only works once and doesn't hold up on multiple viewings.

[@carlosspeicywiener7018]

I spent many years working at high end resorts and over the years, I met Harrison Ford, Karen Allen and Denholm Elliott. They were all very nice and polite, but Karen was exceptionally sweet and grateful. It's fun watching them in movies. Thanks for sharing this.

[@king_supreme1102]

Crazy, I just rewatched this a couple nights ago. One of the most perfect action adventures ever.

[@ikr9358]

It's probably obvious that this is an homage to the serial films of the 20s and 30s. You can practically tell where the 'episodes' would end with "How will Indy survive? Find out next week!"

[@lethaldose2000]

Hey Daniel and Sam, I'm really glad you all appreciated the practical FX in the movie, so many of the reactors criticize the movie for not holding up in its comedy and execution. But this was made in 1981 and is still jaw dropping to this day.

[@lillybart-s9i]

Yes, the practical and visual effects are truly first rate. They were mind blowing in 1981. the finale was like WTH?

[@BubblyRainbows]

I don't know why the comedic bits wouldn't hold up. Overall this is a pretty darn good movie. But the practical effects? They might have been impressive for the time, but jaw dropping to this day? I love this movie, but come on. The melting faces do NOT look good. I love tons of these really old movies. I've seen tons of them from my dad's collection. But the effects of these old movies are never good. It's just the limitations of the time in which they were made.

[@jesseowenvillamor6348]

​@@BubblyRainbowsNah they're still good

[@dathorndike4908]

@@BubblyRainbows They all look a hell of alot better than the CGI crap we see today

[@dathorndike4908]

@@jesseowenvillamor6348 Look way better than any CGI nonsense

[@YoureMrLebowski]

11:16 "OK, well, you're evil." -daniel 😈

[@StephenLuke]

In case you haven't noticed it, that's Dennis Muren playing a trenchcoated European spy, some think it’s Toht but he’s not.

[@annamariadelillo2916]

This is hands down, the best one. I remember sitting in a theater (and I actually sat through 2 showings of this movie!) I absolutely loved it! As someone else said, they should have kept Karen Allen (Marion Ravenwood) in these films. She was so much fun. She was definitely the perfect match for him. At this point in his career, Harrison was young and so handsome! I had the worst crush on him LOL!! (I did not like the second one because the female lead was beyond annoying - she was no Marion Ravenwood). But the third one with Sean Connery as Indy's dad is pretty good. Harrison and Sean were great together. Harrison should have stopped playing the character after the third film, in my opinion. Raiders is now considered a classic adventure film and I am so glad I was there when it opened in 1981 and saw it in a crowded theater - so so much fun. It's a wild ride. The music by John Williams is wonderful!

[@adammakesstuffup]

"Harrison should have stopped playing the character after the third film, in my opinion." They did. And now Shia LaBeouf has taken up the mantle. Oh, wait....

[@johnsteve2377]

"Don't trust that Nazi monkey!" lol

[@0okamino]

Still very relevant advice.

[@lurkerrekrul]

I have no particular insight into what the writers/director were thinking, so when I saw this, I assumed that the sand in the Ark was the remains of the stone tablets. I figured that they were so old that they had crumbled. And at the end, I never thought that the government had tons of stuff hidden, I always thought that it was a giant building full of decoy boxes meant to hide the Ark. So that even if bad guys learned where it was, they would have to search thousands of boxes to find it.

[@jhornacek]

No, the intention is that that warehouse is full of boxes containing other crazy things like the Ark that the government wants to keep hidden away.

[@MrLivewire1970]

I didn't notice it the first time but the big bolder Indi was running from sealed the cave and I assume would have trapped him. So it was good he was in front of the bolder, otherwise it would have been a short movie ;)

[@CoolEnginesChristytrekkie]

I remember the first time I watched this my teacher showed this to my class as a special treat. everyone was riveted to their seats and couldn't stop talking about it for weeks afterwards.

[@incogneato790]

The Ark of the Covenant really is an ancient artifact from the Bible. They did a very good job making it look in the movie as described, and the priest getup when he opens it was pretty accurate too.. It contained the stone tablets of the 10 Commandments, some mana that God used to feed Israel in the wilderness, Aaron's rod that budded a living branch, and other holy relics. When Israel was faithful to God it would ensure victory against their enemies, if Israel was not faithful to God it did not help them. It was captured by their enemies once and caused them to suffer a number of plagues until they returned it. Nothing quite as dramatic as people getting melted and stuff though.

[@ArgonTheAware]

But why did the Nazi think that they could use the Ark after their treatment of the Jews who were Yahweh's chosen people?

[@incogneato790]

@@ArgonTheAware So the movie could happen.

[@robocad]

The sub would not have gone under water for the entire trip because it moves faster on the surface. They were in a hurry and going under water means they would have to use limited battery power, not their diesel engines. So Indy would have been able to ride on deck the whole time assuming none of the crew come up top for fresh air.

[@ArgonTheAware]

@@incogneato790 As long as it was Israel that found the Ark it instead probably would not melt their faces off

[@incogneato790]

@@ArgonTheAware Even more specific, it would have to be someone of the tribe of Levi who was an ordained priest.

[@Gr8Buccaneer]

bringing back the type of "adventure movie" was the best idea in decades.

[@ItThatLed]

Congrats on the sponsor! These films are fun! Can't wait!

[@shainewhite2781]

9:05, "Peter, I think we forgot Meg." This was also spoofed in THE SIMPSONS, where Bart tries to steal Homer's jar of pennies.

[@rustybarrel516]

😂 That whole Simpsons sequence is the best!

[@Captainslow556]

I remember homer was the boulder rolling down the stairs. Then him jumping up and down in his underwear was great.

[@MoviesR4Life1]

Fun reaction you two re-seeing the spider moments are always fun to watch with TBR (sorry lol) I'm on the same boat as you I still enjoy the 4th regardless of the hate but the main trilogy is best but 4s still an alright watch imo still looking forward to the 5th regardless of the reviews I'll always go off my opinion before someone else's.

[@JordanJMyers]

Harrison was made to play Indy. Can't tell you how many times I've watched this trilogy. All 3 are great.

[@jamesdamiano8894]

Definitely one of the coolest movies ever. I personally am not the biggest fan of the next one for a couple of reasons which you guys will see. A lot of people like it, and it has its moments but the third one gets back to being better. This movie was inspired by the early "serials". Kind of like what was mentioned by Annie in "Misery" dealing with cliffhanger's in those type of stories. We'll see if the newest one is any good, but it doesn't seem to have a lot of good buzz about it. This one for me is still the best.

[@TheCdavy]

THE greatest adventure movie of all time…🤙🏻Spielberg/Lucas magic…iconic Harrison Ford✌🏻

[@willvr4]

Congrats on the sponsor!! (and baby!) Love your channel, I subscribed not too long ago once I found it. You edit it perfectly and have just the right amount of commentary. Random question, Sam do you have Peruvian heritage?

[@TBRSchmitt]

Thanks, Will! She’s Scottish and Native American

[@willvr4]

@@TBRSchmitt Interesting background! I'm gonna try not to read too much into it.

[@Aldo21574]

@@TBRSchmitt Hey I didn't know Sam is half Scottish that's cool! I'm from Glasgow so hi from Scotland!

[@medaugh]

If you remember the Ark is shown in Kingdom of Crystal Skull. During the fight scene in the warehouse, crates fall over toward the end and one of the damaged crates reveals part of the Ark

[@pamosborn1956]

Fun fact! After these first 3 movies came out on VHS, McDonald's had special meals where you could get the movies. My husband brought me all 3 after work one day. Such Love 🥰

[@shainewhite2781]

9:26, the pilot who plays Jock was also the helicopter pilot in JURASSIC PARK, where he makes an appearance at the dig site, landing the helicopter.

[@jasonfitak9521]

What's really funny about Indy shooting the Sword Master, it was supposed to be a bigger fight but Harrison was sick that day and asked if he could just shoot the guy and it became on of the most iconic scenes. Harrison always shoots first.

[@shainewhite2781]

6:18, These were real spiders and Alfred Molina, Sapito, and said in an interview that he hated filming this scene.

[@mrtim5363]

Spielberg was a bit disappointed when the actor's back was covered with spiders. None of them moved. They looked like plastic props. The spider handler (real job) said Oh, you want movement, these are all males. I'll put a female in the middle... You'll get your 'movement'. ( Some things never change 😂)

[@0okamino]

This was, of course, just the beginning of his trouble with spiders.

[@brom00]

This is one of those films that's been so ingrained in pop culture for, it hurts me to say, the last 42 years, that one could think that've seen it when they haven't.

[@shainewhite2781]

10:13, the guy with the mustache is William Hootkins, 1950-2005, as you may recognize him as Porkins from Star Wars A New Hope and corrupt cop Echardt from BATMAN 89.

[@StephenLuke]

He was born in 1948.

[@auerstadt06]

It's hard to overemphasize how amazing a phenomenon this was for a kid in the summer of '81. I bought the soundtrack the next year and I wore that tape out. Definitely one of the best things John Williams ever did. Also, when the Indiana Jones ride opened in '95 it was only 25 bucks for a ticket to Disneyland if you were a California resident.

[@-Knife-]

This movie brings back fond memories as a kid. Indiana Jones movies are awesome. Well at least Raiders, Last Crusade and Temple of Doom.

[@mrtim5363]

Those of us w/gray hair remember Sat. afternoons @ the theater where for 1 admission you could stay all day if you wanted. They played 'Saturday Afternoon Serials'. Action Adventure shorts for kids, much like spaghetti westerns for adults. Though I may take heat for this, Raiders is basically... A 'Saturday Afternoon Serial' for a spicific generation. (Superbly done.)

[@marshall8802]

Its not the age... its the mileage

[@commonsensei8423]

If Indiana Jones hadn't gone after the Ark, the Nazis would still have opened it and all died (maybe in Berlin if they hadn't had to chase it, in front of Hitler, then Hitler would have died)...so Dr. Jones's contribution was ultimately that he had the Ark shipped to America (and he maybe saved Hitler). Otheriwse, without him, the movie would have ended the same way.

[@christopherwall2121]

Marion would have died if he didn't get involved.

[@commonsensei8423]

@@christopherwall2121 I'd could be convinced to give the universe Marion's for Hitler's. Many of the people Indy killed *the the swordsman he shot) would presumably be alive.

[@S_047]

In the Arc room there is a Star Wars Easter egg, one of the hieroglyphs has 2 very familiar droids

[@johnfraley8544]

I saw this in 1981 and it was the first and only time I left a movie with a stomach ache from clinching during thrills and stunts. And I'll never forget the guy behind me, after everything Indy went through, saying loudly, "That's not possible!" when he went under the truck. I helped a friend recreate the opening scene with the idol, creating a cave from painted paper. It looked amazing! It was Gremlins and the sequel, Temple of Doom that led to the PG13 rating at Spielberg's suggestion. Great reaction, as usual!

[@toddjones1480]

Your cave was not far off how the caves for the cart chase in Temple Of Doom were made. They were just crumpled aluminum foil.

[@StephenLuke]

My favorite Indiana Jones film ever made! Thank you, Lucasfilm for creating this and Star Wars!

[@kennethlecount8984]

One interesting thing about the snake room is that all the big pale snakes aren't snakes but are legless lizards. You can tell by the earholes and the fact they have moveable eyelids. The only dangerous snake used was the monocled cobra at the end.

[@screviews]

Great reaction. Such a classic trilogy. Btw I hope you at least got a free desk for doing that ad lol.

[@samsimone6002]

"Don't trust that monkey"😂😂😂

[@internetsideshow]

My father showed the end scene in my sunday school class when we were studying the ark of the covenant. We were 3rd graders. In retrospect, I can't believe he got away with that.

[@jedthementalist5112]

27:00 That is the late, great Pat Roach. He's in quite a few Spielberg/Lucas films, including each one of the Indiana Jones Trilogy. You've already seen him earlier as a hired thug. You can play 'Where's Pat?', usually the gigantic antagonist throwing the hero around the screen.

[@Grav3yBoat]

Raiders is def in my top 10 all time movies. SO glad you guys watched this. Now, watch the other 2! (the 4th doesn't count...)

[@shadowvessel]

I don't usually watch the ads...but you make me want a FlexiSpot 😊 Best of luck on that medicine ball, Sam 👍

[@ionamtab]

If memory serves, a behind the scenes video mentions that Temple of Doom is what lead to the pg-13 rating. It wasn’t the first rated that, but I think parents’ reactions to it lead to the creation of the rating.

[@momalwayssaiddontplayballi3973]

This could be my favorite movie of all time. I saw it in the theater in 81 was I was a little kid. I remember being sad cause I thought I would never be able to watch it again. my mom telling me "it will probably be on tv in 5 years" .....5 years !! I thought. they rereleased it a couple years later in the theater and we saw it again and it was the first movie my family rented from the video store when we got our first VCR for Christmas in 1985 >I also recorded it off of television the first time it was on tv.

[@ElectricKnight.]

Nice! I'm honestly surprised you two hadn't seen this yet. I was a kid when this one came out and saw all of them in the theatres, including the 4th one which I also LOVE!! Definitely re-watch the 4th after going through the rest, as you'll probably appreciate it even more (the haters are just weird. similar to the Star Wars prequel hate). Also, yeah, Lucas was "involved", haha. He created the character, idea, and wrote it. The story behind Spielberg and Lucas being friends and deciding to make these movies together is awesome. Also, Indiana Jones's name has a special meaning to Lucas, which is also somewhat tied to the character Chewbacca. But you'll learn more about that after watching the rest of the Indy movies! My partner and I love watching you two! I hope Samantha is feeling as comfy as can be and doing well! ❤❤❤

[@ChrisReise]

Notice the call numbers on the side of Jock's plane? OB-CPO Similar to Obi-Wan & C-3PO

[@matt47110815]

When Indy shot the Guy with the Sword - Ford had a bad stomach that day, and asked Spielberg "Can i just shoot him?" instead of doing the elaborate Fight Sequence. 😄

[@ianpreston4408]

Yeah! Thanks for starting this franchise! This is one of my favorite franchises and one of Steven Spielberg's best movies! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@anthonysmith3442]

The first time dad saw the snakes in the ark room his response was "fuck that!".

[@karlmortoniv2951]

Anybody recognize the captain of the freighter as Kingsley Shacklebolt from the Harry Potter films? 🙂 The actor is called George Harris and he was in loads of stuff around this time including the original London cast of "Jesus Christ Superstar."

[@StephenLuke]

He also appeared in Black Hawk Down (2001).

[@karlmortoniv2951]

@@StephenLuke He was great in “Prime Suspect 2” as well. Fantastic actor.

[@StephenLuke]

@@karlmortoniv2951 Yes indeed.

[@blilianschmitt-realtor129]

One of my favorite movies! Btw, I love your new desk. 👌👏