Raiders of the Lost Ark

[Halb]

On tonight, still in my opinion one of the best action/adventure films there is.
Copied many many many times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YXw7BxYGMU


edit, watch the original before somebody meddles;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQBLTB5f3j0&fea...

Edited by Halb on Wednesday 5th January 08:25

[Jasandjules]

Snakes..............

[y2blade]

woohoo

but why didn't they show this over christmas?

[DarrenL]

what time/channel?

[Man-At-Arms]

y2blade said:

but why didn't they show this over christmas?

but they showed the God awful Crystal Skull one instead !

maybe it's Temple of Doom next week



Kali Maaaaa.......

[y2blade]

Man-At-Arms said:

y2blade said:

but why didn't they show this over christmas?

but they showed the God awful Crystal Skull one instead !

maybe it's Temple of Doom next week



Kali Maaaaa.......

"CALLYMAAAAAAAA"

[Halb]

DarrenL said:

what time/channel?

9pm...think it's Beeb1.


But if they do show Temple it'll be the sanitised telly version, we can't even get the full version on official DVD in the UK

[james_tigerwoods]

Halb said:

DarrenL said:

wwe can't even get the full version on official DVD in the UK

Say what now? What's missing from the originals?

[Halb]

james_tigerwoods said:

Halb said:

we can't even get the full version on official DVD in the UK

Say what now? What's missing from the originals?

Heavily edited scene where Mola Ram rips out the guys heart, it was only allowed in the UK once on VHS I think.
I saw it in the cinema

Edited by Halb on Thursday 6th January 10:43

[LeoSayer]

Dissapointed.

The reflection of the snake in front of Indy's face was edited out.

[Civpilot]

Man-At-Arms said:

y2blade said:

but why didn't they show this over christmas?

but they showed the God awful Crystal Skull one instead !

maybe it's Temple of Doom next week



Kali Maaaaa.......

Indy iluminated from behind in the entrance of the tunnel when the kid is getting beaten = Still the best "hero shot" of any movie.

I remember seeing that one in America (where they get quite into movies in the cinema) and the cheers that went up at that scene were brilliant.

[g3org3y]

Wow, that trailer is 'old skool'.

Epic film however. One of the all time greats. They don't make 'em like they used to.

[was8v]

Where can we find the original unedited cinema version?!!

[andy400]

Definitely on the list of 'films to be watched whenever they are on, no matter how many times they have been seen before'.

I tried to estimate how many times I have seen it, and I reckon a conservative number would be 25, but I still find it utterly gripping.

[DBSV8]

and watch out for the late Pat Roach "auf wiedersehen pet " playing a german bare knuckle boxer

[Halb]

DBSV8 said:

and watch out for the late Pat Roach "auf wiedersehen pet " playing a german bare knuckle boxer

And a Mongol hardnut as well....
....'shoot them...shoot them both'


a good old quote for me

[Halb]

Temple of Doom, on tonight.

[Oakey]

The problem with Crystal Skull, like most movies these days, was the reliance of far too much CGI. I'm not even talking about just for 'special effects', but for literally everything. The biggest crime in modern movies is the subsitution of real, actual locations and set pieces for green screen. Yes, it's cheaper (is it though, really?) but it just looks so blatantly obvious and fake.

Even the start of Crystal Skull where they're all supposedly outside hangars at Area 51 looks completely un-natural. Compare that to the start of Raiders where he's running away from the tribe and swings over to the plane which looks fantastic.

You can immerse yourself in Raiders, your brain doesn't fight it. Crystal Skull looks like a tech demo for the latest computer hardware.

Of course, the other issue is Lucas' obvious furry obsession. What the gophers in Crystal Skull had to do with I've no idea.

[Halb]

Finally watched it. Easily one of the very best films of it's type. Puts other recent action adventure films to shame.

Two things I hadn't noticed before, the SS man looks like he shaved his head for the part, and 72 inches minus one kadam would make the staff of Ra shorter than Dr. Jones, but instead it towers over him by two feet

[andy400]

Halb said:

Temple of Doom, on tonight.

Watched it, wanted to see if my memory was doing it an injustice. No, it's st IMO. Very few redeeming features.

For me, Raiders is brilliant, Final Crusade is good, but the other two are pants.