Runtime:
115 minutes
Directed
by: Steven Spielberg
Starring:
Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies
From:
Paramount
Here
is a movie I've been able to see on VHS, DVD, and even on the big
screen around this time in '08 at AMC Theatres at Universal Studios,
but now I've been able to see it digitally on an IMAX screen; sure,
it's digital so that's why it's only at the faux-IMAX screens that
they have instead of the legit huge IMAX screens out there. Still, it
was an opportunity I wasn't going to pass up. Also, AMC Theatres is
doing a deal where they're showing all 4 Indy movies in a marathon
and I'll be checking that out; by the end of the month you'll get my
take on all of those motion pictures.
You
should already know the plot by now, as I presume most have already
seen it: Indiana Jones is a famous dude in the field of archaeology
who you see in the beginning go through a whole lot to get a
priceless artifact, when rival Belloq (Freeman) literally steals it
from him. You then see him at a random college as a professor, when
he is told of plans of the Nazi's looking for the Ark of the Covenant
in Egypt, in order to try and use its reputed powers for evil. Dr.
Jones has to go to Egypt to find it for himself, but not before going
to Nepal and running into the daughter of a former mentor (and also
an ex-lover) known as Marion (Allen).
Yes,
the movie is still awesome 31 years later. There's no shortage of
excitement between all the action, drama, humor, and all the rest.
The almost 2 hours just fly by, and they always have all the times
I've seen it. The plot is simple yet effective, and that is good as
with this movie that is a nod to all the adventure films of old, why
make it complicated? All the actors are great, from Ford and Allen
and their pal Sallah (Davies) to the villainous Freeman and Ronald
Lacey as the Peter Lorre-esque bad guy known as Toht, a Gestapo
interrogator who just comes off as being creepy. Like I said, the
movie is still awesome and it's hard to talk about it when almost
everyone is familiar with it and most agree with me on its greatness.
I
will say that the IMAX print for the most part was pretty nice and it
was great watching it in that format due to its sound and the
picture. The crowd there was not large at all as I went and saw it in
the early afternoon. However, I imagine it's sweet if you see it with
a much larger crowd than I did. I guess I'll mention before I end
this that I did not remember from before just how humorous Sallah
was. From that wacky yell he does when he sees that big carving in
the literal snake pit to nearly peeing his pants (or at least doing
something in his pants) when Marion gives him a quick kiss on the
lips, that was a great character.
Needless
to say, if you dig the movie you probably should see this on the big
screen, especially if you've never been able to before.
I'll
be back Sunday night.
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