Raiders of the Lost Ark rerelease?

The huge WTF grin the boy had on his face when that dude's face melted at the end... been waiting almost 40 years to see that.

Watched this with our ten year old a few weeks ago. Face melting freaked her out bad, she had to sleep with us that night. She likes to think that she can handle the scares and argues with us when we tell her she can’t watch something yet. So it was a little satisfying to sneak in an “I told you so” while consoling her.

Yeah my parents didn't let me watch Raiders till I was 12 or so because of that bit.

The huge WTF grin the boy had on his face when that dude's face melted at the end... been waiting almost 40 years to see that.

39 is a bit old to be seeing ROTLA for the first time but better late than never I suppose ;+)

I first saw this movie when I was 7. I must've seen bits and pieces of it in the theater eight or nine times.

Usually just to see that guy's face melt again.

I'm no horror fan either, but there was something about it only lasting a second or two that kept my curiosity piqued.

I must've seen bits and pieces of it in the theater eight or nine times.

??

I probably saw the entire movie in the theater three or four times.

For the other times:

• I'd go down to the big city on weekends to visit my dad.

• He and his girlfriend would take me, my sister and her children to the movies.

• My older "step-brother" and I would sneak out of Superman II or whatever, and find the theater showing Raiders.

• We'd either watch it to the end and then go back to Superman II, or watch as much as we could before having to rejoin our parents in the lobby.

because your dad wouldn't let you go see Raiders again and again, aiming to get value for money by enriching your young mind with different input, or he'd just buy a ticket for whatever was starting next?

I can not *not* stop and watch this film whenever it pops up on a screen. Saw it opening week as a kid, have watched it countless times and it never gets old. I think it's a masterpiece of fun, efficient and beautifully constructed filmmaking.

Just rewatched all three of these (no, I did not misspeak) over the past couple weeks, for the first time in probably two decades. They hold up pretty damn well as a testament to Spielberg's skill. Surprised to realize that there's like four pages of story spread across those six hours (eg, the entire second half of Temple of Doom is just the protagonists escaping Pankot Palace).

I guess I'll probably watch the fourth one (which I started but never finished) at some point since I have the set. Not exactly champing at the bit.

I saw Raiders at least three times in the theaters, but in total I've seen it soooooo many times. I love it.

I've had the set for several years now and still have never watched #4
Raiders is about as perfect as a movie-watching experience gets

I find Karen Allen such an engaging, natural presence in this and Starman, it's a shame (for movie viewers) she didn't pump more roles out during that period.

pump out

Completely coincidentally, I started watching Knots Landing (shaddupayouface) within the same stretch of time that I watched the trilogy, and Karen Allen had a prominent role in the pilot (apparently never reprised, as this was just before Raiders was filmed).

such a great movie, watched it for the first time when i was 9 or 10 after finding a VHS of it, had a sense it was something i shouldn't have been watching. i thought once indy brought the ark back in the truck the movie was over (surely there couldn't be an action scene better than the truck chase!) so i stopped the tape so i wouldn't get caught by my parents... then got to the final coda with face melting and all a year or so later which i was old enough to handle and thought was ridiculously cool

I told the kids there was no CGI in this movie, so the boy would challenge me any time a poison arrow would whiz by or vodka would get set on fire.

"IT'S SPECIAL EFFECTS. NOT THE SAME THING," I'd reply.

There's one scene where Indy and Sallah about have the Well of Souls dug up, and there's a really cheesy thunderstorm happening behind them. "IT'S A BLUE SCREEN," I had to say to his side-eye.

And then, when Indy fell into the WoS, I kept a close watch for the cobra's reflection on the glass between it and Ford. This time, I couldn't see it. I blamed our 13-year-old TV or my 46-year-old eyes.

But then later, I read online that for the 2008 DVD release, they used CGI to take that reflection out. Please don't tell my son.

because your dad wouldn't let you go see Raiders again and again, aiming to get value for money by enriching your young mind with different input, or he'd just buy a ticket for whatever was starting next?

Probably had something to do with how close the start time of our movie was to their movie.

Also, leaving our five-year-old sisters alone in a movie theater may have also had something to do with our sneaking around the Cinema XIII.

But then later, I read online that for the 2008 DVD release, they used CGI to take that reflection out. Please don't tell my son.

― pplains, Monday, September 14, 2020 5:20 PM (three minutes ago)

lol'd