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The Adventures of Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark/The Temple of Doom/The Last Crusade) - Widescreen Customer Reviews (64 - 66 of 140 Reviews)

Best adventure by Spielberg and Lucas
I have loved Indiana Jones movies for a very long time. It was some of the greatest adventure movies ever and they are all in one package. When I found out you could not buy these movies seperately I had to go buy this box set but it comes with a special feature dvd so that makes me happy. This is pretty exspensive though but if you are a big fan then you will still buy it. These movies sounded great on sourround sound and it was just such a big transformation for me from having them all on vhs to the best thing has ever happened to elctronics- dvd.

These are my favorite Indiana Jones in order from my number one to number three. My favorite film of this series was probaly the Temple of Doom. This seemed to be the funniest and most action packed movie out of this series. Short Round was a very funny kid but I am glad that they did not put him in every one of the Indiana Jones movies. My second favorite is the Last Crusade. Sean Connery was hilarious at times and Indiana and him had some classic moments together in this movie. It was a fantastic way to end the series. My last one is of course Raiders of the Lost Ark. It was okay because they did not have a whole bunch of characters and the main ones were the girl and Indiana.

You should buy this if you like fun adventure filmas and if you would like to see a Steven Spielberg and George Lucas movie directed with eachother. God bless you and have a great day.

The only thing that needs to be changed
Is the packaging. The huge box, the plastic cases holding each CD separately. I have not seen one person complain about this. This trilogy is on of the greatest achievements in cinema history, and it comes as four individual cd's jammed together inside plastic cases. I really have no idea why studios do not release trilogies in box sets that resembled tv shows season releases (i.e., the X files...I mean, have you seen their season box sets?). The same for the star wars trilogy. Why are they so cheap, can't they spend a few extra bucks on making a nice box, holding all cd's without those horrid plastic cases?

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All together now
Everyone is going to have a favorite film. However these work well as a set and are worth the purchase. And the extra goodies or special features of the set add to the experience.

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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

This is the first in a series of fun to watch action packed movies based on what an archeologist should be. Being a first you will not notice the pattern of the film unless you are used to Saturday matinees.

We hit the deck running on this one as we see Indiana Jones making a John Wayne type of entrance. So much that you do not notice the dubious looking character next to him Statipo (Alfred Molina). Until he says "Give me the Idle and I will give you the whip."

Now settled down, after his near miss with the natives, Harrison Ford is a professor (Indiana Jones) teaching the fact that archeology is a search for facts not some thrill ride.

That very afternoon he is confronted by some government agents. It seems that his old professor Abner Ravenwood has disappeared. They picked up some radio transmissions that contained the name of Abner and a city Tannis. Immediately Indiana Jones knows that the Nazis (natural bad buys) are looking for the Ark of the Covenant (which can be used as a weapon of unspeakable power) and somehow he must bet them to it for the sake of the world.

He is helped by an old love interest Marion (Karen Allen) and rivaled by an old nemesis Dr. Rene Belloq (Paul Freeman).

Does it really exist?
How can he beat them to it?
Why is he on the outs with Abner?

Hold on for a thrill a minute and don't eat any bad dates.
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

The "now standard Indiana" formula is there and there are a lot of fun parts to this movie. However the bad guys are too bad and the situation is too spooky. Be sure to watch "Riders of the Lost Ark" first even thought this takes place chronologically earlier.

Once again James Bond has nothing on Dr. Jones (Harrison Ford) as he negotiates for a treasure and is double crossed at every turn, barely escaping with his life, also the acquisition of a steriotipical blond singer Wilhelmina Scott (Kate Capshaw), and his new sidekick Short Round (Jonathan Ke Quan).

In his hasty retreat he does not realize that there are greater forces at work insuring that he fulfill his destiny to recover a sacred object and all the children of a beleaguered village.

Is he up to the challenge?
In this case does being blond help or hinder?
Will Short Shot prove that size does not matter?
Take heart!

Be prepared for a dark passage "a little too dark for my taste".
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

It may just be coincidence but this time Harrison Ford that was a carpenter is not Dr. Indiana Jones (Junior) and his last crusade (until the next film) is to obtain a cup of a carpenter.

Even though this film can stand on its own, it can be more fully understood if you watch "Raiders of the lost Ark" first.

Once again we start out with a young Jones trying to save an artifact from pillagers. This lets us know of his heroic energy and introduces his father Professor Henry Jones (Sean Connery) and his obsession with the Holy Grail, even to the exclusion of his relationship with Junior.

Now grown Dr. Indiana Jones gives a class and explains that Archeology is a pretty strait forward science and not some search for legends. He receives a mysterious piece of post.

He is then approached by group of rich people that are in search of the Grail. It turns out that their top researcher has disappeared. Yep it is Professor Henry Jones. What can Indiana do but go looking for his father. He is accounted by his best friend who runs a museum Dr. Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliottt) as they team up with the last person to see his father Dr. Elsa Schneider (Alison Doody.) He gets a final warning "Do not trust anybody."

Will he find his father?
If he dies what will they have to talk about?
Does the Grail really exist?
Who are the mysterious people following him?

One of my favorite scenes is where Dr. Jones disguised in a German uniform bumps into Hitler (Michael Sheard of Star Wars fame).

Have fun watching this great film with the banter between Hennery and Junior. And remember "do not trust anybody."

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