Watch: Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 123movies, Full Movie Online – The year is 1936. An archeology professor named Indiana Jones is venturing in the jungles of South America searching for a golden statue. Unfortunately, he sets off a deadly trap but miraculously escapes. Then, Jones hears from a museum curator named Marcus Brody about a biblical artifact called The Ark of the Covenant, which can hold the key to human existence. Jones has to venture to vast places such as Nepal and Egypt to find this artifact. However, he will have to fight his enemy Rene Belloq and a band of Nazis in order to reach it..
Plot: When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
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Good watch, could watch again, and can recommend.For Spielberg’s American Alan Quartermaine, I can certainly understand what the hype is about, but I’ve never been a big fan myself.
For starters, Nazis are boring. I’m sure they were all the rage once upon a time as a classic villain, but it doesn’t do much for me.
Harrison Ford, of course, carries the movie, but Karen Allen plays really well with him throughout the movie and is amazing in her own right.
If nothing else, Spielberg is able to shoot a powerful atmosphere, and the movie is captivating and engaging.
It’s not something I can watch over and over, but when I do watch it I know I’m going to get drawn in and have a great time.
**Trailblazers of a Lost Art**Little wonder James Cameron and Joss Whelon movies are the biggest box-office earners. They are masters of cinematic rhetoric. The unfolding dramatic situations and controlled dialogue are meticulously contrived. Cameron could probably have potted more if it wasn’t for his earnest, simplistic messages (rich bad; nature good). All three movies (_Titanic_, _Avatar_, _Avengers_) plot along comfortably then suddenly spike spectacularly.
But no one has ever laid on the cinematic charm and cajolery like Stephen Spielberg. He was by far the craftiest manipulator of action and melodrama there ever was. He was the progenitor of summer blockbusters and all-ages, all-nations spectacles. At his best he had a gift for re-living and realizing that ethereal and irresistible childhood awe.
If _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ (NOT the sequels… NO, not even the father- son one) was made today, exactly the same way, okay maybe in 3D with updated CGI, it would surely land at the top of the box-office heap. It is essentially the first comic book movie that wasn’t a comic book (bespectacled mild-mannered Archaeology prof by day and globe-trotting whip-wielding action hero on sabbatical). _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ (the first and only) is arguably the greatest adventure movie ever cooked up. And we, the abject audience, servile participants of the artifice, were licking its boots. We wanted Spielberg and his Indy to rope us in, reel us into the action, and completely have their way with us. We overlooked the emotional manipulation and contrived trappings because it was a pure freaking joy to watch, a Lucas produced godsend. Harrison Ford was born to play it just as Steven was born to direct it. It’s really too bad they had to brand and knock off inferior sequels that, while making oodles of money, tarnished the shine of the unsurpassed prototype.
Indiana Jones was the perfect reluctant action hero on a selfless mission. A whip-snapping, truck-wrangling, swordster-gunning, Nazi- brawling adventurer who was matched only by his headstrong and sassy love interest, one pistol of a gal who could drink any man under the table. Not enough credit has been given to the great Lawrence Kasdan as the writer of this marvellous adventure. The script is as close to perfect as anybody could scribe. Even a dialogue-heavy expository scene (poisoned dates) was infused with a tense element of suspense. Yes, the story was hyper-fictional, completely contrived, shamelessly far-fetched… and altogether delightful. I wasn’t expecting much when I went in to watch it back in 1981, but it had me wanting to do do back-flips on the way out. America’s own Fab Four, Larry, Steve, Harrison and George, put on an action-adventure clinic.
Possibly the only weak spot in the movie is the climax which had our hero and heroine tied to a stake while God, the almighty Mcguffin from the Old Testament, magically wrapped things up for them. “Don’t look” Indy warns, with his patented crooked grin. Are you kidding? We can’t possibly take out eyes off of this. With respect to lost Teddy Bears from space and anti-Nazi machinators, Raiders is Spielbergs greatest achievement. It is one of the finest films ever made, of its or any kind. It is, hands down, my desert island movie.
Perpetually Entertaining…
An army of fascists seek to plunder, an artefact so precious it’s a wonder, an archaeologist will resist, using whips and guns and fist, in a treasure of a film packed with adventure.There are puzzles to be solved and riddles broken, the dialogue’s a joy, beautifully spoken, action packed from start to end, returns a massive dividend, engaging all the way and thought provoking.
To me, this will always be the best of the Indianna Jones series
For me it is not only the best of the series but one of the greatest adventure films ever made. It is breathless excitement from start to finish, and to be honest I cannot fault it really. The production values are wonderfully evocative, and John Williams’s score is outstanding. The script is filled with wit and invention, and the story is slickly paced and exciting. The action is spine-tingling, with booby-trapped caves, snake chambers, Nazi spies, religious demons, damsels in distress and romance, and the special effects are dazzling especially in the superb climax. The direction is effortless, and there is little to complain about the acting either. The part of the unorthodox archaeologist fits Harrison Ford like a glove and Paul Freeman brilliantly plays a smooth villain. Karen Allen, Denholm Elliot and John Rhys-Davies are excellent as well. In conclusion, brilliant and if you haven’t seen it do. 10/10 Bethany Cox
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 55 min (115 min)
Budget 18000000
Revenue 389925971
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Action, Adventure
Director Steven Spielberg
Writer Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Philip Kaufman
Actors Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman
Country United States
Awards Won 4 Oscars. 38 wins & 24 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints), Dolby Stereo (35 mm prints), Dolby Digital (IMAX version), IMAX 6-Track (IMAX version), Dolby Atmos (IMAX version), Datasat (IMAX version), SDDS (IMAX version), Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio 2.20 : 1 (70 mm prints), 2.39 : 1
Camera Panavision Panaflex-X, Panavision C-Series Lenses
Laboratory Metrocolor, Hollywood (CA), USA
Film Length 3,129 m (Sweden, cut version), 3,160 m (Sweden, uncut version)
Negative Format 35 mm (Eastman 100T 5247)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (2021 remaster), Dolby Vision, VistaVision (special effects), Panavision (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 8 mm, 16 mm, 35 mm (Eastman 5383), 70 mm (blow-up) (Eastman 5383)