| Raiders of the Lost Ark ***** Not my top favorite film, but in the top five simply because I can watch it over and over again without a problem. A perfect adventure, and probably the best adventure film ever made. Just knowing you can sit there during each viewing, knowing each coming piece of dialogue, and scene by heart. Some films I get tired of after watching a few times, but with this I don't. Each scene is perfect, placed in the right spot--not a wrong step or move is made by Spielberg, the cast, the script. Harrison Ford was born to play Indiana Jones. He nails the humor dead-on. I can't believe they wanted Tom Selleck to play Jones. It surely wouldn't have been the same. My favorite scene comes when Ford and Karen Allen have just come from the incredible chase sequence on the trucks. They are in a room on a big ship taking a rest. Ford won't let Allen touch him because he is hurting all over. She asks where it doesn't hurt. He says, "Here," and points to his elbow. The scene is so funny, so original and well written--just priceless. It concludes when Ford falls asleep and Allen says, "We can't seem to get a break, can we?". I can't seem to stop loving the scene. One of the many reasons of why I love movies. Perfect, perfect, perfect. |