Compare Prices on The Adventures of Indiana Jones – The Complete DVD Movie Collection
George Lucas produced something other than Star Wars? The younger crowd may not be aware of this, but anyone like me growing up in the 70′s -80′s would. The answer: Absolutely! (We can forget & forgive his mid-80′s mistake “Howard the Duck.”)
This collaborative trouble from Steven Spielberg & George Lucas brought unusual life into the action genre. It is equally well-known to remember that the films also propelled Harrison Ford from Star Wars’s loveable “scoundrel” to a silver veil staple. Here is my choose on the series so far (barring Indiana Jones 4 which is on & off…hopefully off due to Ford’s age and the closure in “Last Crusade.”)
Raiders of the Lost Ark:
From the intro Paramount logo shifting into a valid mountain, to the mishaps in recovering the golden idol from the temple, “Raiders” attractive remarkable dwelling a tone for what was to approach -action. What it brought in after the opening sequence is something not often seen in action movies -story. Not unbiased tale, mind you, but bright chronicle (dispelling the anecdote that audiences are tedious.) It is an awkward discover to sight Jones transformed from the adventurer to the lecturer, until he is told of The Ark of the Covenant -supposedly holding The Ten Commandments and a source of ultimate power -and chases after it. The rest & primitive are long embedded in film history. The Nazi’s are after it as well and Jones has the fight of his life.
Interesting points:
The attractive Karen Allen (Starman) portrays Marion (who I personally would like to have seen resurface in later films) and the rolling boulder (reminiscent of the asteroid thundering through a starship in 1979′s B-movie “The Dusky Hole.”)
Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom:
For me, this was the oddball movie. Jones saves child-slaves from an snide cult. That’s about as well as I can sum it up. It fails its predecessor and succumbs to mediocre “sequel fever.” I don’t put a question to everyone to section my idea, nor do I want you to. All-in-all, it’s a high action flick and will pass some time well, even with the miscast future Mrs. Spielberg -Kate Capshaw (Spot Camp) .
Interesting points:
The meander through the mine is an piquant thrill-ride and the tension of bridge scene afterwards makes up for the lower points of this movie.
Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade:
To area this movie alongside the first would be justice served. Here is the return of the sparkling epic and type of action/drama mix that resurged the Jones Saga. It opens with young Indiana Jones (River Phoenix, “The Mosquito Skim”) stealing a lost artifact from a band of robbers. Ultimately, he is too young to thwart them; however it reveals the character of Jones from an early age and introduces his father, Henry (Sean Connery) . Now, snappily forward to the Jones we have reach to know and Jones is trying to collect his father who went searching for the Holy Grail. The movie is a whirlwind trot through Biblical History and pure adrenaline pumped action. The chemistry between Ford & Connery shines throughout the exotic locations and explosions providing humorous relief as worthy as back-story. I can’t say enough about this film, so I will cessation here.
Interesting points:
So worthy is revealed in this movie, from the origin of the name “Indiana,” to the deepest parts of each character (something rarely seen in films -character depth.)
DVD Extras:
Fortunate enough to have seen it (and I admit I’m not that great of a fan of these DVD revelations on the making’s of the movie because it oftentimes destroys the fantasy of it all) I have to bend and declare you it is worth it. The new trailers are humorous (they weren’t at the time the movie came out and I mean that in no disrespectful draw) and a high-tail down Nostalgia Lane. One thing that sets this apart is that the documentary is not monotonous. Most are in DVD Extra-discs (probably because current movies have no right history -save maybe for The Matrix.)
Final Note:
For the cost, quality (remastered, et al.,) this is one box situation that I am joyful to comment on and also, one that I enjoy was done upright and released just. (Check out other trilogy box-sets, which I won’t name here, and you’ll collect so many versions and “Director’s Cuts” that you’ll be baffled at what to steal. This plot is complete…tiring, & simple. Enjoy
I read the first 70 reviews of the DVD 4-pack. I would like to comment on some comments.
1. Unfavorable disks? All 4 of mine played flawlessly – on a $60 player.
2. Unpleasant sound and relate? Mine looked and sounded expansive (although only on basic stereo TV) .
3. Paper tag on succor cheap? Yep. Pulled it off and threw it away. So? Some other expensive DVD’s I’ve bought came the same method.
4. Missing rat scene? Mine had it. A particular reviewer gave a 1-star rating based on a “missing” rat scene.
5. No commentary or deleted scenes? Nope. Some people seemed surprised (after they bought it) . If you can’t read an advertisement (or cheap paper trace) BEFORE you remove something, perhaps you should not be trusted with a credit card.
Truthfully, commentaries are over-rated in general, although I like them. The pickle is that the commentor is constrained by time as the movie plays along – should he only earn short 5-second comments about certain and insignificant things (“this is where the head explodes”), or a 2-minute oration about some specific point while the movie leaves him unhurried? The documentaries on the bonus disk allow as distinguished time per subject as needed (more or less) .
6. One “reviewer” said nothing about the movies or DVDs themselves but instead went off on a diatribe about how full-screen movies are in fact some kind of rip off due to “widescreen only” TV’s in the next few years. Apparently (I’m inferring) this will cause (gasp!) sad bars at the side of the veil rather than top. OK…
7. Another “reviewer” who has not actually seen the DVD’s wrote about having to return them because he bought the full-screen version by mistake, not lustrous there was a wide-screen version. Hmmm. It has “widescreen” or “stout shroud” in the title, too.
8. Another “reviewer” complained that he likes full-screen formats because he has a 4:3 TV and apparently the bars on widescreen versions are annoying. Did you know that if you had a widescreen TV, you would have plastic TV at the top and bottom instead of dismal bars and glass? This one made no sense, but he was from France, so OK:-)
9. The one guy I CAN portray to claimed this position was a rip-off because he only wanted ROTLA and notion the other movies were terrible. I would not call it a rip off – you don’t have to take it, dude – but I, too, was only fervent in ROTLA, but figured the bonus material would be edifying enough to warrant the other disks. Honest barely. ROTLA is marvelous. TOD is almost unwatchable due to the character of the shrimp kid. I concept LC was marginal, saved only because it had Nazi’s again.
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