tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8456620400015224634.post3512788731615333957..comments2024-03-28T03:20:00.951+01:00Comments on Film Fan: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (3 Stars)Mike Hoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09079744279692869325noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8456620400015224634.post-65239141007917381042015-08-26T00:01:42.002+02:002015-08-26T00:01:42.002+02:00*Disturbia. (But really just playing himself). Goo...*Disturbia. (But really just playing himself). Good film that i recommend for a review.Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372675604861223439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8456620400015224634.post-40200620245873424972015-08-25T02:54:17.464+02:002015-08-25T02:54:17.464+02:00To be honest, I don't think Shia LaBeouf is mu...To be honest, I don't think Shia LaBeouf is much good in anything. Or maybe I'm being unfair to him. I need to see him in more films.Mike Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079744279692869325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8456620400015224634.post-80602574421960688932015-08-16T20:38:05.663+02:002015-08-16T20:38:05.663+02:00Ok, I understand your viewpoint properly now. I st...Ok, I understand your viewpoint properly now. I still think this film has dated incredibly well and is one of those films everyone should see.<br />Would be good to have a new extension to the franchise with indy's grandson. I don't think shia LaBeouf is really any good for these action films (was ok in disturbing).Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372675604861223439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8456620400015224634.post-79831925003973611042015-08-16T07:03:49.658+02:002015-08-16T07:03:49.658+02:00Maybe I could imagine Hitler taking the Ark if he ...Maybe I could imagine Hitler taking the Ark if he didn't consider it to be something Jewish, but merely an object of power that had fallen into the Jews' hands. Much like the gold and artwork that he stole from them. That isn't the way the Jews see the artefact though. For them it was the Ark of the Covenant, the symbol of their religion. It contained the original stone tablets on which the 10 Commandments were written, and it was also claimed that God himself was inside the Ark. I find it difficult to understand what "God" was, both from religious and atheist points of view.<br /><br />From a religious point of view, how could an omnipotent God be carried in a container? Why was it ordained that everyone who looked into the Ark should die? Then there's the story of Uzzah who God struck down because because he touched the Ark to steady it when the oxen stumbled. Wasn't it a good thing that he did. Was God so spiteful?<br /><br />From an atheist point of view -- at least an atheist who credits the stories with some historical veracity -- what were the Jews carrying? Was it some sort of powerful stone that was deadly to the touch? That might have been what Hitler believed, in the context of the film.<br /><br />Whole books have been written by Jewish and Christian authors about the Ark. It's a strange, mystical subject. I don't claim to have read them. I don't see the relevance for my own life, and I don't even see the relevance for Christian authors. Maybe a Jewish scholar might have some reason to write about it. Someone needs to give me a two-page summary of what he thinks the Ark was. I could read that much.Mike Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079744279692869325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8456620400015224634.post-33403498332258243152015-08-15T20:42:55.047+02:002015-08-15T20:42:55.047+02:00Well he took the Jews' property, land and asse...Well he took the Jews' property, land and assets away from there for pure material gain, so I personally see no reason he wouldn't try and defy their faith by harnessing an artefact. He was God in his own mind anyway, some would definitely say.Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372675604861223439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8456620400015224634.post-89992360478744221702015-08-15T08:00:56.714+02:002015-08-15T08:00:56.714+02:00I partly agree with you, as far as the film plots ...I partly agree with you, as far as the film plots not being water tight, but I stick by my criticism of Hitler using the Biblical ark. It's the exact opposite of what Hitler would have done in real life.Mike Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079744279692869325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8456620400015224634.post-12284721870677434452015-07-31T22:10:35.453+02:002015-07-31T22:10:35.453+02:00As I passionately spoke up in another Meetup group...As I passionately spoke up in another Meetup group to the one we know each other from, I don't regard the Indy movies as ones to really grade on plot and real world logic. We care for Indy, we see his persona at college and his more rough and ready one when he is out adventuring. He has to use his wits as much as his brains and brawn. He has a strong ex who can almost manage without him, but acts as a great foil. With some well played villains and heavies in the mix too, I can never be let down by revisiting this splendid film. Hard to decide if this or Empire Strikes Back is the better brainchild of George Lucas, back when he wasn't just all ego.Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372675604861223439noreply@blogger.com