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If the new Netflix action-adventure films Red Notice or Disney's Jungle Cruise taught me anything, it's that they don't make films like this anymore. I'd even argue that Brendan Fraser's The Mummy was probably the last great adventure movie of old. Everything that comes out today is a dull saturation with characters in front of a green screen cracking jokes every five minutes. Is there anything wrong with those movies? No, they're fun for sure, but they are engineered products. The Marvel movies for example...are all the same. There is a reason that this film stands above others; look who's involved? Arguably the greatest director of all time behind the camera, legendary Lawrence Kasdan behind the pen.
We don't even see action stunt pieces like this anymore, save for maybe Fury Road. Would they drag a stuntman behind a vehicle like this today? No, they'd probably digitize his character or again, have it filmed on a set in front of a green screen. The authenticity of the film is still fun to this day and why this film has stood the test of time.
An iconic score, memorable performances, horrifying special effects that fuel nightmares towards the climax. Raiders is a film I have no problem revisiting from time to time, it never seems to disappoint.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
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If the new Netflix action-adventure films Red Notice or Disney's Jungle Cruise taught me anything, it's that they don't make films like this anymore. I'd even argue that Brendan Fraser's The Mummy was probably the last great adventure movie of old. Everything that comes out today is a dull saturation with characters in front of a green screen cracking jokes every five minutes. Is there anything wrong with those movies? No, they're fun for sure, but they are engineered products. The Marvel movies for example...are all the same. There is a reason that this film stands above others; look who's involved? Arguably the greatest director of all time behind the camera, legendary Lawrence Kasdan behind the pen.
We don't even see action stunt pieces like this anymore, save for maybe Fury Road. Would they drag a stuntman behind a vehicle like this today? No, they'd probably digitize his character or again, have it filmed on a set in front of a green screen. The authenticity of the film is still fun to this day and why this film has stood the test of time.
An iconic score, memorable performances, horrifying special effects that fuel nightmares towards the climax. Raiders is a film I have no problem revisiting from time to time, it never seems to disappoint.