Scriptnotes Raiders

Today in Scriptnotes they talked about the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark. I have seen that movie several times it’s such an iconic famous movie. They talk about the opening of the movie and how all of it’s characters are represented well with their personal strengths and weaknesses. This is true and I never realized that before but now I realize that Indiana Jones represents the good side of archeology while his rival Belloq represents the greedy side of it. I also believe that the movie does well with its religious themes, which are mainly Judaism and Christianity. I also agree with them that the set pieces are well designed or chosen and that the opening is very iconic. They also said that some of the stuff they do in the movie probably wouldn’t be done today. I agree because I watched a behind the scenes documentary on how they did the scene where the character of Tohts face melts at the end. It wasn’t easy but in the end they pulled it off. Now today they would probably use CGI to replicate it which is ok but I feel that practical effects are better. I also find it funny that one of the hosts had never seen the movie and even thought it was called “Lost Art.”