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Raiders Holds Ups 31 Years Later
PostedSeptember 10, 2012
NIN603
from NH
Age:45 to 54
Gender:Male
Goes to the movies:monthly
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My 11 year old son loves Raiders of the Lost Ark. Is he his father's son? Maybe.
I saw Raiders in the theater in 1981 when I was 13. At the time, I could imagine my dad, sitting next to me, as a kid in the early 1950s watching Saturday morning black & white adventure serials in the theater with the same enthusiasm.
My son watched Raiders several years ago on DVD, and he became a huge fan of the franchise instantly, just like his old man. On Friday, when I stumbled upon the article about Raiders in IMAX this weekend (hello? Where was the advertising? I totally missed this!), I looked at him and said "Buddy, you wanna see Raiders of the Lost Ark at the IMAX?" You'd have thought I offered the kid a heaping pot of gold, or the world's largest collection of Legos. He spent the next day and a half reminding me "Dad, we're going on Sunday afternoon, right? Raiders of the Lost Ark, right?"
I approached this showing with some trepidation. It had, after all, been 31 years since I watched this film in the theater setting. Will it stand up to the IMAX presentation? How's the story going to hold up? The special effects? In the last 4-5 years I have revisiting a number of films from my youth, only to be disappointed that they haven't held up well over the years, or that my changing tastes have rendered them "cheesy."
"Please," I mentally pleaded with myself, "Don't let Raiders become crappy.."
The other concern, of course, is the revisionist history that the heavyweight directors of my youth, Spielberg & Lucas, have foisted upon their film fans over the last 15-20 years. Guns transformed to radios in ET. Greedo shooting first. I worried that somehow Spielberg would go soft and the swordsman Indy faces in the Cairo market would somehow "shoot first."
Thankfully, my fears were totally unfounded. My son & I settled into our seats and as the credits rolled, I slipped back to a the cramped, sticky-floored local cinema in 1981. I looked to my left and watched my kid munch popcorn as he stared at the screen with rapt attention. We'd had the conversation about the connection between the black & white Saturday morning serials and Raiders, and how I saw Raiders as a teenager in the theater.
About midway thru the film, I saw him look my way, and I wondered if he thought "Is dad enjoying this like he did when he was a kid?"
And you know what? I was.
There aren't enough stars to rate Raiders 30 years later. Its my Gone With the Wind.
Pros well paced, great story, great actors, spectacular action
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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