‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark’ Run Extended

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• This was the best film I’ve seen in a theater this year. Says a lot about the state of current blockbusters, doesn’t it?

  Comment by Anonymous — Friday September 14, 2012 @ 3:19pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Agreed! And they didn’t even have to add 3-D.

  Comment by Chris — Friday September 14, 2012 @ 4:24pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Brought a 15 year old boy who’d only seen it on TV — was transfixed. Agreed — it’s the best movie of the year!

  Comment by reba — Friday September 14, 2012 @ 5:50pm PDT  Reply to this post

• It looked great. Please please release temple and last crusade in Imax. I couldn’t believe how much I enjoyed this on the big screen . Took my nephew… first time viewer that was on the edge of his seat. I squirmed during the snake scene even though I’ve seen the movie a dozen times before… Something about that Imax screen. Love it.

  Comment by cj — Friday September 14, 2012 @ 5:51pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Adjusted for inflation (via Box Office Mojo), RAIDERS is the #19 domestic box office champ of all time. There have been very few (if any) domestic theatrical re-releases of this picture over the years.

  For perspective of impact, AVENGERS is actually #27 on the same list…

  But RAIDERS is about more than money: It’s an icon; a cultural landmark. It’s as good as it gets in that particular genre, “A”-caliber, across the board. Hell of a cast; hell of a script.

  And, of course, there’s Steven…who I’d personally love to see spending the rest of his (hopefully long) days making only films like MUNICH and LINCOLN.

  Comment by Lance Mazmanian — Friday September 14, 2012 @ 6:48pm PDT  Reply to this post

• My wife and I saw RAIDERS in IMAX last night.

  Had not seen it on a big screen since ’81 when I was age 10.

  Movie flew by. After almost 20 years in the industry, I was stunned by how simple it is. Long stretches with no dialog but heaps of crisp visual storytelling. Very effective.

  Hope we see more of these Blu-ray promo IMAX releases. I get more excited than I do for a new movie.

  Comment by herculoid — Friday September 14, 2012 @ 7:12pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Too bad they didn’t remaster the film for this digital LieMAX presentation run. Terrible video artifacts and focus truly challenged the film’s entertainment value for this “Raiders” fan. Fortunately, DoP Doug Slocombe didn’t have to see what’s happened to his exemplary cinematography.

  Comment by Burbank — Friday September 14, 2012 @ 10:38pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Yes, I heard bout the focus pull issues. What up with that?

    Comment by Brad — Saturday September 15, 2012 @ 12:46am PDT  Reply to this post

• I’m sure the cost of making real IMAX prints would have been a lot for a limited run, but it would have been a fitting tribute. Great anyway enev in LieMAX.

  Took my 16 year old son who was also transfixed to the screen. He was the youngest in the theatre for a 7pm show.

  Comment by Dan — Saturday September 15, 2012 @ 7:36am PDT  Reply to this post

• I’d rather see re-releases than all these remakes.

  Comment by fluffo — Sunday September 16, 2012 @ 10:29pm PDT  Reply to this post

• It was pretty amazing, seeing that french guy eat that fly on the big screen. Did any one else catch that?

  Comment by Lee — Monday September 17, 2012 @ 8:36pm PDT  Reply to this post