Adventures of Indiana Jones

Are action fantasy movies with a historical twist your kind of movies? Then the movie series Indiana Jones is a must see. It is one of the most captivating and on edge action packed series everyone will enjoy. With great special effects, characters, environments, and attention grabbing plots along with tons of whip cracking action, Indiana Jones is sure to keep everyone, from geeks, to old school adults, on the edge of their seats in the Indiana Jones movie series.

Plot/Story

In the Indiana Jones series, an Indiana treks into unknown places in pursuit of ancient and mysterious artifacts. In each movie in the series, Indiana Jones must undertake different quests. In the first movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones sets off to Egypt to recover the mysterious Ark of the Covenant- the supposed holding place of the Ten Commandments!  In an attempt to beat the Nazis to finding the artifact, he ends up fighting and whipping his way through them before eventually discovering reaching the Ark. In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana finds himself in the ancient land of India. He is informed that he was sent by a Hindu god to help restore a devastated village by recovering the sacred Sankara Stones from a group of sadistic cultist. Lastly, in the final movie, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana sets off to rescue his father from the grasp of the Nazis who try to force his fathers’ help in their quest to find arguably the most sought after artifact, the Holy Grail!

Special Effects

What gives a movie its final cherry on top is the special effects. The series contains incredibly realistic sound effects throughout the series which makes one feel as though he/she is actually there. Along with the sound effects, are the scenes which really gravitate the audience into the film. From scenes of someone aging into a zombie in seconds before your eyes, such as in the Last Crusade, to spectral entities materializing in front of Nazis in Raiders of the Lost Ark, to the creation of scenes of fire sweeping through canyons, they are all what makes up a great film. Although the effects found in Indiana Jones are not as impressive as they were in its heydays, they are still original and of course pretty cool.

Environment/Setting

The Indiana Jones series features a wide variety of unique and bizarre environments. Set around the nineteen thirties to forties, Indiana Jones ventures through deserts, jungles, snowy peaks, and the city life. As he treks through these places, he always come across some sort of ancient temple or some sort of supernatural place. For example in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana finds himself in the midst of a ritual while the Ark is opened. Similarly he also comes across an ancient temple in the Last Crusade that holds the Holy Grail where he encounters booby traps and puzzle like passages, and even faces a knight guarding the grail.

Hero/Villain

As with every great series, there is a hero, and in each movie Indiana must in some way recover an ancient artifact which in some way poses danger to others, or must be recovered to save others. For example Indiana heroically recovered the Sankara stones to save the Indian village from famine and he was able to retrieve the Grail to heal his dying father. And we all know every hero needs a villain to face. Although there is no single villain, Indiana faces different foes under different circumstances. Whether it’s a sadistic cult leader in a temple of doom, or the usual Nazis Indiana always seems to be fighting.