It is extremely difficult to say what my favorite movie of all time is.  There are even three trilogy's of movies that could top my list; two of the trilogy's being the "Lord of the Rings" (which was a brilliant adaptation of my favorite book by J.R.R. Tolkien) and "Star Wars" (the originals, Episodes IV-VI).  Each of these have more realistic reflections of human elements in them than most movies taking place on earth; these two are strictly fantasy genre films and they take fiction to unfathomable heights. 

But what has perhaps been my favorite movie/s (since I was all too young to put a date on) would probably be, by the slightest of margins, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and the entire "Indiana Jones" series.  I have been enamored by these landmark films for almost twenty years now and my family will remember my unrivaled joy whenever I caught them on television.  They could also tell you of my earliest rock collection and my desire to grow up and become a world renowned archaeologist, "an obtainer of rare antiquities", as I searched my parents' backyard, or my grandparents' for rare rocks and buried treasure.  There was "regular" Grandma's rock driveway where I once found a fossil of a plant when I was about ten and my love of dinosaurs and Tonka trucks fed this too (as did my family, parents, and especially my Grandparents (Huneke's and Komulainen's).  I even went into my first semester of college and, although I was an English major, took a class in Religious Archeology to keep to my roots, so to speak. 

The overwhelmed "good guy"/bad ass Indiana Jones, whose fight never wavered, has to be one of my all time favorite characters.  He is the Gunslinger (the Roland of the Dark Tower; my other favorite book by Stephen King) of the movie genre.  May 22, 2008 marks the day that George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Harrison Ford bring forth the next installment in the series with "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull".  The fourth movie released a trailer yesterday (posted in the VIDEOS section of this site) and it promises to be one of the greatest films of the Twenty-First Century!

R.J.H.

 


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JiGGer G.
02/24/2008 17:57

Dude How old are you ??
If that's you somewhere in that old black n white RJ building picture, then you're older then dirt. Indiana should bury your old fossil ass and let someone else digg it up!!!!
You are right, they are all great movies. I hear that Crystal Skulls are making a comeback.

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Oled
02/24/2008 20:06

Who else could play the classic Indiana Jones, come on. Even if it was his skull they were searching for he'd still be better than anyone else for the part. Remember Sean Connery in the third one!

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moomoo
03/08/2008 18:10

i too love the trilogy, and i am looking forward to the fourth movie. there arent enough good action, mystery, fantasy, comedy dramas out there that keep your interest, make you laugh and keep you on the edge of your seat. i too share your passion.

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