The Adventures of Indiana Jones: The Complete Movie Collection [DVD]

A great box set and extras CD from the original action hero. Bought for an eleven year old nephew who according to his thank you letter enjoyed "the bit where the people's faces melted" the best, it also filled a whole day during a wet summer holiday watching the films in sucession with one of his uncles,a serious film buff who was also enthralled. Great classic films, interesting bonus CD and a must for youngsters who missed them first time around or nostalgic uncles! (Actually the best bit is still where Indie is confronted by the sword wielding native who is going to challenge him to some sort of duel. He just stands back and shoots him from 25 yards with a tired expression on his face). Classic moment!

These are all fantastic family films and there are plenty of reviews detailing them, so I`m going to concentrate on the various box sets which often have the same reviews just to confuse you. I bought The Adventures...

We all know everything about the Indiana Jones films and how fantastic they are. I just wanted to let other fans who maybe haven't purchased a box set yet that this 4 disc set is fantastic value. Although it is a four disc set in actual fact it only has the first three movies, but what it does have is a separate disc (disc 4) this is over 2 hours long and sets out in full the making of all three movies, this is the best extras disc I have ever watched.. So PLEASE do not be put off purchasing this box set just because the box is not in English all discs play in full English, I must admit I thought that the price was too good to be true and was slightly concerned that I had purchased something I was not going to view in English, however, I need not have been worried at all. This is excellent value for money, go buy it now before they all go !!!!

It's never easy to review three films in one go, but comparing the first three Indiana Jones movies with the much more recent fourth, I simply ask myself why they worked where 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' really didn't. 'Raiders of the Lost Arc' is still the best; a classical adventure story with a strong atmosphere, a sense of humour that never gets silly, and the kind of performances one expects from heavy-weight actors in light-weight roles. It does, as they say, exactly what it says on the tin. In its self, 'Raiders' is deserving of a full five stars, not least because the fantasy manages to stay just this side of the credibility gap. 'The Temple of Doom' begins with an object lesson in how to keep the suspense 'ball' in the air for as long as possible without losing the story. The first time I saw it, I remember thinking that there was something almost lyrical in the way one predicament lead to another, sweeping the characters from (I think) Shanghai to 'Somewhere in India' in an effortless stream of adventures. Another plus for this film is that while it involves a large number of child actors, it doesn't slide into the typical Hollywood mush that usually gets served up when children become involved. That being said, it's quite macabre in places, and perhaps the darkest of all the Indiana Jones adventures. Also, my heart bleeds for the actress in the supporting role, whose character was perhaps the most unsympathetic female lead ever written. I know she's supposed to be funny, but it goes beyond that.Enough to make anyone a militant feminist. 'The Last Crusade' runs a close second best to 'Raiders'. Sean Connery handles his comedic role perfectly. (Many years ago at drama college, I was told NEVER to play for laughs. The script is either funny or it's not, and you, the actor, won't make it any funnier by pulling faces or clowning.) Connery, playing the comedy absolutely straight - as, to be fair, does Denholm Elliott - steels every scene he's in. The father-son relationship is handled well, without any schmaltz or general 'drippyness'. So, to sum up the package of all three? Straight-forward adventure story lines, great casts, ditto photography; the cinematic equivalent to a nice warm bath at the end of a stressful day. As a viewer, like the protagonists, one is asked to make a few leaps of faith along the way, but for your classic 'Boys' Own' style adventure, they can't be beat.

Brought this collection as a birthday present for my mom and am very happy with the quality and overall condition of the set, however, the delivery did take a while so if you're ordering for a particular event make sure you order two weeks before in order to receive the delivery for the correct time :) Overall I am very happy with this product...despite the long wait the set arrived in great condition and my mom was very pleased with the set...I highly recommend its purchase :)

Was great to have the first ones in this set but would happily have paid more if all the series were in a box set

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg, 1989, 127') Preliminary: Oops! Only one review per customer per product set is allowed is the message I get when I try to put a second film of the three in the Indiana Jones cassette for review - my last was for Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and was my review 72us Intelligent entertainment of 15 May 2012. The only way to bypass this limitation - which is mostly a good rule, occasionally an obstacle - is by moving over to amazon uk. I hope I won't get branded as a hacker. In conclusion, last time I wrote, "Miss Keal's point - "Atrocious, a machine-tooled adventure, from a pair of creators who think just like the marketing division - still holds, only that we today consider it as (positive) history and great fun". Miss Keal's judgement is more holding for this one, though Irish actress Alison Doody - "she made a huge impression on (even) Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, who loved her great sense of humour and her Grace Kelly looks as Dr Elsa Schneider" - is the only perfect incorporation of an image in the film and might tip her balance in the film's favour... In the film, set largely in 1938, Indiana searches for his father, a Holy Grail scholar, who has been kidnapped by Nazis. After the mixed reaction to the dark Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Spielberg chose to compensate by completing the trilogy with a film lighter in tone. During the five years between Temple of Doom and Last Crusade, director Spielberg and executive producer Lucas reviewed several scripts before accepting Jeffrey Boam's. Filming locations included Spain, Italy, England, Turkey and Jordan. The rest can be read up in the financial gazettes and the props and bricoleur newsletter - nothing mega, all giga. With the same ingredients and VERY much research, it seems, the spiritual variations have reached a limit; interpretations by actors were all deja-vu's with one exception. So the final score for the trilogy: Five stars for No 1, one for No 2, and still three because of Elsa - sorry, for No 3. 174 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg, 1989, 127') - 25/9/2012

Bought this box set for our grandson aged 7 who suddenly had a passion for Indiana Jones who he saw as a real hero. We have watched some of the films with him and they kept us all watching even though the action is a bit far fetched and unbelievable to an adult ...but great fun nonetheless. Great purchase and value for money.