Other than the snakes, my gripes with the film are minor. It's moments like that which show why Spielberg is a masterful director. There's no reason why I should be tense and worried, but I was so caught up in the moment that I genuinely was. I've seen this movie before and know he survives, it's only 15 minutes in the movie so logically he'd have to survive, and he's got sequels with an older Indy so he must survive. During the opening scene with Indy's famous escape from the temple and the giant boulder, I was genuinely tensed up and worried for him. There is such a spirit of fun and adventure to this whole movie that, besides the snakes, it's a real joy to watch. That's a genre we don't really see a lot anymore, and it's a real shame. Not an action film (though there is action in it) but an adventure film. Beyond that though, it's a shame it took me so long to give this film another look, because it's really a perfect adventure film. It's the snakes really that did it, and godamn that snake scene near the end is still difficult for me to watch. For me, that was Raiders of the Lost Ark (and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but that's another story). Everyone has that movie that traumatized them as a child but didn't really affect anyone else.
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