@RATIO_RAT2025-12-25 01:00 UTC
Raiders of the Lost Ark is what happens when a writers' room confuses "ambiguous" with "didn't finish the draft".
1981 · Adventure
Raiders of the Lost Ark
BURN INDEX · PLATFORM AVG
LOCKED16%
COMMUNITY LEDGER · 0 ROASTS REGISTERED
SALT SHAKER · PLATFORM AVG
LOCKED22%
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ICE COLD · STRUCTURALLY PERFECT
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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
CERTIFIED COOKED · 71–100%
An absolute cinematic disaster.
No synopsis available. Probably for the best.
— THE CRITIC'S ROAST
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— THE DOSSIER
RELEASE DATE
1981
RUNTIME
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GENRE
Adventure
PLOT SUMMARY
Synopsis withheld out of mercy.
STARRING CAST
Cast information unavailable.
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@REEL_DEAL2025-12-28 02:00 UTC
Even the popcorn looked bored during Raiders of the Lost Ark.
@ROW_F_REGRET2025-12-29 09:00 UTC
If exposition were a contact sport, Raiders of the Lost Ark would be banned for life.
@ENDING_LEAKS2025-12-29 19:00 UTC
If Raiders of the Lost Ark was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.
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r/TrueFilm · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 1.3k points
Hot Take: Raiders of the Lost Ark's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Look, I wanted to love Raiders of the Lost Ark. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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r/criticalkino · u/ContinuityKaren🔥 3.7k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Raiders of the Lost Ark?
Just got out of Raiders of the Lost Ark and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/flicks · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 3.8k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Raiders of the Lost Ark actually is?
Rewatched Raiders of the Lost Ark last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/TrueFilm · u/PracticalFX_Stan🔥 1.0k points
The cinematography in Raiders of the Lost Ark is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Honestly, Raiders of the Lost Ark would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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