From 1981 to 1988, Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series of Magic Cabinet Raiders, Magic Palace Legends, and Jihad Raiders opened a new chapter in adventure films. In the three films, the treasure hunt becomes the starting point of the story, the action becomes the basic narrative method of the story, the adventure and courage become the highlights of the narrative, and the film spectacle full of exciting and fierce fighting scenes becomes a grand ceremony that the audience is happy to appreciate.
The first episode of the Ark of The Magic First, with a revenue of 200 million US dollars ranked second in the year's blockbusters. In the 1930s, in a tropical rainforest in South America, the male protagonist Jones took an ancient cave, through the test of various secret mechanisms, poisonous arrows, and boulders, and defeated the betrayed guide to obtain a pagan golden statue of the local indigenous people, and finally snatched it by the archaeologists of Nazi Germany. Upon his return, after jones and the government's analysis, the Nazis may have found there a biblical account of the Ark of Law containing the time of Moses; This could become a secret weapon with great lethality. Dr. Jones gladly accepted the order to travel to Nepal and Egypt in search of bronze medals for clues to the excavation of the legal cabinet and to fight the Nazis.
The second episode, Dr. Jones, appears in Asia in the 1930s, and tells the story of Dr. Indiana Jones, a nightclub singer and a twelve-year-old child, who stepped forward to save hundreds of children enslaved by mysterious worship rituals and find out the secrets of the Sacred Stone of Ankara.
In the third episode of Jihad, Harrison Ford's fight with his opponent has developed from land to a full range of land, sea and air battles. And this episode is joined by Sean Connery. The Nazis joined forces with Turkey to create secret weapons in an attempt to upset the international balance of force and swallow up the world, and the U.S. government sent Indiana Jones to find the legendary Holy Grail to resist the forces of evil.
The Raiders of the Lost Ark series became the originator of many later action movie fight scenes. We can see traces of him in many movies. It is mainly about legendary stories, exoticisms and themes full of courage and passion.
Adventure films are a very common genre in the West, especially Hollywood, which has a tradition of emphasizing personal courage and commercial film. It is the most important economic pillar of Hollywood studios. At the same time, it is undoubtedly the most commercial atmosphere of the film.
The protagonist of Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jones, strictly adheres to the character types and narrative patterns in adventure films, which are full of difficult action and adventurous spirit, fully demonstrating the male personality. The protagonist is often confronted with difficult and impossible tasks to rescue, explore, seize treasure, fight, or take revenge. They often encounter the harsh conditions of jungles, mountains and deserts and encounter extremely dangerous opponents, but they can always overcome the danger and eventually win the beauty return.
Adventure films allow audiences to witness the rare events of their lives, experience extraordinary experiences, so it never worries about finding the audience, and the protagonist of the film often becomes the highlight of the film with his personal charm Harrison Ford, who plays Indiana Jones in Raiders, with this series, becoming one of Hollywood's most successful actors. The screen image of Dr. Indiana Jones also became one of the most successful film characters.