Agreed with you on this DLZ. Indy is a very memorable character and the Raiders movie is a classic piece. The Last Crusade was without a doubt the best movie in the series.

The Last Crusade was my favorite too. Ironically, it's the movie I've seen the least out of the trilogy.

Really? I have to say Raiders is definitely still my favorite. Though I loved all of them. Last Crusade probably is my second favorite, though....maybe. Hell, I just love them all. I didn't even hate Crystal Skull as much as most seemed to hate it.

Yeah, but since I've watched these movies over and over well into my adulthood, I can't say that the quality of the film has ever diminished.

I understand where you're coming from. I've often tried pointing out that just because a movie was a childhood favorite does not mean the movie was actually good.

There are many movies that I remember liking as a kid, but I go back and watch them now and can tell you they weren't good at all. Like 'Howard the Duck' (not even sure why that one popped in my head). But I really enjoyed that as a kid for some reason and remember watching it many times over. Going back now, that's absolute garbage.

That being said, Raiders of the Lost Ark is NOT one of those movies, though. Raiders is a great movie. Good script, great storytelling, humorous, great character. This movie is like the perfect blend of style and substance. Smart enough but still loads of fun at the same time. The perfect example of a great adventure movie.

Yea, you have to lose credibility when one says something like that. Indiana Jones is one of the most iconic characters of cinema history. Jones is absolutely memorable. Hell, even to this day you can see "imitators" and the influence the character has had over the years.

You can look at Nathan Drake to see how Jones is still so memorable that people are still imitating it (I use that word loosely, and not in a bad way), along with Rick from The Mummy series, Lara Croft, the National Treasure movies. And I can't even imagine where the hero archetype would be without Indiana Jones (and Hans Solo as well).

So, yes, Indiana Jones is absolutely memorable and is iconic. He stands up there as one of the greatest fictional characters of all-time, right up there with characters like Sherlock Holmes (another I absolutely love). Hell, people even refer to that fedora as an "Indian Jones hat" still to this day. I think that says enough right there.