Accepting That Indiana Jones is a Villain
5 min readFeb 4, 2021
Growing up, I loved the Indiana Jones movies. I hadn’t seen them in ages and recently decided to rewatch them starting with the first installment of the series: The Raiders of the Lost Ark. It didn’t go well.
I’ve always loved the silence of the opening of Raiders. There is no dialogue for a long stretch, but the stakes are conveyed. The audience knows Harrison Ford is playing the hero and…