This set contains the other iconic series of movies that Harrison Ford starred in, starting with 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark, and going through 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The concept of the series is that Indiana Jones, played by Ford, is a professor and archaeologist who hunts for artifacts (in Raiders it was the Ark of the Covenant, in Temple of Doom it is sacred stones, in The Last Crusade it was The Holy Grail, and in the last movie it is the titular crystal skull. The time frame in which the movies are set spans from the mid-1930s to the 1950s and pit Jones against a range of enemies from Nazis to Russians.
The A/V quality of the movies is great, with each film getting a very good HD transfer. There are a ton of extras, including a new hour-long on-set documentary for Raiders that includes interviews, bloopers, outtakes, and deleted scenes mixed into the behind-the-scenes material. The rest of the extras are ported over from the DVD releases, including a five-part making-of documentary and then several featurettes that range in length from a few minutes to about twenty minutes. Each movie gets a lot of material, but Raiders gets the most.
Overall, this is a quality set. There are some who complain that Crystal Skull is included, which to me is just silly. If there is going to be a collection of the movies, it is going to include all of the movies. If you don't want Crystal Skull you can buy the movies individually and get just the ones you want. I personally have never understood the hate for Crystal Skull. Yes, it has a plot that involves aliens, but Radiers had people's face-melting, and The Last Crusade had someone turn into a skeleton. So, the movies have not exactly been based on total reality. While I do not think it is as good as some of the other movies in the series, it is not nearly as bad as some make it out to be. My only complaint about the set is the packaging. It does appear that newer sets have updated packaging, but if you end up with the older sets, it has the horrible paper sleeves that you have to pull the discs out, which can cause the discs to get scratched. That is what knocks it down a star for me, but content-wise, the movies range from good to great, and there is hours of bonus content if you like watching that. So, it is a great pickup.
The A/V quality of the movies is great, with each film getting a very good HD transfer. There are a ton of extras, including a new hour-long on-set documentary for Raiders that includes interviews, bloopers, outtakes, and deleted scenes mixed into the behind-the-scenes material. The rest of the extras are ported over from the DVD releases, including a five-part making-of documentary and then several featurettes that range in length from a few minutes to about twenty minutes. Each movie gets a lot of material, but Raiders gets the most.
Overall, this is a quality set. There are some who complain that Crystal Skull is included, which to me is just silly. If there is going to be a collection of the movies, it is going to include all of the movies. If you don't want Crystal Skull you can buy the movies individually and get just the ones you want. I personally have never understood the hate for Crystal Skull. Yes, it has a plot that involves aliens, but Radiers had people's face-melting, and The Last Crusade had someone turn into a skeleton. So, the movies have not exactly been based on total reality. While I do not think it is as good as some of the other movies in the series, it is not nearly as bad as some make it out to be. My only complaint about the set is the packaging. It does appear that newer sets have updated packaging, but if you end up with the older sets, it has the horrible paper sleeves that you have to pull the discs out, which can cause the discs to get scratched. That is what knocks it down a star for me, but content-wise, the movies range from good to great, and there is hours of bonus content if you like watching that. So, it is a great pickup.
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