@...Insanely Rational: You’re nuts if you think Raiders of the Lost Ark “sucked balls”. Its one of the most iconic, genre-defining movies of all time. Every single scene has been imitated, homaged and parodied a thousand times. Its an impressive work at every levels, like how the character of Indiana is completely defined by the end of the first scene with hardly any dialogue. Most films can’t pull off that kind of character development throughout the entire movie.
“the hero who doesn’t actually save the day, he just stands around while the day pretty much saves itself. ”
He doesn’t just stand around, he struggles, he fights, he risks his life. But ultimately he’s still just one man who’s part of a much larger scheme of the universe. That’s the point. Whether or not you agree with those philosophical implications, that’s hardly a flaw with the movie.