Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made Movie Review

Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (2015)

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Written by: Tim Skousen & Jeremy Coon (written by), Alan Eisenstock (book)  
Directed by: Jeremy Coon, Tim Skousen
Starring: Chris Strompolos, Eric Zala, Jayson Lamb
Rated: -
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Plot
A documentary about the fan film The Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation, where three teens recreated the Indiana Jones movie scene for scene over seven years.

Verdict
I love the drive and determination of these teens. They really did create something out of nothing. You would benefit from watching Raiders!, but if not you can still appreciate the accomplishment. Unfortunately this is spread thin between filming the new scene in 2014, how they created this in the '80s, and what happened to the creators in between. 
It depends.

Review
While this documentary is framed around them finally filming the airplane scene twenty five years later after a successful Kickstarter campaign, the real story is that sometimes through sheer force of will you can achieve a moderate level of stardom. They worked on this during every break and vacation. Pooling their money and resource to get props. They were local celebrities at the time, but it would be nearly fifteen years before this movie reached a wider audience.

An inspiring story of kids that achieved.

After a certain point it doesn't matter if it's good. They made a feature length film. There are those that want to do and those that actually do. Plenty of people have ideas, but very few mold those ideas into something. Their love of Indiana Jones is apparent, and that's what attract people.

These kids grew up making this film and even drift apart. They get a chance to fulfill a wish. Many of us grew up pretending to be Dr. Jones, but few of us ever thought to actually become him.

Director Eli Roth finds this film and gets it screened. It's a hit. The critics viewing it complain when the theater cuts it short to show an advanced screening of Lord of the Rings. Due to this renewed interest they can finally complete the one scene they couldn't make.