Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark is on cable right now and it has been awhile since I have seen it, actually since that whole Kingdom of the Crystal Skull bullshit I have pretty much tried to push the entire series out of my mind. However Raiders of the Lost Ark really is a good film, I actually like all of the first three films but upon watching the original I realized  some things about Indiana Jones, namely that the world would be a much better place without him.

Strangely dressed for a knight.

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Case in Point:
1: He is a horrible archaeologist
At the opening of the film we see Indiana Jones trying to steal a religious artifact from a native people that apparently have an amazing grasp of the hydraulics and some sort of fiber optic technology - because they built booby traps beyond the realm of modern understanding. He destroys their temple then gives the statue of their god to some french guy because he doesn't even do enough research to speak simple phrases in the native peoples language like "Don't shoot arrows at me this guy is a Nazi."

South American Idol.

2: He is kind of a jerk:
Marian, Indiana Jone's love interest in the film (played by Karen Allen) reveals to the audience that the reason her father and Indy are not on speaking terms is because of the relationship she had with Indy -because of this her father is looking for the lost ark on his own without the help of Indiana Jones and ends up dead - she ends up a drunk running some bar in the middle of nowhere all  because Indy couldn't keep it in his pants.

3. He is greedy
Somehow he knows that shutting your eyes saves you from zombie demon ghost melting your face off and after all the Nazis are killed  on that island in this fashion he simply takes the ark back to America instead of letting it go to Hitler - where he would have opened it and demon zombie things would melt his face off -  earth saved! No Invasion of Normandy, no dropping bomb of Hiroshima, and no Vin Diesel in Saving Private Ryan.

Even the little girl hates his acting.

Instead he tries to get his fortune and glory by taking it back to the states only to have it locked in a crate. He outsmarted the Nazi's up until that point there is no way "Operation Melt Hitler's Face," did not cross his mind. He had to have made a decision to try and sell it to pay off some of his outstanding gambling debts or something.