I also was ten years old the first time I saw Raiders. It was early in the summer and a new shopping mall had just opened in my hometown. Among the mall's attractions was a new, four screen theatre. Three of the theatres were small, but the main auditorium was huge, with (to my ten-year-old perception) an enormous screen. I went with my parents and some of their friends and can remember being completely caught up in the story, my attention arrested in a way that few movies before (or since) had managed. My father, being a protective parent, insisted that my eyes be shielded when the Ark of the Covenant was opened. After that first viewing, I remember that Raiders and Indiana Jones were frequent topics of my conversation (so much so that I suspect my parents grew tired of Indy's name). I've watched it many times since, and it remains one of the few films that I thoroughly enjoy watching over and over again.