Indiana Jones and the Magic Box: Why I Seriously Dislike Raiders of the Lost Ark

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I Can't Get Attached to the Characters, so I Can't Get Invested in the Story To be honest, I don't even like Indiana Jones.  He takes the unemotional, "tough guy" archetype so far that I can't relate to him at all.  For example, when he is forced to relinquish the Chachapoyan Fertility Idol to Belloq, he shows little emotional reaction, even though he just escaped death to procure it. (By the way, I'm pretty sure I'd be yelling or crying or both.)  Even during his "romantic" scene with Marion in the ship, he lacks tenderness.  He never tells her that he's been worried or that he's missed her or even that she looks beautiful, leaving him looking simply lustful, instead of caring.

I'm not too much fonder of Marion.  While I want to like her in Nepal, when she stands up to Major Toht's threats without giving away the headpiece that Indy needs, I get frustrated with her damsel in distress moments later.  In particular, I think of when she gets kidnapped and trapped helplessly in a basket being carried on someone's head.  For goodness sakes, it's a basket.  Punch it. Rock to unbalance it.  Do something other than yell, "Indy!"  Surely if she can run a bar in Nepal, she can escape a the clutches of a nefarious basket.

Because I can't get close to either of these characters, I get bored with the story.  I really don't care that Indy is clutching the front of a speeding car, about to be smashed to smithereens or that Marion is being held hostage in the Nazi camp; I'm just wondering how much longer the movie is.