Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

So much average

One of my all time favorites.

Best movie ever!

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

This film contains graphic images of A HEART BEING RIPPED OUT OF A LIVING MAN'S CHEST. It's gory and horrible to watch, and just exudes a feeling of wrongness. It started off quite good, but once they reach the underground temple, Spielberg put the plot in park and instead focused on grossing out the audience with truly horrific scenes. It is NOT suitable for children, and should have been rated R ("Equilibrium" is far less violent and is rated R). This is not a true Indiana Jones movie. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "The Last Crusade" are really good movies with serial action. THIS IS NOT!!! I enjoyed Willie Scott's and Short Round's characters, but they fall far short of saving this DISGUSTING movie.

I haven't seen this movie in a long time. I gave it a 6 since I am such an Raiders of the Lost Ark Fan.This movie was kind of annoying, it should have been Indiana Jones and the screaming sidekicks. Both of them grated on my last nerve. Since becoming a dad I find violence towards kids intolerable to watch now so there is that too. After having eaten lots of Indian dishes I found the dinner scene just too stupid to even be funny. As each thing that bugged me cropped up it added to the pile so much so I found myself nitpicking the realism of a movie, which I can usually just ignore and enjoy it for what it is, but not with this one. Truly disappointing. Stick with Raiders of the Lost Ark, a classic that won't let you down.

I guess Willie was swept up in the action. Why else did she get on the plane? Nice mini-scene with Dan Aykroyd.How much can you make flying chickens from China to India? Willie is the queen of rubbernecking.Iconic crash background scene.The sheer bewilderment on the villagers faces as they watch this ridiculous white woman.The "sweetheart" would not fly today.I forgot about Willie's camping experience."I very little. You cheat very big"... great line.Dinner is another great scene.Short Round has a fear of women.The ceremony has heart, but was super creepy watching as a kid.Company meeting over. Back to your desks.That's a remarkable stone throw.That's a horrible mug.I forgot about the voodoo.Willie's leaving a bad Yelp review.Mola Ram is very good at creepy inflection.After all the complaining about being wet Willie's situation has swung too far the other way.Sweet escape door move from Mola Ram.I never noticed Short Round fending off fiends in the background while Indy was raising Willie.That's a super human punch to send that guard sliding so far.Love the escaping kids kicking the fine dinnerware just because.Vicious heart punch.Love Willie asking the huge guard what's written by with Indy :). He's not gonna tell ya. If he did they'd have to pay him more.Rusty saw to the belly skin. Ouch! Willie shadow boxing.Pudding.Cheer! Several people died horribly! Great roller coaster thru bridge scenes.Only a true believer would make that cart-to-cart jump.Mola Ram is so often very pleased with himself.This movie keeps bouncing between element extremes.No pistol to help vs swords this film.Just like Han Solo with the stormtroopers.There is no point for Mola Ram to move himself and his prisoners onto the bridge.They are so surprised. He's been holding the sword above his head for minutes! Total perception failure.Why you hitting yourself? Infinite Whilhelm Screams in this movie.How did all those kids take longer to arrive?

Dr Henry 'Indiana' Jones is back - albeit in a sequel that acts as a prequel! It's 1935, teaming up with a club singer called 'Willie' and a twelve year old boy (Short Round) after a deal gone wrong Indiana tries to uncover the secrets of, and escape the temple of Doom. Queue another great and epic adventure filled with excitement, action, thrills, spills, laughs and a bit of romance too. Again directed by Spielberg with a John Williams score the audience is treated to a thrill a minute. I'd suggest that the pace of this film is sharper than "Raiders of the Lost Arc", and the content a tiny bit darker too, especially towards the end when it looks like Indy has turned heel. Censors at the time used this movie to bring out the PG-13 classification because it was a little too dark for young children. It's still really enjoyable though and modern audiences wouldn't bat an eye lid at the content on screen. While it's not the favorite Indy film for some reviewers it's still amongst the best adventure movies ever made and is as good today as it was at release. Perhaps the negative reviewers expected too much when in fact the film was still trying to establish the archaeologist turned adventurer to the masses by telling a back story. OK, so some elements of the film live out stereotypes which by today's standards could be misconstrued as sexist or racist, but rather than look for meaning that deep just view it as a comic adventure like it's supposed to be. The film isn't a critique about skin colour, gender, or greed, it's a start to finish adventure straight from the pages of a childlike and innocent mind.If you want to watch a fun movie then you need look no further. Close the curtains, get the popcorn ready, crank up the volume and enjoy a fantastic movie which will entertain and thrill from start to finish!