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Jason believes that Temple of Doom is a masterpiece. Hey, he can't be wrong about everything. The best and the favorite aren’t always the same horse. I myself would rank the Indiana Jones movies in order of release, but when it comes to the original trilogy, the contestants are close enough in quality that I don’t begrudge anyone their favorite of the three.
The Temple of Doom is more selective and not the better for it. The Temple of Doom opens in 1935 Hong Kong, with archeologist adventurer Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) in trouble with a local crime lord. As is his style, Indy has to make a daredevil's escape - this time in the company of his pint-sized sidekick, Short Round, and a nightclub ...
The second of the George Lucas/Steven Spielberg Indiana Jones epics is set a year or so before the events in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1984). After a brief brouhaha involving a precious vial and a wild ride down a raging Himalyan river, Indy (Harrison Ford) gets down to the problem at hand: retrieving a precious gem and several kidnapped young boys on behalf of a remote East Indian village.
May 16, 1984 · Available on VHS, DVD. Original review text from 1984. Running time: 118 MIN. ... so does "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" come as a letdown after "Raiders of the Lost Ark." This is ironic ...
Intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones, on the trail of fortune and glory in Old Shanghai, is ricocheted into a dangerous adventure in India. With his faithful companion Short Round and nightclub singer Willie Scott, Indie goes in search of the magical Sankara stone, and uncovers an ancient evil which threatens all who come into contact with it.
May 22, 2008 · May 22, 2008. “Anything Goes” is the opening refrain of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, as Kate Capshaw sassily steps in front of the title card while singing a Mandarin-language version of the Cole Porter showtune. And then Spielberg’s camera follows Capshaw into the mouth of a dragon where chorus girls await to tap dance amid ...
Feb 12, 2023 · The same with Young Indiana Jones, which looks cheap, fake and is really boring. The movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom has this phenomenon that I call “Chicken Syndrome.”. The Back to the Future sequels introduce the idea that Marty McFly is triggered to the point of being stun-locked by being called a “chicken.”.
