Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

This movie has not aged well. The temple of doom is almost as bad as Kingdom of the crystal scull. Both movies are written by George Lucas so that explains why they both suck. Unlike the hysterical american parents in the 1980's (who by bitching about the violence helped create the awful PG13 rating) I have no problem with the said violence in the movie. And that violence is really just that one scene with the heart and the man bing burned alive which are lousy special effects and not nearly as brutal as the nazis being killed at the end of the first movieWhat I do have a problem with is the childish tone of the film, where every situation has to be made comical by by the annoying Willie Scott played by the unattractive ugly Kate Capshaw. Luckily she stopped acting a few years afte,r as she didnt have to work, being married to the very rich Spielberg. And the equally annoying Short Round played by Jonathan Ke Quan. And he's not the only annoying kid in this movie. There is also the little maharaja played by Raj Singh. And all of the child slaves. Too many annoying kids in one movie. Despite this movie, having a reputation as being this franchises version of The Empire strikes back and the darkest movie, it comes off as silly and boring. The entire opening sequence in the nightclub is annoying and lame comedy unlike the powerful opening in the original movie. The movie never really gets good. The bridge scene is the only scene worth watching in the entire movie. The special effects are terrible even for 1984. From horrible obvious matte paintings in several scenes to the most fake looking plane crash I have ever seen to the fake looking scene of a heart litterally ripped from a mans chest to obvious puppets and miniatures in the miniwaggon chase scenes, to a dummy standing in for Ford in a fight scene, this movie comes off as cheap despite a budget of 28 million dollars. Unlike the first much superior and much more expensive looking movie, that had a much smaller budget, almost the entire film was shot in California despite the story taking place in India. The Terminator from the same year had, for the most part, better special effects despite a budget of only 6 million dollars. Its like Spielberg and Lucas were trying to save money on the sequel, by making such shitty special effects. The special effects of the original movie were much better and more creatively made. Its like they just didnt care in the sequel. I get that this movie is 34 years old and it was long before CGI, but Ive always preferred practical effects. However CGI, while not making the movie better, would have at least made the actionscenes and the violence more convincing. However too much CGI can be a bad thing, which the awful fourth movie proves in spades. For kids being born in the 90's or around 2000, long after this movie came out it will look like the utter shit that it is. To them I can only say: do not watch this. People who used to love this movie and see it on bluray on a 4K tv, for the first time, will hate it just as much, because the UHD definition makes the speical effects look so bad. The only reason I'm even giving this crap one star, is because 0 stars are not possible on imdb.

This movie is dark, funny and cool. Its a very good movie i would recommend it.

I feel like not much happens in this movie... I always heard of Indy's great adventures but I didn't find it really exciting... Sorry!

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!