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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (2008 Re-Issue)
By Steven Spielberg
Hyped 8/24/2008 8:10:22 PM
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Last Rated: 2/8/2009 8:40:52 PM by nassauroyal and has been rated 3 time(s)
Viewed 468 time(s)
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Latest Comments:
 mamatito33 (9/10/2008):
I loved this movie. I loved the comedy mixed with action and Kate Capshaw and Harrison Ford played i...
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Egan080's Review and Opinion:
When Raiders of the Lost Ark became a super-duper hit for producer George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg, two things became instantly apparent: Harrison Ford had become a major leading man capable of carrying a picture on his own, and that Lucas and Spielberg could now make more Indiana Jones movies.
For the second movie, Lucas came up with a dark story inspired by screenwriters Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz's interest in India and its culture...Indy would be forced by circumstances to recover a small village's sacred Sankara Stone from a deadly cult known as the Thuggee.
Temple of Doom may not have been as innovative, as light on its feet, or as FUN to watch as Raiders, but it made movie history in two ways.
First, because it was set a year before Raiders of the Lost Ark, it was the film for which the term "prequel" was first widely used.
Second, although it was rated PG when it was released, the very gross visuals in the temple at Pankot and the violent content of Gremlins, which was produced by Steven Spielberg, prompted the director to promote a new rating...PG-13.
The "Indy Girl" in this movie, singer Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw), is the total opposite of Karen Allen's Marion Ravenwood, and this is mined for both the humor and sex appeal.
The sidekick, Short Round ((Quan Ke Huy) is a 12-year-old dynamo, sort of a miniature Bruce Lee in 1930s Shanghai/India,
Like The Empire Strikes Back in Lucas's other trilogy, Temple of Doom is dark, perhaps (and even Lucas says so in the new intro to this 2008 re-issue) too much so. Still, it's humorous and full of stunts and special effects gags, and (to those who care about such things) there's no CGI trickery or retouching anywhere. Worth watching, even if it's not as GREAT as Raiders.
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Visual Aspects 86.67% |
As in most Spielberg movies, the costumes and makeup effects are good and realistic. |
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Auditory Aspects 90.00% |
Ben Burtt and the rest of the sound crew did wonders here for this film. So does John Willams' score! |
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Cinematography 100.00% |
Doug Slocombe did marvelous cinematography, and Michael Kahn is a master editor! |
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Plot/story 83.33% |
Not as original as Raiders, but then, what would be? |
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Character 75.00% |
Considering that the Indy series is a modern version of 1930s serials, realism is...well...relative. |
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Acting 80.00% |
The acting was good, even though the situations here are a bit broad and tongue-in-cheek |
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General 73.33% |
Not as fun as Raiders, and not as emotionally rich as Last Crusade, but Temple of Doom is still good to watch. |
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Synopsis:
After narrowly surviving a Chinese crime lord's murder attempt, Indiana Jones, Wilie Scott, and Short Round are "recruited" by a small Indian village's leaders to travel to Pankot Palace and retrieve its sacred stone, which they believe has supernatural powers.
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