Chris Stuckmann reviews Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, starring Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth. Directed by Steven Spielberg.
Considering that Ridley Scott's brother Tony Scott directed Michael's videos I can see how that could of almost been a thing. Tony directed Top Gun and Days of Thunder. He was all about adrenaline ...and sweaty mens
For such a dark and violent movie, the end scene with the children running into the village was beautiful and heartwarming. A great payoff to everything they've set up with that little village in my opinion.
Shoutout to Amrish Puri's Mola Ram who is the main reason why people even remember Mola Ram's name. When you think about it, he is very generic, take-over-the-world villain, but his performance and partly his look make him so memorable.
The fact that its a prequel also creates a couple problems. The first, in Raiders Indiana says he doesn't believe in religious superstitions, yet for some reason he makes no reference to the fact he witnessed supernatural religious people do things like rip someones heart out and have the person and heart burn separately. The other is that Indiana tries doing the same thing he did in raiders with a gun vs. sword, although that has yet to happen to him. I like a lot of George's ideas (and Yes, I like Crystal Skull), but making Temple of Doom didn't make sense.
It's not really true anymore but back in the 90's if you asked someone about this it was the common opinion that people hated this one. Honestly, there was a time where if you said you liked this people would roll their eyes and accuse you of being a contrarian edgy dickhead lol
I've read that Ke Huy Quan wasn't even going to be in it. HIs brother was the one who was called to audition while Ke was just tagging along. The casting folks chose him instead. Wonder if his brother ever forgave him?
This was actually the first Indiana Jones movie I ever watched, I was like seven years old at my cousin's house, and for some reason this one's always had a soft spot in my heart. Because that guy got his heart ripped out.
First Indy I saw as well until one day as a child, we had HBO, and Raiders was on. Imo, I still loved Temple of Doom just a bit more. The insane booby traps to get to the ceremony, the bugs, the violence. And watching it on the big screen. I went to see it as an 8 year old w my father , along with Ghostbusters until Gremlins came out. The beginning w the plain running out of gas. They jump out with the inflatable raft, and that dam bridge scene was just movie adrenaline! Still holds up today very well imo. And I loved it.
@@lorenzoamato953 It's not safe or sanitized, what are you on about. 😂 all of the deaths are violent, there are very intense scenes, kids get beat up and injured, and it takes lots of risks. It's way more out there than all of the "safe and sanitized" movies out there.
I thought the same thing imagining an R rated JP. I know James Cameron was a possibility as the director back then, and you know how unhinged that would have been
Temple of Doom, Back to the Future 3, Die Hard 3, I feel like the "change ups" in these older sequels/trilogies always stood out to me, and I love them all for these differences (even if they aren't my favorites). They weren't just retreads and that's what I like so much about them. Nowadays every sequel is just a retread with more killing and bigger explosions.
The magic of this film is we are like Short Round (I was around his age) when we watch it and he is the hero of the film. It’s basically any young fan’s fantasy - to fight alongside and save Indy. Also all the darkness of the film helps this: in many of these films children have no agency and are victims. Short Round overcomes all of this terrible darkness as a child. It’s empowering for a kid. I was never disturbed because you see him triumph. His triumph is our triumph.
The darkest of the series. Yet the entire theme revolves around saving the children. Arguably the best pacing and a great soundtrack. Plus short round.
I'm not trying to be rude, but I just got done watching this movie for the first time and I hated it. I loved the first one and third one, the first one being one of the best movies I've ever seen, but the Temple of Doom is definitely another story, at least for me. The character of Willy almost single handedly ruined this movie for me. I mean can we at least admit that she was a horrible addition to this movie?
@@-hasamastersdegreeinwumbol8565 Man what are you talking about? She just a side character who happened to join Indy by no fault of her own. Plus it's always nice to have a pretty lady with big boobs in movies. :). Kidding aside Indy was the main character and it showed all throughout. She played the damsel in distress but what did you expect? The movie took place in the 1930s where there's hardly that much 'girl-power' around. Plus there were so many fantastic sequences/scenes in the movie: the mine cart chase; that guy having his heart pulled out; eating beetles/monkey brains at dinner; walking through the dark tunnels with insects on the ground; the part where the cult leader is pulled apart by alligators/crocs; the ending where the trio is returning to the village and then the theme comes up and you see the swarm of kids running; etc. Kids were saved/returned to families! I also liked the scene where the guard's clothing was caught in the stone crusher and was about to be crushed but Indy tried to help him. He died anyway but you can see the type of person Indy was... I mean he was just fighting this guy to the death seconds earlier! Plus the movie had a gritty feeling to it as if it really took place in the real world. Everything was dark and dirty... Edit: Uh I replied to your comment before watching Chris's review and most of the scenes/sequences I described are in this video lol. Shows how memorable they are.
@@HDGuy001 everything was over the top and cartoony. My mom even came out during that goofy cart chase and said that it looks like a Disney land ride. And me not liking Willy had nothing to do with "girl power," I didn't like her because she was so god damn annoying. Literally almost every scene she was in she was screaming her head off. And then, when Indiana was getting beat up, she even tries to stop Short Round from rushing to his rescue, saying, "he can handle himself." Yeah, bitch, he can, but a little help wouldn't hurt. And then, she said some cheesy line like, "ok, help him," and then she lets Short Round, a tiny little kid, run out there to help Indy while she herself just hides behind a wall. She was so entitled. I kept wanting Indy to leave her to die several times throughout the movie. I definitely didn't want Indy to fawn over her like she was all that, no matter how pretty she was, because everything else about her would make a sane man run screaming in the opposite direction. If Willy wasn't in this movie from beginning to end, I might have enjoyed watching it.
Spielberg picked the location near to where David Lean's Bridge Over the River Kwai was shot. He and Lucas idolize Lean. Indy's gun in TLC is a prop from Lawerence of Arabia.
Watched it on Netflix last night and thought it was interesting how in the village the subtitles just used [speaking foreign language] instead of how they used [speaking chinese] in shanghai and [speaking hindi] in the temple!
@@goprojoe8943 Yea being 30-40 is super old huh? I'm 33 and everyone keep telling me i look like 20. Harrison looked good enough not to be called old. By your logic 25-27 years old people are old too huh? :D
I love Temple of Doom but the sacrifice scene traumatised me as a kid so much to the point where Mola Ram is still a recurring character in my nightmares.
Clay Crews it’s called LEGO Indiana Jones, i played those games before I even watched the Indiana Jones movies. The Indiana Jones movies weren’t my childhood but the LEGO games were
I always crushed on Harrison Ford, and I think this movie's why! I could always relate with April O'Neil from the first 1990 live-action TMNT movie, when she first meets the turtles and can't believe her eyes, when she said, "Why don't I ever dream of Harrison Ford?" Hell's yeah!!
I love Temple of Doom because Indy has a character arc. He goes from an asshole whose personal mantra is "fortune and glory" to a humanist who has seen firsthand the horrors a personal mantra like "fortune and glory" can cause. And it all culminates in what is possibly the best exchange in the entire series: "Let's get out of here." "Right. All of us."
@Giuseppe Shmo man I feel like each movie in the trilogy is awesome in its own way Raiders is the best and most Important Temple is dark and the most action packed Crusade is the most Emotional and heartwarming Crystal Skull Well its bad
"Let's get out of here." "Right. All of us." Gave me chills when I was 11 years old and still does today. And its because of his arc, from a-hole to alright. it wouldn't have mattered as much if you had been expecting it because he had been a decent person in the beginning. Additionally, John Williams Parade of the Slave Children piece is my favorite work of his ever and it pairs awesomely with that scene,
Delighted to see you say this. I feel the exact same way and I've said that a few times to my Dad. Still go see a new film with Ford no bother, but wish there were more than 3 Indy films where he's younger.
Thats what the tv series The Adventures of *Young* Indiana Jones was for. At least the actor they got studied the movies and tried to emulate Ford's physical style to make his own performance true to the character instead of trying to "reimage" characters to their own interpretation these days.
@@PrinceFloof I believe it's a scale: 1. "Cut" - Quite low body fat, fairly visible muscle definition. I I V 2. "Ripped" - Very low body fat, extremely clear muscle definition. I I V 3. "Shredded" - Unhealthily low body fat, SCARY muscle definition, to the point of having muscle striations EVERYWHERE and looking like you've been flayed alive.
@Harmeet Singh it should definitely have Indiana Jones silhouette/logo/font or drawing of the bridge to make it clear that it's a movie line and not about the actual deity.
I watched all of the films when I was a kid... say 8ish. Temple was (and still is) my favorite and here's why: Despite the blood and gore, the storyline is easily understood by a child. When I was 8, I didn't understand the Ark, what it was. There was so much boring dialogue, and the steps they had to take to even find the Ark was way over my head and I just didn't get it. But Temple was super easy to understand right from the beginning. There are bad people who stole a magical rock and children and are mean to them and they did a mind trick on Indy. Pretty straight forward plot. Short Round really is the hero because he figures out how to bring Indy back, so for a child watching, the protagonist is a child. What's not to like? Also as child, I loved the rock belt scene because although the huge guy was just fighting Indy, Indy tries to save him from being crushed and that always resonated with me as a kid. Like sure, they were just fist fighting but our hero doesn't want the bad guy to get crushed by a rock grinder and I always thought that was nice. And my two cents on Willie: she's annoying because she screams all the time, but at least she saves the hero. Unlike the Princess Bride, another favorite of mine at that age, Buttercup literally doesn't do anything to save Wesley from the ROUS. If anything, her worrying about it eating her dress and hitting it with the stick rolls it onto Wesley causing him to get bit. So I guess as an 8 year old girl, also grossed out by bugs, I was happy that the girl was needed to overcome her fears so she could save the guy. Instead of the trope of a girl always needing to be rescued by the 'big strong man.'
I agree that Temple is much more direct and accessible to a kid than Raiders. It's just a fun, nonstop action ride. Your tastes usually get adjusted as you grow older but I still think this movie is pretty much adventure in its purest form.
I agree about most things you said, but most of all about Willie. To me, she came off as a person who was playing the role assigned to her as a woman by the culture of the time, played it well and identified with it, but who had grit when it came down to the crunch.
I also loved this movie more than the other ones. Was also the first one I saw as a 8 year old boy. It was more an adventure, with remote epic locations than the other films
Heu, thanks for explaining to me why I liked this movie more than others :) Action! Advemtire! Little bit of horror thrown in for good measure (honestly I don't even think I was really touched by gore.... it was probably too far away concept for my kid's brain). And there was this small kid doing all the cool kungfu stuff, he was smart as hell and funny!
"I dont know what that means. It means that maybe Im dumb." "Let me talk about Harrisons body" - Chris, this is by far the hardest youve made me laugh all these years. Brilliant review, even better comedy!
I always heard that he was SO annoying, and then when I saw the movie for the first time today I decided I absolutely love him, he's so friggin' precious.
I honestly think this is healthy way to experience more mature subjects. One can understand that there are boundaries from one's parents, but one can still experience "more adult" themes in a sneaky, fun way.
My siblings and I grew up in the 80's and 90's. For years after the release of this movie, when play fighting my brother's and I would exclaim, "Cover the heart Indie!" as we dug our fingers into the other's chest. If we managed to maintain the attack we'd chant, "Kali Ma, Kali Ma." It used to hurt like hell and was always considered a somewhat dirty tactic, but it was also always worthy of a good laugh....... and even though we're now in our 30's and 40's, it still occasionally gets used.
Bug pit/spiked room is the best sequence in the whole series. Perfectly sustained suspense and humor. The false sense of relief before it starts up again and the music picks back up. Perfections.
When I was about 10 or so, my dad bought me and my sisters the DVD re-release set of Indiana Jones movies right before KotCS came out. My dad told me these were his absolute favorite movies when he was in high school and he wanted to watch them with me. This man wouldn’t sit still or shut the fuck up during the entire movie when we watched ToD. I barely understood it but when he saw my face when that dude had his heart ripped out, I swear that man almost fucking died of laughter. It’s honestly a pretty great memory I have between me and my dad and this movie will always hold a special place in my heart for that.
Maybe a bit late but totally agree I’ve just literally watched this with my kids lol and it proves that quality we don’t get so often now there 7 ,10 ,12 and they absolutely loved it just shows how good these movie makers and actors are brilliant movie pure class
Was always my favorite when I was younger, but around my early-mid 20s I changed my mind. BUT it’s SOOO close, such a masterpiece! 😎 Please don’t Kali-mah my heart out with your bare hand 😰
I just finished watching all the movies for the first time, and I am SHOCKED at how ToD isn't considered the best one by FAR and one of the best films of all time. I enjoyed the shit out of absolutely every single second of this LOL.
Amrish Puri will be missed as this film’s iconic villain. “Drop the stones Dr. Jones, they will be found.......YOU WON’T, Hahahahaha........2 min later (Indiana Jones cuts the bridge) 😂 EPIC!
I've seen Temple of Doom so many times, I can visually picture Amrish delivering that threat (with maniacal laughter) during the rope bridge scene. He gave us a fantastic villain as Mola Ram.
How can you not mention the "Slave Children's Crusade" (aka "Parade of the Slave Children") theme, Chris? It made the scene at 17:41 even more badass that it could've honestly been Indy's 2nd leitmotif. As for Willie, I think the spike trap sequence justified her character for me b/c she made it ten times more entertaining. BTW, Siskel & Ebert surprisingly considered this as the best Indiana Jones sequel.
@@Dreadjaws I agree with that, it used to be my favorite John Williams track ever, but now I am thinking more Desert Chase from Raiders, but Slave Children's Crusade is still so epic
Yeah, this movie was scary and really opened my eyes to what evil could be... seeing adults intentionally hurt children is infuriating and crushing. Eyeballs are gross, but abuse of innocents, especially someone you know like Short around, is much much worse to me.
Shorty doesn't really get it that bad, compared to many other movies with young characters. If that is what scares you, man no offense but grow some balls will ya?
I think this is why I liked this movie the most. It wasn't nazis, it was a brutal realistic villainy movies don't talk about these days that actually happens daily. Nazis were a few decades, but child slavery is still going on
@youcometome9 Yeah thats really bad. I was just referencing that globally child slavery is still a thing and its good it was shown. But making it seem like its an india thing is bad
21:06 Lemme correct that. The stones/shivanlings are actually well established in Hindu culture. Obviously they don't glow or anything, they're more like how the Christian cross is in the west.
Yep props to them for doing their research. the part that was inaccurate was treating Kali like a demon. They should have chosen an actual demon from Hindu folk lore or just made something up
@@GomuGear4 those cult distorted the myth of Goddess Kali and cultured a demonized version as suited to their brutal philosophy for years. It is a common practice for the extremists to distort religious views for supporting their crimes.
When I was a kid I was inspired to learn more about Indian culture because of this film. Then again I was a smart enough kid to understand there was some stereotyping going on for the sake of drama.
I love how violent and how unapologetic temple of doom is. The dark tone is great and the movie has a lot of red in the cinematography which is very bold. It has Indiana Jones as the ultimate badass hero
I was today years old when I found out people don’t like this film. Temple of Doom has been my favorite Indiana Jones movie ever since I saw it as a kid.
Imagine if this movie came before Raiders of the lost ark. Raiders would then be considered one of the greatest movie sequels of all time that improves on the original.
Temple Of Doom has been my favorite Indy movie since 1984. Where the later sequels stuck to a very specific pattern, this is the only one that dared to be different. That's why, I feel, it was the last Indy movie to offer any REAL thrills, shocks, and suspense. The only reason Last Crusade worked was because of the legendary chemistry between Ford and Connery. It's action was very "safe" and pedestrian, accompanied by visual effects that were ok at best, even at that time. And Crystal Skull is... Crystal Skull
Thank you Chris for pointing out John Williams’ absolutely intense theme for Temple of Doom. His score for the Temple during the sacrifice scene might just be the most haunting and creepiest music of Williams’ career.
Temple of Doom has always been my favorite. Spielberg was never more excited with a camera than he is here. It's a balls to the wall blast, it's dark, it's campy... it's wonderful.
I'm at the point in my life where, when i see Chris dropped some review, i prepare food, light up the candles and watch review with same passion as some movie that i waited too long to come out. Chris, you light up my small life. Thank you sir.
When Chris said although temple of doom is technically the worst of the original 3 films, but for some reason the one he watched the most often I 100% felt that. Since I watched temple of doom as a kid and it completely blew my mind, I’ve always gravitated toward that film the most often out of the 3, although I love all 3
Let’s be honest it’s just more exciting to watch. Raiders is great, but there’s some slow down in it and having a bunch of it set in the desert doesn’t help.
It is the still the one I watch most often. Raiders is amazing, no question. I enjoy Last Crusade but have always felt it was a little too much like Raiders for its own good. But there is something about Temple of Doom that I’m most drawn to of all of them. I think it is because they are ultimately a dysfunctional family who have to work together to defeat evil. I think there must be something to that for me.
That was one of your best reviews! Just wanted to say that the antagonist, the late great Amrish Puri, was one of India's legendary actors from the 80s to the 2000s. Mentioning him, and his contribution to temple, would have cemented the value of this movie even more. Just wanted to share my 2 cents! BIG FAN! Keep stuckmanizing!
I always used to check for eyeballs in my soup when I was younger too. The food scene really freaked me out as a child and still does to a lesser degree to this day. The chilled monkey brains in the ape looking heads was the best part though.
Yeah now when I watch that scene in Dumber and Dumber when Jim Carrey rips the foreign chefs heart out of his chest I will always know that it was a callback to Temple of Doom.
Yeah, its a pretty obscure fact the only way you can tell is when it shows the year at the beginning for a few seconds, so its understandable that most people miss it. Spielberg and Lucas didn't want all 3 movies to be about Indy fight Nazis, so making it a prequel was their solution.
That is one of the problems with it. The only way you know it's a prequel is by the date at the very beginning, but most people don't remember when the first one took place other than generally "during WWII because Nazis". So most people just assume it takes place after the first one. But in the first scene Indy has a completely different attitude about relics belonging in museums, so it's just confusing to the audience. There's also no real reason for it to be a prequel, it could have been set after WWII.
Honestly if anyone has watched ‘Raiders’ recently, it’s extremely violent and scary. I showed it to my roommate’s 7 year old son and he ran out of the room screaming when that snake came slithering out of that dead body’s mouth.
I saw this the first time around age 7-8 and the food scene and the heart scene grossed me out but the scariest thing to me was the children were kidnapped. They made all those kids into slaves. That scared me. I think I figured the guy who got his heart pulled out asked for it, he was part of the cult so 🤷🏻♀️
"I watched it as quick as possible, got it out of the VCR, 2 hours later returned it to my friend's mom..." But Chris, did you make sure to BE KIND & REWIND ??? 🤔🤔🤔
Hahaha, your intro about your first experience watching this movie makes a lot of sense now that you’ve told your story as an ExJW. I was also raised in that cult, and my parents loved Raiders and Crusade but we were never allowed to watch temple of doom. I had a really similar experience watching a forbidden movie for the first time and being so relieved I wasn’t struck by lightning either.
As an Indian, watching that scene was just so so Hilarious. Me and my brother can't go past a temple of Kali without saying Kali Maa in that weird Amresh Puri way lol...
While Raiders remains my favorite Indy film, I think Doom has benefited the most from the passage of time. Many of the issues that held the film back when it was first released really aren't as much of as thing now days. People complained that it was too serious, grim, dark, and violent for a film back in 1984, and that it's plot was overly convoluted and incoherent; but by TODAY'S standards, it's actually a pretty campy and funny, quirky crowd-pleasing romp of a movie with a relatively straightforward, easy to follow story. People were disappointed not to see Marion and Sallah again and initially found the precocious Short-Round and whiny Willie to be annoying. But the characters have grown on audiences over time. Short is actually a lot less obnoxious than most child characters and DOES have excellent chemistry with Indy. Willie fills the same crucial function in Doom that Bill Paxton's well-liked Hudson character did in Aliens; they help the audience suspend disbelief by having one of the characters humorously and plausibly acknowledge awareness about how unbelievably bat-shit crazy and traumatizing the events of the film are. And regardless of whether or not you liked the characters themselves, there's no denying the actors playing them did a darn fine job bringing them to life with their performances - yeah, Kate Capshaw screamed a lot, but she was actually pretty good at it. Plus, the models and practical effects and stunt work have a charming visual style flashy modern CGI just can't duplicate. Raiders is as good as it always was, but Doom has actually gotten better. The film is simply a lot more fun as a nostalgic action/comedy today than as an adventure/horror back in 1984. It's aged very well - who knows, in a thousand years, maybe it'll be worth something. :)
Temple of doom has always been my secret favorite. I mean you can’t takeaway how good Ark is. But I feel temple of doom is more true to the serial thriller they were trying to homage.
I don't think it has to be a competition, or a "one or the other". All three of the original 80s Indy films are fucking amazing, becasue they all do things a little differently.
I just rewatched the trilogy and I have to admit that this is my favorite of the three. It’s absolutely insane, and I actually really respect the courage Spielberg had to make this as dark as it is. It also really solidified Indi as one of the first real mainstream anti-hero’s. It’s freakin awesome.
Giuseppe Shmo you’re totally right, I must have missed the song where literally every word is not in English except “anything goes”. Dead giveaway it’s a prequel, thanks!
14 years old is a good age to watch it. I was a lot younger when I saw it, and I really liked it. So yeah maybe it was violent, but compared to what else we where exposed to back then in the television this was nothing.
@@bluemartian9642 to be fair though he literally wasnt even an actor. He was just a kid who knew martial arts and that was enough for M Night to cast him
Who would take their kids to a movie called Temple of Doom and think it wasn’t going to be violent? Temple of Doom was by far my favorite Indy movie. They touched on the lore outside of normal film making and it had black magic and was sooo good
When Short round says "I love you Indy!" as he's trying to get him out of the evil spell, It's delivered so sincerely.
The kid was great considering. Imagine being on a set of that scale with people of that magnitude behind it? He did damn great.
Great performance!
I loved him in this and the Goonies both.
I love their chemistry, it was so cute. I wish Short round had been brought back.
And then later when he hands Indy back his hat and they hug, “Indy, my friend”! Damn that got me a little choked up!
"Sue me"
BREAKING NEWS: Famous TH-cam Movie Critic is being sued by his own parents, for watching Temple of Doom.
Allegedly said Christopher's lawyer.
haha
I thought he sued the makers of movie 43. Wow 2 in 7 years
Ulrich Nietzsche lmao
anything else?
"....yeah. sue me"
"Last Christmas. I gave you my heart. You said KALI MA and it burst into flames..."
This comment cracks me up. Needs more thumbs up
That is hilarious
Brilliant!
Considering that Ridley Scott's brother Tony Scott directed Michael's videos I can see how that could of almost been a thing.
Tony directed Top Gun and Days of Thunder. He was all about adrenaline ...and sweaty mens
I'mma gonna mod this awesome quote, slightly:
Laaaaast Thuggee Day, I gave you my ❤️....but the VERY NEXT SCENE, it burst into flames!
For such a dark and violent movie, the end scene with the children running into the village was beautiful and heartwarming. A great payoff to everything they've set up with that little village in my opinion.
The heart ripping scene is one of the most metal moments ever filmed in a mainstream movie. ToD is criminally underrated.
Isn’t it considered one of the best adventure films of all-time?
KA-LI-MA KA-LI-MA KA-LI-MA
Duuuude, I can't believe I was able to see that as a kid XD
"Heart ripping" ? I see what u did there.
Agreedo;)
Shoutout to Amrish Puri's Mola Ram who is the main reason why people even remember Mola Ram's name. When you think about it, he is very generic, take-over-the-world villain, but his performance and partly his look make him so memorable.
Giuseppe Shmo agreed
I feel ya bro❤️
RIP Amrish Puri sir. one of the most outstanding actors of all time
He is a well known and legendary name of Bollywood.
Almost all of his movies are classics.
He was amazing, what could be a pretty boring character played by someone else he was able to really find the heart of! *ba dum tiss*
How the hell did I not know until just now that Temple of Doom is a prequel? I’ve seen this movie so many times, it was like my childhood. Lol
I know right, I never once realized that, and I’ve seen it so many times
It’s not like they make it obvious in the film itself. I learned that on the internet somewhere way later.
@warrcc c We were kids back then we didn't pay attention to details like that.
@warrcc c LOL... sure
The fact that its a prequel also creates a couple problems. The first, in Raiders Indiana says he doesn't believe in religious superstitions, yet for some reason he makes no reference to the fact he witnessed supernatural religious people do things like rip someones heart out and have the person and heart burn separately. The other is that Indiana tries doing the same thing he did in raiders with a gun vs. sword, although that has yet to happen to him. I like a lot of George's ideas (and Yes, I like Crystal Skull), but making Temple of Doom didn't make sense.
I’m rewatching this after your JW video for new context. You sneaking that video as a kid seems much scarier now in context.
ikr its actually insane
That comment, "I wasn't struck by lightning," is actually a bit more disturbing now.
I was unaware people didn't like this movie, I've always loved this one
It's not really true anymore but back in the 90's if you asked someone about this it was the common opinion that people hated this one. Honestly, there was a time where if you said you liked this people would roll their eyes and accuse you of being a contrarian edgy dickhead lol
I saw them as a kid and loved all of these moviesm
Yeah, me too. Simply love this one, only Last Crusade wins.
Watched it recently. I find it really unfun.
Same
Shortround is an example of kid acting and casting done right, and doesn't detract from the story.
I've read that Ke Huy Quan wasn't even going to be in it. HIs brother was the one who was called to audition while Ke was just tagging along. The casting folks chose him instead.
Wonder if his brother ever forgave him?
Example of racist good job
thedoneeye think something like that also happened with Luke and Chris hemsworth for thor
@@goprojoe8943 did he really talk like that? I thought the cult stuff was more racially problematic.
@@goprojoe8943 it's not racist, he actually talks like that. Go listen to a Ke Huy Quan interview, he still sounds like Short Round.
Temple of Doom: A-
Harrison Ford’s Body: A+
~_~
I would give temple of doom an A
Hell yeah he's so hot
I would give temple of doom an F and raiders A +
This was actually the first Indiana Jones movie I ever watched, I was like seven years old at my cousin's house, and for some reason this one's always had a soft spot in my heart. Because that guy got his heart ripped out.
😂 same here
Me too!! I saw it when I was little and it aired on HBO. Chronologically this film takes place first.
First Indy I saw as well until one day as a child, we had HBO, and Raiders was on. Imo, I still loved Temple of Doom just a bit more. The insane booby traps to get to the ceremony, the bugs, the violence. And watching it on the big screen. I went to see it as an 8 year old w my father , along with Ghostbusters until Gremlins came out. The beginning w the plain running out of gas. They jump out with the inflatable raft, and that dam bridge scene was just movie adrenaline! Still holds up today very well imo. And I loved it.
80’s Spielberg: Shows people’s hearts being ripped out and lit on fire
00’s Spielberg: Digitally edits shotguns into walkie talkies
at no time was he not raping little white girls
Don't forget the child slavery
It makes sense, because there were so many questions as to why they didn't just shoot the kids when they took off.
Huh? What movie is that lol
@@Alex_Nason E.T the anniversary edition
Seeing this review made me imagine how much more violent Jurassic Park could've been if it was made before Temple of Doom.
that's why I don't like JP. Cool basic concept, but the execution is safe and sanitized af
It could of been more like the book
@@lorenzoamato953 It's not safe or sanitized, what are you on about. 😂 all of the deaths are violent, there are very intense scenes, kids get beat up and injured, and it takes lots of risks. It's way more out there than all of the "safe and sanitized" movies out there.
Like Jurassic Park is my favorite film of all time. Let it be as it was.
I thought the same thing imagining an R rated JP. I know James Cameron was a possibility as the director back then, and you know how unhinged that would have been
Finally someone else adores this film too! You’re not alone Chris
@@taykitrleevitt4314 It's a shitfest full of racism, sexism, xenophobia, and the exploitation of youth and ignorance.
Temple of Doom, Back to the Future 3, Die Hard 3, I feel like the "change ups" in these older sequels/trilogies always stood out to me, and I love them all for these differences (even if they aren't my favorites). They weren't just retreads and that's what I like so much about them. Nowadays every sequel is just a retread with more killing and bigger explosions.
It might be my personal favorite (not counting the racism of course >:(
@@David-se5ph why do you even feel the need to say that? It's not like you're racist, right?
@@pauldacon828 It's just a movie, guy. When the fuck did everyone become so damn uptight?
The magic of this film is we are like Short Round (I was around his age) when we watch it and he is the hero of the film. It’s basically any young fan’s fantasy - to fight alongside and save Indy. Also all the darkness of the film helps this: in many of these films children have no agency and are victims. Short Round overcomes all of this terrible darkness as a child. It’s empowering for a kid. I was never disturbed because you see him triumph. His triumph is our triumph.
The darkest of the series. Yet the entire theme revolves around saving the children. Arguably the best pacing and a great soundtrack. Plus short round.
This is my favorite Indiana jones . Me and my boy quote this all the time
“KALI MA, KALI MA!!”
Despite being a great line from the movie, its also cringy to utter, as its really blasphemy if you come from a monotheistic Abrahamic faith
@@asifchowdhury8005 Oh please, who cares. "Blasphemy", lmao dude, it's a movie. Keep that nonsense to yourself.
@@asifchowdhury8005 "if you come from a monotheistic Abrahamic faith": if that's true then you'd better be coming from a different place
"Shack ti deh"
and don't you forget the "shakti de" :D
I never understood the hate. This film is amazing
What hate, I don't remember any hate, only head about it for the first time here.
Watch the nostalgia critic review and you'll see why lol
I'm not trying to be rude, but I just got done watching this movie for the first time and I hated it. I loved the first one and third one, the first one being one of the best movies I've ever seen, but the Temple of Doom is definitely another story, at least for me. The character of Willy almost single handedly ruined this movie for me. I mean can we at least admit that she was a horrible addition to this movie?
@@-hasamastersdegreeinwumbol8565 Man what are you talking about? She just a side character who happened to join Indy by no fault of her own. Plus it's always nice to have a pretty lady with big boobs in movies. :). Kidding aside Indy was the main character and it showed all throughout. She played the damsel in distress but what did you expect? The movie took place in the 1930s where there's hardly that much 'girl-power' around. Plus there were so many fantastic sequences/scenes in the movie: the mine cart chase; that guy having his heart pulled out; eating beetles/monkey brains at dinner; walking through the dark tunnels with insects on the ground; the part where the cult leader is pulled apart by alligators/crocs; the ending where the trio is returning to the village and then the theme comes up and you see the swarm of kids running; etc. Kids were saved/returned to families! I also liked the scene where the guard's clothing was caught in the stone crusher and was about to be crushed but Indy tried to help him. He died anyway but you can see the type of person Indy was... I mean he was just fighting this guy to the death seconds earlier! Plus the movie had a gritty feeling to it as if it really took place in the real world. Everything was dark and dirty...
Edit: Uh I replied to your comment before watching Chris's review and most of the scenes/sequences I described are in this video lol. Shows how memorable they are.
@@HDGuy001 everything was over the top and cartoony. My mom even came out during that goofy cart chase and said that it looks like a Disney land ride. And me not liking Willy had nothing to do with "girl power," I didn't like her because she was so god damn annoying. Literally almost every scene she was in she was screaming her head off. And then, when Indiana was getting beat up, she even tries to stop Short Round from rushing to his rescue, saying, "he can handle himself." Yeah, bitch, he can, but a little help wouldn't hurt. And then, she said some cheesy line like, "ok, help him," and then she lets Short Round, a tiny little kid, run out there to help Indy while she herself just hides behind a wall. She was so entitled. I kept wanting Indy to leave her to die several times throughout the movie. I definitely didn't want Indy to fawn over her like she was all that, no matter how pretty she was, because everything else about her would make a sane man run screaming in the opposite direction. If Willy wasn't in this movie from beginning to end, I might have enjoyed watching it.
This review makes so much more sense after the Jehovah's Witness thing...
Even the part where he stops to talk about Harrison Ford's body lol.
Hmm........yes
I was thinking the same thing too. I have JW relatives, and growing up they preferred Raiders and Last Crusade over Temple of Doom.
"...and I wasn't struck by lightning" especially rings different
So funny story. The ‘Indian village’ is actually in Sri Lanka. The actors are actually speaking Sinhalese. And Indy also speaks Sinhalese.
Spielberg picked the location near to where David Lean's Bridge Over the River Kwai was shot. He and Lucas idolize Lean. Indy's gun in TLC is a prop from Lawerence of Arabia.
Watched it on Netflix last night and thought it was interesting how in the village the subtitles just used [speaking foreign language] instead of how they used [speaking chinese] in shanghai and [speaking hindi] in the temple!
Iconic movie quote: "WE ARE GOING TO DIE... :( :( :( :("
Seriously, that may be the best line reading in Harrison Ford's entire career. Especially that glare of disapproval at the end.
"The diamond Lao. The deal was for the diamond"
Amazing, yes.
No judgement, Chris. Harrison DOES look good in this film.
Harrison was a sexy motherfucker in his day
Yea if you like old men
@@goprojoe8943 He was in his thirties, or early forties....and charismatic as fuck!
You're crazy.
@@goprojoe8943 Yea being 30-40 is super old huh? I'm 33 and everyone keep telling me i look like 20. Harrison looked good enough not to be called old. By your logic 25-27 years old people are old too huh? :D
GoProJoe Ford was 41 when this was filmed. Dude looks great in it.
I love Temple of Doom but the sacrifice scene traumatised me as a kid so much to the point where Mola Ram is still a recurring character in my nightmares.
YES, me too!!
It’s probably the Indiana Jones movie that resembles the uncharted series the most. And that just makes me love it even more.
I want a proper Indiana Jones game so badly
as we all can understand, a good amount of elements of indiana jones influenced nathan drake
Clay Crews it’s called LEGO Indiana Jones, i played those games before I even watched the Indiana Jones movies. The Indiana Jones movies weren’t my childhood but the LEGO games were
David Baines played that game a lot growing up, but I would still love a more serious and fully fleshed out experience
@@David-gj9qr it's unreal how good that game is actually. I played that shit so much as well as Lego Star Wars 1 and 2
“Let me talk about Harrison Ford’s body”
Please, DO chris!
How dare you objectify men
Hasin Hoque How dare she? How dare you?
Edmonton Boy How dare you dare me?!
I always crushed on Harrison Ford, and I think this movie's why! I could always relate with April O'Neil from the first 1990 live-action TMNT movie, when she first meets the turtles and can't believe her eyes, when she said, "Why don't I ever dream of Harrison Ford?" Hell's yeah!!
He is a man's man, after all!
I love Temple of Doom because Indy has a character arc. He goes from an asshole whose personal mantra is "fortune and glory" to a humanist who has seen firsthand the horrors a personal mantra like "fortune and glory" can cause. And it all culminates in what is possibly the best exchange in the entire series: "Let's get out of here." "Right. All of us."
@Giuseppe Shmo man I feel like each movie in the trilogy is awesome in its own way
Raiders is the best and most Important
Temple is dark and the most action packed
Crusade is the most Emotional and heartwarming
Crystal Skull Well its bad
"Let's get out of here." "Right. All of us."
Gave me chills when I was 11 years old and still does today. And its because of his arc, from a-hole to alright. it wouldn't have mattered as much if you had been expecting it because he had been a decent person in the beginning.
Additionally, John Williams Parade of the Slave Children piece is my favorite work of his ever and it pairs awesomely with that scene,
"Sorry guys, I watched Temple of Doom. Sue me."
~Chris Stuckmann, 2020
I wish they would’ve made way more Indiana Jones films while Harrison was still young
Delighted to see you say this.
I feel the exact same way and I've said that a few times to my Dad.
Still go see a new film with Ford no bother, but wish there were more than 3 Indy films where he's younger.
Young? Dude was staring 50 in the face...
That's what i feel, but honestly theres probably going to be a lot more disappointment out of it
@@joshuapatrick682 he still looked like someone who could go on an adventure. In KOTCS he was too old.
Thats what the tv series The Adventures of *Young* Indiana Jones was for. At least the actor they got studied the movies and tried to emulate Ford's physical style to make his own performance true to the character instead of trying to "reimage" characters to their own interpretation these days.
"Don't tell me that Williams is some French horn only guy...."
For some reason I just loved that part. An oddly specific put-down.
Especially when it's obvious that Williams favors trumpets with melodies, while French horns provide backup.
@@eldorados_lost_searcher And glockenspiel, his scores are riddled with the damn thing
I laughed out loud when Chris calls himself out for loving Harrison's body a little much👍
Who doesn’t
We’re all gay in some way!
Dude....i get it lol
Haha it be real funny if i was alone with a sexy man haha
He’s like a man’s man haha. Idk what it is but he’s mesmerizing.
Harrison wasn't jacked. He was ripped! There is a difference, Chris.
I wasn't aware
@@DrDolan2000 I believe "Jacked" refers to immense muscles, whilst "Ripped" indicates very low body fat, no...? 🧐
So what does "cut" and "shredded" indicate if there's differences?
@@PrinceFloof I believe it's a scale:
1. "Cut" - Quite low body fat, fairly visible muscle definition.
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2. "Ripped" - Very low body fat, extremely clear muscle definition.
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3. "Shredded" - Unhealthily low body fat, SCARY muscle definition, to the point of having muscle striations EVERYWHERE and looking like you've been flayed alive.
“Prepare to meet Kali, IN HELL!” This needs to be on a T-shirt
Movie meme shirts are a fun little novelty item.
dont some people might take it offensively cause indians worship kali
@Harmeet Singh it should definitely have Indiana Jones silhouette/logo/font or drawing of the bridge to make it clear that it's a movie line and not about the actual deity.
I watched all of the films when I was a kid... say 8ish. Temple was (and still is) my favorite and here's why: Despite the blood and gore, the storyline is easily understood by a child. When I was 8, I didn't understand the Ark, what it was. There was so much boring dialogue, and the steps they had to take to even find the Ark was way over my head and I just didn't get it. But Temple was super easy to understand right from the beginning. There are bad people who stole a magical rock and children and are mean to them and they did a mind trick on Indy. Pretty straight forward plot. Short Round really is the hero because he figures out how to bring Indy back, so for a child watching, the protagonist is a child. What's not to like?
Also as child, I loved the rock belt scene because although the huge guy was just fighting Indy, Indy tries to save him from being crushed and that always resonated with me as a kid. Like sure, they were just fist fighting but our hero doesn't want the bad guy to get crushed by a rock grinder and I always thought that was nice.
And my two cents on Willie: she's annoying because she screams all the time, but at least she saves the hero. Unlike the Princess Bride, another favorite of mine at that age, Buttercup literally doesn't do anything to save Wesley from the ROUS. If anything, her worrying about it eating her dress and hitting it with the stick rolls it onto Wesley causing him to get bit. So I guess as an 8 year old girl, also grossed out by bugs, I was happy that the girl was needed to overcome her fears so she could save the guy. Instead of the trope of a girl always needing to be rescued by the 'big strong man.'
I agree that Temple is much more direct and accessible to a kid than Raiders. It's just a fun, nonstop action ride. Your tastes usually get adjusted as you grow older but I still think this movie is pretty much adventure in its purest form.
I agree about most things you said, but most of all about Willie. To me, she came off as a person who was playing the role assigned to her as a woman by the culture of the time, played it well and identified with it, but who had grit when it came down to the crunch.
I also loved this movie more than the other ones. Was also the first one I saw as a 8 year old boy. It was more an adventure, with remote epic locations than the other films
Heu, thanks for explaining to me why I liked this movie more than others :) Action! Advemtire! Little bit of horror thrown in for good measure (honestly I don't even think I was really touched by gore.... it was probably too far away concept for my kid's brain). And there was this small kid doing all the cool kungfu stuff, he was smart as hell and funny!
"I dont know what that means. It means that maybe Im dumb." "Let me talk about Harrisons body" - Chris, this is by far the hardest youve made me laugh all these years. Brilliant review, even better comedy!
huh Ive never heard that some people cant stand Shortround. i freaking love him hes one of my favorites.
I always heard that he was SO annoying, and then when I saw the movie for the first time today I decided I absolutely love him, he's so friggin' precious.
He is one of the only kids in movies I can stomach . Strange, thought he was great!
He was great
As a kid (10) I loved Short Round. The idea that a little kid could be Indy’s sidekick and help him out made me so happy
I'm 50 Nowadays and I Got to see this 8 Times in the theaters. (:
Same age. Man, the 80's were great
Same. The second run theater in my town had 50 cent double features. I saw TOD, Ghostbusters, and The Karate Kid, so many times in the summer of 84.
@@mjwbulich Damn, all of the are iconic! Super jealous!
lucky duck!!!
@@ericross441 Yes they were. And the way they were shot on film felt like a movie instead of something shot on an Iphone X and posted to social media.
‘I was a responsible 10 year old...”
*Goes to a friend’s house to browse prohibited films*
Yeah I was responsible like that too.
Done something similar regarding robocop,for sure
I honestly think this is healthy way to experience more mature subjects. One can understand that there are boundaries from one's parents, but one can still experience "more adult" themes in a sneaky, fun way.
My siblings and I grew up in the 80's and 90's. For years after the release of this movie, when play fighting my brother's and I would exclaim, "Cover the heart Indie!" as we dug our fingers into the other's chest. If we managed to maintain the attack we'd chant, "Kali Ma, Kali Ma." It used to hurt like hell and was always considered a somewhat dirty tactic, but it was also always worthy of a good laugh....... and even though we're now in our 30's and 40's, it still occasionally gets used.
Cool
😂😂😂😂😂😇
Childhood done right!
Bug pit/spiked room is the best sequence in the whole series. Perfectly sustained suspense and humor. The false sense of relief before it starts up again and the music picks back up. Perfections.
When I was about 10 or so, my dad bought me and my sisters the DVD re-release set of Indiana Jones movies right before KotCS came out. My dad told me these were his absolute favorite movies when he was in high school and he wanted to watch them with me. This man wouldn’t sit still or shut the fuck up during the entire movie when we watched ToD. I barely understood it but when he saw my face when that dude had his heart ripped out, I swear that man almost fucking died of laughter. It’s honestly a pretty great memory I have between me and my dad and this movie will always hold a special place in my heart for that.
Is that Hagrid? Man the textures of those old games were something else.
Awesome man great story!
Fun fact: Dan Akroyd appears as Al Webber, an English assistant to help him onto the plane after he leaves Club Obi Wan.
Since Chris is revisiting classics, I'd really like to see him talk about pulp fiction. I can't believe he hasn't reviewed it till now!
Hell yeah and Reservoir Dogs
The most overrated film. People praise it under peer pressure
I want him to review Ralph Bakshi's films including the worst Cool World.
joy himanshu how about black panther. The oscar nomination, do I need to say more?
@@joyhimanshu2725 you tripping
Temple of Doom has always been, and will always be my favorite of the trilogy. I CAN'T be the only one.
You aren't. I agree. It's one of the best action films (if not the best) of all time.
Maybe a bit late but totally agree I’ve just literally watched this with my kids lol and it proves that quality we don’t get so often now there 7 ,10 ,12 and they absolutely loved it just shows how good these movie makers and actors are brilliant movie pure class
Was always my favorite when I was younger, but around my early-mid 20s I changed my mind. BUT it’s SOOO close, such a masterpiece! 😎
Please don’t Kali-mah my heart out with your bare hand 😰
I just finished watching all the movies for the first time, and I am SHOCKED at how ToD isn't considered the best one by FAR and one of the best films of all time. I enjoyed the shit out of absolutely every single second of this LOL.
You’re not. Trust me.
Amrish Puri will be missed as this film’s iconic villain. “Drop the stones Dr. Jones, they will be found.......YOU WON’T, Hahahahaha........2 min later (Indiana Jones cuts the bridge) 😂
EPIC!
To bad he isn't mentioned once.
the man terrified an entire generation of millenials. He won't be forgotten!
I've seen Temple of Doom so many times, I can visually picture Amrish delivering that threat (with maniacal laughter) during the rope bridge scene. He gave us a fantastic villain as Mola Ram.
Indy chopping the rope - All-Time Boss move
“Kali maa Shakti de, bali charao tere naam pe “😈 epic
How can you not mention the "Slave Children's Crusade" (aka "Parade of the Slave Children") theme, Chris? It made the scene at 17:41 even more badass that it could've honestly been Indy's 2nd leitmotif. As for Willie, I think the spike trap sequence justified her character for me b/c she made it ten times more entertaining. BTW, Siskel & Ebert surprisingly considered this as the best Indiana Jones sequel.
Underrated comment right here
This is my favorite theme in all of Indy's movies. I keep it in my playlist at all times.
@@Dreadjaws I agree with that, it used to be my favorite John Williams track ever, but now I am thinking more Desert Chase from Raiders, but Slave Children's Crusade is still so epic
Exactly man. You nailed it
Who doesnt love short-round always thought him badass. Especially as Data from the Goonies
I never realized that Temple of Doom was a prequel.
A lot of people didn't. I didn't at first. I thought the movie messed up the timeline when I was a kid, lol!
Chris: I'm not nostalgic, but let me tell you this whole formative anecdote about the first time I watched the film and changed my life....
Commenter 10 learn how to recognize a joke...it was pretty goddamn obvious they’re just poking fun at Chris. He’s not talking actual shit or anything.
@@christopherlowery3797 Don't worry, man, I "grew up with" people without sense of humor...
Temple of Doom: "You call him Dr. Jones!"
Last Crusade: "Henry Jones, junior"
"I like Indiana"
Henry: We Named the dog Indiana
Sallah: THE DOG!!!!
I miss Short Round.
DOLL!!!
Yeah, this movie was scary and really opened my eyes to what evil could be... seeing adults intentionally hurt children is infuriating and crushing. Eyeballs are gross, but abuse of innocents, especially someone you know like Short around, is much much worse to me.
Shorty doesn't really get it that bad, compared to many other movies with young characters. If that is what scares you, man no offense but grow some balls will ya?
@@Pete-eb3vo I never watched the movie but I cant imagine being scared by an Indiana Jones movie
I think this is why I liked this movie the most. It wasn't nazis, it was a brutal realistic villainy movies don't talk about these days that actually happens daily. Nazis were a few decades, but child slavery is still going on
@ArmchairWarrior what
@youcometome9 Yeah thats really bad. I was just referencing that globally child slavery is still a thing and its good it was shown. But making it seem like its an india thing is bad
21:06 Lemme correct that. The stones/shivanlings are actually well established in Hindu culture. Obviously they don't glow or anything, they're more like how the Christian cross is in the west.
Thanks potato
Was searching for this comment!
Yep props to them for doing their research. the part that was inaccurate was treating Kali like a demon. They should have chosen an actual demon from Hindu folk lore or just made something up
@@GomuGear4 those cult distorted the myth of Goddess Kali and cultured a demonized version as suited to their brutal philosophy for years. It is a common practice for the extremists to distort religious views for supporting their crimes.
As an Indian, i approve of this movie. Its fantastic i loved it as a kid
Shout out to Amrish Puri R.I.P
I was looking for this.
Yeah, Mr.Puri was fantastic as always although his character didn't have the depth.
@@yashwanthchoudary7030 he always did his best
When I was a kid I was inspired to learn more about Indian culture because of this film. Then again I was a smart enough kid to understand there was some stereotyping going on for the sake of drama.
“LET ME TALK ABOUT HARRISONS BODY!” 🤣👌🏽
Name checks out lmao
Eww! Harrison Ford is 77 years old!
Can you elaborate you lastname?
Is ur last name for the band, because ur a wanderer (I.e. leather tramp, rubber tramp) or is it just your last name?
My last name is a band 🙄 y’all sad.
I love how violent and how unapologetic temple of doom is. The dark tone is great and the movie has a lot of red in the cinematography which is very bold. It has Indiana Jones as the ultimate badass hero
Oh now i get it why he wasn't allowed to watch Temple of Doom
One of my favorite shots is when they frame Indy and Short throwing identical beat downs. Short Round beat the snot out of that kid.
I always hated that Maharaja kid
Mine is "right, all of us"
@KTHEMASTER he was pretty much controlled by the cult.
Temple of Doom has always been my favorite of all the Indiana Jones, because this was my first Indiana Jones movie.
"We are going to DIE!" classic Indy..
Here's my opinion:-
Raiders of the Lost Ark:- A+
Temple of Doom:- A
Last Crusade:- A+
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull:- C
Truth
Ngl I love temple just as much as I love raiders
Is that a C or C minus ?
@@DrRAZI99 I think it's c
@@DrRAZI99 C
I was today years old when I found out people don’t like this film. Temple of Doom has been my favorite Indiana Jones movie ever since I saw it as a kid.
It was easily my favorite as a kid.
Same here
Finally I have something to smack in the faces of everyone who told me I shouldn't love Temple of Doom.
I’m so glad that you understand how good this movie is. Temple of Doom is unjustly maligned!
Imagine if this movie came before Raiders of the lost ark. Raiders would then be considered one of the greatest movie sequels of all time that improves on the original.
THIS!
Maybe .... But ToD is the most thrilling
Like top gun
Chronologically it does come first.
i feel this way about temple of doom
Temple Of Doom has been my favorite Indy movie since 1984. Where the later sequels stuck to a very specific pattern, this is the only one that dared to be different. That's why, I feel, it was the last Indy movie to offer any REAL thrills, shocks, and suspense. The only reason Last Crusade worked was because of the legendary chemistry between Ford and Connery. It's action was very "safe" and pedestrian, accompanied by visual effects that were ok at best, even at that time. And Crystal Skull is... Crystal Skull
Agreed. I liked that TOD made bold choices and that it was less family friendly than Last Crusade.
"You told me stand against the wall! Not my fault! Not my fault!"
Thank you Chris for pointing out John Williams’ absolutely intense theme for Temple of Doom. His score for the Temple during the sacrifice scene might just be the most haunting and creepiest music of Williams’ career.
Temple of Doom has always been my favorite. Spielberg was never more excited with a camera than he is here. It's a balls to the wall blast, it's dark, it's campy... it's wonderful.
I'm at the point in my life where, when i see Chris dropped some review, i prepare food, light up the candles and watch review with same passion as some movie that i waited too long to come out. Chris, you light up my small life. Thank you sir.
I actually really love Short round I never found him in a way annoying. I found him to be a good balance to indy
Same. I thought he was so cute, and he and Indy were great together in my opinion.
I know u probably won't agree with me but he's one of my favourite characters, just behind indy and marcus
he was a good character.
When Chris said although temple of doom is technically the worst of the original 3 films, but for some reason the one he watched the most often I 100% felt that. Since I watched temple of doom as a kid and it completely blew my mind, I’ve always gravitated toward that film the most often out of the 3, although I love all 3
Let’s be honest it’s just more exciting to watch. Raiders is great, but there’s some slow down in it and having a bunch of it set in the desert doesn’t help.
TECHNICALLY THE WORST MAN DID YOU WATCH THE LAST CRUSADE ? IT IS PROBABLY THE BEST ALONG RAIDERS CHRIS DO NOT KNOW SHIT ABOUT TECHNIC
It is the still the one I watch most often. Raiders is amazing, no question. I enjoy Last Crusade but have always felt it was a little too much like Raiders for its own good. But there is something about Temple of Doom that I’m most drawn to of all of them. I think it is because they are ultimately a dysfunctional family who have to work together to defeat evil. I think there must be something to that for me.
For me it's the Godfather trilogy. I know 3 is the worst, but I'd be lying if I said I haven't watched that one the most!!
I was exactly the same with return of the Jedi
Chris: let me talk about harrison ford's body.
Me: *presses the like button*
In never realized this was the “bad one”. This was my favorite of the three.
Same here
He meant for violence reasons not because the movie was bad.
@@Romans8-9 I think he meant it both ways
@@marcobazan4187 He said he didn´t mean bad in terms of quality and he gave it an A so no.
That was one of your best reviews! Just wanted to say that the antagonist, the late great Amrish Puri, was one of India's legendary actors from the 80s to the 2000s. Mentioning him, and his contribution to temple, would have cemented the value of this movie even more. Just wanted to share my 2 cents! BIG FAN! Keep stuckmanizing!
Temple of Doom is my favorite film in the Indiana Jones series.
This movie was a defining moment of my childhood. The insect food scene, the walls and spikes going down... I mean. The list just goes on and on
I really cracked up when Harrison Ford said "we are going to die." Haha
Saw this movie when I was a kid, learned to ask “what’s in the soup” every time an adult made soup!
I always used to check for eyeballs in my soup when I was younger too. The food scene really freaked me out as a child and still does to a lesser degree to this day. The chilled monkey brains in the ape looking heads was the best part though.
Death By Design Graphics Agree 100%!! We were both traumatized as kids lol
okay so I watched this film loads of times throughout my childhood, I love it to death. AND I never knew it was a prequel!?!?!?! lmao
Ahahahhaa I'm soooooo glad that I'm not the only one.
Ya I feel dumb haha
Hahaha same, one reason i only watched raiders a few time and Temple of doom like 100s of times.
The only way I picked that up is that I actually paid attention to the dates on my recent rewatch of the series. Blew my mind
I think I realized it was a prequel only of few years ago.
Mola Ram rips out a guy’s heart
Chris: This whole sequence looks beautiful
Yeah now when I watch that scene in Dumber and Dumber when Jim Carrey rips the foreign chefs heart out of his chest I will always know that it was a callback to Temple of Doom.
Temple of Doom was a prequel???
Learn something new every day.
Yeah, its a pretty obscure fact the only way you can tell is when it shows the year at the beginning for a few seconds, so its understandable that most people miss it. Spielberg and Lucas didn't want all 3 movies to be about Indy fight Nazis, so making it a prequel was their solution.
Yeah blew my mind when i found it out years after the fact.
That is one of the problems with it. The only way you know it's a prequel is by the date at the very beginning, but most people don't remember when the first one took place other than generally "during WWII because Nazis". So most people just assume it takes place after the first one. But in the first scene Indy has a completely different attitude about relics belonging in museums, so it's just confusing to the audience. There's also no real reason for it to be a prequel, it could have been set after WWII.
I think at first Indy wanted to drink the blood.
Honestly if anyone has watched ‘Raiders’ recently, it’s extremely violent and scary. I showed it to my roommate’s 7 year old son and he ran out of the room screaming when that snake came slithering out of that dead body’s mouth.
I saw this the first time around age 7-8 and the food scene and the heart scene grossed me out but the scariest thing to me was the children were kidnapped. They made all those kids into slaves. That scared me. I think I figured the guy who got his heart pulled out asked for it, he was part of the cult so 🤷🏻♀️
kuato lives I think 6/7 is a perfect age for it. Kids love to be scared and the Indy franchise is a perfect ‘my first horror’ type of film.
"I watched it as quick as possible, got it out of the VCR, 2 hours later returned it to my friend's mom..."
But Chris, did you make sure to BE KIND & REWIND ??? 🤔🤔🤔
He'd better have done so. As I recall, to do otherwise would be the height of 80's-90's rudeness.
You should have watched it again renting it from Blockbuster... they'd still be in business now with ur $4.99 3-day rental. 🤪
I'm so stupid... I went back to Blockbuster after dropping off a DVD cause I thought I had forgotten to rewind it.
Who else had the rewind machine that was shaped like a car?
Hahaha, your intro about your first experience watching this movie makes a lot of sense now that you’ve told your story as an ExJW.
I was also raised in that cult, and my parents loved Raiders and Crusade but we were never allowed to watch temple of doom.
I had a really similar experience watching a forbidden movie for the first time and being so relieved I wasn’t struck by lightning either.
You mind saying what movie?
@@johnstevens1700 Hellboy ;)
WE ARE GOING TO DIE!!!!! This makes me cry laugh every time i watch it.
I love this movie. Iconic quotes 🤣
The >:( sells it
That's one of my favorite scenes of the movie. The face Indy makes after his line always gets me. 😂🤣😆😅😄😀😁
That part is hilarious! "Do It Now"
Harrison's delivery of that line is perfect.
This was my intro to Indy. To this day, my dad will randomly drop a "Kali Ma" outta nowhere.
I am a dad and showed this to my two now teenage kids and I can't say that I drop one of these every week
YOU BETRAYED SIVA, (Saying something in Indian)!
I pull that one out from time to time (much like a heart!)
Holy shit! Same with my dad 😂😂
As an Indian, watching that scene was just so so Hilarious. Me and my brother can't go past a temple of Kali without saying Kali Maa in that weird Amresh Puri way lol...
Is Kali Ma's mother Kali Mama? And she's probably from western United States.
While Raiders remains my favorite Indy film, I think Doom has benefited the most from the passage of time. Many of the issues that held the film back when it was first released really aren't as much of as thing now days.
People complained that it was too serious, grim, dark, and violent for a film back in 1984, and that it's plot was overly convoluted and incoherent; but by TODAY'S standards, it's actually a pretty campy and funny, quirky crowd-pleasing romp of a movie with a relatively straightforward, easy to follow story.
People were disappointed not to see Marion and Sallah again and initially found the precocious Short-Round and whiny Willie to be annoying. But the characters have grown on audiences over time. Short is actually a lot less obnoxious than most child characters and DOES have excellent chemistry with Indy. Willie fills the same crucial function in Doom that Bill Paxton's well-liked Hudson character did in Aliens; they help the audience suspend disbelief by having one of the characters humorously and plausibly acknowledge awareness about how unbelievably bat-shit crazy and traumatizing the events of the film are. And regardless of whether or not you liked the characters themselves, there's no denying the actors playing them did a darn fine job bringing them to life with their performances - yeah, Kate Capshaw screamed a lot, but she was actually pretty good at it.
Plus, the models and practical effects and stunt work have a charming visual style flashy modern CGI just can't duplicate. Raiders is as good as it always was, but Doom has actually gotten better. The film is simply a lot more fun as a nostalgic action/comedy today than as an adventure/horror back in 1984. It's aged very well - who knows, in a thousand years, maybe it'll be worth something. :)
"WE....ARE GOING....TO DIIIIE!!" *sad face* One of my favorite, funny moments of the whole movie. Love Temple of Doom, and proud of it!
"Willy. We. are going. to DIE!!" :(
Temple of doom has always been my secret favorite. I mean you can’t takeaway how good Ark is. But I feel temple of doom is more true to the serial thriller they were trying to homage.
nah bro kingdom of the crystal skull is peeerrrrfffffeeeeeccccctttttttt
I don't think it has to be a competition, or a "one or the other". All three of the original 80s Indy films are fucking amazing, becasue they all do things a little differently.
100% Agree
A 10 years old Chris whispering "that's the Bad one" 0-0 pretty much like a rememberable movie line.. 😂
I just rewatched the trilogy and I have to admit that this is my favorite of the three. It’s absolutely insane, and I actually really respect the courage Spielberg had to make this as dark as it is. It also really solidified Indi as one of the first real mainstream anti-hero’s. It’s freakin awesome.
9:01 actually is Pankot palace Chris. Bangkok is in Thailand, not India.
To bad Chris doesn’t browse comments to know this
@@dragonball3166 Considering how many comments there are, are you really shocked?
bruh chill no one cares
@@alexmyers9130 Why are you making it sound like I was shouting at him. Was just pointing it out.
I literally have seen this movie 100 times and just found out it’s a prequel 🤦🏻♂️
Same here... but probobly more like 30 times. My favorite.
I actually didnt se or even know that the 3d movie existed until I was 20
Giuseppe Shmo you’re totally right, I must have missed the song where literally every word is not in English except “anything goes”. Dead giveaway it’s a prequel, thanks!
DON’T DISRESPECT DR. JONES! 😆
"You call him Doctor Jones, Doll !" lol
Dallas Dan Digital Productions beat me to it
No time for love!
"What's that? Feel like fortune cookie?"-"thats no fortune cookie" 😆
The Human sacrifice scene scared the piss out of 10 year old me
Now it’s my favorite Indiana Jones movie
Ditto
I like this movie a lot, including Short Round and Willie (the woman who screams a lot😄😆).
Willie is comedic relief, she's great. She's this person that has no business being there and somehow is. It's hilarious.
Another woman who screams alot is Kim Basinger in Batman.
@KalPhil
Vicki Vale, right?
I remember my dad showing me this movie when I was around 14yrs old. He's like "It's now time for you to watch Temple of Doom."
What a cool dad lol
Even though maybe it was still a risky thing to show
Nagiii not at 14 years old
@@nagi159 I also kept asking him when I would be allowed to watch it. And he kept saying "When you get older."
14 years old is a good age to watch it. I was a lot younger when I saw it, and I really liked it. So yeah maybe it was violent, but compared to what else we where exposed to back then in the television this was nothing.
Saw it in the 80s btw.
Short Round is the most annoying kid character ever.
Young Anakin: “Hold the keys to my podracer.”
Short Round was never annoying to me.
I didn't mind young Anakin. I think he gets far too much hate. To think, the actor who played him lost his mind because of the extreme line of haters.
The worst kid is AANG from the live action avatar movie.
Anyone who thinks short round is annoying needs to seriously rewatch the film. He actually helps out indy, is not a brat, and is adorable.
@@bluemartian9642 to be fair though he literally wasnt even an actor. He was just a kid who knew martial arts and that was enough for M Night to cast him
Who would take their kids to a movie called Temple of Doom and think it wasn’t going to be violent?
Temple of Doom was by far my favorite Indy movie. They touched on the lore outside of normal film making and it had black magic and was sooo good