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A Disappointing Continuation

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

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.

Worst movie of the series. Disgusting / horror movie. You do not want to watch it unless you want to have nightmares. Instead of having a story, they make you look at disgusting things happening in every scene (eating snakes, drinking human blood).Terrible and bad movie.

The beginning scenes are fun but it goes downhill quickly. Here comes the list: All the things they put in this movie for comic relief didn't make me laugh once. The portrayal of Indians is just racist. Monkey brain dessert? Really? Kate Capshaw's character is annoying from beginning to end. I don't care for the short Chinese kid either. The romance between Indiana and Willie comes out of nowhere. Then the actual plot starts off as late as at the half mark of the movie. And it does not make much sense to me: There is some pseudo-Indian voodoo rituals going on, including ripping out hearts of living people's chests, barbecuing people over lava... Sorry, Steven Spielberg, but this was just too much compared to a Holy Grail. In my opinion, Temple of Doom suffers similar weaknesses as Crystal Skull. The mythology was just too weird, with pseudo-Indian occultism and Aztec aliens respectively. Oh, and did I mention child labor for mining diamonds? Spielberg's directing can be very atmospheric, which really saves this movie from being complete rubbish (the cart ride scene was actually fun). But it can be as stupid as letting our protagonists escape a crashing plane on a rubber boat. Temple of Doom makes in my opinion a weak Indy movie.