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[Error Macro]

The featurette clips on the VHS Indy set (mine is widescreen, of course) specifically say that the MPAA created the PG-13 because of "Temple Of Doom." Spielberg had so much clout, that he was able to pressure them into creating the new rating, because they were going to slap Temple with an R rating.

 

[Ecrofirt]

What the fuck was the Atlantis story?

 

[Vitten]

Temple rocked. Though I must admit I had a tough time sitting through the heart-ripping part as a small kid.

KALIMAAAAAAAAA !!!


Man, I whish I knew how to do that trick

 

[AniHawk]

Indiana Jones is one of my favorite movie trilogies ever (up there with Star Wars OT), so I don't think any of the movies are bad. I liked The Last Crusade the most, then Raiders, then Temple of Doom. It's been a longass time since I've seen the latter two, but I remember Temple being really boring for me, and Raiders scaring the hell out of me with the face-melting scene.

 

[FoneBone]

The featurette clips on the VHS Indy set (mine is widescreen, of course) specifically say that the MPAA created the PG-13 because of "Temple Of Doom." Spielberg had so much clout, that he was able to pressure them into creating the new rating, because they were going to slap Temple with an R rating.

Temple of Doom was PG. Read the thread.

 

[ge-man]

I have a real affinity for Temple of Doom, but that may have more to do with me watching a lot when I was younger. Frankly, I don't find any of the Indy's "bad." I have a hard time trying to rate them.

 

[demon]

I don't understand how people could actually prefer Temple of Doom to Last Crusade... are you the same people who still defend the Matrix sequels?

Temple of Doom was at least different and had interesting characters; Indy was at least semi-Indy in the movie. Last Crusade was just Raiders-lite. Indy was no longer a real, three-dimensional and interesting character, and was made into a fucking boyscout. The movie was full of slapstick. It was decent entertainment, and fairly good in its own right, but it doesn't hold a candle to Raiders of the Lost Ark: the greatest adventure movie of all time.

 

[Dead]

Temple of Doom is the only Indy Movie id consider owning.

 

[FoneBone]

Temple of Doom is the only Indy Movie id consider owning.

 

[Error Macro]

Temple of Doom was PG. Read the thread.

Watch your tongue, smart ass. I said the PG-13 rating was created due to Spielberg's "influence" with the MPAA. They were originally going to give Temple an R rating, but Spielberg convinced them to go with a PG rating instead. The argument about this caused the MPAA to create the PG-13 classification.

 

[Saint Cornelius]

And hey, Red Dawn was the first movie to get the PG-13 rating! *ahem*

 

[Dead]

what can I say, im completely indifferent to the indy series, couldnt care less about it

 

[DDayton]

The Last Crusade was my personal favorite, followed by the original Raiders of the Lost Ark...

 

[Error Macro]

Actually, The Flamingo Kid was the first movie to get the PG-13 rating, but Red Dawn was released to the theaters before Flamingo Kid was. Booyah!!

 

[FoneBone]

Oh, and we can't have a Temple of Doom thread without this anecdote:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087469/trivia

While filming the whipping scene, the crew played a practical joke on Harrison Ford. While he was chained to a large stone, Barbra Streisand appeared, dressed in a leather dominatrix outfit. She proceeded to whip him, saying "That's for Hanover Street (1979), the worst movie I ever saw." She continued whipping him for Star Wars (1977), and making all of that money. Carrie Fisher then threw herself in front of Ford to protect him, and Irvin Kershner chided director Steven Spielberg. "Is this how you run your movies?" This entire sequence was filmed.

I can't believe the IMDB still hasn't taken that down. Still funny, though.

 

[Saint Cornelius]

Actually, The Flamingo Kid was the first movie to get the PG-13 rating, but Red Dawn was released to the theaters before Flamingo Kid was. Booyah!!

Well, shit.

 

[nitewulf]

all three are some of my favorites. ToD used to be my fav as a kid, but as i grew up its cheesyness became way more apparent than the other two films, so it went down on the indy scale. after eveything's said and done i have a hard time picking my fav, though its probably the last crusade. i love sean connery and i really enjoyed the young indy intro, plus i also like how the showed where indy got his "look" from. that merc gave his hat to river phoenix and smirked, i loved that scene. Raiders is fantastic too, the intro is probably one of the best action sequences of all time. And everything from rescuing the chic from the Nazi air base to the hillside chase were just awesome. ToD is still quite cool, Mola Ram is menacing (he was the defacto Bollywood villain in the 70's and 80's and since the mid 90s he only does good natured fatherly roles...its odd to see him as a nice guy).

 

[Celicar]

That would have been a great movie.

 

[Dujour]

It was my first indy movie. To all the naysayers: Kali Ma, shakti de! Kali Ma, shakti de!

 

[Shinobi]

Those fools, they weren't fleeing from the cinema, they were running to hoist Indy up on their shoulders

:lol

What the fuck was the Atlantis story?

http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=91-258

This was it...I'm not sure if the comic series was based on the PC game or vice versa, but the storyline was more or less the same. The PC game owned BTW...if you can find it at an Abandonware site somewhere, you could a lot worse.

:lol :lol :lol I still can't stop giggling over that one...


I like Temple and Crusade about equally...both are really cool movies in their own right. But Raiders so completely beats these two and all other movies that it's amazing to me that there's actually an argument. Raiders is about as perfect an action/adventure movie as you can see. So many classic scenes...the boulder, the snake the legend behind the ark, the dotted red line across the map, the shootout in the bar (and subsequent hot metal scorching), the monkey with his "hail Hitler!", the "fight" with the swordsman (still one of the funniest scenes ever, probably because it was ad libbed), the map room, the Well of Souls, the floor of snakes, the raising of the ark, Indy vs Nazi Goliath (not to mention NG's subsequent end), the incredible truck chase, the mirror/bed scene, the Nazi clothes being too small for Indy, the opening of the ark (good God did that scare me out of a year's growth), and of course the final scene in the warehouse. These are all just timeless scenes, and help make up what is my all time favourite movie alongside Jaws.

 

[Dujour]

Fine, I'll say it. I've seen all the Indy movies except for Raiders of the Lost Ark, but after reading that post...

/me finds a certain torrent file.

 

[Shinobi]

Fine, I'll say it. I've seen all the Indy movies except for Raiders of the Lost Ark

 

[Dujour]

heh, I'm still queasy after seeing that guy's head hacked off, but that made me laugh.

 

[Great Wasabi Man]

Holy crap Lucas Reworked Star Wars 3 times, Reworked The Young Indiana Jones twice and Stoped production to Indy 4 to rework that. Damn that south PArk Episode had Spielburg and Lucas in opposite roles. I'm so glad in that maxim interview Lucas cleared thing up saying he doesn't work that way....umm yeah.

I hated Temple of Doom when I was little I found it boring, and that sytupid ending with the little indian kids celebrating like Ewoks. I watched it recently, it's still not great but not as bad as I remeber. You have a cliche'd chinese kid fight a cliche'd indian kid it's like MR Wong VS Apo!

 

[Optimistic]

Temple of Doom is probably my least favourite, but the first half of the film is pretty damn good. It has GREAT atmosphere. It just went pear shaped after they found the secret cult underneath the passage...that part was just tedious. But oh well, still a good movie.

 

[Spectral Glider]

I don't understand how people could actually prefer Temple of Doom to Last Crusade... are you the same people who still defend the Matrix sequels?

I still have yet to watch the original Matrix from beginning to end. I tried twice and fell asleep both times. I like all kinds of movies, but the Matrix phenomenon I just don't get. Don't care what the matrix is, was or shall be. And if it doesn't make Keanu a better actor at some point in the film, then I don't ever want to know what the matrix is. Fuck it.

I love all the Indy films, but Last Crusade to me doesn't hold up as well over time. It's too much like Raiders and not as good. More Nazis, Indy's an archeologist, not a captain in the US Army. Replace the ark with the grail, replace the army truck chase with a giant tank, replace Belloq with a guy who's not nearly as interesting, replace Marion with a blonde who's also not nearly as interesting. The only thing that worked was Connery as his father, if you get over the Scottish accent that is. Wasn't a terrible movie, but it was just too by the numbers.

I rank the movies just as they were released: Raiders, Doom, Last Crusade.

 

[Warm Machine]

Anyone who thinks Keanu can't act hasn't seen The Gift. Keanu biggest problem is his inability to pick scripts he is right for. Point Break, Speed, The Matrix and The Gift he was perfect in.

 

[Spectral Glider]

I've seen Point Break and Speed and wasn't overly impressed with his performances. I'd say he was more serviceable than "perfect" in those roles.

 

[Warm Machine]

I've seen Point Break and Speed and wasn't overly impressed with his performances. I'd say he was more serviceable than "perfect" in those roles.

Jason Patrick in Speed 2 compared to Keanu in Speed 1. Keanu = perfect.

 

[Spectral Glider]

Well, I've never had the displeasure of seeing Speed 2, so you're probably right there.

 

[Bregor]

Indy's an archeologist, not a captain in the US Army.

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Captain in the US Army? I don't follow.

 

[Spectral Glider]

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Captain in the US Army? I don't follow.

Two out of three films he squares off against the Nazi army.