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h2ohno on 07 April 2017

I actually agree. I thought Connery was badly miscast as the bumbling old guy. It had too many bad gags and jokes, the 'love interest' was terrible, especially with the fact that she also had a relationship with the father. And it never felt as big or important as Raiders did.

Still a good movie. I like all 4 Indiana Jones movies. But only Raiders was actually great.



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Vinther1991 on 07 April 2017

It's decent at best. Raiders is actually the only Indiana Jones movie I really care about.



Augen on 07 April 2017

Raiders will always be my favorite.

Temple I admire for trying new stuff, while Crusade is easier to watch as safer film.

Honestly, I enjoy all three for different reasons. I'd give Raiders 5 stars, Temple and Crusade both 4 stars.



Mandalore76 on 07 April 2017
shikamaru317 said:
binary solo said:

I think you have those the wrong way around. KoCS was barely watchable, ToD was merely ordinary.

I disagree. I rewatched all 4 when they were recently added to Amazon Prime and I stand by my order. The only issues Crystal Skull had were the cheesy fridge nuke scene and an overuse of CGI for scenes that could have been done without CGI easily (aka, George Lucas syndrome, lol). Temple of Doom was riddled with issues imo. The leading lady was annoying, it was much too dark (both the tone of the movie and the lighting, since it was mostly underground), the portrayal of India was highly inaccurate (so much so that it pissed Indians off, forcing them to film the movie in Sri Lanka instead). Lawrence Kasdan, the writer of Raiders of The Lost Ark and Star Wars 5, 6, and 7, turned down writing Temple of Doom, saying "I wanted nothing to do with it" and calling it "ugly and mean-spirited". Steven Spielberg himself said he wasn't happy with how Temple of Doom turned out, calling it "too dark, too subterranean, and too horrific". The only good thing about Temple of Doom imo was Short Round, that kid was great. 

A lot of people blame George Lucas for the fridge nuke even though Spielberg has taken full responsibility (with Lucas confusing the matter by saying Spielberg is only covering for him), but I think it was in fact Spielberg's idea.  There was originally supposed to be a fridge nuke scene at the climax of Back to the Future with Marty in the fridge.  Spielberg was the producer of Back to the Future.  He nixed the idea back then for worry of kids trying to act out the scene and getting trapped in refrigerators.  I think it was his call to put that scene in Crystal Skull as an homage to one of his earlier films.