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    Brando reacted to mrbellamy in New Spielberg movie: The Fabelmans (2022)   
    David Lynch finally gave a few quotes about taking the role
     
     
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    Brando reacted to QuartalHarmony in Anyone here succumbed to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray?   
    At least other countries have the option of watching the 4K Abyss.
     
    Its UK release has been cancelled due to the rat scene…
     
    Mark
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    Brando got a reaction from oierem in Temple of Doom is celebrating 40 years in 2024   
    I remember being very little and my grandma and my aunt were watching this on tv(a terrible way to watch this movie, as well as every movie), and I remember my aunt telling me the ending had alligators in it, but I don’t remember anything else since I was very little, but I do remember rhis….
     
    Fast forward several years and I remember watching it with my dad and maybe my mom, not sure, and I think we had watched Raiders before because I knew the characters. I don’t remember any reactions I had throughout the movie, however, I do know that afterwards i immediately went upstairs to recreate the rope bridge sequence with my dressed up as Indy because that was one of the coolest things I had ever seen, and still is to this day. The behind the scenes story of the single take with multiple camera angles and the dummies falling into the gorge is incredible.
     
    I love this movie the same way I love The Lost World. The last 30 minutes of the movie are balls off the wall fun, Steven Spielberg creating an over the top popcorn finale. Indy saves the kids, they escape the mines, there’s a runaway mine cart sequence…and after it comes to an end the heroes finally have a short rest moment…AND THEN A WAVE OF WATER JUST SHOWS UP!!! And the roller coaster continues! Indy overtaking the 2 swordsman with the funny nod to Raiders, then the rope bridge confrontation. I think the novelization has an interesting little take on this, it says something like “Indy wasn’t trapped on a bridge with the Thuggee…they’re trapped on a bridge with Indy!” And of course you have the joyous ending when the kids are reunited with their parents is so satisfying. I love it so much.
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    Brando got a reaction from Andy in Temple of Doom is celebrating 40 years in 2024   
    Omg the lighting is SO GOOD!!!! The entire Temple set is so brilliantly crafted and lit so well, I call it 'deliciously dark' when I describe it because of how it looks.
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    Brando got a reaction from Mr. Hooper in Temple of Doom is celebrating 40 years in 2024   
    I remember being very little and my grandma and my aunt were watching this on tv(a terrible way to watch this movie, as well as every movie), and I remember my aunt telling me the ending had alligators in it, but I don’t remember anything else since I was very little, but I do remember rhis….
     
    Fast forward several years and I remember watching it with my dad and maybe my mom, not sure, and I think we had watched Raiders before because I knew the characters. I don’t remember any reactions I had throughout the movie, however, I do know that afterwards i immediately went upstairs to recreate the rope bridge sequence with my dressed up as Indy because that was one of the coolest things I had ever seen, and still is to this day. The behind the scenes story of the single take with multiple camera angles and the dummies falling into the gorge is incredible.
     
    I love this movie the same way I love The Lost World. The last 30 minutes of the movie are balls off the wall fun, Steven Spielberg creating an over the top popcorn finale. Indy saves the kids, they escape the mines, there’s a runaway mine cart sequence…and after it comes to an end the heroes finally have a short rest moment…AND THEN A WAVE OF WATER JUST SHOWS UP!!! And the roller coaster continues! Indy overtaking the 2 swordsman with the funny nod to Raiders, then the rope bridge confrontation. I think the novelization has an interesting little take on this, it says something like “Indy wasn’t trapped on a bridge with the Thuggee…they’re trapped on a bridge with Indy!” And of course you have the joyous ending when the kids are reunited with their parents is so satisfying. I love it so much.
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    Brando reacted to Edmilson in Disney Emporium releases Indiana Jones: The Complete CD Collection (Expected ship date is March 27, 2024.) No new expansions - Includes the previous Concord Records programmes plus KotCS and DoD OSTs   
    We should forward his Facebook profile to Matessino.
     
    "Hey Mike, we found on the internet a very interesting person for you to talk! Why don't you text him or something?"
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    Brando reacted to StarFox in Disney Emporium releases Indiana Jones: The Complete CD Collection (Expected ship date is March 27, 2024.) No new expansions - Includes the previous Concord Records programmes plus KotCS and DoD OSTs   
    Well I just happen to catch this tidbit from the PROJECT MANAGER at Disney Music Emporium, David Watts:
     

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    Brando reacted to Richard Penna in Disney Emporium releases Indiana Jones: The Complete CD Collection (Expected ship date is March 27, 2024.) No new expansions - Includes the previous Concord Records programmes plus KotCS and DoD OSTs   
    I think they should go digital. A 20-disc box set will be expensive and niche and cause all sorts of complications with fitting tracks on and the inevitable scratched CD in the process.
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    Brando reacted to Amer in Disney Emporium releases Indiana Jones: The Complete CD Collection (Expected ship date is March 27, 2024.) No new expansions - Includes the previous Concord Records programmes plus KotCS and DoD OSTs   
    I think Matessino does have a foot inside Disney. I'm sure he has or would  have pitched about STAR WARS/INDIANA JONES Expansions but it has to be about the right timing. Disney is a big corporate and its formidable giant on its own. There are many hurdles that need to be crossed. So we just have to wait and see. 
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    Brando reacted to Andy in Temple of Doom is celebrating 40 years in 2024   
    Yesssssss all of that.  
     
    Like Empire, the film has great cinematic contrasts. The clean polished nightclub, the jungle, the supersaturated reds and shadows, and the blinding daylight of the finale, making their escape from darkness literal and joyous. 
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    Brando got a reaction from Groovygoth666 in Temple of Doom is celebrating 40 years in 2024   
    I remember being very little and my grandma and my aunt were watching this on tv(a terrible way to watch this movie, as well as every movie), and I remember my aunt telling me the ending had alligators in it, but I don’t remember anything else since I was very little, but I do remember rhis….
     
    Fast forward several years and I remember watching it with my dad and maybe my mom, not sure, and I think we had watched Raiders before because I knew the characters. I don’t remember any reactions I had throughout the movie, however, I do know that afterwards i immediately went upstairs to recreate the rope bridge sequence with my dressed up as Indy because that was one of the coolest things I had ever seen, and still is to this day. The behind the scenes story of the single take with multiple camera angles and the dummies falling into the gorge is incredible.
     
    I love this movie the same way I love The Lost World. The last 30 minutes of the movie are balls off the wall fun, Steven Spielberg creating an over the top popcorn finale. Indy saves the kids, they escape the mines, there’s a runaway mine cart sequence…and after it comes to an end the heroes finally have a short rest moment…AND THEN A WAVE OF WATER JUST SHOWS UP!!! And the roller coaster continues! Indy overtaking the 2 swordsman with the funny nod to Raiders, then the rope bridge confrontation. I think the novelization has an interesting little take on this, it says something like “Indy wasn’t trapped on a bridge with the Thuggee…they’re trapped on a bridge with Indy!” And of course you have the joyous ending when the kids are reunited with their parents is so satisfying. I love it so much.
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    Brando got a reaction from Andy in Temple of Doom is celebrating 40 years in 2024   
    I remember being very little and my grandma and my aunt were watching this on tv(a terrible way to watch this movie, as well as every movie), and I remember my aunt telling me the ending had alligators in it, but I don’t remember anything else since I was very little, but I do remember rhis….
     
    Fast forward several years and I remember watching it with my dad and maybe my mom, not sure, and I think we had watched Raiders before because I knew the characters. I don’t remember any reactions I had throughout the movie, however, I do know that afterwards i immediately went upstairs to recreate the rope bridge sequence with my dressed up as Indy because that was one of the coolest things I had ever seen, and still is to this day. The behind the scenes story of the single take with multiple camera angles and the dummies falling into the gorge is incredible.
     
    I love this movie the same way I love The Lost World. The last 30 minutes of the movie are balls off the wall fun, Steven Spielberg creating an over the top popcorn finale. Indy saves the kids, they escape the mines, there’s a runaway mine cart sequence…and after it comes to an end the heroes finally have a short rest moment…AND THEN A WAVE OF WATER JUST SHOWS UP!!! And the roller coaster continues! Indy overtaking the 2 swordsman with the funny nod to Raiders, then the rope bridge confrontation. I think the novelization has an interesting little take on this, it says something like “Indy wasn’t trapped on a bridge with the Thuggee…they’re trapped on a bridge with Indy!” And of course you have the joyous ending when the kids are reunited with their parents is so satisfying. I love it so much.
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    Brando reacted to Andy in Temple of Doom is celebrating 40 years in 2024   
    The teaser poster did its job perfectly. 
     

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    Brando reacted to Nick1Ø66 in Temple of Doom is celebrating 40 years in 2024   
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    Brando reacted to Edmilson in Temple of Doom is celebrating 40 years in 2024   
    Only when it's winter 
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    Brando reacted to Jurassic Shark in Temple of Doom is celebrating 40 years in 2024   
    Short Round. 
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    Brando reacted to Nick1Ø66 in Temple of Doom is celebrating 40 years in 2024   
    That's what Spielberg said.
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    Brando reacted to Mr. Hooper in Temple of Doom is celebrating 40 years in 2024   
    Agreed. But some seem to bristle at any depiction of a culture that doesn't present it 100% accurately or in the best possible light. And poking any fun at them is, certainly, a big no-no today.
     
    Personally, I don't look to movies for an accurate depiction of anything—or to teach me about anything. License is taken all the time to augment their effect—be it dramatic, comedic, or whatever.
     
    For the record, as a kid I didn't come away from TOD thinking that Indians ate "eyeball soup," "Snake Surprise," or "chilled monkey brains" as part of their diet... It was an obviously broad attempt at humour.
     
    But whether or not you find it "funny" is of course a matter of personal opinion.
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    Brando reacted to Nick1Ø66 in Temple of Doom is celebrating 40 years in 2024   
    Indeed. I know certainly there are Indians who may not have appreciated the portrayal (notably the Indian government at the time), and, well, fair enough. But frankly, most of the people I've seen take great offence at this film haven't been Indians, but rather the usual sort who are eager to take offence on behalf of someone else.
     
    I think it's just as silly to expect that Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom be a complete, and accurate portrayal of Indians as it is to expect The Godfather to be a complete and accurate portrayal of Italians. I grew up watching wuxia films but I never thought every Chinese person was a martial arts expert who spent their days fighting. 
     
    The great Amrish Puri (Mola Ram), put it best...
     
    "It's based on an ancient cult that existed in India and was recreated like a fantasy. If you recall those imaginary places like Pankot Palace, starting with Shanghai, where the plane breaks down and the passengers use a raft to jump over it, slide down a hill and reach India, can this ever happen? But fantasies are fantasies, like our Panchatantra and folklore. I know we are sensitive about our cultural identity, but we do this to ourselves in our own films. It's only when some foreign directors do it that we start cribbing."
     
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