Brando

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."
 

This movie was awesome. That is all.

There's a difference between being sensitive and over-sensitive. It's a wonderful film.

Me, singing along to Parade of the Slave Children:

 

 

Hearing it made it into some adaptations is a relief, but it really needed to be in the film to at least show the audience things aren't right. It certainly could of helped with those controversies.

Also I'd like to address one of the films biggest controversies - the banquet scene. 
 
In the film the characters are presented with a selection of....unusual plates, now an audience that is perhaps ignorant of the cuisine of India would take this as being the norm. Snake surprise, eyeball soup and chilled monkey brains are so readily enjoyed by the guests that someone who doesn't know that Hindus are primarily vegetarian wouldn't think twice about what was happening on screen. Now this was such a big problem that the film was banned in India for some years because of it. But in the script there was a scene following the banquet that would of clued audiences in - 

 
Now I don't know if this follow up scene was filmed but if this brief exchange had happened during the banquet instead it probably could of helped inform the audience that things weren't right, and certainly delt with one of its biggest controversies. 

Or in other words, Anything Goes. 
 
Truly, two simple words that sum up this perfect epic of entertaining mayhem, never to be taken as seriously as its predecessor.  Critics often use the phrase “Roller Coaster Ride” metaphorically, and I’d argue that if it didn’t begin with Temple of Doom, there’s no better film that fits that description. Literally. 

I'm reminded now of the most "positive"—or at least neutral-sounding—review quote Universal could find to put on 'Jaws: The Revenge' ads:
 
"Jaws strikes again!"

 
Well, I was sold on it. lol
 
 
(OK, I'll stop talking about Jaws now.) 
 
 

Yes! 😄
 

Almost as impressive as my 'Jaws: The Revenge' clipping collection... 
 

My older brother mocked the 'Jaws: The Revenge' trailer when it came out, and his opinion hasn't changed in 2024...

My favorite Indiana Jones movie.  I had the foldout poster magazine, I had the Marvel adaptation, and I got the collectors edition movie program when I saw it opening day.  Here are the original newspaper clippings I've saved from over the years (there's some Raiders in there too)
 

 
I remember my sister had a job at the local (brand new) multiplex theater, so she saw everything back then.  She hated the stuff I was into, mostly Spielberg and Lucas stuff.  I remember opening up the poster mag to the gatefold image of Indy on the rope bridge surrounded on both sides, and even my sister admitted "Yeah, I gotta admit that was pretty cool".  High praise from her back then.
 
I wear a fedora daily.  It is based on Temple of Doom style, and has an image of the 3 Sankara stones inside the sweatband, with the inscription "Fortune and Glory"
 
I'll watch it again.

Another beloved 80s blockbuster with a classic John Williams score is celebrating 4 decades of existence this year: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, which was released in the US on May 23, 1984.
 
If adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones
 

 
 
I love the classic Indy movies!
 
How will you celebrate ToD's 40th birthday? Re-watching it? Listening to the epic John Williams score? Doing all of those things? 

Well of course the petition failed. Each of us only spread it to like a couple dozen other people.

I can kinda hear it, yeah

I kind of get it. It shows you that Sallah and Marcus are back, shows you the girl, shows you the nazi villain. No more corners left, the essentials that everyone going in blind knows will be in there are covered. Donovan's of not that much interest until the surprise twist that he's with the nazis, the poster doesn't give away his centralness.

He was too late for the painting session, I suppose.

Hi, I'm Curly, and I only surround myself with people who have less hair than me.

Hi, I'm Curly, and I only surround myself with people who allow me to keep using that name.

@Brando lmao but also so legit looking 

The initial shot of the Tydirium flying over the camera is underscored brilliantly.
The whole sequence is fantastic.

Sail Barge Assault and Faking the Code are two of my favorite cues of all time.

Maybe because by then, after two films, you saw the pattern, knew the conventions, and as a kid, you were so hyped for the outcome to the ESB cliffhanger, your brain was recording the experience differently. 
 
Nevertheless I do agree with you, and you articulated it well.  It does capture the essence of the experience somehow. Whether that’s inherently the score (nature) or our childhood responses (nurture), I’m not sure. 

The final track on the OST: Government Coverup and Finale 

Don't know if this should go here or in a score thread in the John Williams section proper.
 
But I put on the complete(ish) Return of the Jedi today. (Some sort of mish-mash of sources. I think it's probably one of the ABC editions.)
 
I don't know that there is another score, not even a Star Wars score, that takes me to THE first time that I saw a film the way Jedi does. I hear that intro of the Star Destroyer and Vader's approach as JW teases the Imperial March through the first minutes and I can feel the air conditioning and I can smell the popcorn. I can feel the summer heat when the doors open at the end. I can remember the cheers at the Fox and Lucasfilm logos, the hush during "A long time ago" and the cheers again at Star Wars.
 
The Jabba music in particular can make me "hear" the ambiance of a cinema.
 
We're film music nerds, and for many of us part of the appeal is re-experiencing a beloved film. But this isn't just the film, this is that exact DAY.
 
I wonder why this one?