Temple of Doom is celebrating 40 years in 2024

[Edmilson 7,504]

4 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

 

Short Round. 

Only when it's winter 

[Nick1Ø66 4,731]

21 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

Only when it's winter 

 

[Mr. Hooper 1,826]

8 minutes ago, Nick1Ø66 said:

 

[Loert 2,516]

My favourite Indiana Jones film and my favourite JW score. I will for sure be re-watching it. But my ultimate dream is to see it in a Live to Projection concert. Though unfortunately the people who organize LtP concerts probably already took one look at the score and said: "No way!"

[Bellosh 3,441]

The copywriter in me really wishes they did a teaser poster or trailer with the line ....

 

Before Raiders....Indy went to Hell.

[Andy 4,159]

The teaser poster did its job perfectly. 
 

[Brando 1,864]

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.

[Andy 4,159]

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. 

[Sweeping Strings 2,384]

14 hours ago, Holko said:

In my Bond rewatches, when I got to Octopussy, I definitely thought "Seriously, people say Temple of Doom is racist?"

'That ought to keep you in curry for a few weeks'. 

 

[Naïve Old Fart 9,596]

"Get off my bed!"

 

"Sit!"

[Sweeping Strings 2,384]

The finest line is probably when (after escaping the tiger hunt) Bond is pulled from the river onto a cruise boat and asked 'Are you with our group?' to which Moore responds (in a tone considerably drier than he is) ... 'No ma'am, I'm with the economy tour'. 

[Brando 1,864]

23 hours ago, Andy said:

the supersaturated reds and shadows

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.

[Andy 4,159]

Wow, I did NOT have this homage on my Star Trek Discovery Bingo Card!

 

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