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WHY does this movie get such a bad wrap?

posted 9 years ago by jwarpness
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I watched the entire indy series this year for the first time and was blown away. Despite KOTCS all of these movies were top notch. I've read nasty things about TOD and even read that spielberg only directed LC to apologize for temple. I enjoyed this movie so much. Is there a huge flaw I'm missing?

[–] JustSomeGuy (6) 5 years ago

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[–] pjl69 (2647) 5 years ago

The sound design and musical score was a mess towards the end and gave me a headache. A clear symptom of not properly designed action. They did what they could in post production, but couldn't save it from being a mess it was... Compare it to climax of Raiders of the Lost Ark and the difference is clear as night and day.