Why Temple Of Doom Is The Best Indiana Jones Film

for me Doom supercedes Raiders (for reasons given), but i know Raiders is the better film/the classic

Raiders of the lost ark is the best film in my opinion, followed by Temple of Doom

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Short Round was awesome, probably the best sidekick Indy has had aside from Marion (Raiders Marion) and Sallah (Raiders Sallah). Willie wasn't a great character but you have to understand why she acted the way she did, had you been in her situation you would probably act similarly. The action sequences were amazing, they were suspenseful, they were violent and John Williams score made them all the more thrilling. Mola Ram and Chatter Lal were great villains, mostly because they posed a legitimate threat to Indiana Jones. They were pure evil and it made the audience want Indy to triumph over them. Julian Glover and Alison Doody were two of the most pathetic villains I have ever seen in cinema, almost as bad as Dominic Greene from Quantum of Solace. The special effects were top notch, sure Ghostbusters had great special effects as well but Temple of Doom wins hands down.

While it's not as good as Raiders it is certainly better than Last Crusade and Crystal Skull and from what I've gathered it's also better than Dial of Destiny.

I have come to like some aspects of Doom a lot more than I did when I was a kid, but at the end of the day, I still largely feel the same as I did when I saw it in the theaters as a kid: loud, crass, shrill, bombastic, exhausting, headache inducing. I feel the same as I do about 1941, which I don't hate but don't particularly love either.

Willie Scott was annoying, but Short Round technically saved all the good guys, including Indy himself!

I agree Doom is the lowest ranked in my opinion. I like some of the special effects, such as Mola Ram pulling the guy's heart out of his chest, but then the mine cart chase, the "background" shots through the mine were so horrible. I've been watchin these movies with my kids now, they love them, but God almighty, the mine cart chase was hard to watch.

Spielberg is my second favorite director to Nolan.

Just be honest, if you were in that situation you would act the same way Willie did.