Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

What makes it different from others?

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Movie Review: "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984)Starting out with one of the greatest opening sequences ever received in Hollywood motion pictures, director Steven Spielberg, just arriving after two major movie hits with "E.T.-the Extra-Terrestrial" (1982) for Universal and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981) for Paramount, the legendary Hollywood Studio, founded in 1912, presenting an understanding effort to establishment a worldwide trademarking character with "Indiana Jones" aka Henry Jones Jr., performed with star-approval as reprising wits to naturalistic-looking action-beats by leading man Harrison Ford, whose character in presuming his first excursion abroad in Shanghai of 1935 mixing up with a Chinese Gentlemen Gangster Syndicate, meeting variete singer "Willie Scott", performed as fun-loving as classic blonde actress Kate Capshaw, in order to steal away the price of survival in major diamond-poison-vaccine screwball beating scene, rescued by supporting character "Short Round", a 13-year Vietnamese boy driving cars, handling hostile weaponry and getting thrown off a plane with super-hero archaeologist "Indiana Jones" and almost hostage-like taken gentleman-preferring-high-class-woman "Willie" into the depth of the Indian Jungle.Director Steven Spielberg keeps pace throughout the picture, even when the screenplay based on story by executive producer George Lucas tends to be overloaded, where despite plenty scene of joy, smiles and almost-musical-like entertainment, the action, which includes car chases, last-second crashing plane jump-outs, lifeboat mountain rundowns to the title-given fights with less pistol, more sword-to-knife and natural fist to rescue children from underground child labor, when nevertheless utmost serious themes of rural Indian village starvation, voodoo magic procedures and a brainwashed child ruler controlled by nemesis-making, death-mongering, dark-cult-indulging priest called "Mola Ram", given face by British Indian territory actor Amrish Pouri (1932-2005) challenges "Indiana Jones" to visual-compelling day-time bridge fight to Hollywood event movie proportions that cannot prevail under the genre mixing crime-adventure-drama-action, when the comic-like humor scenes in the jungle between constant fighting Willie & Indiana, especially concerning perfume on Indian elephant heads, open monkey heads for desert or constant female screams of disgust echoing through dungeons of an Indian palace, which take out most of the so-badly-needed suspense toward a dark-magic-cult with white-dressed virgin sacrifices and heart-ripping chest grips, where "Raiders of the Lost Ark" found magically the balance within the relationship of "Marion Ravenwood & Indiana Jones" in mutual chase of comprehending the powers of "The Ark" of just being the classic Hollywood adventure-movie for the ages. Copyright 2018 Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC

I feel like not much happens in this movie... I always heard of Indy's great adventures but I didn't find it really exciting... Sorry!

My opinion of this film has improved over the years. There is much to criticize about this film. It's much more violent than "Raiders" yet I totally agree with Roger Ebert who also gives it 4 thumbs up. The opening sequence has nothing at all to do with the rest of it, as it pays homage to every James Bond movie ever made, plus a very sly reference to the "Chinese Cuties" (wearing practically nothing) dance number from "International House", an old W.C. Field's classic! The grossest banquet in history at the boy-shah's palace. Eyeballs and chilled monkey brains. Moving insects for dinner! Fantastic sets and a fabulous "legend of the enchanted stones" that must be returned to the native people to restore peace and harmony. Non-stop action from the beginning to the end. The shaman that pulls beating hearts from his victim's chests as they explode and burn up as fireballs! Many memorable and nightmarish scenarios. The best roller coaster mine ride ever filmed. A movie that stands on it's own and is not just another sequel.

'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' is the obvious weak-link in the Indy series. After the great first movie, this one was a huge disappointment on so many levels. The story doesn't come close to that of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'. The action is also tame in comparison and it never reaches the pace and intensity of the first film.Unlike any of the other Indy films, I also found 'The Temple of Doom' to be very annoying, largely due to Kate Capshaw's character and her habit of screaming at anything and everything that moves. I also found the little kid a bit irritating, but nothing in comparison to Capshaw's character. All in all this was a very disappointed sequel. If there's an Indy movie to avoid then this one is it.