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| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Special Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Stany De Silva
Actors: Kate Capshaw, Roy Chiao, Lorraine Doyle, Harrison Ford, Chua Kah Joo
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (150 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2071
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 118 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: PARD132834D
UPC: 097361328348
EAN: 0097361328348
ASIN: B0014Z4ON4
Release Date: May 13, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 1984
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 Horrible transfer; not a very good movie either. May 21, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
FIrst of all, this is one of the worst looking Standard-Def DVDs I've watched on my player recently. Admittedly I've gotten used to Blu-Rays, but I also watch many newer standard-def discs and this Temple of Doom "reissue" looks like a laserdisc by comparison. The silly comic book and beautiful packaging can't disguise the fact that this is yet another disingenuous Lucasfilm offering. The documentaries are cheesy -- for a much better example of lovingly produced shorts check out Peter Jackson's King Kong 3-disc set.
In the new introduction, Spielberg pretty much admits that he didn't want to make the film and that it was Lucas's game. Temple of Doom has the same screenwriters as Howard the Duck and it shows. Personally, I think Spielberg dodged a bullet and narrowly escaped Temple of Doom turning into one of the great all-time turkeys. It is a laughably prepubescent take on action films, not to mention hinduism and India. Yet it's just not very fun either, as one suffers through the almost stupefyingly grating antics of Willy & Short Round. Harrison Ford even acts short-tempered and cranky through much of the film.
I give Temple of Doom credit for having been shot in Asia and it certainly does not disappoint as megabudget Hollywood eye candy. But this has to be considered a colossal misstep; Lucas and Spielberg were absolutely on top of the world in 1983-84 and this Indiana jones sequel is about the lamest product one can imagine them creating.
 Worst Sequel of All Time!!!! May 20, 2008
5 out of 14 found this review helpful
Spend your money on the classic RAIDERS and excellent LAST CRUSADE. Please don't subsidize bad film-making. Thank you.
I like the middle of Oreos best--but in the case of this series... May 20, 2008
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
I did want to see the whole series for continuity, but in a lot of ways, "Temple of Doom" blows continuity right out of the water. If you really want to watch the films in chronological order, you need to start with "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (occurs in 1935) then watch "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (occurs in 1936).
When "Temple" opens, Indy's (Ford) trying to get an idol from Chinese gangsters. He manages to escape them--but unwittingly ends up on one of their planes with nightclub singer Willy (Capshaw) and 12-year-old Chinese orphan boy Short Round (Jonathan Ke Quan).
Indy wakens to discover their pilot has bailed out and left them without parachutes. They crashland and end up in India. A beleaguered village elder seeks Indy's help to recover their sacred stones and the kidnapped village children. What they discover is a Thugge cult.
This is probably the roughest of the Jones flicks so far and IMHO, stretches the PG-13 rating to the breaking point with violence, harm to children. Capshaw is supposed to be a comedic foil, but she just comes off useless. Short Round is cute, but he's not Sallah and Spielberg must have realized that, because he doesn't appear in later films. Harrison Ford is good--he just can't quite carry the whole film on his rugged shoulders.
Rebecca Kyle, May 2008
 Classic Indy despite the witchcraft theme May 20, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is an incredible. I saw it as a kid and loved it. Many fans of the first movie compared this one to the first and had their perspective by the proverbial colored shades. See this one on its own and you'll love it. The real reason some fans don't like it is the creepy witchcraft theme. However, the lines, the acting, the great action scenes are all trademark Indy. If you don't get tripped up by the witchcraft theme (you know pulling live hearts from chests -while the victim is still alive!), then git this one will ya already?!
The Bad Sequel Everyone Went to See May 12, 2008
11 out of 25 found this review helpful
One of my all-time favorite movies will always be RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. Great movie, great memories seeing it when it came out in the summer of 1981, still a good movie to watch.
Then in 1984, the sequel was released: INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM. The thrill was gone. All of the action scenes looked like models and bad special effects (where was the stunt work that made the first film so exciting?).
I didn't like the heroine (although the director certainly did since he married her). Someone actually counted the number of times she screamed to see if she set some kind of record (Kim Basinger beat her in 1989's BATMAN).
I hated that little kid. Even worse than I hated the little brat from the old Godzilla movies. Just annoying.
And the story was just gross and mean-spirited. Bugs, monkey brains, human sacrifice and incineration. Nice.
A big, induglent, ugly sequel. A few years ago, the defunct Premiere magazine did a retrospective of these films and nearly everyone interviewed made excuses for it. "Well, George (Lucas) was going through a divorce at the time...."
I wasn't a huge fan of THE LAST CRUSADE either but...at least it wasn't as bad as TEMPLE OF DOOM.
RAIDERS still rules though.
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