@@ILoooooveCamels Indiana Jones. When I was a kid, Gremlins was a close tie. Though I loved the others as well, Lucas and Spielberg had some magic touch to their movies back then, that just made them stand out.
@Goy Zombie Dude, you gotta put more effort in, if your going to go professional in your trolling. Your account is just lazy, sophomoric, sub par at best. C'mon man, put some effort in. I don't expect you to go IRA/GRU level, but at least show you have in intelligence quotient above 110
Yeah. Kids is usually dragging down movies, but in Indiana he added fun to the movie. Kids were great in The Lost Boys and The Goonies, but most else they rarely work as good.
Classic film temple of doom is my favorite of the series. The film give me a lot of joy as child and as adult. I definitely can rewatch this over again.
Agreed. the other 2 felt too linear with long chase sequences. The dialogue and lines in this one are fantastic! The 3rd one is awful bc Harrison has to split time with Sean so our attention and focus is divided. Also Sean as dad depantses Indy/Harrison-our hero is not taken seriously. In TOD he is the hero; we get to coast along enjoying HF at his finest. I legitimately can watch this movie start to finish and watch it start all over again. Its my top go-to when I am working on things and need something in the background. I know every line and love knowing they're coming! ("the trouble with her....is the noise" "maybe, he like older women??!" "WE.ARE.GOING.TO.DIE! 😕") Also shoulf have won an Oscar for "best fist acting"--- "DO IT NOOOOW!!!" spoken by Indys fist through the wall! ha ha ha
It’s amazing how adding a hat and removing sunglasses can change someone’s entire appearance. Maybe that whole Clark Kent glasses 🤓 disguise does make sense after all 🤔🤔🤔
Clark Kenting (the trope in question) is based on the fact that if you're not actively looking for them, you could pass a celebrity on the street and not recognize them
My favourite Indy movie. Would have been 5 when i first saw it on VHS. It was just perfect for a little boy with a growing sense of morbid curiosity. All the gross stuff and crazy bugs was just amazing to me.
@@BobbyGeneric145 Yeah I remember my mum renting it for us soon as it came out, which would have made me 5. For whatever reason it didn't scare me, I loved it. Yet Gremlins which i would have seen around the same time terrified me. Kids are weird I guess.
I remember seeing this at eleven and all the "controversy" surrounding the rating. It wasn't the violence so much as the gore that got parents upset. There were stories of kids puking in theaters, passing out from the dinner scene, etc. but all I remembered was LOVING it with my friends watching it at a matinee...
Other than the date on screen, I can't see this being a prequel and didn't know until you mentioned it. It even has a callback in the 'knife to a gunfight' scene, only this time without a gun. It makes a point of being a callback by his look of "I've done this before." smugness before discovering it isn't a gun fight.
Yup, so this actually being set in the past before Raiders makes this scene and Indy's reaction make absolutely no sense. That's gonna bug me every time I watch it again from now on. 😂
So if Temple of Doom was written while he was going through a nasty divorce, makes me wonder if the scene involving the guy's heart being tore out was a reference to his own heart being ripped out due to the divorce.
Willie gets heat for being weak and wimpy but I related to her the most because she has a realistic reaction to all the crazy crap. I'd be screaming too.
There is nothing wrong with having a female character who doesn't like getting all dirty and getting chased by crazy cultists and just wanting to be in a comfy hotel room with a bottle of Champaign. Probably the most realistic character in the entire series.
A couple things, first: dude! you have eyes! Second, I agree with you, Temple of Doom was also my favorite Indiana Jones adventure. Kudos for getting it right!
I'm with Minty. Temple of Doom has been my favorite since I was a kid. It's action packed and is truly underrated. It's also the only Indiana Jones film where Indi's actions actually mattered. In Raiders, Last Crusade, and Crystal Skull the end would have been the same even without Jones. In Temple of Doom he recovers the stones and frees the children.
Wait, please be patient? How did Indiana jones not matter in the first movie? If he had never appeared the nazis would have found some way to use the ark.
@@nosuchthing8 It was explained in an episode of The Big Bang Theory. The same applies to both Last Crusade and Kingdom where the bad guys get the artifact he's trying to protect, use it in such an incompetent way as to destroy themselves, and it then winds up being collected after the fact with Indy basically doing nothing that changed the trajectory at any point. This isn't entirely unreasonable as the Ark, Grail and Skull were all just for the purpose of giving purpose to the action, but it's a bit extreme. Sort of like how James Bond doesn't get a character arc in really any of the movies he's in. Once you realize that, it can screw with the perception of the film, but is the way it is for a reason.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade Big Bang Theory missed the point: The impotence of Indy's actions in "Raiders" underscores the fact that God has ultimate authority over human affairs. Indy's friend Marcus Brody alluded to such supernatural concerns early in the film, when Indy laughed them off. But when Indy tells Marion to close her eyes when Nazis open the Ark, Indy clearly believes the Biblical warning that no human can survive directly seeing God's face (symbolized by the Ten Commandments in the Ark) unless God chose to extend grace to them. The Bible, Exodus 33:17-23; Exodus 25:22; Leviticus 16:2; see Hebrews 9.
I loved The Temple of Doom as a kid. I honestly didn’t know it was a prequel until this video. My wife and I were blown away by that revelation. I can’t wait for your Last Crusade video as that’s my favorite Indiana Jones movie.
My favorite Indy movie. Love the 2 comedic sidekicks (Willie and Short Round are perfect) mixed with the darker tone. Probably watched it over 100 times.
This was (and probably still is, but I should do a rewatch to make sure😊) my favorite Indy movie. I'm not sure I saw it in 1984, I would have been 6 but the 80s were a different time and my brother was 12 so I may have gone with him. I have distinct memories of sitting at lunch in elementary school and grossing out my friends describing the dinner scene. I love all it gory goodies!
My father let me and my cousin watch this movie when we were little kids back in the 80’s. My cousin’s mom (my aunt) was pretty annoyed with my dad for showing this movie to her son because of all the violence, but we both LOVED it. My father died several years ago and I will always love him for letting me watch crazy movies that, in retrospect, I was probably too young for but left indelible impressions that stuck with me and always kept pondering over. A great movie I love rewatching from time to time.
Temple was always my favorite too. Seeing you with out sunglasses is surprising because seeing you with them on for so long I forget there are eyes behind those.
Fun fact: The large Thugee that ends up in the stone crusher was played by the late great Pat Roach (Who also got chopped up by an aeroplane propeller in ‘Raiders’). At the time he was also filming the first series of ‘Auf wiedersehn pet’ at the same studio, and would often arrive on the set of ‘Pet’ still in his Thugee makeup.
Indiana Jones part 1-3 were all great, but temple of doom has a special place for me. As a kid my family and I went to see it in the 80's. I must admit that heart scene terrified me but boy what a movie!
i thought the same thing. I owned a Dodge Ram pickup in the 80s. my buddy had one too. we would work on them in his driveway, (fluids, plugs, tire rotaion, oil, you get it) - one of us would say "Mola Ram, Shiva Ram, DODGE RAM!" If you laughted, you had to get the next beer from the cooler.
I've seen this movie heaps of times through my 45 years and I always forget that Dan Ackroyd is in the film. Then every time I watch it and he appears for his cameo, I'm "hey, that's Dan Ackroyd". I'm sure I'll forget again.
I was around 10 when Temple came out. You've cleared something up for me that I was wondering since then. You mentioned the deleted scene of Shorty finding out how to cure Indy by touching him with fire when a guard was burned and some other guards take him away when the 'spell' is broken. I specifically remember that scene in the theatrical release back then and it confused me why it wasn't in the video release a few years later. Since then I could have swore I seen that scene and now you've proven that I wasn't dreaming it up, thank you. I may now die in peace.
The reason Willie and the dancers cover the opening title sequence was Mr. Lucas's way of sticking it to the Director's Guild who insisted the credits be shown at the beginning, something Mr. Lucas didn't like doing as it took away from being immersed in the world of the movie.
I was mistaken, it wasn't the MPAA, but rather the Directors Guild (I have edited my original post). Mr. Lucas paid a fine then resigned from the Directors Guild so he could make his movies his way (for better or worse).
if that was #11, then #12 should be famed British stuntman Pat Roach, who played the Thugee taskmaster (and the man banging the gong in the opening sequence), had previously played the Luftwaffe mechanic (and one of Toht's Sherpas in Marion's bar) in Raiders that challenges Indy to a bare-knuckle brawl. In both movies, he suffers a memorably gruesome death --- first chopped up by an airplane propeller, then crushed up by a rock grinder
@@LnPPersonified Yeah, I've heard that he got away with no opening credits in the first Star Wars because everybody in the movie business in 1977 was sure it was going to be a forgotten flop of a movie about ten seconds after it was released, so it wasn't worth the effort of arguing with Lucas about it.
Now youre speaking my language!!! "Temple of Doom" was always my favorite as a kid and when Mullaram always took that heart out, I always freaked out and cried because it was just that awesome!! That movie was raw, bloody, and dared to take a lot of risks and thats why I always loved it. Thank you for finally doing this one for the true original Indiana Jones fans!!! :)
It wouldn't have made sense for Karen Allen to return for a prequel. Remember in 'Raiders' that Indy hadn't seen Marion in years. And this movie was set only one year prior to the first one.
@@russellj.s.257 I remember hearing the word prequel for the first time back in the 80s when this came out. I don't know if it was originally coined for this movie or not but it was the first time I'd heard it used - of course I was just a kid at the time
This is the Hollywood I remember, when someone got offended at your artistic vision, they didn’t give in to their demands, they just changed locations.
@@bonghunezhou5051 Don't forget them bowing down to the crazy SJW snowflakes who find almost everything offensive these days to the point they contradict themselves, and when you don't bow down too them they go REEEEEEEE!!!!!! 🤦♂️
This was the BEST indy movie ever. Even better than Raiders. Everything felt so dark, and Indy really felt like a Hero in this one at the end when all the children were saved. In the theatre, you could hear many in the audience weep for joy at the ending. They just don't make movies like this anymore.
@@pauljoyner4338 I second that. However, the other Indy films may be better suited for casual viewing, with the sound turned off or occasionally glancing at the film while preparing food...🤔😊
They definitely don’t and won’t ever again make movies like that. Not just a case of different politics, aesthetics but, most importantly, of different audiences.
I’ve always liked Temple of Doom, but never fully appreciated it as I do as an adult. It’s an all around great movie and fits perfectly in the Indiana Jones TRILOGY.
Anyone else remember the Read Along Book and Tape of Temple of Doom? "You'll know when it's time to turn the page when you hear the chime ring like this." (chime rings) "Let's begin."
Well done Minty! I didnt realize how bad a rap this received for the blood and guts. I was just very happy that they kept the series alive. The scene with the snakes, bugs, eyeball soup and chilled monkey brains was pretty awesome for shock value :)
Dude, you said it exactly the way I feel about it. When I first saw this movie on TV in 1989, it quickly became my favorite Indiana Jones movie. I loved how dark and gritty it was. Of course it was edited for content so a year later we rented it and I got to see the full movie without commercials and just thought it was epic. It also has an amazing original score by John Williams that sounds like a pure adventure through the jungles and into the heart of darkness that is the Thuggy cult temple. Wish I could’ve seen this one on the big screen. Great video.
When my brother and I were kids (80's) and would get into the wrestling mood, one of our favorite "moves" was the dreaded "Kali-Maa" attack; basically one of us getting the other into a position where their arms couldn't block the attacker from digging his fingers into the chest, and of course chanting "Kali-Maa!!!"
In school, we could choose a movie to watch on our birthday. I chose this and traumatized half my third grade class. Between monkey brains and heart ripping....
The boys in my third grade class excitedly talked about the various grisly kills in Friday the 13th. Temple of Doom didn't even phase us. I imagine the girls may have reacted differently, so maybe that's the half of the class that freaked out. 😂
The funniest part of this movie was when the army shows up to help, and the one "soldier" spends the entire scene struggling with his SMLE rifle, which had apparently malfunctioned. That was that guy's movie claim to fame: The soldier that didn't know how to operate his rifle properly.
Based on my experience with these rifles, it looks like he was suffering from "rim-lock". Essentially, the rifle was loaded improperly, and the rims of the cartridges were staggered.
I don't know about my favorite, but I did enjoy Temple of Doom. It was a sequel that dared to do something different yet still retained the uniquely Indy qualities. I especially loved the musical score again composed by John Williams.
If you want to be technical, it was the prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark. I hear a lot of whining about the racism of the film, but apart from the maharajah needing to go get a bunch of colonial soldiers at the end to beat back the cultists, it's not a particularly racist film. That's especially the case if you look at the other films, which are much less fair to the evil side that Indy is fighting. I personally liked Raiders of the Lost Ark the best, but in some ways, I think that Temple of Doom was a much stronger film than people give it credit for in general. But, a lot of it does come down to what you liked about the series. Each outing gave a somewhat different experience. You had a ton of action in Raiders, a bunch of violence in Temple and a more nuanced romantic plot with a bit more comedy in Crusade.
I loved this movie as a child except for the part where the heart gets ripped out of the guys chest. That gave me nightmares for a while. The monkey brains were pretty messed up too. Nice vid Minty Mark.
It’s actually the best one in the series. It’s a non-stop rollercoaster ride and extremely colourful fun. They don’t make them like this anymore. It was a massive hit in the cinemas and I remember friends going back again and again to see it. I’ve seen it many many times. Easily the best of the four movies.
Funfact to number 6: In Germany, the Title "Indiana Jones und der Tempel des Todes" would actually be the translation of Temple of Death not Temple of Doom...
My FAVORITE Indy movie by far. The arcade game was fantastic. Great graphics and sound although it was a quarter muncher. One cigar store near me had it and we were there everyday after school
Great Episode Minty and I must say this is the first time I've seen those screen shots from the deleted scenes . I'm also gonna go out on a limb here and say I really like the no sunglasses look. You should definitely do it more often.
Thank you for doing a top ten on this one. I loved it even though it was an unorthodox version of indiana jone's adventures. Please do the last crusade. Favorite line from crusade:"You belong in a museum"!!😄
Agreed, my favorite of the franchise. Just visually stunning of a movie! I wore out out VHS copy as a kid because i watched so many times. Temple, crusade, ark, kingdom in that order for favorites
Of all the Indiana Jones movies, this one if by far my favorite. I have to agree with Minty that this one, while it was much darker, was so much fun and more interesting than the others. While yes, Willie was more of a damsel in distress, it made much more sense for her to be like that. Don't get me wrong. Karen Allen's character in Raiders was a strong female lead. And I loved her for it. But, Willie took the cake for me. If I was put in all of those predicaments, I'd more than likely be screaming my head off. Especially when it came to free falling out of a plane, getting stuck in a tunnel full of nasty creepy crawlies, and then shackled into a cage dangling above a fire pit and almost dying. I feel like the other 2 movies that came after this were very tame and didn't take the risks that Temple of Doom did. Screw the critics. This movie gets 4 stars!
Yeah exactly. The take that this movie is somehow inferior is just getting old. Also every piece of Indy pop culture including an entire theme park ride comes basically from temple of doom
True - I didn't expect to see Minty with his glasses off....it'll be like that Road Runner ep where the Coyote caught him for the once and only time - they'll never show that again!
Agreed. I was totally shocked to see his actual eyes. I don't believe he's ever done a video without the sunglasses that I recall. Perhaps he was taking some risks and being daring, just as he said Temple of Doom was.
I thought for sure we’d get a mine cart roller coaster ride from this film, but instead we got Indiana Jones and the Lost Temple of Mara, which is a GREAT ride!
Great video Mark! I prefer the non-sunglasses look, as well as the restrained overall tone. Looking forward to more in this direction going forward. The Indy costume was a nice touch as well.
I was pretty much the only one of my friends that saw this film as a favorite one of the original trilogy. Still love this one. Also, the look is awesome Minty. Love the sunnies, but man, you are rocking that fedora and no sunnies look.
temple of doom is one of my favorite indi movie too.... but it would have been nice if you would have discussed the Indian cast that was used in the movie as Amrish Puri is a really big name here in India and thats the reason why temple of doom is so popular in here..
@@kingloser4198 it had the one brother from Boondock Saints- from what I remember it was decent but it's hard to recapture that magic- see Crystal Skull!
I agree with every word of Minty's opinion here. I grew up on this movie and watched it a million times as a young kid. This was my go-to movie when I was home sick from elementary school. Literally wore out the VHS tape. Looking forward to showing it to my kids, and I don't plan on waiting until they're 13 yrs old either.
Looking good mate! I loved all the indy films as a kid, and although i loved the first and third one equally, this one always seemed like the dark brooding sibling, but as i got older the more i fell in love with it.
My mind was blown when you proved that this WAS a prequel. I never knew that. Or the deleted scenes. I never thought about why Indy didn't follow the children escaping.
1984 was a great year to be a kid. I got to see this, Gremlins, The Karate Kid and Ghostbusters in theaters.
Now the hard question: which is your favorite?
@@ILoooooveCamels Indiana Jones. When I was a kid, Gremlins was a close tie. Though I loved the others as well, Lucas and Spielberg had some magic touch to their movies back then, that just made them stand out.
@Goy Zombie Dude, you gotta put more effort in, if your going to go professional in your trolling. Your account is just lazy, sophomoric, sub par at best.
C'mon man, put some effort in. I don't expect you to go IRA/GRU level, but at least show you have in intelligence quotient above 110
@Goy Zombie Don't get your hopes up. You're alive in this era also. So whats the difference. Wake up!
@AbstractM0use Agreed
Short Round was one of those kids in movies that didn't suck and you actually enjoyed him being on screen.
Short round was also data on the goonies
Yeah. Kids is usually dragging down movies, but in Indiana he added fun to the movie. Kids were great in The Lost Boys and The Goonies, but most else they rarely work as good.
DR JONES! lmao
Yea.. One of those rare kids in films who was not a Kenny.
You call him Dr. Jones Doll!
“Hang on, lady. We’re going for a ride.”
“Oh my God! Is he nuts?”
“He no nuts. He crazy!”
🤣🤣🤣
Loved it as a kid ,
still love it as an adult
The Indiana Jones Trilogy
will forever be
a cinematic treasure
My favorite film theory: the Indiana Jones movies are what Han dreamed while frozen in carbonite...
@Gus Roca where
@Gus Roca going to have to rewatch that
Mola Raam is Amrish Puri Best impact villan in Bollywood for decades his presence was haunting. RiP...
I think you are correct.
My brain assumed his eyes would be more round than they are
I may be annoying someone, but I think Minty looks better without sunglasses. Actually, that Indy hat looks really good on him. :)
I agree even though I was a little weirded out seeing his eyes lol I’m ok with it.
Way better
He definitely looks great indeed. 👍
Good look for ya mate!
No sunglasses?!? It’s a good look for ya mate!!!
Classic film temple of doom is my favorite of the series. The film give me a lot of joy as child and as adult. I definitely can rewatch this over again.
Mines too
Agreed. the other 2 felt too linear with long chase sequences. The dialogue and lines in this one are fantastic! The 3rd one is awful bc Harrison has to split time with Sean so our attention and focus is divided. Also Sean as dad depantses Indy/Harrison-our hero is not taken seriously. In TOD he is the hero; we get to coast along enjoying HF at his finest.
I legitimately can watch this movie start to finish and watch it start all over again. Its my top go-to when I am working on things and need something in the background. I know every line and love knowing they're coming! ("the trouble with her....is the noise" "maybe, he like older women??!" "WE.ARE.GOING.TO.DIE! 😕")
Also shoulf have won an Oscar for "best fist acting"--- "DO IT NOOOOW!!!" spoken by Indys fist through the wall! ha ha ha
Mine too hehe
It’s amazing how adding a hat and removing sunglasses can change someone’s entire appearance.
Maybe that whole Clark Kent glasses 🤓 disguise does make sense after all 🤔🤔🤔
Why, who does Clark Kent disguise himself as?
Clark Kenting (the trope in question) is based on the fact that if you're not actively looking for them, you could pass a celebrity on the street and not recognize them
@@opkb4e He disguises himself as Clark Kent.
Sunnies? Never heard of this before
Actually Superman disguises himself as Clark Kent. See Kill Bill 2. 😉
I think this is the first time I’ve seen Minty without his trademark sunglasses and I have to say he looks good!
I watched this movie so many times on VHS I wore out the tape. This was and is one of my favorite films from the 80s. Good on ya Minty!
My god Minty you actually have eyes and not just sunnies welded to your face lol
They draw people in.
I got spooked to find out that he has eyes!
🤣🤣🤣💖💖💖
@Tano flesh and chinese plastic wont let me arc up lol
Is that why he looks so different? I thought it was the hat.
"I'm not THAT easy!"
"I'm NOT THAT EASY!"
"I could've been your Greatest Adventure."
Spielberg knew she was easy...ha!!
My favourite Indy movie. Would have been 5 when i first saw it on VHS. It was just perfect for a little boy with a growing sense of morbid curiosity. All the gross stuff and crazy bugs was just amazing to me.
Same. I was 3 when it released, so probably saw it on cable around 1989. Completely terrifying! I didn't see the other 2 until my teens.
@@BobbyGeneric145 Yeah I remember my mum renting it for us soon as it came out, which would have made me 5. For whatever reason it didn't scare me, I loved it. Yet Gremlins which i would have seen around the same time terrified me. Kids are weird I guess.
This is my favorite channel of all time. You cover literally every movie I hold dear to my childhood.
I remember seeing this at eleven and all the "controversy" surrounding the rating. It wasn't the violence so much as the gore that got parents upset. There were stories of kids puking in theaters, passing out from the dinner scene, etc. but all I remembered was LOVING it with my friends watching it at a matinee...
Oh bullshit we were Generation X kids, we were tougher than that 😆
@@freddymarcel-marcum6831 Exactly! That’s why I said I remember loving it and it was parents probably being over-dramatic cupcakes...
this was entertaining dinner scene, burning human sacrifice we loved this as kids i was 10 or so
It’s always over-sensitive whining parents. Never the kids.
Wow. First time I've seen Minty without his trademark sunglasses!
He's yet to tell us what's underneath that desk though.
This is minties evil twin. We have to save minty
He did it for Raiders, too. Should tell you how special Indy is to Minty. 😊
@@white-dragon4424 Minty bringing that BDE.
This is my most watched Indiana Jones movie, watched it loads when i was a kid and still really enjoy it.
Other than the date on screen, I can't see this being a prequel and didn't know until you mentioned it. It even has a callback in the 'knife to a gunfight' scene, only this time without a gun. It makes a point of being a callback by his look of "I've done this before." smugness before discovering it isn't a gun fight.
Yup, so this actually being set in the past before Raiders makes this scene and Indy's reaction make absolutely no sense. That's gonna bug me every time I watch it again from now on. 😂
So if Temple of Doom was written while he was going through a nasty divorce, makes me wonder if the scene involving the guy's heart being tore out was a reference to his own heart being ripped out due to the divorce.
Exactly what I was thinking. Art is always based on feelings whether positive or negative.
The legend Robin Williams said divorce is to rip the genitalia out by the wallet
@@PS-zw4yc Sounds about right.
@@PS-zw4yc and marriage is often the opposite. Ripping out wallet by way of genitalia 😁
GE😭RGE 💔SAD
Temple of DOOM and Star wars and Ghostbusters were my favs growing up as a young buck
I love what you said about Short Round representing all us kids wanting to be a part of the adventure . That is exactly how I felt !!!!!!!!!!!!
The mine cart chase is the main inspiration for a level of the first Donkey Kong Country game.
I love playing that level
@@rlp4028 Me too, especially the music.
@@aidanhever3369 I get a little nervous with each jump, but love every moment of it. A great classic at the end of the SNES's run.
My favorite level!
The mine cart chase is in my opinion the best action sequence in a movie ever
Willie gets heat for being weak and wimpy but I related to her the most because she has a realistic reaction to all the crazy crap. I'd be screaming too.
For me it's one of those things I didn't mind as a kid but now I think it's pretty terrible. Like a lot of things.
There is nothing wrong with having a female character who doesn't like getting all dirty and getting chased by crazy cultists and just wanting to be in a comfy hotel room with a bottle of Champaign. Probably the most realistic character in the entire series.
Far more woman are like her that we know. We rarely meet woman like Marion . And could only dream of meeting one like Elsa😁
@@wesleywarsmith1113 my favorite is Marion, she didn't take Indy's crap
@@shaggycan Champaign, IL? (Sorry, couldn't resist....................)
A couple things, first: dude! you have eyes! Second, I agree with you, Temple of Doom was also my favorite Indiana Jones adventure. Kudos for getting it right!
I'm with Minty. Temple of Doom has been my favorite since I was a kid. It's action packed and is truly underrated. It's also the only Indiana Jones film where Indi's actions actually mattered. In Raiders, Last Crusade, and Crystal Skull the end would have been the same even without Jones. In Temple of Doom he recovers the stones and frees the children.
Wait, please be patient? How did Indiana jones not matter in the first movie? If he had never appeared the nazis would have found some way to use the ark.
@@nosuchthing8 the ark would have still killed them. Indiana's actions do not change that.
@@nosuchthing8 It was explained in an episode of The Big Bang Theory. The same applies to both Last Crusade and Kingdom where the bad guys get the artifact he's trying to protect, use it in such an incompetent way as to destroy themselves, and it then winds up being collected after the fact with Indy basically doing nothing that changed the trajectory at any point.
This isn't entirely unreasonable as the Ark, Grail and Skull were all just for the purpose of giving purpose to the action, but it's a bit extreme. Sort of like how James Bond doesn't get a character arc in really any of the movies he's in. Once you realize that, it can screw with the perception of the film, but is the way it is for a reason.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade I dont agree, the nazis would have found some underhanded way to use the power of the ark.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade Big Bang Theory missed the point: The impotence of Indy's actions in "Raiders" underscores the fact that God has ultimate authority over human affairs. Indy's friend Marcus Brody alluded to such supernatural concerns early in the film, when Indy laughed them off. But when Indy tells Marion to close her eyes when Nazis open the Ark, Indy clearly believes the Biblical warning that no human can survive directly seeing God's face (symbolized by the Ten Commandments in the Ark) unless God chose to extend grace to them. The Bible, Exodus 33:17-23; Exodus 25:22; Leviticus 16:2; see Hebrews 9.
I loved The Temple of Doom as a kid. I honestly didn’t know it was a prequel until this video. My wife and I were blown away by that revelation. I can’t wait for your Last Crusade video as that’s my favorite Indiana Jones movie.
My favorite Indy movie. Love the 2 comedic sidekicks (Willie and Short Round are perfect) mixed with the darker tone. Probably watched it over 100 times.
yup me too! so many quotes and silly moments "You call him Docta Jones, dooooll!......MY professional name!!
This was (and probably still is, but I should do a rewatch to make sure😊) my favorite Indy movie. I'm not sure I saw it in 1984, I would have been 6 but the 80s were a different time and my brother was 12 so I may have gone with him. I have distinct memories of sitting at lunch in elementary school and grossing out my friends describing the dinner scene. I love all it gory goodies!
My father let me and my cousin watch this movie when we were little kids back in the 80’s. My cousin’s mom (my aunt) was pretty annoyed with my dad for showing this movie to her son because of all the violence, but we both LOVED it. My father died several years ago and I will always love him for letting me watch crazy movies that, in retrospect, I was probably too young for but left indelible impressions that stuck with me and always kept pondering over. A great movie I love rewatching from time to time.
Temple was always my favorite too.
Seeing you with out sunglasses is surprising because seeing you with them on for so long I forget there are eyes behind those.
Fun fact: The large Thugee that ends up in the stone crusher was played by the late great Pat Roach (Who also got chopped up by an aeroplane propeller in ‘Raiders’).
At the time he was also filming the first series of ‘Auf wiedersehn pet’ at the same studio, and would often arrive on the set of ‘Pet’ still in his Thugee makeup.
He was the nazi officer next to Col. Vogel after he was pushed out of the Zeppelin in Crusade.
I knew he was in ROTLA but i didn't know it was him in this one. Cheers for the info mate.
@@bentramer682 So He's in all three then? Huh
@@wesleywarsmith1113 yep
He's also one of the Sherpas in the fight at Marion's inn.
Indiana Jones part 1-3 were all great, but temple of doom has a special place for me. As a kid my family and I went to see it in the 80's. I must admit that heart scene terrified me but boy what a movie!
“No time for love Dr. Jones!”
“Hory smokes!”
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i thought the same thing.
I owned a Dodge Ram pickup in the 80s. my buddy had one too. we would work on them in his driveway, (fluids, plugs, tire rotaion, oil, you get it) -
one of us would say "Mola Ram, Shiva Ram, DODGE RAM!"
If you laughted, you had to get the next beer from the cooler.
I've seen this movie heaps of times through my 45 years and I always forget that Dan Ackroyd is in the film. Then every time I watch it and he appears for his cameo, I'm "hey, that's Dan Ackroyd". I'm sure I'll forget again.
I was around 10 when Temple came out. You've cleared something up for me that I was wondering since then. You mentioned the deleted scene of Shorty finding out how to cure Indy by touching him with fire when a guard was burned and some other guards take him away when the 'spell' is broken. I specifically remember that scene in the theatrical release back then and it confused me why it wasn't in the video release a few years later. Since then I could have swore I seen that scene and now you've proven that I wasn't dreaming it up, thank you. I may now die in peace.
The reason Willie and the dancers cover the opening title sequence was Mr. Lucas's way of sticking it to the Director's Guild who insisted the credits be shown at the beginning, something Mr. Lucas didn't like doing as it took away from being immersed in the world of the movie.
Clever!
Yeah, I'd noticed both Indy and Star Wars skew this tradition, and are better for it.
I was mistaken, it wasn't the MPAA, but rather the Directors Guild (I have edited my original post). Mr. Lucas paid a fine then resigned from the Directors Guild so he could make his movies his way (for better or worse).
if that was #11, then #12 should be famed British stuntman Pat Roach, who played the Thugee taskmaster (and the man banging the gong in the opening sequence), had previously played the Luftwaffe mechanic (and one of Toht's Sherpas in Marion's bar) in Raiders that challenges Indy to a bare-knuckle brawl. In both movies, he suffers a memorably gruesome death --- first chopped up by an airplane propeller, then crushed up by a rock grinder
@@LnPPersonified Yeah, I've heard that he got away with no opening credits in the first Star Wars because everybody in the movie business in 1977 was sure it was going to be a forgotten flop of a movie about ten seconds after it was released, so it wasn't worth the effort of arguing with Lucas about it.
I love that the club is called Obi-Wan in this movie
My Mum and Dad took me to see it and I was so engrossed my Rollos melted in my hand!
Now youre speaking my language!!! "Temple of Doom" was always my favorite as a kid and when Mullaram always took that heart out, I always freaked out and cried because it was just that awesome!! That movie was raw, bloody, and dared to take a lot of risks and thats why I always loved it. Thank you for finally doing this one for the true original Indiana Jones fans!!! :)
This was the Raiders movie we really needed. We saw him take on dark forces and when it was over it showed us how badd azz Indy is. ✊🏾
It wouldn't have made sense for Karen Allen to return for a prequel. Remember in 'Raiders' that Indy hadn't seen Marion in years. And this movie was set only one year prior to the first one.
This is George Lucas we're talking about, minor details matter not!
I like to think George Lucas invented the prequel.
@@russellj.s.257 I remember hearing the word prequel for the first time back in the 80s when this came out. I don't know if it was originally coined for this movie or not but it was the first time I'd heard it used - of course I was just a kid at the time
This is the Hollywood I remember, when someone got offended at your artistic vision, they didn’t give in to their demands, they just changed locations.
And should have done in this case.
Looking straight @ today's studios, who are too preoccupied with the moolah to stand up to a thin-skinned regime (PRC) 😒🎥
@@bonghunezhou5051 Don't forget them bowing down to the crazy SJW snowflakes who find almost everything offensive these days to the point they contradict themselves, and when you don't bow down too them they go REEEEEEEE!!!!!! 🤦♂️
I love Temple of Doom, but you should hear out people of Indian heritage who are hurt by this movie instead of just brushing it off as meaningless.
@@CommodoreFan64this is what you sound like: blah blah blah buzzword I saw on Facebook blah blah blah
This was the BEST indy movie ever. Even better than Raiders. Everything felt so dark, and Indy really felt like a Hero in this one at the end when all the children were saved. In the theatre, you could hear many in the audience weep for joy at the ending. They just don't make movies like this anymore.
I respectfully disagree. Last Crusade was the best in this franchise. In my opinion.
@@pauljoyner4338 I second that. However, the other Indy films may be better suited for casual viewing, with the sound turned off or occasionally glancing at the film while preparing food...🤔😊
They definitely don’t and won’t ever again make movies like that. Not just a case of different politics, aesthetics but, most importantly, of different audiences.
*High Five to Minty* It was also my favorite Indy film as a kid growing up. Great film!
I’ve always liked Temple of Doom, but never fully appreciated it as I do as an adult. It’s an all around great movie and fits perfectly in the Indiana Jones TRILOGY.
Anyone else remember the Read Along Book and Tape of Temple of Doom? "You'll know when it's time to turn the page when you hear the chime ring like this." (chime rings) "Let's begin."
Yes!
I had The Goonies version, too.
Simpler times.
Wow you brought back some memories! Remember the Gremlins movie read along books? The 80s were great!
I had the Labyrinth one! I wish I still had it, it's become quite a collectors item
@@CinnamonGrrlErin1 I also had one of The Dark Crystal.👍
Yep I remember. I also had some masters of the universe read along records.
Short Round: "You call him Dr Jones doll!"
"My professional name." ;-)
My 🧠 suddenly combusted from trying to process Minty without sunglasses 🕶.
like looking into the Ark of the Covenant
Well done Minty! I didnt realize how bad a rap this received for the blood and guts. I was just very happy that they kept the series alive. The scene with the snakes, bugs, eyeball soup and chilled monkey brains was pretty awesome for shock value :)
Dude, you said it exactly the way I feel about it. When I first saw this movie on TV in 1989, it quickly became my favorite Indiana Jones movie. I loved how dark and gritty it was. Of course it was edited for content so a year later we rented it and I got to see the full movie without commercials and just thought it was epic. It also has an amazing original score by John Williams that sounds like a pure adventure through the jungles and into the heart of darkness that is the Thuggy cult temple. Wish I could’ve seen this one on the big screen. Great video.
"Cover your heart!"
Easily one of my favorite Indiana Jones movie
When my brother and I were kids (80's) and would get into the wrestling mood, one of our favorite "moves" was the dreaded "Kali-Maa" attack; basically one of us getting the other into a position where their arms couldn't block the attacker from digging his fingers into the chest, and of course chanting "Kali-Maa!!!"
In school, we could choose a movie to watch on our birthday. I chose this and traumatized half my third grade class.
Between monkey brains and heart ripping....
Lmao. Good job. Terrified 3rd graders. That's good stuff.
this made me laugh out loud and I can't stop....
The boys in my third grade class excitedly talked about the various grisly kills in Friday the 13th. Temple of Doom didn't even phase us. I imagine the girls may have reacted differently, so maybe that's the half of the class that freaked out. 😂
Omg! I saw this in the theatre as part of a friend’s birthday party. We girls were all freaking out watching this....meanwhile the boys loved it!
Nowadays you'd get your teacher fired 😂
The funniest part of this movie was when the army shows up to help, and the one "soldier" spends the entire scene struggling with his SMLE rifle, which had apparently malfunctioned. That was that guy's movie claim to fame: The soldier that didn't know how to operate his rifle properly.
Based on my experience with these rifles, it looks like he was suffering from "rim-lock". Essentially, the rifle was loaded improperly, and the rims of the cartridges were staggered.
@@KP762a so you're saying that the rifle malfunction was probably the most realistic part of the movie? ;-}
I don't know about my favorite, but I did enjoy Temple of Doom. It was a sequel that dared to do something different yet still retained the uniquely Indy qualities. I especially loved the musical score again composed by John Williams.
If you want to be technical, it was the prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark. I hear a lot of whining about the racism of the film, but apart from the maharajah needing to go get a bunch of colonial soldiers at the end to beat back the cultists, it's not a particularly racist film. That's especially the case if you look at the other films, which are much less fair to the evil side that Indy is fighting.
I personally liked Raiders of the Lost Ark the best, but in some ways, I think that Temple of Doom was a much stronger film than people give it credit for in general. But, a lot of it does come down to what you liked about the series. Each outing gave a somewhat different experience. You had a ton of action in Raiders, a bunch of violence in Temple and a more nuanced romantic plot with a bit more comedy in Crusade.
Short Round accidentally discovered that the fire could break the spell of Kali when he defended himself from the "evil" Indy.
I used to rewatch the last 30 minutes over and over as a kid!
Yeah that rope bridge ending was epic
I loved this movie as a child except for the part where the heart gets ripped out of the guys chest. That gave me nightmares for a while. The monkey brains were pretty messed up too. Nice vid Minty Mark.
Also....the eyeball soup, the bugs, and the thug getting pulled into a rock crusher.
"Ah snake surprise"
Couldn't agree more! This one always was and will be my absolute favourite in the franchise 🤟😻
This is my favorite Indy film as well. 1984 was a great year to be a kid and Temple of Doom made a big impact on me.
It’s actually the best one in the series. It’s a non-stop rollercoaster ride and extremely colourful fun. They don’t make them like this anymore. It was a massive hit in the cinemas and I remember friends going back again and again to see it. I’ve seen it many many times. Easily the best of the four movies.
yep.
Funfact to number 6: In Germany, the Title "Indiana Jones und der Tempel des Todes" would actually be the translation of Temple of Death not Temple of Doom...
Doom is just a fancier word for death though.
I believe the set that they used for the “Temple of Doom” was the same set they used for “Enemy Mine”
I feel closer to Minty now, seeing him without his shades is like the first time my gf let me see her without makeup on
:::takes cigar out of mouth, looks over top of eyeglasses:::
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Now... tell me about your mother.
Oddly, I feel closer to you now that you’ve shared that with us.
@@Olkv3D sometimes a cigar, er, sunglasses are just sunglasses.
🤪
@@Spthomas47 Undoubtedly.
I thought you were going to say when your g.f. showed you her thirties.
My FAVORITE Indy movie by far. The arcade game was fantastic. Great graphics and sound although it was a quarter muncher. One cigar store near me had it and we were there everyday after school
Love this movie. Used to watch it all the time when I was like 10, never seen any of the other ones.
Dude, are number one and number three. Both very good..
This one was my favorite too. A movie I’ve watched at least 20 times if not more
That deleted scene explains a lot. I always wonder how Short knew about the fire/spell.
The whole ripping the heart out and burning to death was pretty disturbing as a kid.
I thought it was cool as a kid
It was the inspiration for a Mortal Kombat fatality.
@@AdmiralBison Kano
The perfect visual to describe heartburn.
Omg nightmare city...remember my parents not wanting us to watch this but I snuck down to watch some of it but the heart thing stuck with me
Thank you Mr. Bishop for all your good stuff and shadelessness! 🥰
Didnt expect Minty to ditch the sunglasses. You look like a different person. Love the show.
I love that the subtitles have it listed as “pancake palace”
A palace that we'd all love to visit!!!!!!🤣🤣
Great Episode Minty and I must say this is the first time I've seen those screen shots from the deleted scenes . I'm also gonna go out on a limb here and say I really like the no sunglasses look. You should definitely do it more often.
Thank you for doing a top ten on this one. I loved it even though it was an unorthodox version of indiana jone's adventures. Please do the last crusade. Favorite line from crusade:"You belong in a museum"!!😄
Mine was after Sean Connery shot the tail of the airplane.
Indy" Dad are we hit?"
Henry "Yes son, I'm afraid they got us."
Fly? Yes!
Land? NO!
Agreed, my favorite of the franchise. Just visually stunning of a movie! I wore out out VHS copy as a kid because i watched so many times. Temple, crusade, ark, kingdom in that order for favorites
Minty you deserve more subscribers! Keep doing what you're doing! Your reviews are great!
It’s been years since I’ve seen it...but this brought back a ton of childhood memories
To be honest, I love Kate Capshaw screaming and complaining persona in that movie.
Of all the Indiana Jones movies, this one if by far my favorite. I have to agree with Minty that this one, while it was much darker, was so much fun and more interesting than the others. While yes, Willie was more of a damsel in distress, it made much more sense for her to be like that. Don't get me wrong. Karen Allen's character in Raiders was a strong female lead. And I loved her for it. But, Willie took the cake for me. If I was put in all of those predicaments, I'd more than likely be screaming my head off. Especially when it came to free falling out of a plane, getting stuck in a tunnel full of nasty creepy crawlies, and then shackled into a cage dangling above a fire pit and almost dying. I feel like the other 2 movies that came after this were very tame and didn't take the risks that Temple of Doom did. Screw the critics. This movie gets 4 stars!
Yeah exactly. The take that this movie is somehow inferior is just getting old. Also every piece of Indy pop culture including an entire theme park ride comes basically from temple of doom
Saw this movie when it came out in Washington DC @ 10y/o right after having open heart surgery. Huge Indy fan.
I was 4 years old when Temple of Doom came out. Grew up watching it and still love it. Nicely done.
Taking off your sunglasses is like Darth Vader removing his helmet. Iconic.
True - I didn't expect to see Minty with his glasses off....it'll be like that Road Runner ep where the Coyote caught him for the once and only time - they'll never show that again!
Both look like burn victims 👌 great analogy
Agreed. I was totally shocked to see his actual eyes. I don't believe he's ever done a video without the sunglasses that I recall.
Perhaps he was taking some risks and being daring, just as he said Temple of Doom was.
I remember when you could get all 3 Jones movies from McDonald's in VHS format.
I still have mine!!!!
I thought for sure we’d get a mine cart roller coaster ride from this film, but instead we got Indiana Jones and the Lost Temple of Mara, which is a GREAT ride!
OMG! Minty has eyes! I don't think I've ever seen him without glasses on. Temple of Doom was always my favorite too, mostly because of Short Round.
Temple of Doom is also my favorite Indy movie. The gritty gore and edgy themes were a bonus for me when I was a kid!
Great video Mark! I prefer the non-sunglasses look, as well as the restrained overall tone. Looking forward to more in this direction going forward. The Indy costume was a nice touch as well.
Love this one Minty... No glasses is a good look buddy... Keep the great videos coming
That Howard the Duck shirt is dope!
Mintyanna Jones.
Dope? I think it's pretty smart.
I was pretty much the only one of my friends that saw this film as a favorite one of the original trilogy. Still love this one. Also, the look is awesome Minty. Love the sunnies, but man, you are rocking that fedora and no sunnies look.
temple of doom is one of my favorite indi movie too.... but it would have been nice if you would have discussed the Indian cast that was used in the movie as Amrish Puri is a really big name here in India and thats the reason why temple of doom is so popular in here..
::::notices Minty not wearing shades:::
"YOU BETRAYED SHIVA!"
XD
🤣🤣🤣
I was thinking that his eyes looked odd in some way but couldn't put my finger on it. Oh right, we can actually see them! 😂
They should've done two more of these when Harrsion was younger- but The Last Crusade was a great supposed end.
They did a show of the Young Indiana Jones.. cannot remember much of that.
@@kingloser4198 it had the one brother from Boondock Saints- from what I remember it was decent but it's hard to recapture that magic- see Crystal Skull!
It nice to see minty has eyes and that those sunglasses aren’t stapled to his forehead.
I agree with every word of Minty's opinion here. I grew up on this movie and watched it a million times as a young kid. This was my go-to movie when I was home sick from elementary school. Literally wore out the VHS tape. Looking forward to showing it to my kids, and I don't plan on waiting until they're 13 yrs old either.
Looking good mate! I loved all the indy films as a kid, and although i loved the first and third one equally, this one always seemed like the dark brooding sibling, but as i got older the more i fell in love with it.
My mind was blown when you proved that this WAS a prequel.
I never knew that.
Or the deleted scenes.
I never thought about why Indy didn't follow the children escaping.
I saw this on a field trip in about the 5th grade... I guess the teachers hadn't previewed it! We kids talked about the eyeball soup for weeks! 🤣
Yup, the whole dinner scene was traumatic, lol...
I loved this movie! Especially when Indiana went back to save the kids with a child helping him. Reminded me of Batman and Robin.
Aaah! Minty, you have eyes! You look good without sunglasses.
I've always enjoyed this one, and it aged well. Wish they made more like this.
This was the first movie I ever went to see on my own. I loved it.