Kate Capshaw apparently said to Spielberg “I think I’m screaming too much. Wouldn’t she have stopped by now?” He insisted it was to be a running gag and audiences would get it. Poor Kate. 🤷♀️
@@bigneon_glitter But she went on to have roles in Dreamscape, Space Camp, The Quick and the Dead and My Heroes have always been Cowboys, so her acting career lasted 30 more years before she retired
Fuel dumping is a real thing, its meant for emergencies mainly, if you have an issue shortly after take off and need to make an emergency landing you're usually too heavy with all the fuel.
Exactly. Your takeoff weight will generally be in excess of your maximum landing weight…and since you can’t start tossing passengers or baggage off the aircraft, fuel it is. 😉
Short Round would be the grandfather: if he had a kid in the mid-late 1940s (so in his 20s), then his son would be in his 30s by the late 1970s and therefore Data would be the Goonie in the early 1980s
I feel like Short Round was one of those characters who should've been annoying as hell but ended up being awesome. Being a kid in the '80s, watching him go adventuring with Indiana Jones and go toe-to-toe with the bad guys, was like the ultimate fantasy fulfillment.
That's what I wish the next Indiana Jones movie would've been, Indy passing the torch to his younger companion and Short Round having his own adventures in the 60s or 70s.
Many years ago I read a comic book about a later adventure of Indiana Jones, and Shorty appears in that story as one of Indy's associates/sidekicks but he's in like his late teens or early twenties by then, and if I remember correctly it's implied he's studying to become an archaeologist while still going on the odd adventure with Indy now and then.
It was rated PG. It and Gremlins (released a month later and also rated PG) caused a lot of public outcry and the PG-13 rating was implemented less than a month after the release of Gremlins.
Airplanes definitely can dump their fuel. The main reason for this is if they need to make an emergency landing, they'll dump excess fuel before doing it, to reduce the risk of killing everyone in a gigantic fireball.
It also reduces the plane's weight for emergency landings , which can impact things like braking/stopping distances, or in extreme situations whether the undercarriage will disintegrate on touch if descent rate is a bit high.
That's not the main reason, and not all planes can dump fuel - mostly only the larger airliners. They dump because a vast majority of emergency landings are executed on runways with wheels down, and planes have a maximum landing weight.
The guy who played Short Round (Ke Huy Quan) is returning to acting this year in a movie called "Everything Everywhere All at Once". The trailer for that movie looks absolutely nuts.
@@zombieslayer02gjustzombies85 He looks exactly the same. He has been doing fighting and stunt coordination since he quit acting. I havent heard one bad review for the movie either so it must be a heck of a film.
Aside from what Spielberg and Lucas were both going through in their personal lives, which contributed to the film's darker tone, they wanted Willie to be the "anti-Marion," to the point where Kate Capshaw even dyed her hair blonde for the role. Yeah, she's pretty cringe-inducing, but that was partly the point. Mind you, even Marion does her fair share of screaming and complaining in Raiders.
I feel like Marion made up for it with her attitude and cunning though. She wasn't one to get pushed around, and that made her a more likeable character, and a better match for Indy as a love interest.
Y'all will be happy to know that there was indeed an "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" -video game back in the day. Ke Huy Quan (the actor who played Short Round) did a promotional visit to the local arcade when they got a stand-up coin-operated version of this game in my home town one afternoon (I actually got to play a level of that game with him). He would later be cast in the role of Data in the movie "Goonies" (1985) and on the ABC television show "Head of the Class" (1991) There is an online campaign to get him to go back to the role of Short Round in the next Indiana Jones film for a cameo or supporting role
Willie is definitely a divisive character. I, for one, really like her. Her over the top prissyness is pretty funny. Short Round is the Mvp. I hope he will return in the future Indiana Jones movie.
@@JayTor2112 Exactly. As if everyone pissed off about her character would be doing the exact same thing she does in each and every situation. Not every woman in film has to "kick ass like a man". She's far more believable as a character than Marian Ravenwood.
If you want to not hate Kate Capshaw in an action-y movie, watch Space Camp. It's not the best film, but she plays a strong, capable, and intelligent character to contrast with this movie.
@@tru3sk1ll Gremlins and Temple of Doom are great case studies for classification. Doom is a much more violent film than Gremlins but the traditional adventure storytelling and fantastical setting was enough to convince the BBFC to cut it down to a PG. But because Gremlins is much more subversive _as a film_ with a real world setting and the constant undermining of environments that families usually associate with safety and security, the BBFC actually slapped it with a 15 rating.
Ikr, name a person that you know been through a plane crash, a jungle full dangerous animals, seeing 2 dead bodies, walking in a cave full of bugs and almost about to get a lava bath and still remains calm? I'll wait lol
4:31 - The reason to dump fuel is to drop weight. Any given aircraft has a Maximum Landing Weight (MLW) at which it can land, and in most cases that weight is lower than its Maximum Takeoff Weight (MTOW).
To be fair to Kate Capshaw, she hated Willie too. She kept trying to tone the character down but George Lucas insisted that it be played as you see it... We owe the guy a lot but Jesus wept when he F's up, he F's up hard! 🤦♂️
If you read up on George Lucas, you see that most of his "life experience" came from watching old movies. He doesn't really understand people (which is why he's so famously bad at directing actors despite being great at directing FX and the technical aspects of filmmaking). Some telling quotes from George Lucas: - "Popcorn pictures have always ruled. Why do people go see these popcorn pictures when they're not good? Why is the public so stupid? That's not my fault." - George Lucas, 1997 - "On the Internet, all those same guys that are complaining I made a change are completely changing the movie. I’m saying: ‘Fine. But my movie, with my name on it, that says I did it, needs to be the way I want it.'" And, on the subject of Willie and why this second Indiana Jones movie had people ripping out hearts: - "I was going through a divorce, and I was in a really bad mood." When asked if he actually intended to make such a direct metaphor, he admitted that he did.
@@johnplaysgames3120 "Popcorn pictures have always ruled. Why do people go see these popcorn pictures when they're not good? Why is the public so stupid? That's not my fault." What's telling about that quote? He's not wrong.
I refuse to believe that George Lucas would give an actor bad direction. I mean look at the emotional performance he got out of Samuel L Jackson. Pulp Fiction? Pssh.
23:28 The Chief Guard is played by the legendary Pat Roach. He played the German soldier who got sliced by the plane prop in 'Raiders'. He's also in the 3rd instalment.
You will love Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, it goes back to the feel and tone of the first film, including Nazi's being the villains again and is alot more grounded than Temple of Doom.
It's basically recycling. Last Crusade is a better version of Raiders, but it's still playing it too safe, and it scales back in action and grit so much. It's comedic tone was a prelude to what we get in Crystal Skull. Temple of Doom is ultimately superior.
One of the things that aggravates me about the hate for Willie is that people always put that hate towards Kate Capshaw for the performance. People seem to forget that was how the character was written, if people have a problem then it should be directed towards the WRITERS, not the actress who did what she was supposed to do.
It always gets me how so many people hate Kate Capshaw's character in this. Personally, i think she adds a lot to the film and i like her character. This is also my favourite Indiana Jones movie.
The character of Willie was sometimes romantic interest and sometimes comic relief. Here we have the first major appearance of George Lucas' issues with incorrect use of comic relief which would become the overwhelming problem in Star Wars The Phantom Menace.
Spielberg directing and also ending up marrying the actress who played Willie might have had something to do with it as well. I'm a huge Spielberg fan, but Kate Capshaw sticks out like a sore thumb in this movie, and not in a good way. I feel like nepotism could have played a part in her getting the role.
@@tehdipstick Personally I think the complete opposite, Capshaw is the perfect scream queen for the role. And yes she is annoying , but that was the point of the character.
@@originalbadboy32 I get what you're saying, and it's just my personal opinion. Not saying it's wrong to like or enjoy her character. For me, while I understand that she's supposed to be annoying, she's a bit *too* annoying. I just don't find her character enjoyable to watch and it takes away from the movie rather than add to it. If it works for you, though, that's great.
Ya but that relied on the premise of them keeping the raft stable in the air and not dumping them out which was on the highly improbable end of the scale.
t1mpani 1 second ago And yet it worked in real life-it was being filmed by a second unit crew and they had rented a helicopter for like five days, assuming the dummies would fall out of the raft over and over, requiring many takes. First time, it came out, inflated, stayed upright and hit perfectly. Apparently Spielberg was floored when he heard. This is from the “making of” book.
I think Amrish Puri deserves more credit for his memorable role as the villain, Mola Ram. Apparently he was a very famous Bollywood actor for decades, but to Western audiences this is what he is known for. It speaks to his credit that as the main villain he isn’t introduced until almost halfway through the film, and then only has limited scenes, but he is probably the most memorable part of this film. He plays it so delightfully and cheerfully evil, it’s a truly wonderful old-school villain performance.
I remember seeing this when I was a kid and even then thinking this was more, "slapstick" and comedic in tone than the original, until the halfway point when it gets totally dark in tone with human sacrifices, hearts taken out of chests, and drinking of blood turning people to zombie's
the gruesome and bloody Scenes in this PG rated film was a big reason the MPAA decided to put in a pg 13 since most PG films were no where this extreme
Willie doesn't do anything useful? seriously? she is saved Indiana's and Shorty's life at least twice during the film! Very unfair. She was supposed to be a goofy blonde who finds herself in the middle of a spooky adventure, and she played that role well. And she was funny and she was helpful.
10:49 - There's actually a deleted scene where Indy says they're trying to scare us away. When asked how he knows for sure, he says "Because those foods are forbidden for Hindu's... which makes you wonder what these people are."
You all understand that Willie Scott is literally a "Pop Princess Diva" right? Take a moment and think about what Katy Perry or Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, whomever... would be like in those situations. Even beyond the character she's playing, honestly how would you react if you were in her situation? A pampered western woman who's known nothing but comfort her whole life, and then you're in her situation. Her character is 100% accurate.
Willie is the result of a very old, long discarded, comedy trope of the mid-20th Century that the writers wanted to revisit and mess around with. The screenwriters had lived in India for some of their lives and part of Willie's role was to make commentary on how loud, abrasive, comfort-obsessed, unworldly and self-centered Westerners - Americans in particular - are when they're abroad and also use them as a comic foil. A lot of films from the 1940's to the 1980's had the "ditzy, loud, screaming, damsel in distress" trope and the writers thought it would be funny if they cranked it up to eleven so that Western audiences could appreciate how annoying that kind of archetype was. Willie's success is very mixed - despite what Indian Jones fans will tell you, A LOT of people in the 80's found Willie hilarious (because they were always laughing at her expense), but it's fair to say about an equal number of people hated her because (unlike RAIDERS) rather than being a subversion of the classic Hollywood adventure movie damsel (like Marion), she was a farcical satire and just more annoying than funny. I don't mind her, but I get the "joke" that she represents despite finding her not funny at all. But then, I've dealt with a lot of Westerners like her so she's not unusual or even particularly bad compared to others I've met and dealt with. Does she add value to an Indiana Jones movie? No, she doesn't. She's a bit of a waste, the wrong kind of comic relief character who is hindered by the fact that she's a deliberate parody of a dated archetype to show how Westerners look to foreign cultures. That's partially the point of the gross-out feast too; both making fun of Westerners squeamishness of foreign foods AND ALSO showing how the majority vegetarian population of India sees people who eat meat and how that grosses them out. TEMPLE OF DOOM is my favourite Indy film because it has really interesting ideas and tries to really subvert a lot of cultural perspectives of the era, but I have to admit nearly all of those subversions failed to connect with the audience. The screenwriters tried to have their cake and eat it too and as a result all those aspects came out muddled and confusing and annoying.
"I wonder how Spielberg did this. Like, all the bats." Well, from the looks of it he just filmed a swarm of bats returning to their cave/trees/roost in the morning after spending the night out looking for food. Bats tend to amass in large numbers as they're about to enter their roost. It also looks like they were filmed with a high-speed camera, then the footage was slowed down, which would account for the slow flapping of the wings, even though the frame rate is still relatively smooth. Don't know if you caught it from the opening, but a lot of reactors seem to miss the fact that Temple of Doom is actually a prequel to Raiders of The Lost Ark rather than a sequel, so the events of this movie take place before the first one. (Edit: Seems you caught it. Nice.)
They made a ride of it at Universal Studios. It might not exist anymore because it was a while ago when I was on it. It’s only about a minite long but it is a one minute thrill. The very young girl in front of me had no idea what the Indy concept was and when she felt thenair snd hesrd the soundfx for air darts being shot at us, she went into hysterics. Pretty much every thing that happened after that did mental damage to her. I’m sure there’s probably some footage of it on youtube.
In the nightmare scene at 20:33 in all of the closeups of Indy wincing around in pain, my father is just off camera holding Harrison's legs down, so he can wiggle and shake his upper body around. Not my dad's job per se; he was actually a best boy at this time (one who works in the electric department on films), but they needed some hands at that moment, and my dad was readily available.
I love every second of this movie. It’s funny, exciting, the filmmaking by Steven Spielberg is expert, the action scenes have kinetic energy, and the whole thing is a visual feast. The club singer is hilarious and they wanted her to be the opposite of the woman from Raiders.
I love this film Sooooooo much! It's big and bold! it doesn't just try to replicate the original it takes creative risks. Visually it looks so good with the red color palette. And the darker tone is a lot of fun. This is EASILY my favorite Indiana Jones film! I personally find Willie Scott funny but I definitely understand why people think she's annoying.
Pilot here. Planes do have fuel dump. It’s for situations where the plane is too heavy to land but you’re in a situation where you need to land ASAP. Basically the flight had been scheduled to fly a lot longer and the fuel would’ve been spent by the time you were planning to land.
I believe part of the point of the banquet scene at Pankot Palace (aside from delightful gross-out jokes) is to underscore that things are not on the up-and-up.
4:19 yes airplanes can dump their fuel. They do it to lighten the load on the aircraft. Aircraft take off with more fuel than they can safely land with so they burn it off in flight. This gives them more range. But if an emergency occurs and they have to land early they can dump the fuel to lighten the load then the aircraft can land safely.
This is the funniest Indiana Jones movie. Short Round and Willie are the best. Willie was totally unprepared for this adventure which makes it even funnier.
The dinner scene was supposed to convey that the people in the palace weren't practicing Hindus. (it doesn't do it very well if at all) Since Steven Spielberg reportedly refused to change the script, the Indian government prevented Temple of Doom from shooting there. Production was then moved to Sri Lanka and also London. And sure enough, upon hitting the big screen in 1984, the film was even banned from release in India.
My father was a commercial airline pilot, fuel dump is a real thing. If there is trouble after take-off and have to land right away, you have to dump fuel as the plane will be too heavy and it is too dangerous to potentially crash land will full fuel tanks
Kate's character was certainly not a favorite, but you also have to remember that she was a performer who got pulled into Indiana's adventure against her will. She had every right to be upset with how things were going, though I'm not sure why she had to continue with them (possibly because she needed a translator? Had no money since she was essentially kidnapped? Who knows)
@Shasi iishi as someone who has been travelling to China since 1999, and has had the chance to see this movie in China with Chinese business partners in China, I'll trust them when they say that Kate Capeshaw learned the words (mostly) in Mandarin for this movie. Actual experts all over the internet agree with me, feel free to do a little research for yourself instead of commenting based on being contrary.
The Indiana Jones trilogy were my dad's favorite movies and Temple of Doom was his most favorite, and he always thought Willie's screaming throughout the movie was absolutely hilarious lol. 21:58 Okay now you got it in my head that Short Round grew up and became an adventure archeologist just like Indiana Jones
Kate Capshaw (Willie Scott) later married Steven Spielberg, and she's a really good sport about the dislike about her character, she actually jokes about it with fans, I heard! I thought Marion was the cooler character, loved Short Round, too!
Fuel dumping is definitely a real thing. have seen a military aircraft dump some fuel, switch on it's afterburners and ignite it, it's pretty impressive.
The kid who plays Short Round is also on the movie Goonies. I can't remember if you have done a reaction video for it or not. If you haven't I would suggest considering it as it's a fun adventure movie. Ultimately it's your choice. Love the chemistry you Simone and George have with each other as well as your real emotions you show when you do your reaction videos together.
Everyone that is sane loves Short Round and hates Willey; and we hated her when the movie came out almost 40 years ago. You have to remember we were introduced to Marianne before Willey, and Willey is no Marianne. You do have to give her some credit for going down that bug tunnel.
12:38, actually, he had already met Marion leaving her in 1926, and had something romantic with her when he was 27, her 17. Things were different back then. Remember the lines "Marion: I was a child. I was in love. It was wrong and you knew it. Indiana: You knew what you were doing."
One of my favorites growing up. It's definitely underrated. I get why people don't like it though. It's still a ton of fun. Kate Capshaw was playing it up as the 1930s damsel in distress.
When Indie yells "DUCK!" in the mine cart before the jump it's to lower the center of gravity so it takes off, sails, and lands with minimal wobbling. Still, really doubt it would work. From a production standpoint they don't have to add miniatures for the shot.
I really like Kate Capshaw as an actor - "Dreamscape" is a favorite of mine - but she can't hold a candle in front of Marion! Oh, and FYI, the chilled monkey brains where actually vanilla custard with raspberry sauce!
The big guy in the Turban Indy fought was Pat Roach a British wrestler and actor (from Bristol)who also played the big, bald Nazi that got a prop in the face in the first movie.
Temple of Doom is my preferred Indiana Jones movie. It fully respects the cannons and the atmosphere of the 30's adventure movies. King Kong was dark too. Today's people don't often understand that you have to accept the cannons of the time period when the action is supposed to happen. Marion is definitely not a cannon for this period, she is too "modern". Elsa in the Crusade is a good compromise between the "Damsel in Distress" and the "Emancipated" woman.
My favorite line from any Indy movie was when Short Round tells Kate Capshaw's character, "Hold on, lady, we're going for a ride." I use it every chance I get.
Couple of fun appearances in this movie: The guy who informed Indiana Jones that his plane would also contain a cargo full of live poultry was Dan Akroyd. The Giant Guard who gets killed in the rock crusher is Pat Roach, whom you may remember as the bald-head German mechanic who gets chopped up by the propeller blades in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
My favorite Indy movie! It simply has everything i could ever hope for from an adventure film and somehow manages to balance the dark and light tone brilliantly for me. They didn't play it safe and made it so different from the original while still feeling like an Indy flick! While i do think objectivly Raiders is better "film", i just love this one more. Incredible action and best John Williams score too in the series imo. I can see why people love "The last crusade" the most as the relationship between Indy and his dad is a great emotional core, but otherwise it is played little too safe for me, especially after this one. Hating Willie i can understand but that was supposed to be her character, a spoiled gold digger who's spent most of her life at dinnerparties that gets dragged through the hell with Indy i could only imagine them acting exactly this way in real life. She never really bothered me personally and provided variety to the trio in the movie while also being different from Marion. Not every female character needs to be Ellen Ripley or Sarah Connor. She does become less selfish as the movie goes on and actually tries to help, though i don't blame you for missing that change.
I don't understand why people don't like a changed story line of a woman screaming....she obviously is a famous singer who is kind of spoiled who gets stuck on a adventure and does not like where she ends up but loves escapism and romance...
Just wait until you see what gross creatures they’ve got in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. (Although if you’re smart enough, you’d avoid that movie all together) I love how you showed one of my favorite parts of the movie in your video: that little poignant moment when Indy and Shorty gave each other their hats. That variation of the Indy theme that John Williams used there gets to me.
@@TheDisneyLover58 Exactly. The last part of the film can’t decide if it’s part of an Indiana Jones movie or a Star Wars movie. You can hear it in Johnny W’s music.
@@SB992REBORN It's good for scaring people or giving them the creeps. Vampire bats aren't real big. Body size is around 3 inches and wingspan is 7-8 inches.
By the way, the actor that played Shor Round, Ke Huy San, won the 2023 Oscar for best supporting actor with the movie "Everything, everywhere, all the time"
@@maximillianosaben Lucas was married to Marcia Lucas, who was widely respected as an editor, for about six years( might be more, not sure). They divorced during the production of Return Of The Jedi. Spielberg was married to Amy Irving, who was a pretty big star at the time. He had to pay her 100 million in the divorce. Marcia Lucas got 50 million.
Awesome! Hopefully, you'll watch the 3rd one Last Crusade. That one is probably my favorite of the three. It's not dark like this one and with really funny moments.
As crazy as rafting out of a plane seems, Mythbusters was forced to determine it plausible, as long as the raft doesn't flip. It's the same way squirrels and cats and lots of small animals can fall from any height and survive. They spread out as much as possible and reach terminal velocity in under a second. So as long as they stay that way and don't flip over, they won't fall any faster than in the first second and can survive amazingly long falls.
But the original cast movies should be first priority. ST 1 can be skipped, Wrath of Khan is essential, then 3 and 4 to complete the story. 5 can be skipped, then 6. The Next Generation movies should include the first two, then stop. The new reboots are not really representative of Star Trek. They shouldn't be watched before the originals.
Great reaction guys! I've loved this film since I was a kid. Willie Scott is supposed to be an annoying damsel in distress. So her character never bothered me. But, perhaps she is supposed to be disliked. 😂😂😂👍
@@jennifervalentine8955 Yeah, trying to emulate old pulp adventure stories can sometimes lead to some serious embellishment's to make the places the heroes visit seem fantastical. It can be entertaining but glaring if you happen to know a lot of facts about the real life places being portrayed on screen.
Fun fact: the giant Sherpa that Indy flattens in the rock crusher is the same actor who played the giant Nazi that got chopped up by the propeller blades in Raiders.
The Big Terrifying Guy that gets crushed in the rock smasher is the same stuntman that fights Indy under the Flying Wing in Raiders, and gets a face full of propeller.
4:25 "I wonder if the fuel dump thing is a real thing?" Yes, it is, usually on widebody aircraft with extra tanks like the Boing 747 and 777. Not every aircraft has it, though... for example, the smaller 737 does not. George asked why would they dump fuel? Simple: To lose weight in the event of an emergency landing. A heavier plane is more likely to hit the ground hard and get damaged. Take the Boeing 777 for example. A full load of fuel is 47,890 gallons. That's roughly equivalent to the weight of 28 elephants! Having said that, it doesn't happen very often because it's _expensive._ If a Boeing 777 had to dump all their fuel (which never happens), that's about $250,000 down the drain. Also, an airliner doesn't land with a full load of fuel. In fact, it almost never _takes off_ with a full load of fuel. The airlines very carefully calculate how much fuel the aircraft will need to get to its destination, plus a "reserve" in case of bad weather or a long queue (when the plane has to fly in a big circle while waiting for clearance to land), and that's how much fuel they load.
You've gotten the right idea about the Donkey Kong mine cats, but the way you've stated it is incorrect. The game levels are a homage to this sequence. DKC was 1994, a full 10 years after this movie.
Kate Capshaw (Willie) is married to Stephen Spielberg. Kate - "Steeephenn! There's a spider in heere!" Spielberg - "....sigh..." I know she's not actually like that, just a joke I've always enjoyed from a podcast I listen to.
Kate Capshaw apparently said to Spielberg “I think I’m screaming too much. Wouldn’t she have stopped by now?” He insisted it was to be a running gag and audiences would get it. Poor Kate. 🤷♀️
He made it up to her by marrying her I guess.
As someone who grew up with two sisters who have done their fair share of bitching, I could identify with Indy’s annoyance.
And he did it again in Jurassic Park 3.
@@bigneon_glitter But she went on to have roles in Dreamscape, Space Camp, The Quick and the Dead and My Heroes have always been Cowboys, so her acting career lasted 30 more years before she retired
@@joits it was the bug tunnel that really broke her
Fuel dumping is a real thing, its meant for emergencies mainly, if you have an issue shortly after take off and need to make an emergency landing you're usually too heavy with all the fuel.
Also because if you need to make an emergency landing, you want the least amount of combustible fuel in your plane as possible.
Its not safer if you're having a bbq! i wanted medium rare but nooo
Exactly. Your takeoff weight will generally be in excess of your maximum landing weight…and since you can’t start tossing passengers or baggage off the aircraft, fuel it is. 😉
It also helps to put your passengers into danger when they are the enemy of your boss.
It also happens after eating too much Taco Bell.
He didn't grow up to be medium round, he grew up to be a goonie.
I figured he was the father of a goonie.
@@jean-paulaudette9246 Goonies came out the next year
@@davidabercrombie5427 Yep, fifty years later.
@@Jenacide I think he means that this movie takes place in 1935, and Goonies takes place in the 80s.
Short Round would be the grandfather:
if he had a kid in the mid-late 1940s (so in his 20s), then his son would be in his 30s by the late 1970s and therefore Data would be the Goonie in the early 1980s
Short Round and Indie's interactions make this movie amazing.
Them bickering over cards is the only thing that made the girl's constant screaming in the night funny.
It’s one of the very few things that make this movie tolerable. The difference in quality between the different films of this franchise is astounding.
Just not for the audience
I feel like Short Round was one of those characters who should've been annoying as hell but ended up being awesome. Being a kid in the '80s, watching him go adventuring with Indiana Jones and go toe-to-toe with the bad guys, was like the ultimate fantasy fulfillment.
I always wanted a spin off with Short Round as an adult who followed in Indiana's footsteps.
That's what I wish the next Indiana Jones movie would've been, Indy passing the torch to his younger companion and Short Round having his own adventures in the 60s or 70s.
Simu Liu would nail it as an adult "Indy" Short Round.
That would be AMAZING
I would like to think that The Goonies was his sequel where he tries out treasure hunting on his own with his crew of friends.
Many years ago I read a comic book about a later adventure of Indiana Jones, and Shorty appears in that story as one of Indy's associates/sidekicks but he's in like his late teens or early twenties by then, and if I remember correctly it's implied he's studying to become an archaeologist while still going on the odd adventure with Indy now and then.
Of note; Mythbusters tested the rubber raft airplane stunt and to their surprise found it plausible. 😲
if i recall correctly it was just barely plausible keeping the raft balanced to not flip over was near impossible
@@nekuraookami that's why they judged it plausible and not debunked or confirmed.
@@jaypee9575 the accelerometers said otherwise
@@jaypee9575 As long as you can keep the raft open and stable in its horizontal position -- not easy -- then it should make a passable parachute.
@@jaypee9575 that was the point of the raft its surface area slowed down the fall enough to be survivable at least on snow..
Fun fact. This movie actually created the PG 13 rating. It was too intense to be PG but not explicit enough to be R rated
It was rated PG. It and Gremlins (released a month later and also rated PG) caused a lot of public outcry and the PG-13 rating was implemented less than a month after the release of Gremlins.
@@bryancorrell3689 I thought pg-13 was invented for Red Dawn because they wanted teenagers to see what to do in the event of Russian invasion?
@@ultralm7250 Red Dawn was the first film to actually receive a PG-13 rating, but it wasn't created FOR that movie.
Airplanes definitely can dump their fuel. The main reason for this is if they need to make an emergency landing, they'll dump excess fuel before doing it, to reduce the risk of killing everyone in a gigantic fireball.
Gigantic Fireball = bad. Got it.
It also reduces the plane's weight for emergency landings , which can impact things like braking/stopping distances, or in extreme situations whether the undercarriage will disintegrate on touch if descent rate is a bit high.
That's not the main reason, and not all planes can dump fuel - mostly only the larger airliners. They dump because a vast majority of emergency landings are executed on runways with wheels down, and planes have a maximum landing weight.
Simone's face/reaction at 14:39 is incredible.
She literally goes cross-eyed.
With a facial twitch after 😂😂😂
I bet that's her "oh" face too
@@JohnSmith-qn3ob Lumbergh f***ed her!
The guy who played Short Round (Ke Huy Quan) is returning to acting this year in a movie called "Everything Everywhere All at Once". The trailer for that movie looks absolutely nuts.
That and Data in Goonies!
And, he looks pretty close to the exact same. Hardly changed a bit.
Now I must watch that, does he still look similar these days?
@@zombieslayer02gjustzombies85 He looks exactly the same. He has been doing fighting and stunt coordination since he quit acting. I havent heard one bad review for the movie either so it must be a heck of a film.
Aside from what Spielberg and Lucas were both going through in their personal lives, which contributed to the film's darker tone, they wanted Willie to be the "anti-Marion," to the point where Kate Capshaw even dyed her hair blonde for the role. Yeah, she's pretty cringe-inducing, but that was partly the point.
Mind you, even Marion does her fair share of screaming and complaining in Raiders.
I feel like Marion made up for it with her attitude and cunning though. She wasn't one to get pushed around, and that made her a more likeable character, and a better match for Indy as a love interest.
She is blond you dimwit.
Yeah, but the screaming and complaining usually came _after_ she'd decked and/or insulted some villain.
Y'all will be happy to know that there was indeed an "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" -video game back in the day. Ke Huy Quan (the actor who played Short Round) did a promotional visit to the local arcade when they got a stand-up coin-operated version of this game in my home town one afternoon (I actually got to play a level of that game with him). He would later be cast in the role of Data in the movie "Goonies" (1985) and on the ABC television show "Head of the Class" (1991)
There is an online campaign to get him to go back to the role of Short Round in the next Indiana Jones film for a cameo or supporting role
Willie is definitely a divisive character. I, for one, really like her. Her over the top prissyness is pretty funny. Short Round is the Mvp. I hope he will return in the future Indiana Jones movie.
The actual anger toward her in the reaction was more annoying than her character though, lol.
@@JayTor2112 Exactly.
@@JayTor2112 Exactly. As if everyone pissed off about her character would be doing the exact same thing she does in each and every situation. Not every woman in film has to "kick ass like a man". She's far more believable as a character than Marian Ravenwood.
@@jpavlik04100% agree!
If you want to not hate Kate Capshaw in an action-y movie, watch Space Camp. It's not the best film, but she plays a strong, capable, and intelligent character to contrast with this movie.
Spielberg certainly liked her...
You should see "Black Rain" too.
@@gggooding Dreamscape which released almost 3 months later also featured a more 'sultry' Capshaw against Dennis Quaid.
@@angeloros7538 One of my all-time favorite movies. 😊
Space Camp had the worst luck with its release date.
I love this film. It’s batshit, one of the few genuinely scary horror films for children, and the action in the back hour is relentless.
This and Young Sherlock Holmes really left strong impressions with their cults and chanting and human sacrifice.
@@glamazon6172
You can see the blueprint for the dynamics of the Harry Potter trio in that film.
Kali Ma!
One of the reasons PG-13 was invented, honestly!
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Gremlins and Temple of Doom are great case studies for classification.
Doom is a much more violent film than Gremlins but the traditional adventure storytelling and fantastical setting was enough to convince the BBFC to cut it down to a PG.
But because Gremlins is much more subversive _as a film_ with a real world setting and the constant undermining of environments that families usually associate with safety and security, the BBFC actually slapped it with a 15 rating.
I actually wasn't bothered by Willie (I have relatives that are just as bad if not worse). I got the most enjoyment from her suffering.
Same. For me she was just the realistic element that kept the movie somewhat grounded in reality.
Ikr, name a person that you know been through a plane crash, a jungle full dangerous animals, seeing 2 dead bodies, walking in a cave full of bugs and almost about to get a lava bath and still remains calm? I'll wait lol
4:31 - The reason to dump fuel is to drop weight. Any given aircraft has a Maximum Landing Weight (MLW) at which it can land, and in most cases that weight is lower than its Maximum Takeoff Weight (MTOW).
Thats today so, not in the 30s.
Also only long range airplanes have a fuel dumping system
To be fair to Kate Capshaw, she hated Willie too. She kept trying to tone the character down but George Lucas insisted that it be played as you see it... We owe the guy a lot but Jesus wept when he F's up, he F's up hard! 🤦♂️
Especially adding the “noooooooo” to Darth
When others edit his work, we get Star Wars: A New Hope. When he edits others work, we get _The Temple of Doom_ and Willy.
If you read up on George Lucas, you see that most of his "life experience" came from watching old movies. He doesn't really understand people (which is why he's so famously bad at directing actors despite being great at directing FX and the technical aspects of filmmaking). Some telling quotes from George Lucas:
- "Popcorn pictures have always ruled. Why do people go see these popcorn pictures when they're not good? Why is the public so stupid? That's not my fault." - George Lucas, 1997
- "On the Internet, all those same guys that are complaining I made a change are completely changing the movie. I’m saying: ‘Fine. But my movie, with my name on it, that says I did it, needs to be the way I want it.'"
And, on the subject of Willie and why this second Indiana Jones movie had people ripping out hearts:
- "I was going through a divorce, and I was in a really bad mood."
When asked if he actually intended to make such a direct metaphor, he admitted that he did.
@@johnplaysgames3120 "Popcorn pictures have always ruled. Why do people go see these popcorn pictures when they're not good? Why is the public so stupid? That's not my fault."
What's telling about that quote? He's not wrong.
I refuse to believe that George Lucas would give an actor bad direction. I mean look at the emotional performance he got out of Samuel L Jackson. Pulp Fiction? Pssh.
23:28 The Chief Guard is played by the legendary Pat Roach. He played the German soldier who got sliced by the plane prop in 'Raiders'. He's also in the 3rd instalment.
His voice was dubbed by actor and puppeteer Frank Oz.
He’s also the giant Sherpa at the beginning of ROTLA.
You will love Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, it goes back to the feel and tone of the first film, including Nazi's being the villains again and is alot more grounded than Temple of Doom.
It's basically recycling. Last Crusade is a better version of Raiders, but it's still playing it too safe, and it scales back in action and grit so much. It's comedic tone was a prelude to what we get in Crystal Skull. Temple of Doom is ultimately superior.
@@ThreadBomb I think the Last Crusade is the best one but Indiana Jones 5 is coming out next year..
@@ThreadBomb and your point is?
The first 3 films are all tonally consistent with each other.
One of the things that aggravates me about the hate for Willie is that people always put that hate towards Kate Capshaw for the performance. People seem to forget that was how the character was written, if people have a problem then it should be directed towards the WRITERS, not the actress who did what she was supposed to do.
Lol as much as you guys seemed to dislike Willie, I hope you continue on. Last Crusade is an awesome movie and my favorite of the series ❤
I always tell people to skip Temple of Doom and Crystal Skull. Indy 1 and 2 are amazing.
Fun fact: Weber, the man who arranges Indy's charter plane in Shanghai, is played by Dan Aykroyd!
RIP legend Amrish Puri. You will always be remembered. 😀❤️
George looks like part of the movie at 8:53
It always gets me how so many people hate Kate Capshaw's character in this. Personally, i think she adds a lot to the film and i like her character. This is also my favourite Indiana Jones movie.
I feel like if somebody dragged me into a third world country and forced me to eat brains and be covered in bugs, I'd complain too.
The character of Willie was sometimes romantic interest and sometimes comic relief. Here we have the first major appearance of George Lucas' issues with incorrect use of comic relief which would become the overwhelming problem in Star Wars The Phantom Menace.
Spielberg directing and also ending up marrying the actress who played Willie might have had something to do with it as well. I'm a huge Spielberg fan, but Kate Capshaw sticks out like a sore thumb in this movie, and not in a good way. I feel like nepotism could have played a part in her getting the role.
Willie Binks?
@@tehdipstick Personally I think the complete opposite, Capshaw is the perfect scream queen for the role. And yes she is annoying , but that was the point of the character.
@@tehdipstick I think her getting the role led to their relationship. They 'fell in love' while making the movie, I believe.
@@originalbadboy32 I get what you're saying, and it's just my personal opinion. Not saying it's wrong to like or enjoy her character.
For me, while I understand that she's supposed to be annoying, she's a bit *too* annoying. I just don't find her character enjoyable to watch and it takes away from the movie rather than add to it.
If it works for you, though, that's great.
The MythBusters tested the raft drop from the airplane and it worked, they would have survived the fall
Imagine hitting the ground at a steep angle is the important part.
Ya but that relied on the premise of them keeping the raft stable in the air and not dumping them out which was on the highly improbable end of the scale.
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And yet it worked in real life-it was being filmed by a second unit crew and they had rented a helicopter for like five days, assuming the dummies would fall out of the raft over and over, requiring many takes. First time, it came out, inflated, stayed upright and hit perfectly. Apparently Spielberg was floored when he heard. This is from the “making of” book.
I think Amrish Puri deserves more credit for his memorable role as the villain, Mola Ram. Apparently he was a very famous Bollywood actor for decades, but to Western audiences this is what he is known for. It speaks to his credit that as the main villain he isn’t introduced until almost halfway through the film, and then only has limited scenes, but he is probably the most memorable part of this film. He plays it so delightfully and cheerfully evil, it’s a truly wonderful old-school villain performance.
he shaved it like Ule Brennor 🤣😂
I remember seeing this when I was a kid and even then thinking this was more, "slapstick" and comedic in tone than the original, until the halfway point when it gets totally dark in tone with human sacrifices, hearts taken out of chests, and drinking of blood turning people to zombie's
Spielberg’s personal hangups tend to find their way in screen (absent fathers, marital woes, etc…)
the gruesome and bloody Scenes in this PG rated film was a big reason the MPAA decided to put in a pg 13 since most PG films were no where this extreme
it's adorable how Simone gets a "wistful look of longing" when Harrison Ford is shirtless on-screen
Willie doesn't do anything useful? seriously? she is saved Indiana's and Shorty's life at least twice during the film! Very unfair. She was supposed to be a goofy blonde who finds herself in the middle of a spooky adventure, and she played that role well. And she was funny and she was helpful.
Kate Capshaw learned to sing "Anything Goes" in Mandarin for this film.
I love how Simone was instantly and thoroughly done with Willie right from the start.
She's pretty annoying at the start but she gets more useful later on. Meh.
What is so strange is that Kate Capshaw had such a lousy part, but Spielberg still convinced her date him and eventually marry him
Spielberg has gone on record that the only good thing to come of 'Temple of Doom' was that he met his future wife.
10:49 - There's actually a deleted scene where Indy says they're trying to scare us away. When asked how he knows for sure, he says "Because those foods are forbidden for Hindu's... which makes you wonder what these people are."
You all understand that Willie Scott is literally a "Pop Princess Diva" right? Take a moment and think about what Katy Perry or Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, whomever... would be like in those situations. Even beyond the character she's playing, honestly how would you react if you were in her situation? A pampered western woman who's known nothing but comfort her whole life, and then you're in her situation. Her character is 100% accurate.
Kate Capshaw really has set of lungs. She can give young Jamie Lee Curtis run for her money as scream queen in 80's...
Willie is the result of a very old, long discarded, comedy trope of the mid-20th Century that the writers wanted to revisit and mess around with.
The screenwriters had lived in India for some of their lives and part of Willie's role was to make commentary on how loud, abrasive, comfort-obsessed, unworldly and self-centered Westerners - Americans in particular - are when they're abroad and also use them as a comic foil. A lot of films from the 1940's to the 1980's had the "ditzy, loud, screaming, damsel in distress" trope and the writers thought it would be funny if they cranked it up to eleven so that Western audiences could appreciate how annoying that kind of archetype was.
Willie's success is very mixed - despite what Indian Jones fans will tell you, A LOT of people in the 80's found Willie hilarious (because they were always laughing at her expense), but it's fair to say about an equal number of people hated her because (unlike RAIDERS) rather than being a subversion of the classic Hollywood adventure movie damsel (like Marion), she was a farcical satire and just more annoying than funny.
I don't mind her, but I get the "joke" that she represents despite finding her not funny at all. But then, I've dealt with a lot of Westerners like her so she's not unusual or even particularly bad compared to others I've met and dealt with. Does she add value to an Indiana Jones movie? No, she doesn't. She's a bit of a waste, the wrong kind of comic relief character who is hindered by the fact that she's a deliberate parody of a dated archetype to show how Westerners look to foreign cultures.
That's partially the point of the gross-out feast too; both making fun of Westerners squeamishness of foreign foods AND ALSO showing how the majority vegetarian population of India sees people who eat meat and how that grosses them out.
TEMPLE OF DOOM is my favourite Indy film because it has really interesting ideas and tries to really subvert a lot of cultural perspectives of the era, but I have to admit nearly all of those subversions failed to connect with the audience. The screenwriters tried to have their cake and eat it too and as a result all those aspects came out muddled and confusing and annoying.
"I wonder how Spielberg did this. Like, all the bats."
Well, from the looks of it he just filmed a swarm of bats returning to their cave/trees/roost in the morning after spending the night out looking for food. Bats tend to amass in large numbers as they're about to enter their roost. It also looks like they were filmed with a high-speed camera, then the footage was slowed down, which would account for the slow flapping of the wings, even though the frame rate is still relatively smooth.
Don't know if you caught it from the opening, but a lot of reactors seem to miss the fact that Temple of Doom is actually a prequel to Raiders of The Lost Ark rather than a sequel, so the events of this movie take place before the first one. (Edit: Seems you caught it. Nice.)
theyre fruit bats
That mine car ride was much more fun to watch in a giant cinema. You could see the audience leaning left and right on each curve.
That's right and I leaned too. 😂
They made a ride of it at Universal Studios. It might not exist anymore because it was a while ago when I was on it. It’s only about a minite long but it is a one minute thrill. The very young girl in front of me had no idea what the Indy concept was and when she felt thenair snd hesrd the soundfx for air darts being shot at us, she went into hysterics. Pretty much every thing that happened after that did mental damage to her.
I’m sure there’s probably some footage of it on youtube.
In the nightmare scene at 20:33 in all of the closeups of Indy wincing around in pain, my father is just off camera holding Harrison's legs down, so he can wiggle and shake his upper body around. Not my dad's job per se; he was actually a best boy at this time (one who works in the electric department on films), but they needed some hands at that moment, and my dad was readily available.
I love every second of this movie. It’s funny, exciting, the filmmaking by Steven Spielberg is expert, the action scenes have kinetic energy, and the whole thing is a visual feast. The club singer is hilarious and they wanted her to be the opposite of the woman from Raiders.
Exactly. They wanted her to be the "anti-Marion." I also loved every second of this movie.
I love this film Sooooooo much! It's big and bold! it doesn't just try to replicate the original it takes creative risks. Visually it looks so good with the red color palette. And the darker tone is a lot of fun. This is EASILY my favorite Indiana Jones film! I personally find Willie Scott funny but I definitely understand why people think she's annoying.
I don't know why but this was always my favourite Indy film when I was a kid, just because it was so dark and weird.
Because it has non stop action, a better opening than raiders, wasn’t just a carbon copy of raiders like pat crusade was,
Pilot here. Planes do have fuel dump. It’s for situations where the plane is too heavy to land but you’re in a situation where you need to land ASAP. Basically the flight had been scheduled to fly a lot longer and the fuel would’ve been spent by the time you were planning to land.
I believe part of the point of the banquet scene at Pankot Palace (aside from delightful gross-out jokes) is to underscore that things are not on the up-and-up.
4:19 yes airplanes can dump their fuel. They do it to lighten the load on the aircraft. Aircraft take off with more fuel than they can safely land with so they burn it off in flight. This gives them more range. But if an emergency occurs and they have to land early they can dump the fuel to lighten the load then the aircraft can land safely.
This is the funniest Indiana Jones movie. Short Round and Willie are the best. Willie was totally unprepared for this adventure which makes it even funnier.
The dinner scene was supposed to convey that the people in the palace weren't practicing Hindus. (it doesn't do it very well if at all)
Since Steven Spielberg reportedly refused to change the script, the Indian government prevented Temple of Doom from shooting there. Production was then moved to Sri Lanka and also London. And sure enough, upon hitting the big screen in 1984, the film was even banned from release in India.
Please watch THE NEVERENDING STORY!
We need them to share our trauma from that movie... lol.
My father was a commercial airline pilot, fuel dump is a real thing. If there is trouble after take-off and have to land right away, you have to dump fuel as the plane will be too heavy and it is too dangerous to potentially crash land will full fuel tanks
The chief guard was played by Pat Roach and his voice was dubbed by Frank Oz.
@@carm3d Yes.
Kate's character was certainly not a favorite, but you also have to remember that she was a performer who got pulled into Indiana's adventure against her will. She had every right to be upset with how things were going, though I'm not sure why she had to continue with them (possibly because she needed a translator? Had no money since she was essentially kidnapped? Who knows)
I love that Willie's scream is used to shatter glass objects in the Lego Indiana Jones games
"Anything Goes" was sung in proper Mandarin. That was something given great care, and is actually not in dispute.
@Shasi iishi as someone who has been travelling to China since 1999, and has had the chance to see this movie in China with Chinese business partners in China, I'll trust them when they say that Kate Capeshaw learned the words (mostly) in Mandarin for this movie. Actual experts all over the internet agree with me, feel free to do a little research for yourself instead of commenting based on being contrary.
The Indiana Jones trilogy were my dad's favorite movies and Temple of Doom was his most favorite, and he always thought Willie's screaming throughout the movie was absolutely hilarious lol. 21:58 Okay now you got it in my head that Short Round grew up and became an adventure archeologist just like Indiana Jones
Kate Capshaw (Willie Scott) later married Steven Spielberg, and she's a really good sport about the dislike about her character, she actually jokes about it with fans, I heard! I thought Marion was the cooler character, loved Short Round, too!
Fuel dumping is definitely a real thing. have seen a military aircraft dump some fuel, switch on it's afterburners and ignite it, it's pretty impressive.
For me this is easily the very best Indiana Jones of the entire series.
The kid who plays Short Round is also on the movie Goonies. I can't remember if you have done a reaction video for it or not. If you haven't I would suggest considering it as it's a fun adventure movie. Ultimately it's your choice. Love the chemistry you Simone and George have with each other as well as your real emotions you show when you do your reaction videos together.
Everyone that is sane loves Short Round and hates Willey; and we hated her when the movie came out almost 40 years ago. You have to remember we were introduced to Marianne before Willey, and Willey is no Marianne. You do have to give her some credit for going down that bug tunnel.
Marion*
Some great facial expression from Simone today. 🤣
I liked Willie as she is How most people would react in the same situation even though they picture themselves as a strong Marion type
Nope it'd be neither for me. Which is why I like watching movies :)
12:38, actually, he had already met Marion leaving her in 1926, and had something romantic with her when he was 27, her 17. Things were different back then. Remember the lines "Marion: I was a child. I was in love. It was wrong and you knew it. Indiana: You knew what you were doing."
At 8:53 it almost looks like George is shaking hands with Indiana Jones
One of my favorites growing up. It's definitely underrated. I get why people don't like it though. It's still a ton of fun. Kate Capshaw was playing it up as the 1930s damsel in distress.
@@Rocket1377 I'll join you, I don't mind her at all and thought the comedy worked fine.
And Steven Spielberg married her. And she was great in Space Camp.
When Indie yells "DUCK!" in the mine cart before the jump it's to lower the center of gravity so it takes off, sails, and lands with minimal wobbling. Still, really doubt it would work.
From a production standpoint they don't have to add miniatures for the shot.
I really like Kate Capshaw as an actor - "Dreamscape" is a favorite of mine - but she can't hold a candle in front of Marion! Oh, and FYI, the chilled monkey brains where actually vanilla custard with raspberry sauce!
The big guy in the Turban Indy fought was Pat Roach a British wrestler and actor (from Bristol)who also played the big, bald Nazi that got a prop in the face in the first movie.
Temple of Doom is my preferred Indiana Jones movie. It fully respects the cannons and the atmosphere of the 30's adventure movies. King Kong was dark too.
Today's people don't often understand that you have to accept the cannons of the time period when the action is supposed to happen. Marion is definitely not a cannon for this period, she is too "modern". Elsa in the Crusade is a good compromise between the "Damsel in Distress" and the "Emancipated" woman.
My favorite line from any Indy movie was when Short Round tells Kate Capshaw's character, "Hold on, lady, we're going for a ride." I use it every chance I get.
Say what you want about Willie, but she sure had you genuinely laughing here and there!
Couple of fun appearances in this movie: The guy who informed Indiana Jones that his plane would also contain a cargo full of live poultry was Dan Akroyd. The Giant Guard who gets killed in the rock crusher is Pat Roach, whom you may remember as the bald-head German mechanic who gets chopped up by the propeller blades in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
My favorite Indy movie!
It simply has everything i could ever hope for from an adventure film and somehow manages to balance the dark and light tone brilliantly for me. They didn't play it safe and made it so different from the original while still feeling like an Indy flick! While i do think objectivly Raiders is better "film", i just love this one more. Incredible action and best John Williams score too in the series imo. I can see why people love "The last crusade" the most as the relationship between Indy and his dad is a great emotional core, but otherwise it is played little too safe for me, especially after this one.
Hating Willie i can understand but that was supposed to be her character, a spoiled gold digger who's spent most of her life at dinnerparties that gets dragged through the hell with Indy i could only imagine them acting exactly this way in real life. She never really bothered me personally and provided variety to the trio in the movie while also being different from Marion. Not every female character needs to be Ellen Ripley or Sarah Connor. She does become less selfish as the movie goes on and actually tries to help, though i don't blame you for missing that change.
I don't understand why people don't like a changed story line of a woman screaming....she obviously is a famous singer who is kind of spoiled who gets stuck on a adventure and does not like where she ends up but loves escapism and romance...
Just wait until you see what gross creatures they’ve got in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
(Although if you’re smart enough, you’d avoid that movie all together)
I love how you showed one of my favorite parts of the movie in your video: that little poignant moment when Indy and Shorty gave each other their hats. That variation of the Indy theme that John Williams used there gets to me.
I prefer it to this movie but I'm in the minority 🤷♂️
Hating that movie is such a hipster move
@@justjamie3717 I like KotCS a lot better than ToD but yes we seem to be in the minority.
…. I like that movie. The only bad thing site alien ending otherwise good at capturing the spirit of the Indiana Jones movies.
@@TheDisneyLover58 Exactly. The last part of the film can’t decide if it’s part of an Indiana Jones movie or a Star Wars movie. You can hear it in Johnny W’s music.
The man who meets Indiana Jones at the airport is Dan Aykroyd . Those what she called Big Birds , are Flying Foxes.
I'm three minutes in and the amount of hate for Willie is absolutely hilarious
And relatable. It's not a problem for modern audiences, she was obnoxious when I saw it in the theater.
There you see that Kate Capshaw did a very good job. 😂
Fun trivia: the big Thuggee guard who gets squashed is played by the same stuntman who played the big German mechanic who gets shredded in Raiders.
The bats in the movie are actually fruit bats, sometimes called flying foxes.
I lived in Australia for 12 years and every single day at dusk there were millions of bats flying in the same direction.
but if even the crew knows this just go along with it plus vampire bats are dang big and scary
@@SB992REBORN It's good for scaring people or giving them the creeps. Vampire bats aren't real big. Body size is around 3 inches and wingspan is 7-8 inches.
By the way, the actor that played Shor Round, Ke Huy San, won the 2023 Oscar for best supporting actor with the movie "Everything, everywhere, all the time"
Can you tell George Lucas was going through a divorce when he and Spielberg made this?
You mean cause the villain rips peoples hearts out?
Both he and Spielberg were going through a divorce.
@@21stcenturyhiphop - Dude, Spielberg and Lucas were never married...
@@maximillianosaben Lucas was married to Marcia Lucas, who was widely respected as an editor, for about six years( might be more, not sure). They divorced during the production of Return Of The Jedi. Spielberg was married to Amy Irving, who was a pretty big star at the time. He had to pay her 100 million in the divorce. Marcia Lucas got 50 million.
The joke went over your head...
The big Indian man is played by the same actor who played the big German soldier from the plane fight scene on raider's of the lost ark.
Awesome! Hopefully, you'll watch the 3rd one Last Crusade. That one is probably my favorite of the three. It's not dark like this one and with really funny moments.
Harrison Ford and Sean Connery are absolute gold in TLC. Definitely the best of the bunch as far as I'm concerned.
As crazy as rafting out of a plane seems, Mythbusters was forced to determine it plausible, as long as the raft doesn't flip. It's the same way squirrels and cats and lots of small animals can fall from any height and survive. They spread out as much as possible and reach terminal velocity in under a second. So as long as they stay that way and don't flip over, they won't fall any faster than in the first second and can survive amazingly long falls.
Any chance You watch the STAR TREK movies on Your channel? 🖖
But the original cast movies should be first priority. ST 1 can be skipped, Wrath of Khan is essential, then 3 and 4 to complete the story. 5 can be skipped, then 6. The Next Generation movies should include the first two, then stop. The new reboots are not really representative of Star Trek. They shouldn't be watched before the originals.
That's a good idea, they should watch the 90s Trek shows too.
George Lucas was just like "I know what Star Wars needs! I will call the Willie character Jar-Jar!"
Great reaction guys! I've loved this film since I was a kid. Willie Scott is supposed to be an annoying damsel in distress. So her character never bothered me. But, perhaps she is supposed to be disliked. 😂😂😂👍
Great job presenting an award @ The Poppies! It was really cool to see you two pop up in there!
The dinner scene was just the writers all coming up with the grossest thing they could think of.
Yeah none of that seems like traditional Muslim cuisine from that area, and Kali is from Hinduism, who practice vegetarianism.
@@jennifervalentine8955 Yeah, trying to emulate old pulp adventure stories can sometimes lead to some serious embellishment's to make the places the heroes visit seem fantastical.
It can be entertaining but glaring if you happen to know a lot of facts about the real life places being portrayed on screen.
So you saw the first one,
and you saw the worst one.
Next is the best one:
The Last Crusade
Short Round is the best child sidekick in movies. He can fight, he's quick thinking, saved Indy's life twice, definitely less annoying than Willie.
Fun fact: the giant Sherpa that Indy flattens in the rock crusher is the same actor who played the giant Nazi that got chopped up by the propeller blades in Raiders.
The Big Terrifying Guy that gets crushed in the rock smasher is the same stuntman that fights Indy under the Flying Wing in Raiders, and gets a face full of propeller.
4:25 "I wonder if the fuel dump thing is a real thing?" Yes, it is, usually on widebody aircraft with extra tanks like the Boing 747 and 777. Not every aircraft has it, though... for example, the smaller 737 does not. George asked why would they dump fuel? Simple: To lose weight in the event of an emergency landing. A heavier plane is more likely to hit the ground hard and get damaged. Take the Boeing 777 for example. A full load of fuel is 47,890 gallons. That's roughly equivalent to the weight of 28 elephants!
Having said that, it doesn't happen very often because it's _expensive._ If a Boeing 777 had to dump all their fuel (which never happens), that's about $250,000 down the drain. Also, an airliner doesn't land with a full load of fuel. In fact, it almost never _takes off_ with a full load of fuel. The airlines very carefully calculate how much fuel the aircraft will need to get to its destination, plus a "reserve" in case of bad weather or a long queue (when the plane has to fly in a big circle while waiting for clearance to land), and that's how much fuel they load.
You've gotten the right idea about the Donkey Kong mine cats, but the way you've stated it is incorrect. The game levels are a homage to this sequence. DKC was 1994, a full 10 years after this movie.
Mola Ram's little trap door escape cracks me up every time.
Simone: _"I just want her to fall off something really high."_
End of the movie: Ask and you shall receive.
Kate Capshaw (Willie) is married to Stephen Spielberg.
Kate - "Steeephenn! There's a spider in heere!"
Spielberg - "....sigh..."
I know she's not actually like that, just a joke I've always enjoyed from a podcast I listen to.