Temple of Suck

[swan_tower]

To hell with completeness' sake; I should just institute a rule that I'm never watching Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ever again, for any reason. Every time I watch the thing, it gets worse -- and it's not like it was good to start with.

Comments

[milbrcrsan.livejournal.com]

No, it's not that good to begin with. :p I avoid it whenever I can get the chance to watch Indiana Jones. Ugh.

[copperwise.livejournal.com]

I was just forced to watch it for a retrospective review of the full set and extras on DVD. I'd have preferred to just rub my nipples with sandpaper and stick forks in my eyes. It would have been less painful.

[kmousie.livejournal.com]

Gosh, you're so right. And I think it does get worse with repeated viewing!

[squishymeister.livejournal.com]

I remember watching it as a kid and being TERRIFIED. To this day I re-watching it will give me nightmares.

But I suppose you are talking about it being bad in other ways ;)

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

That's a good rule. I approve this message.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I watched it last weekend. Umm. It was certainly...a movie. Yes.

We ended up having a family discussion when the British troops arrived at the end about whether this was a movie in which Muslims were portrayed as good guys. With their turbans and what I know of Anglo-Indian history, my contention was that Sikhs were the ones coming to the rescue at the end. timprov said that probably made Muslims the good guys because they were off minding their own business somewhere, which was more than could be said for the other large Indian religious groups as portrayed in the movie.

[scottakennedy.livejournal.com]

While there are numerous good reasons to hate that movie, the one that always stuck in my craw the most was replacing Karen Allen's Marion replaced with Kate Capshaw's Willie. Oh Indy, we hardly knew ye.

[d-c-m.livejournal.com]

Oh honey, why did you do that to yourself? It is an unbelievably sexist piece of crap that turned me off the Indiana Jones genre for good.

There, there, go watch some Whedon. You'll feel better.

[mastergode.livejournal.com]

See, personally speaking, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is subject to what I call the "Childhood Love Rule". As dirty as that sounds, it has nothing to do with loving children.

What I mean is that I watched and loved Temple of Doom when I was a child, so now I irrationally love it.

If someone were to break it down and point out all the parts that are bad about it, I will agree with them, but will not stop loving that movie. <chuckles>

Also, I have a deep-seated despair about Indy 4. =\

[snickelish.livejournal.com]

Completeness's sake? You speak as though it were cannon...

[daobear.livejournal.com]

I loved Temple of Doom when I was kid, because in my innocence, I was completely unaware of the deep racism and sexism of the film. I particularly loved the feast scene, and the sacrifice scene, where they rip the victim's heart out and drop him in the lava. But, I saw this movie again when I was in college at the Brattle, and I was absolutely horrified. I couldn't decide whether to be more offended by the racism, the sexism, or the portrayal of Kali's worshippers. It's nothing like Raiders or Last Crusade, which were actually quite good.