Indiana Jones Movie Review

[pyat]

velvetpage and I started watching Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom last night. We remembered why we hadn't watched it in years. I don't think I've bothered to watch it since I was in 7th grade.

Both of us dislike the female lead intensely. I find her feathery, blow-dried 80s hair more annoying than anything else in the movie, including the comical and/or villainous negative Indian stereotypes.

I'm also irritated by the suspension of disbelief required for a couple of scenes. I can accept magic stones and an evil priest with the power to pluck living hearts from a man's chest... but, man, why would anyone fly a small plane load of chickens from Shanghai to Tibet, with an apparent layover for refueling in Chongking? Why would the Chinese pilots ditch the plane over the Indian Himalayas, instead of, oh, say, China?

Magic is fine. But I always had trouble suspending my common sense!

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[catarzyna.livejournal.com]

Both of us dislike the female lead intensely. I find her feathery, blow-dried 80s hair more annoying than anything else in the movie, including the comical and/or villainous negative Indian stereotypes.

That was Mrs. Steven Spielberg before they were married.

Honestly, it is my least favorite of original trilogy but I like it well enough.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I'm enjoying it, mostly. The action scenes and the honestly creepy villains do carry me over the silly or clunky bits.

And, really, her hair is fine... it's just totally not 1930s hair!

[catarzyna.livejournal.com]

I agree, now I am going to have to watch again it over lunch. There will be no chilled monkey brains on my menu.

Hair aside, I know they did painstaking work with her dress it is all made from beads from that era.

Actually, I like Kate Capshaw best in How to Make an American Quilt but that is probably too much of a female sort of movie for you. ;-)

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Ah, but I am enough of a man to endure a "chick flick" from time to time with the missus. I made her watch enough movies when we were dating, after all.

[catarzyna.livejournal.com]

No doubt, I've watched more films/tv movies based off Stephen King stories than I would have on my own had it not been for LA. :-D