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Posted by: electriclite at May 27, 2008, 11:19 am

Topic: Lets discuss The Temple of Doom. Forum: JoBlo

I grew up with a tape when I was a kid that had both Raiders and Temple of Doom on it.
I noticed that as a child I loved watching Temple of Doom more than Raiders. Doom was painted in a vivid and much more simpler palette then Raiders which was obviously much more adult and slightly more complex. A lot of it was very cartoonish and the lines of good and bad were just so clear cut, not to mention the fun and humor like the feast at the Majarajah's palace, the cave leading to the Thuggee temple and Willie's ever present whining. I mean who doesn't love it when Willie's screaming about the bugs crawling all over her and all Indy says is "Aw, shut up Willie!".. or when she's not finding that fulcrum release switch fast enough, and through a tiny hole all we see is Indy slowly and forcefully (which simultaneoulsy describes the look on his) saying "Willie, I'm-going-to-DIE! !!" Hahahahah, ah, its fun just recalling it! Now as I've gotten older I've come to appreciate Raiders more and now that I'm more adult some of the points and coversations in the film make more sense to me. Before it was a film that just had these holes or deep ends where my child mind couldn't paddle across. Now, I've got better legs for kicking. But that being said, my heart will always have a soft spot for the Temple of Doom as the perfect encapsulation of the Pulp adventure film. 8.5/10

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