skyjedi2005 said:

Some of the more jokey slapstick type things in doom and crusade i enjoyed as a kid but they annoy me to no end as an adult. I appreciate Raiders far more because it treats the material seriously. While the next films tried to make a fun rollercoaster ride. Once the material is treated in camp and self mockery it no longer works.

I don't think that's entirely the case for Indy stuff. I think trying to take Indiana Jones too seriously is a lost cause. a certain amount of camp self-mockery fits fine. It's just that taking it too far is not a good idea. It was great in Indy 3, just not so much in Indy 4.

I think Marquand himself said when directing jedi that he wanted to treat the material seriously and not campy like they did on the 1980 flash gordon. Too bad Lucas still was allowed to put sillyness into the film. I wish marquand stuck to his guns of playing the material straight forward and without self derision.

I found ROTJ plenty serious enough. The silly stuff is rather a smaller proportion of the film than some people acknowledge and was offset by stuff that was serious.