Temple of Doom

Why does everyone dislike this so much? It's equal to Raiders in quite a number of ways, it's darker, has more humor with a screwball flavor and truly is an adventure serial on a huge budget. The editing and pacing is tighter than even Raiders, and it works as a complete thrill ride. And this time around Spielberg is constantly winking at us knowingly at what we've gotten ourselves into. Even John Williams does this with the score! (the Cairo street music is present when Indy goes for his gun against the two swordsmen.)

All Last Crusade can manage is the byplay between the Jonses, and wishing that it knew what exactly it was doing.

Raiders may be perfect, but Temple is damn gritty fun. Yes, I love Short Round as the sidekick, and Willie is little more than an update of the shrieking girly 30's stereotype. And if you've seen Gunga Din, what's not to like?

Mola Ram, Prepare to meet Kali...IN HELL!

4 huge colossal balls out of 4 you guessed it...flaming hearts.

And I forgot just how good an old CRT screen looks with calibrated DVD. Hooked in an old Sony DVD player I rescued out of a closet, plugged in component cables, connected to sound setup and boom! Plus the widescreen enhancement really helps.