Rank The Indiana Jones Films — Page 9

1. Raiders
2. Crusade
3. Skull
4. Temple
5. Dial

1 last crusade
2 temple of doom
3 crystal skull
4 dial of destiny
5 raiders of the lost ark

although i find they are of similer quality

Mocata said:

I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone rank TLC that low, never mind two of you in a row. What’s the problem, the re-hashed elements or all the ‘here’s where the whip came from’ stuff?

Sorry for being so late to reply, first time in a while I’ve logged in here. I honestly think TLC, KOTCS and DOD are pretty interchangable for me and that’s just how I’m feeling at the moment.

Raiders is obviously the best. But Last Crusade is probably the most fun to watch. Temple of Doom is also fun to watch, but the entire plot basically happens by accident, instead of Indy specifically searching for some artifact, which I always found to be kind of weak plotting.

Crystal Skull had some promising opening sequences with a fresh new 50s setting, (I actually like the ridiculous nuke fridge scene) but ultimately it devolved into a series of generic chase scenes in a boring jungle. I don’t mind sci-fi elements in an Indy flick, but the aliens and crystal skull mythology is just so shallow and uninteresting.

Dial of Destiny is just… kind of a big mess. It’s obviously the product of 2023 factory style film production, with heavy usage of CGI (e.g. the opening train sequence), instead of the old-school stunts and all that, and it just doesn’t feel like a real Indy movie to me.

Let’s be honest: Indiana Jones basically always sucks whenever it strays from Judeo-Christian mythology.

I need to see DOD a couple of more times to solidify it, but I’m confident it’ll remain my third favorite.

I loved the opening and i found it cathartic to have INDY punching Nazis again. Loved the line about the pied piper and blue eyed boys. Its the worst one but it was great to have INDY back. And he was INDY he wasn’t a new Disney version. A little gruff and older rough around the edges but INDY.

Best to worst

Raiders
Last Crusade
Temple of Doom
Dial of Destiny
Crystal Skull

It’s a shame that we couldn’t get a grown up Short Round and older Indiana movie. Ke Huy Quan seems so enthusiastic around Harrison, there’s a certain camaraderie between the two actors. It’s really nice to see that. I think there’s a movie there, if done right, or maybe a short series on Disney +

A limited series that isn’t too hard for Harrison.

Would be funny if Short Round asked about the pretty lady (Kate Capshaw) Indy was with in front of Marion.

Marion: What pretty lady?

Indy: (Looks at Short Round and waves his hands to stop)

SR: Nobody Mrs. Jones

Z6PO said:

But ToD is a prequel, so it happened before Indy knew Marion?

Actually, he knew Marion when she was his student. They had an inappropriate teacher/ student relationship. Indy knew her father, so that caused a problem. Then he went off and had the Temple of Doom adventure.

When he saw Marion in Raiders, Marion was furious, because he took advantage of her when she was younger.

-Young Indy Vol. 1-3
-Young Marion events prior to Temple of Doom.
-Temple of Doom
-Raiders of the Lost Ark
-The Last Crusade
-Indy playing the sax scene
-The Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls
-The Dial of Destiny
-Old Indy scenes from Young Indy show

Would be cool if they reshot the old Indy scenes with Harrison Ford and added them to the old series.