I re-watched the first three movies over the last few days. A lot more comedy content than I remembered. Most of it worked but I wouldn't complain if it had been dialed back a bit.
Still not a big fan of Temple of Doom. There are just way too many scenes of Willie screaming. As Indy said “The biggest trouble with her is the noise.” The movie would have been a lot better if they had brought Karen Allen back.
I never realized that the guy who plays the huge Nazi mechanic who gets killed by the propeller in Raiders of the Lost Ark had multiple roles in the franchise. He also played the big Sherpa at the beginning of Raiders as well as the Indian dude who gets steamrolled in Temple of Doom, and a Gestapo agent in part 3. [Reply]
In response to some of the more violent sequences in the film (Doom), and with similar complaints about Gremlins, Spielberg suggested that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) alter its rating system, which it did within two months of the film's release, creating a new PG-13 rating.
My boys and I love the franchise, I’m watching Skull right now with my 8 year old. I hadn’t seen it until a few weeks ago and I liked it. The “Nazi” angle worked in Ark obv but seemed cartoonish in Crusades, a bit like Inglorious Bastards.
Btw when I walked out of Bastards I said to my brother “I didn’t know that’s how Hitler died”. An old couple in front of me looked back like I was an idiot [Reply]
