Saturday night a few of us watched 2/3 of the Indiana Jones trilogy in preparation for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull coming out this weekend (Much love to Tonia for buying me the box set last week just because she’s so awesome). I must say I honestly can’t remember the last time I watched any of these from start to finish. It has been at least 15 years, which is just crazy when I think about it.
That said, I really found that I don’t care for The Temple of Doom. After watching a nice classically cheesy 80′s flick in Raiders of the Lost Ark, I found myself confused and bored with Temple of Doom. Am I the only one that feels this way?
Here are some facts I didn’t know going in about Temple of Doom…
• It was meant as a prequel. This second edition of Indiana Jones took place in 1935, whereas Raiders (the first movie) took place in 1936. This really confused me the entire time because I had never known that before, and the story-line seemed to ignore the first movie. Now I know why.
• It is credited with creating the PG-13 rating. The entire time I was watching this movie I was wondering how this was rated PG with all it’s heart ripping out goodness. Apparently after this movie there was an outcry from the public and Steven Speilberg suggested the MPAA create a new rating. On July 1, 1984 they introduced PG-13. (The first widely distributed PG-13 movie was Red Dawn).
Here’s hoping that the Last Crusade is all I remember it to be, and Crystal Skull exceeds my expectations.
Filed under: 80's, Culture, Eighties, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones, Movies, MPAA, Shia LaBeouf, Steven Speilberg
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