Indiana Jones Attraction (2027)

[Cwoolboy]

*Chases you onto said hill*

 

[belloq87]

Temple of Doom is the worst Indiana Jones movie and I will die on this hill.

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

Raiders > Temple > Last Crusade > 1st 2/3rds of KOTCS > Big Gulf > Dial of Destiny > Big Gulf > Rest of KOTCS

If we're counting Great Circle, then that goes somewhere between Crusade and the first half of KOTCS for me.

Spielberg should never touch CGI environments again unless it's a Tintin movie.

For justification of my Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opinions, I am playing my stalwart Gen Z card, which I find to be quite useful for more wholistic appraisals of maligned legacy sequels to Gen X classics.

 

[SkiBum]

Temple of Doom is the worst Indiana Jones movie and I will die on this hill.

It isn't great, in my opinion, and relies way too much on trying to gross us out. Plus, the blond woman is annoying. Really annoying. However, Crystal Skull is pretty bad and I have not bothered with Dial of Destiny.

 

[OrlandoGuy]

Temple of Doom rips. My favorite in the series and a ~Top 50 all time for me. Admittedly a lot of that is nostalgia but I think on a technical level you can’t deny it’s some of Spielberg’s best work (not just the action setpieces but the intro musical number is a really unique and unnecessary flair) and the most masterful integration of music with on-screen action that I’ve seen in a movie.

It isn't great, in my opinion, and relies way too much on trying to gross us out. Plus, the blond woman is annoying. Really annoying. However, Crystal Skull is pretty bad and I have not bothered with Dial of Destiny.

Dial of Destiny is worth watching for the last 20-30 minutes alone. It takes a massive swing that is totally bonkers.

 

[DOOMBOT]

Temple of Doom is the worst Indiana Jones movie and I will die on this hill.

God yes thank you. That film has solid production design and some fun adventure-y moments (thank you Temple of Doom for giving us Mine Cart Madness), but the rest of it is overly campy, simple to a fault, and shockingly problematic. It takes all of the worst elements of '40s serials that literally-perfect film Raiders purposefully dodges and dives right in. It has far more in common with Crystal Skull than I think a lot of people are willing to admit, it's just that they weren't kids when they watched the latter. Crusade was a great return to form after ... that haha.

 

[Jake S]

It has far more in common with Crystal Skull than I think a lot of people are willing to admit, it's just that they weren't kids when they watched the latter. Crusade was a great return to form after ... that haha.

Yeah, it's goofy to a fault ... and really, really racist. Like, really racist. It doesn't help that (IMO) none of the supporting characters are any fun. I think it's very similar to what we saw with the Star Wars Prequels and, uh, again with the Sequels.

Anyway, in my ranking it's Raiders, Crusade, Destiny, Skull, Doom, but Crusade is definitely my favorite.

 

[belloq87]

unnecessary flair

I think this describes the whole movie. Spielberg is doing wild stuff just to amuse himself, and it's awesome.

Also, maybe the greatest shot of a hero in any movie ever:

 

[SkiBum]

Yeah, it's goofy to a fault ... and really, really racist. Like, really racist. It doesn't help that (IMO) none of the supporting characters are any fun. I think it's very similar to what we saw with the Star Wars Prequels and, uh, again with the Sequels.

Anyway, in my ranking it's Raiders, Crusade, Destiny, Skull, Doom, but Crusade is definitely my favorite.

I love Crusade but Raiders got my top notch due to being the first. However, Crusade had some of the absolute best lines of the series. I just hope Disney does an interesting story for the ride and doesn't overthing it.

 

[rhino4evr]

I have a certain soft spot for Doom since it was the first Jones film I saw as a kid. It also scared the crap out of me. The other films in the trilogy have better overall narratives and are probably better movies, but I still enjoy the absolute crazy mess of Doom. I mean eating bugs, pulling hearts out of chests , the bridge , and mine cart action sequences are some of the most memorable scenes in the trilogy. Even the Shanghai intro is fun. Still not sure how they survived jumping out of a plane with a life boat though.

 

[belloq87]

However, Crusade had some of the absolute best lines of the series.

"She talks in her sleep."

mine cart action sequence

Theme park connection here: the sound designer, Ben Burtt, recorded the sound of the Disneyland Space Mountain and Big Thunder to get the right "high-speed screeching rail cars" sound for the sequence.

 

[Mad Dog]

I don't really care what film the attraction may be loosely based on. I just want a fun, entertaining ride that's not super dark like Dinosaur was. I liked Dinosaur, but even the recent refurb/upgrade was way too dark, and it was tough to see anything.

 

[belloq87]

I don't really care what film the attraction may be loosely based on. I just want a fun, entertaining ride that's not super dark like Dinosaur was. I liked Dinosaur, but even the recent refurb/upgrade was way too dark, and it was tough to see anything.

The level of darkness of the Indy ride in Disneyland would be perfect. Not overlit, still creepy, but you can see all the sets.

Based on the very few things we've heard from Imagineers working on the project, I'm expecting a fully original story.

 

[Cwoolboy]

I still think opening Temple of Doom with an extravagant musical rendition of Anything Goes is the perfect way to prepare audiences for a film where literally anything goes. Doom is easily the Indy film I watched most as a kid, I couldn't get enough of the darkness and gloom permeating the flick. Also, you can't beat Indy spearing a dude with a flaming shish ka bob. BRUTAL AF!!!

 

[belloq87]

BRUTAL AF!!!

I believe TEMPLE OF DOOM, though rated PG, carried a special "May Be Too Intense For Young Children" warning.

Between TEMPLE and GREMLINS, enough parents complained about the violence in the summer of '84 that Spielberg pitched a new PG-14 (it became PG-13) rating.

 

[pumpkinbot343]

It isn't great, in my opinion, and relies way too much on trying to gross us out. Plus, the blond woman is annoying. Really annoying. However, Crystal Skull is pretty bad and I have not bothered with Dial of Destiny.

No offense to the actor portraying him, but I remember the kid who tagged along with Indy (can’t remember his name) was far more annoying. Also the film couldn’t decide if it wanted to go for campy adventure or brutal horror.

 

[DOOMBOT]

Admittedly, I expected more pushback on my claim that most people prefer Temple because they were young when they first saw it. A little vindicating to see most everyone here say that exact thing about themselves haha.

The fridge nuke and ant swarm scenes everyone has an issue with in Crystal Skull are just as goofy and campy as anything in Temple. The monkey swinging scene ... does actually exceed Temple just a little bit tbh.

 

[belloq87]

There's a lot more wrong with CRYSTAL SKULL than just that.

 

[Tobias]

Based on the very few things we've heard from Imagineers working on the project, I'm expecting a fully original story.

Agreed, now as much as I do like the discussion of the film series, this is ultimately the thread for the upcoming ride which WDI already confirmed is going to have a completely original story. Just like its predecessors, it's not retelling any of the films in the series.

Thinking on that, it's one of the many reasons I really admire the ride. While it's an original story, it's still able to perfectly capture the heart-pounding adventure the series embodies to make for an Adventure which feels right at home within it.

 

[OhHaiInternet95]

I believe TEMPLE OF DOOM, though rated PG, carried a special "May Be Too Intense For Young Children" warning.

Between TEMPLE and GREMLINS, enough parents complained about the violence in the summer of '84 that Spielberg pitched a new PG-14 (it became PG-13) rating.

Ghostbusters helped do the trick too, right?