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From: terryl@tekchips.UUCP (Terry Laskodi)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (NON-SPOILER)
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Date: Thu, 31-May-84 02:19:52 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 31 02:19:52 1984
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     Well, I went to see Indiana Jones Wednesday, nad there is good news
to report and there is bad news to report.

     First, the good news. If you like an action-adventure film that is
virtually non-stop action-adventure (I do), then this is the movie for
you. If you can suspend your belief for a moment(and after all, this movie
and Raiders are supposed to be tongue-in-cheek adventure-type movies),
you'll love all of the action. The plot is a little simpler than Raiders,
but it holds up reasonably well.

     Now the bad news. This movie is violent. EXTREMELY VIOLENT. Steven
Spielburg is quoted as saying "If I had a 10-year old child, I wouldn't
let him see this movie". I have to agree completely. I would say about
half of the movie is violent, with a couple of really graphic scenes of
violence.

     But that's not all of the bad news. Along with the violence, there are
quite a few scenes that are in the movie strictly for shock value. These
scenes could have been played a little milder without any loss or conti-
nuity to the plot.

     A minor gripe: some of the special effects were really good, others
really sucked. The bad ones didn't even look remotely like what would
happen in real life.

     All in all, I would have to say that because of all the violence and
scenes strictly for shock value, I did not like Indiana Jones nearly as
much as Raiders. In fact, I was a little dissappointed in it. If they
could have toned down the violence, it would have been a much more
enjoyable film. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 rating, for the violence, and
a 9 out of 10 for all of the action-adventure scenes in it.