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From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: "...Temple of Doom", a PRO review!
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Date: Wed, 30-May-84 00:57:37 EDT
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> Obviously, "Temple of Doom" has it's holes. It's packed with
> them, for that matter.  Do you honestly think Speilberg doesn't
> realize this ? Do you think that he feels he has created
> a movie masterpeice ? No, he has created one of the most 
> FUN movies I have ever seen, and there are a few million
> other people that might second this.

> I see a movie mainly for the meaning that it conveys. I enjoy
> a well thought out study with delicate character development.
> But that does not mean I cannot see a film simply for the fun of it.
> That's exactly what "Temple of Doom" was made for.

> If you really expected a deep plot with peircing character 
> development, you were only fooling yourself.  Go see "Ghandi"
> again, I did.  I feel that "Temple of Doom" is not only a fine 
> movie, but it is also another great success for Mr. Speilberg.  
> He has succeeded, once again, in doing exactly what he set out to 
> do, and has strengthened his claim as the greatest film maker today.

Well, I wasn't expecting a "deep plot" and "piercing character development",
but I was expecting something a bit more than a 2 hour rollercoaster ride.
For me, it was precisely because there wasn't *any* plot or character
development to speak of that I *didn't* find it to be all that much fun.
"Raiders" didn't have a deep plot or piercing character development either,
but at least the plot and characters were enjoyable.  And as for the
holes in the story - well, after a while my disbelief got very tired of
being suspended.  This was a movie aimed straight at the glands - the
adrenal glands.

People aren't comparing it unfavorably to "Gandhi", they're comparing it
unfavorably to "Raiders of the Lost Ark".  It wasn't intended to compete
with the former, but if it wasn't intended to stand up well against the
latter, I don't know what it *was* intended to stand up well against.

	Guy Harris
	{seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy