Mitchell Currin The title is misleading---it should be: ‘The Merits of ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom’’: “(A) factor that works in the films favor is that it is, for all intents and purposes, a prequel, taking place in 1935—a full year before the setting of “Raiders.” With Indy being at an earlier point in his relic-hunting career, Lucas was able to avoid justifying how a man who (technically) witnessed the full power of the Ark of the Covenant in action could possibly scoff at the notion of a mystical rock with supernatural properties. In fact, it can be reasonably argued that the definitive character of Indiana Jones was forged by the events depicted here—when he retrieves the stone and tells Short Round that they’re not leaving the enslaved children behind, he sheds the “fortune and glory” aspect of his personality and truly becomes the hero we know and love.”: gmanetwork/news/story/378726/lifestyle/reviews/throwback-theater-roller-coasters-and-racism-in-indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 21:21:19 +0000
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