Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Nostalgia Critic 

Fun fact: In the special features for Temple of Doom, they reveal that the actress playing Willy didn't actually know how to scream well, so she had to practice screaming for the movie.

In Shortround’s defense, I think he’s a great character because it doesn’t matter that he screams. He screams because all his lines are said in urgent times, which adds to the urgency!

In the Lego version I looved the Temple of Doom levels. Willies power was to scream, it was fun to play her.

His name is Amrish Puri. Complete badass when it comes to acting as a villain. He passed away almost unnoticed.

Yeah I would say that using a raft as a parachute is significantly more believable than surviving a nuclear blast at ground zero inside of a refrigerator.

Is Temple of Doom the worst of the three movies? Yes. Is it still good? Yes.

The Indian Doc Brown line still has me in tears till this day.

Raiders of the Lost Ark is still my favorite of the trilogy, but I gotta laugh at the fact that you could completely take Indy out of the movie and nothing would change. The Nazis would still get the Ark, and open it, and die.

I feel like I'm always telling people this. They tested the floatation raft from a plane on Mythbusters. IT IS 100% POSSIBLE. It is actually one of the more realistic things in the movie, despite how crazy it looks. The fridge, on the other hand is INSANE. Literally no comparison between the two.

I don't know why he's complaining about the violence and dark imagery. The filmmakers had to be creative. Think about it. What else can be worse than the *Nazis* ?

I love the Temple of Doom. It's a constant reminder that family movies can go dark, and still be a fun adventure.

8:25 I will say that at least Mythbusters has proven that it's technically possible for someone to fall through the air on an inflated raft, so it's not as impossibly silly as one would think. But on the other hand, the circumstances leading up to the emergancy raft inflation, as well as the fact that the raft inflating in midair and thus the weight of two adults and a child as well as gravity would be working against it happening, would be a bit harder to swallow since those events are far more implausible.

Kate Capshaw is married to Stephen Spielberg, and the dress she wears at the beginning is very old and valuable

Funnily enough shortround was the most helpful person in the franchise

Temple of Doom is flawed. Dumb, too dark for Indiana Jones, but sometimes a darker tone is interesting, and I liked it. I think a lot of people did. Was it unpleasant? Yes. Worst of the original trilogy? Yes, I will give you that one. Still a good movie? Yes. I just wish it had 100% less Willie. Also Creepy Weird Skull Hat Guy is named Mola Ram. Is that really that hard to remember?

The Chinese waiter who was shot lacked a penetration wound and his shirt was pristine except for the splotches of koolade

He clearly says “Willy” and not “my Willy”

11:58 And, if Thanos gets his hands on all of them, he can wipe out half of the universe with the snap of his fingers.

Somewhere in the future, there will be a shitty reboot of these movies, just like with Ghostbusters!

I like all of the Indiana Jones Movies to me there awsome

I don't understand why people would dislike this movie or Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. 7:30, the plane ran out of fuel.

The first Indiana Jones film I ever saw, and my favourite.

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Oh my lord The Cinema Snob had hair back then

Harrison Ford will have reprised his Star Wars, Blade Runner, and Indiana Jones roles IN NEW MOVIES ALL IN THIS DECADE (well, filmed Indiana Jones 5, not released until 2020). WHO WOULDVE EVER THOUGHT?

16:51 back when a PG movie had balls and like nostalgia critic said when you actually needed parental guidance for a PG movie none of that thematic element bullshit people's faces exploded hearts were removed in gory fashion I miss this era of Cinema I didn't grow up in that era I was a 2000s kid but still I was allowed to watch movies like Indiana Jones and big trouble little China when I was seven or eight which means I had a deep respect for movies like this from an early age hell I even grew up watching dirty Harry

My opinion of indiana jones movies rated 1.last crusade 2.raiders of the lost ark 3.temple of doom 4.crystal skull

I dont like this review. Why cant i just enjoy it for its silliness? personally i found the lady to be overly dramatic i dunno just came off as exaggerated reactions made me laugh.

2:42 This on you! I’m working for Mel Brooks! 4:15 I totally love that scene! 5:11 Balloons! 11:10 Best Scene ever!

Well, I can agree that this can be a goofy, nonsensical movie at times. But when half your argument against it is 'cultural insensitivity', it feels like you're reaching for things to complain about.

5:30 Oh my god! Thank you for addressing this, that is a piece of hypocrisy amongst the fan community I can’t stand, with virtually every other movie whenever there’s a bad child actor everyone is like “Don’t pick on him, he’s just a kid” yet if you were to turn around and go “Ok then, what about Jake Lloyd?” They’ll be like “Except for him, he sucks”

“This is something a psycho would write” Should we tell him that Spielberg and Lucas were going through divorces which is why the movie turned out the way it was or do think he knows?

Willie: For crying out loud there’s a kid driving the car. NC: Oh c’mon, it’s China. The kid should have like five jobs by now. Me: 😳 … That’s racist.

Here's the thing - Raiders of the Lost Ark is a perfect action adventure. All killer, no filler. It's a rousing adventure against a horrible enemy - the Nazis - and their quest to find an all-powerful religious artifact to take over the world. It's a throwback to the 1930s/40s action serials and everyone loves it. So, time to make a sequel. You could just rinse/repeat but instead Spielberg and Lucas tried a different tone, different setting, and different baddies. And I love Temple of Doom for that. It's crazy, it's bombastic, it's weird, it's creepy but, overall, it's still fun! Then you get to Last Crusade. This time it's played safe. You have a rousing adventure against a horrible enemy - the Nazis...again - and their quest to find an all-powerful religious artifact to take over the world...again. I do love Last Crusade, but I have issues with it not just being too safe, but for basically re-writing the characters of Marcus Brody and Sallah. In Raiders, Brody says if he were younger he'd be going on the quest for the Ark. We see that Indy respects him and that Brody is a guy who, in his prime, most likely was off on his own adventures. After all, the feds come to him and he, in turn, gets Indy involved. Suddenly, in Last Crusade, he's a bumbling idiot who doesn't speak any other languages and got lost in his own museum. Sallah, the best digger in Egypt and a guy who comes across as a tough, loyal friend and family man, is suddenly a goofy stereotype who must get camels for his brother. Everyone gives Last Crusade a pass because of Sean Connery - and he's GREAT! As I said, I enjoy Last Crusade, but for me the films are best in the order they arrived in cinemas. Sorry for the long post! Love these films and LOVE Temple of Doom! :)

11 years later, short round would win the golden globe for best supporting actor

I really hate that woman. Thу kid is not so bad but the woman...

I never got the implication that Indy was angry at him for betraying shiva like doug says. I always took it as Indy is basically rubbing it in the dudes face that he'd betrayed his god, therefore things were probably going to go badly for him in the next few moments once he died.

The actor that played Short Round pretty much left acting to avoid playing Asian arche/stereotypes like this. Went into martial arts choreography and recently returned to acting in Everything Everywhere All At Once.

did anyone else play the Lego Indiana Jones game?

"Thank you for sending the annoying white woman away, we will celebrate by watching Rob Schneider movies"

I actually like Short Round. I found him very endearing and a welcome respite from some of the darker elements in the story. The female lead, yeah she is fecking irritating.

5:36 Say what you will, Doug. But that kid grew up to win an oscar.

I love this movie. It's stupid, it's it's clumsy, but it's fun. I agree Willy is annoying, but I love Short Round. He just seems like someone I'd like around

The screenwriters obviously dropped a gallon of LSD and watched a history channel special on the ancient Aztecs

Can't wait for "Indiana Jones 5: Harrison Ford needs an ambulance"

"I'm a singer! I could lose my voice!" One can only hope!

3:39 Does anybody else find it funny that a platinum blonde named Elsa fell to her death because she wouldn't "let it go?"

The best is "The Last Crusade". Why? A 100% more Sean Connery.

maybe not the Hindus, but the sacrificial scene is reminiscent of the Thuggee's, who killed thousands in rituals. for the most part they were stopped by the British Raj

18:21 well duh, it’s called temple of doom, not temple of happy fun time

Steven Spielberg said that he did not enjoy this film as much as the rest of the Indiana Jones films, but said that it was a great experience for him, because he met his future wife, Kate Capshaw, during the production of this movie. The "chilled monkey brains" were made from custard and raspberry sauce. The "giant vampire bats" that are shown in the movie, were actually fruit bats. Vampire bats are a lot smaller. According to some sources, Harrison Ford was not entirely comfortable with the film's story and not entirely happy with how the film turned out. In the original draft, there was supposed to be a motorcycle chase scene across the Great Wall of China. However, the Chinese government refused to grant the permission of filming. The three main characters are named after dogs. Short Round was named after screenwriter Willard Huyck's dog, which was named after the orphan in The Steel Helmet (1951). Willie was named after Steven Spielberg's dog and Indiana was named after George Lucas' dog. Kate Capshaw had to be taught how to scream. As he knew that he would spend a large portion of film shirtless, Harrison Ford underwent a strict weightlifting regimen to prepare for the film. In an interview on the DVD release, he credits being in such good shape for his quick recovery from a back injury while filming. Kate Capshaw was thrilled at the opportunity of singing and dancing in the opening musical number, but her dress was so tight there was very little movement she could attempt without ripping it. Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw) screams a grand total of 71 times throughout the movie. For the bug chamber sequence, Kate Capshaw was really covered with over two thousand insects. She took sedatives prior to the scene to get over her initial fear, and claimed "they definitely worked". There was a scene involving Kate Capshaw and a rather large snake which had to be cut, as Capshaw was having panic attacks at the very prospect of it. Steven Spielberg jokingly says that the only reason Kate married him later was because he allowed the scene to be cut. The nightclub in the opening scene is called Club Obi-Wan, an homage to the Star Wars character. Kate Capshaw received a black eye in the runaway mine cart sequence. The next day when she reported to work, everybody else on the set was wearing a black smudge under their eye.

Princess Vespa in "Spaceballs" was a better and funnier version of the spilt rich girl character. They didn't make her annoying and had the right level of funny. Willie on the other hand.........

At least Short Round is more tolerable than Scrappy Doo

Club Obi Wan.. I see what you did there, Lucas..

To be honest, the one I like the most is The Last Crusade

Temple of Doom isn't awful, but it is the most ridiculous of the trilogy.

I like Short Round. He's cute, and actually useful.

Out of the first three, yes it’s the worst. But it doesn’t suck as bad as the Critic seems to think. It has cool sets, badass Indy moments, and even some nice brutal violence.

I hope I'm not the only who knows that Temple of Doom is a prequel to Raiders, not a sequel. Raiders is set in 1936, whereas Temple of Doom is set in 1935. Temple of Doom is a prequel.

i fully acknowledge this films flaws, but this movie is a fun as hell

The guy who played Short Round just won an Oscar for Everything Everywhere All At Once

I always liked that Temple of Doom was both the silliest and the darkest of the three. I liked it's tonal confusion.

The ritual scene actually traumatized me when I was a child. Im now 25 and still think its one of the most horrifying movie scene I've ever seen

That Chinese guy who dies near the start actually had a story in the comics with Lao Che killing his family and taking him into captivity and eventually befriending Indy

Nostalgia critic: let me introduce you to the 2nd most annoying character in the film: short round Indiana: don't talk to me or my son ever again

I guess it's popular because Temple of Doom came out during a simpler time when audiences don't care about realism and just want to see cool guys do cool stuffs, no matter how ridiculous, while Crystal Skull came out during modern times where campiness or "cheesiness" is dying out

Well hate to break it to you Doug, but the mythbusters tested the raft thing and apparently is works just like they showed it

I have a soft spot for Short Round. Nothing to do with logic or quality, I just like him.

I absolutely love Temple of Doom. I recognize that Raiders and Crusade are overall better movies but I personally love Temple more.

This is the only film where Indiana's presence actually affects the film, he saves the Slaves. Yet in every other one if Indiana Jones isn't there. The ark is never found or a bunch of Nazi's die and in Last Crusade the holy grail is never found or a bunch of Nazi's die. Critic's reaction to the fire death heart thing is funny as hell no matter how disturbing. 😂

Personally I love temple of doom. Indiana Jones was always meant to be b movies. All of them have corny parts, but that’s what I like about it. Movies are meant to take you out of real life so you can relax and this movie does that perfectly. Not to mention that temple of doom has the best score out of all of them (all of them have incredible scores) thanks to the brilliant John Williams. Also, the last 45 min of this movie is the best part of any Indy movie...and that’s saying A LOT

Short Round is the highlight of this movie

Temple of Doom is a great movie

In some ways I can excuse the implausibility of the pilots ditching the plane and the rubber-raft escape. The Indy movies, after all, were inspired by the serials of the thirties and forties, which had the heroes in situations every bit as implausible.

I love how Temple of Doom was the film that led to the creation of the PG-13 rating. I still remember how shocked I was when looking at the box of my grandmother’s VHS copy and seeing the PG rating and thing “WTF?!? Were the people tasked with issuing the rating asleep thru half the film or taking a bathroom break during the sacrifice scene??”

You NEED to do a Real Thoughts on this one!

I like Temple of Doom and Crystal Skull. I can't help it, they're guilty pleasures for me.

The fact that team Snob actually did know the villain's name but couldn't say it for the sake of the bit sparks so much damn joy...

Good movie, bad movie. I really don't care about that discussion. What I do care about is my mental health, because holy shit I actually watched this when was a kid and I didn't get phased at all?! Jesus christ, 9 year old me is more hardcore than 19 year old me.

The pilots were idiotic to jump out of the plane in the middle of the Himalayas instead of simply using knife attacks Indy brought Willie along since her shrill voice could make the fiercest tigers avoid the group along a three mile radius

So, I head to the comments expecting digital tones of hate for NC not liking temple of doom. But everyone's being...... reasonable. Internet, what happened? I'm not complaining, but what happened?

I love this movie. I don't care what people say.

Raiders of the Lost Ark - classic Temple of Doom - most watched Last Crusade - the best let them fight

Before I started watching the video, I saw the title and thought... "...this movie was _bad?_"

Looking back at this video, I think critic owes Ke huy quan an apology since he won an Oscar’s for everything everywhere all at once.

I think my fave of the series (excluding ToD, I haven't seen the whole thing yet) is most definitely Last Crusade. I adore Sean Connery and Harrison Ford's dynamic throughout the whole film and the climax is pretty tense, even after watching it more than once.

I don't think Lego likes Willie either. As proof, In The Lego Indiana Jones Video Game (and possibly the second one) Willie has an ability to scream to destroy glass objects. Also doesn't help that they took a year to start making Temple of Doom sets.

Not a lot of people know this, but Temple of Doom is actually a prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark, with Raiders taking place in 1936, and Temple taking place in 1935, one year before the original. And the writers intentionally made Willie annoying so that Indy would have a reason to break up with her in time to get with Marion in Raiders.

I think Short round is fine, and I enjoy the silly old James Bond vibe, but Willy is unbearable, also I thought Crystal Skull was fine, worst one in the series, but I'm still glad I have it on DVD

Ok I'll admit it. The hi-ho, hi ho bit at 18:11 had me laughing. haha

I'm sorry but I thought it was hilarious when Critic said "so he offers a shish-ka-die"

It's amazing how culturally insensitive this movie was, honestly. Yet this one somehow gets a pass, despite depicting heart sacrifices and eating raw animals? 😂 While over in Xena Warrior Princess, they got flak because the god Krishna helped a lesbian woman? 😂

I never realized Dan Akroyd had a cameo in this. Mind blown.

You know, it's weird how well that clip from Stephen King's IT fits with that scene.

The temple of doom is one of my favourites in the whole franchise. It's silly yes, but is so enjoyable to watch because of the set pieces and action. You can't hate this movie too much because it's awesome cheese!

This is definitely a guilty pleasure movie for me. I genuinely enjoy watching it.

It's also a prequel🤓

ok, yeah, I don't think this is the best or worst Indiana Jones film but I like it and I can tolerate Short Round but I agree with Nostalgia Critic on Willow, she is the most annoying stereotypical woman EVER!!!!!

19:09 ... It's creepy, weird, skull-hat guy, like all of the other Indiana Jones villains: Spanish guys who betray Indy for the Idol Black trench coat, glasses wearing nazi guy Butch nazi who gets chopped up by an airplane Tan-shirt wearing nazi guy American guy who is secretly working for the nazis Tank nazi Russian guy who gets eaten by siafu ants Cate Blanchett and ALL of the other miscellaneous characters inbetween action sequences. Belloq, Elsa, and Mac are the only ones that come to mind easily. It's not fair to rip on a particular movie for not clarifying a villain's name when all of the other films MOSTLY do the same.

I actually like this movie.