DUFFMCWALIN
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Raiders over Crusade by just a little. Both are wonderful movies.
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Which Indiana Jones movie is your favorite?
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Xisiqomelir
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Temple of Doom
Sir_Crocodile
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All three indy films are fantastic, but I have to go for Last Crusade
"The quest for the grail is not archeology, it's a race against evil. If it is captured by the Nazis the armies of darknesh will march all over the face of the earth. Do you understand me?"
"We named the *dog* Indiana."
"The penitent man is humble before God."
"Penitent. Penitent..."
"The penitent man is humble..."
"He kneels before God....KNEEL!"
"The quest for the grail is not archeology, it's a race against evil. If it is captured by the Nazis the armies of darknesh will march all over the face of the earth. Do you understand me?"
"We named the *dog* Indiana."
"The penitent man is humble before God."
"Penitent. Penitent..."
"The penitent man is humble..."
"He kneels before God....KNEEL!"
SyaraSystem
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I have a huge soft spot for Temple of Doom.
So many memories watching that as a kid.
So many memories watching that as a kid.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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Raiders if the best. Just about perfect.
Temple of Doom I loved growing up, then it kind of fell out of favor with me. But now, for whatever reason, I really like it again. 2nd best.
The Last Crusade is a close third. It's kind of slipped for me over the years with it being a bit too goofy at time, but I still really like it.
Yes, this part of Temple of Doom is so perfect.
Temple of Doom I loved growing up, then it kind of fell out of favor with me. But now, for whatever reason, I really like it again. 2nd best.
The Last Crusade is a close third. It's kind of slipped for me over the years with it being a bit too goofy at time, but I still really like it.
It's Temple of Doom, honestly. It's the less popular opinion but I've always been a fan of how bizarre, imaginative, and unrelenting it is, and it has so many varied and memorable set-pieces.
I also think it has the single best scene in any Indiana Jones movie, which comes when Indy is freeing the slave children in the caves, and there's a moment where he's draped in shadows then a close-up where's he's just glaring at fools like a boss. Then this song starts playing.
Unbeatable.
Yes, this part of Temple of Doom is so perfect.
ViewtifulJC
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This is such a deliciously pulpy line, and I always loved how Williams music started to come in for that line reading.
Kitsunebaby
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Used to be Temple of Doom when I was a kid, but I've grown to really like Last Crusade in more recent years. I like the chemistry between Ford and Connery.
Extra Sauce
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Temple of Doom. I have a bias toward "enclosed adventures" and I love the progressively more nightmarish layers of the world being uncovered. Definitely the darkest Indy movie but also a ton of fun.
I'm not sure. I love all 3 Indy movies for different reasons.
I love the quest for the Grail, the chemistry with Sean Connery and I thought The Last Crusade offered a perfect ending for the trilogy.
At the same time, I love Shorty and Willie in Temple of Doom. The movie has a lot of awesome scenes, even if it lacks the sense of adventure and discovery of the other two movies.
And Raiders is just awesome. I don't think I could ever get tired from watching it.
So maybe Raiders is my favourite.
I love the quest for the Grail, the chemistry with Sean Connery and I thought The Last Crusade offered a perfect ending for the trilogy.
At the same time, I love Shorty and Willie in Temple of Doom. The movie has a lot of awesome scenes, even if it lacks the sense of adventure and discovery of the other two movies.
And Raiders is just awesome. I don't think I could ever get tired from watching it.
So maybe Raiders is my favourite.
zero shift
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Temple of Doom would be the best by far if it wasn't for the insanely annoying lady being melodramatic and screaming all the time.
The Real Abed
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I think I'll go with Crusade > Raiders > Temple >>>>> That other one
Jade Knight 08
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The Last Crusade
It's Temple of Doom, honestly. It's the less popular opinion but I've always been a fan of how bizarre, imaginative, and unrelenting it is, and it has so many varied and memorable set-pieces.
I also think it has the single best scene in any Indiana Jones movie, which comes when Indy is freeing the slave children in the caves, and there's a moment where he's draped in shadows then a close-up where's he's just glaring at fools like a boss. Then this song starts playing.
Unbeatable.
My man.
mcz117chief
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Honestly ? Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
I love Temple of Doom, it was originally suppose to all happen in a mansion, sort of Indiana Jones visits the Adams Family but Spielberg nixed the idea. But it retained some of that cheesy horror. Its a darker film but somehow more fitting to my idea of this character and the world he inhabits.
For me Last Crusade, just felt stale, even the first time i saw it, it was just a attempt to do Raiders again, ive seen Raiders and ToD over 10 times, think ive seen Crusader at best 3.
For me Last Crusade, just felt stale, even the first time i saw it, it was just a attempt to do Raiders again, ive seen Raiders and ToD over 10 times, think ive seen Crusader at best 3.
Kyleripman
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I actually love Crystal Skull. Old Indy is awesome.
However, Last Crusade is my favorite.
Hale-XF11
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It's a guilty pleasure of mine. I don't know, I just enjoy it. It's not my favorite Indy movie, but it still works in its own way.
mcz117chief
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I am not insulting the fans of the Indiana Jones, I like all the movies, but Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is just my favourite. It has great characters, good action, great effects, nice throwbacks to older movies and nice ending.
You are an odd fellow.
mcz117chief
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Also, my favourite aliens movie is 3 so I guess I have some twisted tastes indeed
TheNamesPlissken
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Raiders legitimately is the best movie ever made... As others here have said, it's basically perfect from start to finish. Not a wasted shot or scene. Has it all - romance, adventure, action, horror, comedy, etc. fantastic score, pacing, cinematography, special effects, chase and action choreography, iconic character etc.
Not to say the others aren't fantastic either. They just aren't raider, which is OK.
Not to say the others aren't fantastic either. They just aren't raider, which is OK.
Hoya Destroyer
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Indy: "Dad, are we hit?"
Indy Sr: "More or less. Son, Im sorry... they got us"
lolololol (my fav scene)
ClivePwned
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Raiders, Last Crusade, Crystal Skull, Temple of Doom.
The intro to Temple of Doom is really good. It just feels a a bit samey since it has fewer locations. Kate Capshaw, once you get over her how annoying Willie is, is a fine lady. She doesn't have the moxie of Marion.
Last Crusade is a bit clumsy in places, and Julian (Hey, I'm also on Game of Thrones) Glover was not well cast as the main villain. But Connery and Ford a great team. This one grows on me the more I watch it.
Unpopular opinion, but I don't hate Crystal Skull. Stuff happens, good action, sense of humour works, I don't care that its aliens and not something supernatural. The fridge is dumb, but so is jumping out of a plane on a raft. Lots of GC, yep, like almost every other movie made in the last 20 years.
That said, Raiders is utterly perfect. So utterly perfect and sublime a film experience. Like Star Wars, The Godfather 1&2, Wrath of Khan, Dark Knight, High Noon, Casablanca, North by Northwest, etc.
The intro to Temple of Doom is really good. It just feels a a bit samey since it has fewer locations. Kate Capshaw, once you get over her how annoying Willie is, is a fine lady. She doesn't have the moxie of Marion.
Last Crusade is a bit clumsy in places, and Julian (Hey, I'm also on Game of Thrones) Glover was not well cast as the main villain. But Connery and Ford a great team. This one grows on me the more I watch it.
Unpopular opinion, but I don't hate Crystal Skull. Stuff happens, good action, sense of humour works, I don't care that its aliens and not something supernatural. The fridge is dumb, but so is jumping out of a plane on a raft. Lots of GC, yep, like almost every other movie made in the last 20 years.
That said, Raiders is utterly perfect. So utterly perfect and sublime a film experience. Like Star Wars, The Godfather 1&2, Wrath of Khan, Dark Knight, High Noon, Casablanca, North by Northwest, etc.
Revolutionary
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The Last Crusade
First movie I ever saw in theaters.
First movie I ever saw in theaters.
Second that, all three are great movies respectively, but Temple of Doom gotta be my favourite one. This was the first from the trilogy that I saw as a little kid and it left an lasting impression on my fragile young mind, especially the above mentioned scene.
Willie : Indie, now let's out of here.
Indie : Right. All of us.
*cue John Williams music*
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CloudyTuba
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Raiders by a large margin over all of the others.
Don't much like Temple of Doom.
I actually like Crystal Skull. I think it's appropriate that an Indy in the 50s takes after 50s scifi in the same way that the original took after 30s serials. Though there are still definitely things I would change.
Don't much like Temple of Doom.
I actually like Crystal Skull. I think it's appropriate that an Indy in the 50s takes after 50s scifi in the same way that the original took after 30s serials. Though there are still definitely things I would change.
Temple because it's the most bizarre of the bunch, but I do recognize that it's probably the least of the trilogy objectively.
Watching the trilogy as a kid, Temple of Doom made me the most uncomfortable. With all the cult stuff it's certainly the most unnerving, not to mention the locales were for me the most exotic (the dinner scene!). Perhaps that's why I've taken a liking to it as I've gotten older.
Watching the trilogy as a kid, Temple of Doom made me the most uncomfortable. With all the cult stuff it's certainly the most unnerving, not to mention the locales were for me the most exotic (the dinner scene!). Perhaps that's why I've taken a liking to it as I've gotten older.
brandonh83
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Raiders is my favorite Indiana Jones movie and also just one of the most perfect movies ever made.
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