Thanks for the memories!

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

This was the second Indy film I watched, and I had seen a lot of spoofs from this particular film before watching the film itself (see Tiny Toons). As a prequel, it shows Indy's adventures before the Ark and the battle against a demonic cult. It's also the movie where Spielberg met his current wife. She was annoying but kind of funny in this. She screamed a lot here which made a lot of people complain, but I don't see how that's any different from what Fay Wray did in the original King Kong. Anyway, that's not the point. We get action in Asia and a look at India, one of the major nations of that aforementioned continent. It's hardly Bollywood material but it's good entertainment. Short Round was also good as Indy's sidekick and he really helped out. You'll see what I mean when you watch so as to avoid spoilers. This might be the darkest of the Indy films but it's not bad. It's good as a supernatural action film.

I haven't seen this movie in a long time. I gave it a 6 since I am such an Raiders of the Lost Ark Fan.This movie was kind of annoying, it should have been Indiana Jones and the screaming sidekicks. Both of them grated on my last nerve. Since becoming a dad I find violence towards kids intolerable to watch now so there is that too. After having eaten lots of Indian dishes I found the dinner scene just too stupid to even be funny. As each thing that bugged me cropped up it added to the pile so much so I found myself nitpicking the realism of a movie, which I can usually just ignore and enjoy it for what it is, but not with this one. Truly disappointing. Stick with Raiders of the Lost Ark, a classic that won't let you down.

Spielberg continues the Indiana Jones journey with this excellent story. It's a little campier than Raiders with the dialogue and action, but still just as invigorating.There are cults, child slaves, and burning pits to challenge our heroes, who are more of a motley crew than usual. It's a little unbelievable that Indiana's company actually survives the hazards in this film, but it's OK. The action is fun and the pace fast enough that you don't really care.The film moves along and the adventure becomes ever more perilous. Will our hero's survive? You will have to watch and see.Great action film, great Spielberg film, great addition to the Indiana Jones franchise.

My opinion of this film has improved over the years. There is much to criticize about this film. It's much more violent than "Raiders" yet I totally agree with Roger Ebert who also gives it 4 thumbs up. The opening sequence has nothing at all to do with the rest of it, as it pays homage to every James Bond movie ever made, plus a very sly reference to the "Chinese Cuties" (wearing practically nothing) dance number from "International House", an old W.C. Field's classic! The grossest banquet in history at the boy-shah's palace. Eyeballs and chilled monkey brains. Moving insects for dinner! Fantastic sets and a fabulous "legend of the enchanted stones" that must be returned to the native people to restore peace and harmony. Non-stop action from the beginning to the end. The shaman that pulls beating hearts from his victim's chests as they explode and burn up as fireballs! Many memorable and nightmarish scenarios. The best roller coaster mine ride ever filmed. A movie that stands on it's own and is not just another sequel.