Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Both personally and professionally, by the time Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were set to make a sequel to their successful collaboration Raiders of the Lost Ark, they were in completely different places than they were prior. Professionally, Lucas had just wrapped his Star Wars trilogy, and Spielberg had done E.T., the most financially successful movie of the time. But it was the personal part that drove Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom in the creative process. Lucas was going through a nasty divorce, and Spielberg had a bad breakup where he felt like his heart was being ripped out. The result of this creative process? A movie with a dark style of violence that would help push the MPAA to make a new rating. Given its dark tone, parents rebelled and Spielberg had no choice but to go to MPAA head Jack Valenti and help come up with a PG-13 rating. Listen in as Garrett, Matt, and Adam dissect Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Everyone came into this viewing with a different feeling than last week, with Matt having only seen it once years ago. Would Willie Scott, Short Round, and non vampire vampire bats be enough to cause a massive dip in everyone’s 10-10 rating last week? Listen in to find out! And yes, all of this is leading up to a review of the brand new release Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.