{"id":1281,"date":"2016-11-06T00:21:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T00:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2016-12-15T23:58:30","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T23:58:30","slug":"flashback-hero-temple-doom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2016\/11\/flashback-hero-temple-doom.html","title":{"rendered":"Flashback: hero in the temple of doom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom<\/em> was a summer hit, but it is more than a pop corn movie.<\/p>\n

The summer of 1984 at the movies was about Gremlins, Ghostbusters and Indiana Jones 2, otherwise known as Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Darker<\/h4>\n

Director of Temple of Doom<\/em>, Steven Spielberg, admits in an Indiana Jones DVD extra that the second Indiana Jones film, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,<\/em> wasn\u2019t as successful as the first Indiana Jones film and the third film in the trilogy, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.<\/p>\n

The reason given for Temple of Doom<\/em>\u2019s lack of popularity was that it was the darkest of the three films.<\/p>\n

However, executive producer George Lucas wanted the second film to be darker because the second episode in a trilogy is the darker one, he said.<\/p>\n

Lucas had already made a dark episode with The Empire Strikes Back in his Star Wars trilogy of the late 1970\u2019s and early 1980\u2019s. Lucas insisted to Spielberg that Indiana Jones 2 go in the same direction as The Empires Strikes Back: darker than the first film.<\/p>\n

Though Temple of Doom<\/em> was a prequel rather than a sequel. Temple of Doom<\/em> is time-line wise the first part in the trilogy yet in terms of the order of theatrical release it was the second part.<\/p>\n

Everything you have heard about Temple of Doom<\/em> is probably true. You may catch Temple of Doom<\/em> as your mood dictates.<\/p>\n

More than darkness<\/h4>\n

Temple of Doom<\/em> is darker\u2014there\u2019s a human sacrifice cult, a nasty villain, occult ceremonies, and lots of bugs\u2014however there\u2019s more to it that goes beyond its darker mood.<\/p>\n

Temple of Doom<\/em>, among a few other things, is about the unexpected adventure.\u00a0 Jones and company were not expecting to land in India, but they do. They expect a way back home through Delhi. But a villager, who finds them, tells them to go a palace. That\u2019s not on the way to Delhi, says Jones to the villager. Doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n

This is the unexpected adventure and involves saving enslaved children in the palace\u2019s \u2018basement\u2019, a darker adventure, but one that is meant to save lives. If saving lives means sacrificing Indiana Jones\u2019 personal interests, he\u2019ll do it. Indiana Jones has got to do what he has to do even on the way to Delhi and safely home.<\/p>\n

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Adventurer Indiana Jones (Pictured) nuts out the daily grind. Image sourced via google images (chukgert.deviantart.
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