carries the series further great

This could be a great movie, but is ultimately held back by having not one, but TWO annoying sidekicks.

I still have yet to watch Raiders of the Lost Ark. Temple of Doom is my shit though. "Kali ma, Shukti dei!"

Pulp action at its best.

This is a mockery of Raiders. The witty, ballsy, drink-you-under-the-table Marian Ravenswood is gone, replaced with the shrieking, stupid, whining Willie Scott. Bumbling but lovable Salaam is replaced with "Short Round," easily the most annoying kid in any movie. Entirely too slapsticky, relies too heavily on gross-out tricks and even the special effects are sub-par. Most disappointing sequel ever.

Not as good as "Raiders" or "Last Crusade," but better than "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." The story isn't as good as the other two, and the female lead can be annoying sometimes (though she can be funny). Still a good movie.

It was mediocre and silly up until the ending where it became unforgivably stupid.

Vastly inferior to "Raiders."

Probably the weakest of the three Indiana Jones movies but still a good action romp. Some good effects and good use of humour helps the film maintain a strong pace. Deep and meaningful it may not be but great fun for a family movie.

Never watched these movies as a kid and without the nostalgia factor they just feel dated.

Weakest of the original trilogy by some considerable margin. Looks great from the outset, mainly thanks to the promising Indian setting, but soon degenerates into a mildly pointless action romp about practically nothing. Indiana might have always been designed to be firmly tongue firmly in cheek throughout, but here proposed amusement all too often comes across purely as corny stupidity.

Score based on distant memory.

Saw this with two ten-year old kids right after Iron Man 2, and they lapped it up. Constant cliff-hangers, consciously retro stylings, and over-the-top orientalism. Just remember that this is not India-in-our-world, this is Spielberg hamming up "India-as-it-was-in-popular-entertainment-in-the-1920s". Fun kitsch.

Would be higher...but I can't watch it because of all the screaming

This is a downright terrible movie, guys. 50 points for Indy. Short Round and Capshaw are racist/sexist and annoying beyond all reason. When Kate sings, "Anything Goes" in Mandarin with a complete musical number, I guess Spielberg is trying to tell us not to take anything seriously. But it's Indy, so I feel obliged.