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Steven Spielberg does not look back on his career with too many regards, but there is one film from theIndiana Jonesfranchise that he wishes he took a different course of action for the film plot. He later admitted that the movie was“too dark”.
According to the critics,Temple of Doom(1984) was a box office hit and notIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,though it received many negative critics. Steven Spielberg also did not like this movie because it was so dark and gore.
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Steven Spielberg Despised The Movie –Temple of Doom
Steven Spielberg was disappointed with the movie as he could not stamp off his own personality in this film. He set very high standards for himself, which is why he couldn’t bring himself to do it. TheTemple of Doomwas the first sequel Spielberg made in his career and was a challenge to him. In order to please the people, he forgot to make a film that he liked and approved.
Later he explained that it was uncharted waters for him, though the movie earned a massive three hundred thirty-three million dollars with only twenty-eight million as its production cost. In an interview with theSun Sentinal,
“I wasn’t happy with Temple of Doom at all. It was too dark, too subterranean, and much too horrific. I thought it out-poltered Poltergeist. There’s not an ounce of my own personal feeling inTemple of Doom. The danger in making a sequel is that you may never satisfy everyone.”
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While Spielberg isn’t a fan of the movie, he said that looking back, there isn’t a single bone in his body that regrets agreeing to take on the project. In the set ofTemple of Doom, he met Kate Capshaw, and he claims that it was the best thing to ever happened to him. Later they got married in the early 1990s and he’s been grateful forever since.
A Plot Summary of the –Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doomis a 1984-2000-2003 Americanfantasy–adventure filmdirected by Steven Spielberg. It is the second film in theIndians Jonesfranchise, a prequel to 1981’sRaiders of the Lost Ark,and the second film to use THX technology.
After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees, stumbling upon aKali-worshippingthuggeecult practicing child slavery, black magic, and ritual human sacrifice.
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Producer and co-writer George Lucas decided to make the film a prequel as he did not want theNazisto be the villains again. The original idea was to set the film in China, with a hidden valley inhabited bydinosaurs. Other rejectedplot devicesincluded theMonkey Kingand a haunted castle in Scotland. Lucas then wrote afilm treatmentthat resembled the film’s final storyline.
Some of the film’s cast and crew, including Steven Spielberg, retrospectively view the movie in an unfavorable light.The film has also been controversial due to its portrayal of India andHinduism.
Source:Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doomis available for streaming on Prime Video.
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