Which Is The Best Indiana Jones Movie?
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, and The Last Crusade - which Indiana Jones movie is best?
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Last Crusade has and will always be my favourite of the Indiana Jones series. Connery & Ford have note perfect chemistry. Not surprising that the original trilogy are still the top best 3 Indiana Jones ever made. I would rate it the following, although Not seen it:
5) Dial of Destiny
4) Kingdom of Crystal Skull
3) Raiders of the Lost Ark (originally was my No.2 favourite) we used to watch this in Primary school during Christmas.
2) Temple of Doom.
1) The Last Crusade the real true final send off for Dr Henry Jones Jnr It even has "Last" in the title confirming this
I don't know how they could rate Last Crusade 3rd!
Temple of Doom
Raiders
Last Crusade
Crystal Skull
Dial - haven't seen yet because I'm waiting for it to go to DVD and get donated to our public library where I can legally view it for free if there's nothing else to watch; at this point I'm _that_ disappointed with Kathleen Kennedy.
Last Crusade was not only the best of the Indiana Jones movies, but was among the greatest adventure movies of all time. Ranking it 3rd on this list was an obvious ploy to compel someone like myself to leave a comment calling you an idiot even though I know exactly what you're doing. Well played.
So glad to see the love for Temple of Doom! Its my fav Indy movie
Totally disagree with your ranking.
1. Lost Ark
2. Last Crusade
3. Temple
4. (A very distant 4th) Crystal
Haven’t seen Dial yet, so cannot rank it.
You are correct. Dial will go above temple. Turns out Jones fighting Nazis > everything else.
This is exactly right.
I’ll fix it for you 4. Dial with a mile long gap still until crystal skull…
This is the correct ranking, Dial for me is battling for 3 with temple.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is my favourite, probably because it was the first one I saw at the movies. I was 2 and a half and 5 and a half when the first two were released, so I saw them for the first time on VHS cassette when I was 9.
I feel the same about the Star Wars movie, right? The original New Hope was the truly original thing with the magic that started it all. I was a kid when these movies came out too. Our Raiders VHS tape got worn out.
This list once again shows that the most important thing about these lists is: Don't take them seriously.
My personal favourite is and always will be Last Crusade, with a funny and fantastic Sean Connery, the unforgettable River Phoenix and Alison Doody as the seductive and ambitious Elsa Schneider. The whole movie was a masterpiece from start to end.
Number Two is Raiders, then comes Temple and then Crystal Skull. No comment on Dial.
I haven't seen Dial yet, but based on what you have said about the other movies, it must be quite good. If you think Temple os better than Raiders and Crusade... let's just say we have very different opinions.
Last crusade before temple of Doom.... Madness
Raiders below temple of Doom..... sacrilege
Lol this is why opinions aren’t fact because putting crystal skull above dial is insane in my opinion. Dial had issues but it felt like an Indy movie through and through and wasn’t destroyed by half assed cgi the whole movie. Not to mention temple wasn’t in the vein of Indy movies compared to raiders or crusade. Temple was just a fun spectacle without the heart of the first and third movies in the series
If you haven't liked the last couple Indiana Jones movies, I highly recommend you watch some of the classic adventure films that originally inspired Spielberg and Lucas to make Indiana Jones in the first place:
.The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948) starring Humphrey Bogart
.Gunga Din (1939) starring Cary Grant
.Secret Of The Incas (1954) starring Charleton Heston
.China (1943) starring Alan Ladd
All of these movies are fantastic and well worth your time, especially if you're an Indiana Jones fan.
For me is:
5 - Dial of Destiny
4 - Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
3 - Temple of Doom
2 - Raider's of the Lost Ark
1 - The Last Crusade
Not putting Raiders at number 1 is ridiculous.
How the sweet hell did Temple of Doom beat out Last Crusade? I can't even.
So Glad and surprised to see Temple of Doom at #1!! To me it's one of the most iconic films ever made. criminally underrated.
Damn straight! People just were off put at the time by the more horror vibe and it's filtered down in opinion till today. But the movie rules and is a different kind of adventure than just Indy in the sand somewhere.
I thought Indiana Jones and his dad were really funny together, like the scene where they're tied up back to back
I love Temple Of Doom but Raiders & Last Crusade are my favourites
Well this list took a turn.
I would agree with these rankings, except I would switch Last Crusade to second and Raiders to third. There’s something about the Ford/Connery pairing that nudges it past how much I love the chemistry in the Ford/Allen pairing. I also think Raiders has some bloat in the middle before picking up again in the stretch.
Like you said, it’s very close between all three of the original films but I always felt Raiders rides a bit of hype from being the first Indy instead of solely on its merits. Had it come later in the series, I wonder where it would rank with others.
I expected Short Round to finally return because if this series was gonna be inherited to anyone, I think Ke Huy Quan's stunts could be genuinely box office smashing-successful. Short Round's backstory is one of an orphan, his parents died in the bombing of Shanghai, and his only sibling died before Indy met Short Round when he caught the kid stealing from him. I assumed Indy took him home to the US after the movie, but now I don't think I'll ever officially know.
When I realized what you put at number 1 my brain broke. I don't care what anyone says, Temple of Doom is the worst of the franchise
This movie had its moments. That's why I don't necessarily hate this film. I've never hated any Indy film. I've seen Indy 1 through 4 so many times including the redheaded stepchild called Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I used to put my 2003 DVD trilogy box set on loop and play it for consecutive nights before falling asleep since my Panasonic DVD player had a sleep mode I'd set for 2 hours.
But for all the great Indy moments this film had, how long did I feel good from it? Maybe 10 minutes from a 2 1/2 hour movie? I know the nuclear bomb scene in Indy 4 was ridiculous but I actually found it fun to watch. And I loved that diner fight between 50s greasers vs. jocks. That silly, stupid fun was missing in this film. Did anybody notice how tall Phoebe was in this film? She's listed as 5'10 and Harrison is listed as 6'1 but she looked taller than Harrison. I guess Harrison has shrunk quite a bit due to his age.
The story is about some random god daughter who Indy hadn't seen in 18 years or since she was 12 stealing an artifact to auction off. And Indy who was just minding his own business since he was retiring as a college professor got caught in the entire ordeal. It was an unnecessary adventure that Indy didn't need to get involved in. For the next 90 minutes, Helena was acting like a jackass. When Indy crashed that vehicle, Helena and that boy just leave him there and go on a different vehicle. I'm like, WTF? In the words of Stephanie Tanner: HOW RUDE!
The moment Helena locked up Indy, I started to see why those plot leaks from over a year were being revealed. Many folks from all over the net were saying Phoebe's character is the worst part of the film and she is! They weren't wrong. Take a the worst parts of Willie Scott from Temple of Doom and Elsa Schneider from Last Crusade. Combine them and Helena is still worse than them. I know Shia is Shia. But even his Mutt wasn't that annoying.
Ray Winstone's Mac in Crystal Skull was the worst character to me prior to Indy 5. Remember him? He kept switching sides. A useless POS character. That's basically Helena Shaw but without a penis. I feel she's more related to Mac. But Lucasfilm decided to make a movie about Mac but turn him into female and watch her run around for 2 hours while putting Indy's life in danger after he already lost his son from Vietnam and was in the process of a divorce.
At least Indy got Marion back at the end. Han and Leia never went back to each other because their son killed Han. Dial of Destiny had its moments but they were just moments. Most scenes were extremely forgettable. Think about this movie by Sunday and you will pretty much forget what the story was all about. Not the biggest turd I've seen but still a turd.
*Indiana* *Jones* *and* *the* *Vile* *of* *Kennedy*
Or isn't Kathy's last name already Marshall since being married to Frank?
DoD is probably the WORST Indiana Jones film I've ever seen. I HATED Helena Shaw who started the entire messy adventure. And here's the thing, I actually find Phoebe Waller-Bridge attractive the same way I find Daisy Ridley attractive. Phoebe reminds me a little bit of Elisabeth Moss from the side. Peggy Olsen was one of my favorites from one of my favorite shows of all-time: Mad Men.
Were there good things from it? Sure. Probably seeing Karen Allen again at the end. I thought the first moment when it felt like an Indiana Jones movie happened when Indy goes to Tangiers. It's actually shown in the trailer. Indy takes out his whip only for the folks drawing their guns at him. That's very Indy-like. The first 15 minutes with the de-aged Harrison wasn't really that exciting at all. I thought the setting being in 1969 was cool too. Some of the scenery in 1969 Morocco was nice especially the auction scene. And hearing John Williams' music throughout.
My biggest issue really comes from Helena. I didn't like how she betrayed her own godfather to save her ass. She locks the gate. Indy gets captured. Then after Antonio Banderas' character gets killed, you see her laughing on the boat after they escape because she remembered to bring dynamite. She put Indy in a bad situation that could've got him killed but had his friends killed. Not to mention that cold mfer with the mustache killing innocent school workers.
I wish Banderas' character was there longer. He would've livened up the group. El Mariachi/Zorro could've brought the same wackiness he brought for The Expendables 3. The kid in it was Helena's own version of Short Round. But my biggest issues really comes from Helena and the many dark scenes when they went underwater and in that cave. I was ready to doze off being so dark. I'm still not sure how to feel with that time travel shit. That's too much like Indy & Helena's Excellent Adventure time traveling from a plane.
When I was walking out of the theater, some kid who sounds about age 10-12 walking behind me was telling his mom he liked it. But the only thing he didn't like was the time traveling stuff. His mom actually enjoyed that part. I'm still not sure where I am with that. Indy is better without any alien and time travel shit. It doesn't need to go sci-fi. Indy was better with more grounded stories. Not alien/time travel BS. The film's budget was close to $300M. Where exactly did that go? Did the extra $100M go to that Ancient Greece scene? It didn't look like a $300M movie.
No issues seeing Indiana Jones, Sallah, or Marion again. Classic characters forever. Didn't mind hearing old Harrison's voice with a de-aged Indy. It did take me out for a moment but I eventually settled in with the dubbing. No issues listening to the GOAT composer's legendary music. Issues with Helena being such an asshole character only to discover her selfish ways while in Ancient Greece, Mads being such a bland villain, pacing, story, and way too many dark scenes. Most aspects at making a good movie.
It was also devoid of humor. Harrison is naturally funny as Han and Indy and we didn't get much here. When Helena tries to be funny, the jokes falls completely flat because you keep thinking what a selfish c*nt she is for stealing ancient artifacts only to sell them off in auctions because she's in some huge debt. She got innocent people killed. The character named Klaber, is a big POS killing innocent people including ancient Greeks from an airplane. I wish he had a far better death than that plane crash.
What's with Han Solo and Indiana Jones dealing with DIVORCES later in their lives? Portrayed by the same actor but these iconic characters are going through a divorce, or in Han's case, he was already separated from Leia. At least seeing Karen Allen again gave some hope that it looked like Indy and Marion were going to reconcile.
Here's the irony to all this.. I heard more clapping for this film after it finished than for The Flash. I did not clap. I was actually a little relieved it was over as it's about 15 to 30 minutes way too long. And the biggest laugh I heard for the entire film came when Helena punched Indy. I'm not sure I have the urge to rewatch this. Doesn't seem highly replayable for me.
As bad as Crystal Skull was and it had some of the worst scenes for the entire franchise, it still had some fun to it. That Spielberg charm. We see Indy in 1957. The pacing was faster. Shia wasn't that terrible as Mutt. Harold Oxley added some fun to it. The banter between Indy, Marion, and Mutt was fun. Blanchett did the best she can do from that script and her fake Russian accent while having some over-the-top cartoony personality that Mikkelsen's character lacked which shocks me because Mads was fine as a villain in Doctor Strange.
Dial of Destiny basically made a turd like Crystal Skull look decent by comparison by lacking the stupid, silly fun! Cate squeezing a giant ant with her thighs was really stupid but stupid fun. There was a scene inside the caves that I wanted Helena to be killed. She basically got Indy framed for murder at that school and got a couple more of his friends killed on the boat. But I guess she flipped to the good side the moment Indy prevented them to kill her.
What a mess this was. Thanks, Kathleen! You were great in it! You're now the worst character for this entire franchise. Worse than Elsa Schneider who at least had a decent heart by getting Walter Donovan killed. Worse than Mac who kept betraying Indy. Worse than Willie Scott who was only annoying but not a selfish asshole like Indy's "god daughter" looking to steal stuff and auction them off. She acted more like Mac's daughter than Basil's.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: 6/10
Another soulless cash grab devoid of that Indy humor and charm. There were many times it didn't feel like an Indiana Jones film at all. It felt more like Indy was guest starring for Phoebe's movie. Helena started all the unnecessary trouble for Indy who was already retiring from teaching. Unnecessary trouble for this unnecessary movie.
For the first two hours of the film, I felt Helena Shaw was the real villain. Kathleen's own facsimile is in this franchise. Yet, she's supposed to be the protagonist next to Indy. She's 30-years-old and acting like she's still in high school believing she's so smart, funny, and charming. All the plot leaks about Phoebe's character from over a year ago were sadly true. She ruined the entire movie for us.
I know people shit on Rey from The Force Awakens but at least Rey was a good person. She didn't have any selfish agenda. She wasn't inconsiderate. For 2 hours, there was nothing redeemable about Helena Shaw, a smug, double-crossing thief, and selfish capitalist. It took the last 20 minutes to discover what she was doing was wrong.
Dial of Destiny is still better than Quantumania but that's still not saying much.
Worst Characters Ever In Indiana Jones
1. Helena Shaw
2. Klaber (F this guy!)
3. George "Mac" McHale (annoying and useless)
4. Mola Ram
Dial of Destiny now has the 2 worst characters from the franchise surpassing Indy 4's Mac.
Best Characters Ever In Indiana Jones
1. Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr.
2. Henry Jones Sr. (RIP)
3. Marion Ravenwood (moved up three spots)
4. Short Round (best sidekick Indy ever had)
5. Sallah El-Kahir
6. Marcus Brody (RIP)
7. Henry "Mutt" Williams/Jones III (RIP)
8. Harold Oxley
9. Willie Scott
10. Elsa Schneider (RIP)
I will forever love Indiana Jones but it doesn't mean I have to regard Indy 4 and 5 as canon.
Ranking Some Bad (6/10 Or Less) Movies
Jurassic World: Dominion
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Attack Of The Clones
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Solo
Batman & Robin
So Indy 5 for me is between the two worst Jurassic films of all-time. I enjoyed Love And Thunder and Bullet Train more than this Lucasfilm disaster. I did like Indy 5 more than She-Hulk, The Book of Boba Fett, and The Rings of Power. Again, that's not saying much. From DoD to dud.
I think what saved it from being Batman & Robin level was because I love Indy so much. I love John Williams. I love the franchise. It's very dear to my heart like it is for a lot of people. And seeing Sallah and Marion one last time helped. Seeing Indy and Marion re-enact that scene in Raiders before they kiss was very, very sweet.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is not the worst movie I've seen in 2023. Quantumania clearly takes that honor as the Attack of the Clones of MCU. Indy 5 is probably not making my top 20 favorites of this year and I haven't even seen 20 movies from this year yet. Appreciate Top Gun: Maverick and Cobra Kai for being the only ones doing this 80s nostalgia right.
1)Raiders of the Lost Ark
2) Last Crusade
3) Temple of Doom
4) (Yes) Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
5) Dial of Destiny
5 is maybe dullest in contrast to its potential. Yet it didn't...
1) have the fridge fiasco,
2) turn three unsurvivable waterfalls into amusement park levels of tameness
3) tell us that, okay, skulls are aliens and that's that
...and the list doesn't stop at 3.
Also, the two newest movies made the same mistake. In Raiders and in Last Crusade, university life stateside is Indy's respite from the life of adventure. (There's even a joke about Marion thinking of America as synonymous with safety.)
It maybe okay to alter that formula, but they should have done so cautiously, not with a motorcycle in the library. We are there for worldly adventuring, not to trespass in warehouses or ruin parades.
Great video as always guys!🎉🎉🎉🎉
1. Raiders; 2. Crusade; 3. Temple; 4. Dial; 5. Crystal.
As Raiders is my movie I watch when I wake up on my birthday every year, I do love it but I do think of Temple was more clearly pitched as a prequel, it would have had a much better reception. I mean, Club Obi Wan! Legendary Easter Egg!!!
Thanks for making the video. I would of course put raiders on top and then five, two, three, and four last.
1. The Temple Of Doom
2. The Last Crusade
3. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
4. Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
5. The Dial Of Destiny
I think Lucas' influence is more dominant than Spielberg's in 'Raiders'. Spielberg does a marvellous job of directing, but the feel and approach of the movie is more in line with Lucas' established 'vision' from 'Star Wars'. I realise both men made contributions in story conferences with Kasdan, so the issue of who is the ultimate influence gets a bit muddy. It's just that Lucas' fingerprints are all over the story and production.
Temple was always my favorite as a child, so I can’t be too mad about the ranking, but I’d say objectively it’s just not as good as Ark.
“It’s most true to its inspiration” is a fair justification for why it’s not as bad a follow up as some people claim, but it doesn’t actually change the fact it’s a fun but hokey romp and Ark was a lot more than that… it’s sort of like claiming the cartoon The Batman is better than Batman the Animated series because the former is more similar to cheesy Bob Kane/Adam West roots… like it IS closer to that intention, but it doesn’t matter: the latter evolved vision had more to offer.
Anyway, just pointing that out, I ain’t really mad about this one. As controversial takes go, “Temple was the best Indy” isn’t nearly as controversial as putting Crystal Skull in the top 3, like I was afraid this might.
Best Indiana Jones Films IMO:
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. The Last Crusade
3. Dial of Destiny
4. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
5. Temple of Doom
Brilliant ranking! Truly brilliant! Temple of Doom on par with the Last Crusade though. This last Disney abomination not worthy of mentioning.
Different strokes for different folks, but this list I’d say is pretty controversial!
Thank you. Temple of Doom IS the best.
I don't know many people that would put temple of doom over raiders or even crusade but I do. Temple of doom is my fave, its the first I saw and I loved Willie Scott, as a little blond girl who loved dance movies I thought she was fab and funny. I know everyone else hates her but not me 😅
You lost me when you said KOTCS is a good movie 🙄
Exactly
YES! WELL DONE! ❤😂😊🎉 Couldn't agree with this ranking any more! Brilliant. Temple has always been the one I enjoyed the most!
finally someone who feels like I do that Temple of Doom is their favorite / best of the bunch... thank you
haven seen dial yet so this will be the 1st 4
4. Kingdom
3. Temple
2. Raiders
1. Last Crusade
Last crusade is by far my fav with crystal skull the worst, I think. Dial is alright considering Ford’s age, but I like the story and is closer to the original Indy adventures. Glad they have this made to eradicate the horror 😱 of the skull 😄
For me it's 1. Last Crusade 2. Raiders 3. Kingdom 4. Temple 5. Dial
I'm sorry, I just got back from Dial of Destiny, and I really enjoyed it.
This is exactly why opinions were invented. I almost categorically disagree with everything you said about Temple, but we're not going to fight about it. Place it after Crusade and you have my list.
Bonus: Most people have no idea why the kid was called "Short Round". A short round is a type of bullet. Does that help at all?
Dial didn't bug me and I think when the movie ages more people will defend it just like you defend crystal skull after all these years
I'm increasingly disappointed in WhatCulture. This channel is turning its attention from opinions on things that have already happened to taking positions on things that haven't happened yet, perhaps with negative results. Dial of Destiny opens today in the US, and your contribution is to post this video title? You've seen the movie, and you have an opinion. Great! What's the harm in keeping that opinion to yourself until next week so people can choose for themselves whether to enjoy the movie? Movie critics aren't new, but the "worst of the franchise" tag in your video would make Siskel and Ebert blush...
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Everybody's got one ... mine's the only one that doesn't stink...
Temple being at #1 is absolutely wild. It's not even better than Crusade. And DEFINITELY not better than Raiders. This list was made by someone who rode the Temple ride too many times at Disney.
1. Temple of Doom
2. Last Crusade
3. Crystal Skull
4. Lost Ark
5. Dial of Destiny
Yes.
not me, an archaeologist who my friends call “Indiana Jane,” watching this before seeing the movie 😂
Indiana Jones was born on 1st July 1899. The film is set in August 1969 making the character 70 not 80.
Yeah, fair point, but the actor is 80 and is getting harder and harder to ignore that in an action/adventure movie.
Truly incredible how wrong you’ve managed to be at just about every part of this list. Crusade, Raiders, Temple, Dial, then Skull is the only ranking that makes any sense. I’m sure your rage bait will drive engagement tho
As much hate as ToD gets, I always admire how it's just different then the other two when you go back and watch them
From worst to best:
5
4
1 (don't crucify me, the movie is amazing, I just like the other 2 more)
2
3
Let me guess: 3, 1, 2, 5, 4
Oh...
I fail to see why a child should be presenting a retrospective of the Indiana Jones films.
What? You mean DoD is actually WORSE than CS? And let’s face it….ToD was pretty bad too.
Short round love
Am I weird for wanting to re-shoot this video just to have this narrator wear indys iconic fedora and crack his bullwhip like a little shrunken Dr jones 🤔😂
My
There’s only 3 and it’s Raiders (by a good margin), Crusade then Temple. Done
Incidently, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was the first one I saw, partly because I didn't know Raiders of the lost Ark was Indiana Jones when I was little. However I felt better when I learnt that I had watched them chronologically.
Temple of Doom doesn't deserve anything higher than 4 on the list.
Wrong, Raiders is far and away the best
i don't think i can call tempke the best movie when the love interest is incapable of acting
My top five Indy movies:
1. Last Crusade
2. Raiders
3. Temple of Doom
There are only two Indiana Jones movies. Raiders, and Crusade. Doom should have been the clue not to try to milk the franchise. Because that sucked, but then they had to go with the crystal fu, and I'm never going to see the dial of intersectional feminism...
ROTLA 8/10 🔥 The adventure begins!
TOD 10/10 🐊 Comedy! Horror! Romance!
TLC 8/10 ✝️ Great Father's Day Film!
KOTCS 2/10 😭 Sorry George. You need to take the L here.
DOD zero 💩 N the other hand, this f....k up is TOTALLY Kathleen Kennedy's fault!
THIRD?!?!? 😂
There's only 3 movies
This is the correct order.
believe it or not, a very large number of people havent seen the new movie yet, so its unfair to shove your hatred of the film in their faces like this
you shouldnt be trying to kill the vibe for people who are still excited.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of doom is your choice for Best??? It's colonialist and racist as Hell, to say nothing of sexist!
The only good thing I can say about it is at least Spielberg cast Southern Asian actors rather than White actors in Brownface....
Raiders of the Lost Ark not at number 1 is revisionist madness.
3,1,2. Everything else is irrelevant
Dial of Destiny is a terrible film crystal skull should have been the last one
They rank 1,3,2,... Meh.
Indiana Jones ranked
5: Destruction of Destiny 😂
4: Crystal Skull
3: Raiders of the Lost Ark
2: Last Crusade
1: Temple of Doom
It has ultrafeminist Phoebe Waller Bridge humiliating a decrepit deconstructed Indiana Jones so that alone makes the next worst movie Crystal Skull as Masterpiece.