And it's not the one you think it is.
Decades before Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the Indiana Jones franchise had a redheaded step-child in its midst. Although Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom boasts stand-out visuals executed with the sublime finesse only attainable by Steven Spielberg, it's also a mess. And a persistent mess at that. The director agrees: as early as 1989, five years after Temple of Doom hit theaters, Spielberg called the feature “too dark, too subterranean, and much too horrific.
But Temple lacked one of Raiders' strongest components: screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan, who, coincidentally, is also the scribe responsible for The Empire Strikes Back. Husband and wife writing duo Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck took over writing duties alongside Lucas and Spielberg. One can also hardly write about Temple of Doom and avoid dipping their toes into the mess that is Willie Scott . Lucas wanted to James Bond-ify the franchise by giving Indy a new love interest in every movie, and not only does Temple fundamentally misunderstand the enemies-to-lovers rom-com dynamic, but Willie exists to be belittled and scorned six ways from Sunday. Her histrionic vanity fulfills most of the film's comedic beats.
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