Lance Quazar
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ResidentAlien said:Not by everyone. As I recall it, both Siskel and Ebert called LC boring and derivative. TOD fared much better by some big critics of the time.
I love the ridiculous hyperbole going on here. "Virtually everyone..." "Derided," etc.
At worst, the movie got mixed reviews with many favorable critics giving it high marks, like the New York Times and Roger Ebert even calling it the "equal" of "Raiders."
I freely admit that KOTCS also got mixed reviews and received accolades from many prominent critics. Neither film received universal praise or universal condemnation.
In subsequent years, particularly after the release of the much more lighthearted LC, it became fashionable to bash "Temple of Doom", but the movie was very, very far from universally derided at the time.
Though my personal experience is entirely anecdotal and hardly scientific, I never heard a disparaging word about "Doom" until years later and I was surprised to learn that many people didn't like it. Heck, I'm still surprised today when I hear that.