I love ToD, LC and KOTCS--All for different reasons mind you--But I kind of miss the serious, mystical, mysterious tone in the sequels and prequel. I can't explain it, but the movie has a certain atmosphere to it that the others lack. I think it's that the sequels become increasingly humorous and in LC Indy becomes this larger than life figure rather than mysterious, dry humored and cynical guy of ToD and LC, and of course KOTCS he's just an older man--and nowhere near as fierce or energetic.
I just think that there's a certain innate greatness in Raiders, an inexplainable atmosphere which makes it quite different from the others, especially LC and KOTCS. Temple has that similar sort of raw, mythical greatness about it, and had it not had so humorous a first half it'd probably equal with Raiders.
My personal ranking is something like
1) Raiders
2) Temple
3) LC
4) KOTCS
Sometimes Temple and Raider switch and Temple is number one--They are literally neck and neck in quality in my opinion, and in terms of Indy. Indy is at his most awesome, mysterious and most bada** in these two.
I just think that there's a certain innate greatness in Raiders, an inexplainable atmosphere which makes it quite different from the others, especially LC and KOTCS. Temple has that similar sort of raw, mythical greatness about it, and had it not had so humorous a first half it'd probably equal with Raiders.
My personal ranking is something like
1) Raiders
2) Temple
3) LC
4) KOTCS
Sometimes Temple and Raider switch and Temple is number one--They are literally neck and neck in quality in my opinion, and in terms of Indy. Indy is at his most awesome, mysterious and most bada** in these two.