I may very well be inflating this grade, I know, but I was expecting to hate this upon revisiting it. Our collective memories have not been very kind to this film and, yes, the dialogue in the opening scene is really cheesy – and the exposition of the “power of the stones” has less bite than the description of the Ark – but, I can not lie – this movie is a lot of fun.
And every moment with Short Round is fantastic. Kid actors are usually so awful, but Short Round Effin’ Rules!
And what ever happened to Cate Kapshaw (other than marrying the director?) She’s got good comic timing and the best knockers in the entire Indy franchise (Sallah included!)
My favorite part of this movie is that Indy knows the bad guy’s name (Mola Ram) even though it is never once spoken or told to him. That’s just awesome.
