Previously on IndyWatch: our intrepid hero watched the first of the BBC's weekly re-runs of the Indiana Jones movies, and found it quite entertaining. Will the second be as good? Read on to find out...

Hmm, I'm starting to think that maybe it's not such a good idea to watch all of Indy's adventures so close together, as it does tend to highlight how similar they are. At the start of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, I was grinning at the brio of the action, just as with Raiders of the Lost Ark. But I must admit to feeling a bit jaded by the end (even though Temple has the better ending of the two, as at least Indy has to do some work to beat the bad guys), even though there were genuine thrills like the mine-car chase (I wonder, did they make a theme park ride of that?).

I suspect this was mainly down to the script, which seemed quite... uninteresting in the middle; and in particular made the mistake of having a 'heroine' who was completely useless -- 'I broke a nail' gags are funny once, but not for two hours. These films would have told much better stories if they'd had female leads who could (and did) take care of themselves instead of needing to be rescued. Hopefully there'll be a character like that in the next two movies...

I'd hoped to write more than that, but there's really nothing else I want to say. Then again, maybe that says more than anything.

To be continued...