haha! sometimes we go, "i feel pretty good. invincible or something."*
*warning: may be a slight misquote
― andrew m., Friday, January 8, 2010 9:43 AM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Me too! I got a very positive attitude about all this.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 8 January 2010 15:19 (fourteen years ago) link
uh, need to watch this again. i wasn't offering bets on ned watching it again.
But at some point, I will.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 January 2010 16:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 8 January 2010 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Just saw a screening of this at the Alamo... oh, I love this movie.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 03:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Film 4 now :)
― not_goodwin, Sunday, 1 May 2011 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Such a good film!
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Sunday, 1 May 2011 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
awesome for all time, no question
― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 1 May 2011 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
"if we're not back by dawn, call the president"
― not_goodwin, Sunday, 1 May 2011 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
my mind and spirit are also going north and south tbh
― mookieproof, Monday, 2 May 2011 02:05 (thirteen years ago) link
So good. It's this batshit supernatural martial arts action film that gallops along with the cadences of a classic screwball comedy. Such on odd one-off hybrid. No coincidence that it was supposedly entirely rewritten from the original script by W.D. Richter.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 May 2011 02:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean, it's not tax deductible.
― David Allah Coal (sexyDancer), Monday, 2 May 2011 02:38 (thirteen years ago) link
we take what we want and leave the rest, much like your American salad bar
― David Allah Coal (sexyDancer), Monday, 2 May 2011 02:39 (thirteen years ago) link
this is just so shocking. i mean i must just be so monumentally naive.
― mookieproof, Monday, 2 May 2011 02:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Also the song: "Biiiig trouble! (In little China!!)"
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 2 May 2011 04:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Just watched this for the first time, on the urging of the ILX ACTION POLL and it was totally awesome. Really not at all what I'd expected somehow - - - I think I've gone through life with this impression that Kurt Russell is some kind of generic tough guy actor (like a Seagal or a Van Damme), but he's actually doing this awesome lovable buffoon thing with huge doses of Harrison Ford and Jack Nicholson or something rolled in there. He's hilarious! And the fights were all pretty awesome too.
I mainly just love how the story barely makes any sense for the first 1/2 to 2/3 of the movie, which doesn't impact the characters whatsoever - and then anytime anyone opens their mouth it's to just spew out this rapid-fire exposition of everything but what would be immediately useful for anyone to know.
Also, Kim Cattrall.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 26 February 2012 01:45 (twelve years ago) link
Wisdom on all fronts, sir.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 26 February 2012 02:04 (twelve years ago) link
Doctor Casino otm
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 26 February 2012 02:15 (twelve years ago) link
Doctor Casino, welcome.
― andrew m., Sunday, 26 February 2012 03:31 (twelve years ago) link
*throws Doctor Casino the Chang Sings' "L" gang sign*
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Sunday, 26 February 2012 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
Also: http://www.wingkong.net/
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Sunday, 26 February 2012 03:38 (twelve years ago) link
LOL
https://loader.quebec-team.net/index.php?img=http://images.fan-de-cinema.com/affiches/fantastique/les_aventures_de_jack_burton_dans_les_griffes_du_mandarin,0.jpg
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 26 February 2012 03:55 (twelve years ago) link
I think I would have seen this movie before now if it'd been called that!
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 26 February 2012 04:00 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nix_PID3oiA&feature=related
you guys have probably seen this, but check it. It's no "Tom Selleck auditioning for Indiana Jones" but still.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 26 February 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
Love all the "you are" jokes. There have to be a few others.
Jack: I'm starting to feel like an outsider here.Gracie: You are.
Margo: This is just so shocking. I mean I must just be so monumentally naive. Eddie: You are.
― beachville, Monday, 27 February 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
I think I've gone through life with this impression that Kurt Russell is some kind of generic tough guy actor (like a Seagal or a Van Damme),
I envy your being disabused of this notion
― Artful Dodderer (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
Have we done a Kurt Russell poll? Dude is solid IMO
― dollar eye twinkling (admrl), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
ah search function
Kurt Russell
WD Richter is some kind of genius.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
Stealth was on TV at one point over the weekend too. I caught about 20 minutes of it.
― beachville, Monday, 27 February 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
he's pretty fun in Sky High
― Artful Dodderer (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
Russell that is
― Artful Dodderer (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
I even watched Tango and Cash this weekend because meh Kurt Russell is still better than anything else on tv.
― Nicole, Monday, 27 February 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
Plus, Teri Hatcher's crazy dancing (and hair).
― Nicole, Monday, 27 February 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
BIG HOOS in little china
― flagp∞st (dayo), Sunday, 11 March 2012 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
http://io9.com/5953874/big-trouble-in-little-china-%252B-gangnam-style-john-carpenter-approves
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 October 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
Nerd nirvana! Loved it.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:20 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvYEdmW47gQ
― how's life, Friday, 30 May 2014 11:03 (nine years ago) link
Also, there's a Big Trouble in Little China comic coming out, with input from Carpenter. First issue comes out next week:
http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3292934/big-trouble-little-china-returns-john-carpenter-eric-powell/
― how's life, Friday, 30 May 2014 11:15 (nine years ago) link
Don't think I liked that particularly much. The art is incredibly cheesy and the pacing was very whiz-bang without a the tension and atmosphere that made the movie great. I plan on keeping up with the issues to see where it goes, but I'll be surprised if I end up enjoying it.
― how's life, Thursday, 5 June 2014 17:26 (nine years ago) link
So racist, this movie
― Kornblud (admrl), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link
one of the few American movies of the 1980s overtly influenced by Hong Kong -- I think a major reference point is Tsui Hark's "Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain." I don't that exactly mitigates what you might feel is the film's "racism," but I think it explains a lot of Carpenter's film's zaniness and outrageousness. of course the movie kind of pales in comparison to Tsui's, and I think there's a tendency to overrate the movie (at least by people who give a shit) because of today's pervasive "LOL randomness" taste culture. but it's a pretty fun movie, russell is fantastic as always, it's never boring....
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link
Compared with a lot of other movies from this era, I'll take it xp
― 龜, Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:33 (nine years ago) link
i liked this movie a lot from the moment i saw it in 1986 or 1987 (on VHS)
when I caught up with "Zu Warriors" (and other '80s Tsui Hark + Hong Kong ghost movies) around 2000 a lightbulb went off
that didn't really diminish my appreciation of Carpenter's film but it suddenly seems pretty clear where it's coming from.
aside from parts of they live, did carpenter ever return to the tone of this film again?
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:34 (nine years ago) link
For a while Carpenter had the kind of golden b-movie writer's touch I would kill for. Some of his movies are One-Liner Paradise. I loved this movie so much as a kid because every character has great lines, and it helps the whole film be so memorable. Plus the special effects/post-Ghostbusters mysticism (which is probably a main reason why I also liked Mortal Kombat the first time I saw it).
"Zu Warriors" is AMAZING but yeah two totally different movies. Love the pervading sense of fantasy in that one.
― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:35 (nine years ago) link
well overall two different movies, but you can't see the connection in terms of the zany humor, the overall manner of plot construction, the nature of the fights and their use of wires and FX etc.?
i mean big trouble is like strong doses of HK fantasy/mythology/martial arts self-consciously filtered through wisecracking '80s american action cinema.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:42 (nine years ago) link
did carpenter ever return to the tone of this film again?
not really, unfortunately
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link
william friedkin was a huge fan of asian genre cinema, including HK martial arts and Japanese yakuza films. but with a few exception moments or set pieces I don't see much of that fandom in his films. esp. not the HK-style action aesthetics.
american genre cinema of the 70s and 80s might have been more interesting had more directors taken cues from HK cinema.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:44 (nine years ago) link
Big Trouble harkens back to the good old days when John Carpenter movies were fun
sometimes parts of the movie blend with Golden Child in my head which makes a p awesome mashup
Big Trouble in Little Golden Child
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 June 2014 01:13 (nine years ago) link
Golden Child has been sitting on our shelf for ages, tempting us but never looking THAT good. Should we watch it?
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 6 June 2014 01:30 (nine years ago) link
i am kinda partial to it, but that is fuelled by childhood nostalgia so ymmv :)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 June 2014 01:33 (nine years ago) link