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Besides being generally over the top and Kurt Russell , why do most people seem to love Big Trouble in Little China ?
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Dialog
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Dialog is good, the story is good, it walks the line of stupid B movie with fun comedy. It's just gold.GloryofGreece wrote: ↑Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:03 pmBesides being generally over the top and Kurt Russell , why do most people seem to love Big Trouble in Little China ?
In the end, Heros are allowed to be heros, villains are good. Kurt Russell is a total Alpha Male in that flick.
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over the top? Once Kim Catrell gets kidnapped it goes and goes and doesn't fucking stop. The pacing even for an action film is frenetic. Its basically a kung fu movie with action turned up and exposition turned way down. It was a video game movie before there were video game movies. If the mortal Kombat movies had that kind of pacing they would be decent movies.GloryofGreece wrote: ↑Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:03 pmBesides being generally over the top and Kurt Russell , why do most people seem to love Big Trouble in Little China ?
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"Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."
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Jack Burton: Henry Swanson's my name, and excitement's my game.
White Tiger: Cash or charge?
Jack Burton: Oh gosh, cash, I guess. I mean it's not deductible, is it.
White Tiger: Cash or charge?
Jack Burton: Oh gosh, cash, I guess. I mean it's not deductible, is it.
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BEcause it is a great cult film. It is bad in a hilarious way that is extremely endearing, and this is way before the bad films were getting made bad on purpose like those stupid sharknado films. It is a perfect buddy/action movie, and John Carpenter is a good director of movies. Even his bad ones are great. They Live is another example of a bad Carpenter B movie that is also great.GloryofGreece wrote: ↑Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:03 pmBesides being generally over the top and Kurt Russell , why do most people seem to love Big Trouble in Little China ?
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Anyone stoked to see Glass?
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M. Night doesn’t have a great track record, but I’ve been waiting for this one since Unbreakable.
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Jack Burton is the great American hero.Speaker to Animals wrote: ↑Tue Dec 25, 2018 10:50 amJack Burton: Henry Swanson's my name, and excitement's my game.
White Tiger: Cash or charge?
Jack Burton: Oh gosh, cash, I guess. I mean it's not deductible, is it.
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Besides Jack Burton (as if he weren’t enough)?GloryofGreece wrote: ↑Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:03 pmBesides being generally over the top and Kurt Russell , why do most people seem to love Big Trouble in Little China ?
Lo Pan.
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