The Great Movie Thread

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Post by GloryofGreece » Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:03 pm

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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Post by Speaker to Animals » Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:23 pm

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Post by C-Mag » Mon Dec 24, 2018 11:42 pm

GloryofGreece wrote:
Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:03 pm
Besides being generally over the top and Kurt Russell , why do most people seem to love Big Trouble in Little China ?
Dialog is good, the story is good, it walks the line of stupid B movie with fun comedy. It's just gold.

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Post by clubgop » Tue Dec 25, 2018 9:51 am

GloryofGreece wrote:
Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:03 pm
Besides being generally over the top and Kurt Russell , why do most people seem to love Big Trouble in Little China ?
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.

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Post by Speaker to Animals » Tue Dec 25, 2018 10:48 am

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Post by Speaker to Animals » Tue Dec 25, 2018 10:50 am

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.

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Post by heydaralon » Tue Dec 25, 2018 11:51 am

GloryofGreece wrote:
Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:03 pm
Besides being generally over the top and Kurt Russell , why do most people seem to love Big Trouble in Little China ?
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.
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Post by DBTrek » Wed Jan 09, 2019 9:30 am

Anyone stoked to see Glass?

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Post by Fife » Wed Jan 09, 2019 9:39 am

Speaker to Animals wrote:
Tue Dec 25, 2018 10:50 am
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.
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Post by DBTrek » Wed Jan 09, 2019 9:42 am

GloryofGreece wrote:
Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:03 pm
Besides being generally over the top and Kurt Russell , why do most people seem to love Big Trouble in Little China ?
Besides Jack Burton (as if he weren’t enough)?

Lo Pan.

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