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Big Trouble in Little China - 30/5/2007 11:02:14 PM   
krudler


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since this is on right as i type this on sky movies action/thriller,and its one of my favourite movies of all time (after the thing i think its john carpenters best movie) i have to show my love for this sheer genius of a movie,some of the best lines in cinema history from Kurt Russell (WHY didnt that guy become an a-lister?!),great action,a cracking score,demons,chinese magic,swordfights,flying assassins,monsters,a flying eyeball,and a guy who shoots lightning from his hands! what more could a movie need!
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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 30/5/2007 11:42:37 PM   
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 getting a little worried

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 31/5/2007 2:47:08 PM   
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 "We sure shook the pillars of heaven didn't we Wang?"

"Wang,these guys,these Sing Dings..."
"Chang Sing"
"They got enemies?"
"Wing Kong"
"Who wear red turbans"
"Holy shit"


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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 31/5/2007 6:51:53 PM   
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 *son of a bitch must pay*

tis the best film ever.fact.


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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 31/5/2007 7:21:23 PM   
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When Carpenter was good he was brillant!!!just loved this classic bit of fantasy from JC at his best.

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 31/5/2007 7:50:54 PM   
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 I Was Born Ready!

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 31/5/2007 7:57:03 PM   
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It has the funniest porno spin off as well  Not that I've seen it though, just heard the name 

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 1/6/2007 3:00:26 PM   
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 Just saw it today. It was fucking awesome!!!!
"We sure shook the pillars of heaven didn't we Wang?"
John Carpenter at his best!!

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 1/6/2007 6:56:09 PM   
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 A quaint little masterpiece, firmly tongue-in-cheek throughout. I have seen it only once, by the way, so I'm looking forward to the repeats!

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 1/6/2007 8:40:24 PM   
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http://www.wingkong.net/  for all your BTILC needs!

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 3/6/2007 10:02:21 AM   
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 A great film from my childhood, which still stands up to repeat viewings today.

Classic Jack Burton lines...

Hey, I'm a reasonable guy. But I've just experienced some very unreasonable things.
 
Like I told my last wife, I said, "Honey, I never drive faster than I can see, and besides... it's all in the reflexes."
 
Would you just stop rubbing your body up against mine, because I can't concentrate when you do that.
 
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, looks you crooked in the eye and asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 3/6/2007 9:09:55 PM   
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From: the front row
 have seen this movie countless times it is awesome.

"I'm starting to feel like an outsider here."

The funniest part for me was the "we may be trapped" line.
Cracks me up.

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 4/6/2007 3:42:28 PM   
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 "you leave Jack Burton alone"
Riding the Pork Chop Express with the rest of you guys this film  rocks

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 16/6/2007 11:48:08 PM   
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Big Carpenter fan, and this is in my top ten, never tire of watching it.

This is gonna take crackerjack timing Wang!

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 13/7/2007 11:13:56 PM   
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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 15/7/2007 3:52:54 PM   
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One of the funniest films out there, with added Three Storms kung-fu coolness. Typically great synth score from Carpenter too.

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 27/8/2007 5:26:46 PM   
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Cant believe there isnt a bigger following for this film, its SERIOUSLY one of my favourite films of all time. (For re-wacthability).
I think its amazing.

Alos in Grindhouse there is a little nod from Tarantino to this gem of a film.


Look abov the black girls head...Jack Burtons vest.

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 28/8/2007 3:35:50 AM   
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Hey that is a cool reference. I think if Grindhouse is a big hit, then Kurt Russell
might see a 'late career comeback' ala John Travolta in Pulp.
Big Trouble was always one of my fave JC movies. I could never understand why
Denis Dun wasn't a bigger action star! (?) He's handsome, very charasmatic, can
act very well and kicks some serious ass! I think the only other movies I saw him
in were Carpenter's Prince Of Darkness and a bit part in the kiddie flick Warriors
Of Virtue - really good actor. PS: James Hong (one of my fave character actors)
was awesome and scary as Lo Pan and Kim Cattrall was so sexy when she was young!
How could Burton turn her down in the end? What a dick....
oh well, I guess she wasnt Porkchop express worthy...
I would have liked to see a Jack Burton spin off movie or just more Jack Burton movies where he gets in
other trucking adventures - perhaps with Zombies and shit like that.
PS: Victor Wong as Egg Shen was the shiznos!
My favourite quote:

Egg Shen: Look, black blood of the earth?
Jack: Don't you main oil?
Egg Shen: No, I mean black blood of the earth!!

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 28/8/2007 10:24:33 AM   
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 A classic.

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 28/8/2007 7:44:57 PM   
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I watched this again the other day. Endlessly quotable, Jack Burton is one o my favourite comic creation on screen. Kutr Russel nails it.

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 29/8/2007 10:55:00 AM   
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We've had a thread on this already too mind you this one's from May so could be it. Anyway yes i love it, one of my Childhood favortites urt Russell's never been better, good fun!

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 12/10/2007 12:58:55 PM   
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 I would not rate this as Carpenter's best, but would be in my beer movie top 10. It did blow me away when I was 14 and witnessed it in the cinema.

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 13/10/2007 7:08:51 PM   
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 I also loved this film and have watched it many times over the years, but some people say this was the turning point in his career. I think the only half decent film he did since was In The Mouth of Madness...and that wasn't that good.

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 15/10/2007 12:48:34 PM   
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I love it too but wasn't it a flop of gargantuan proportions?

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 15/10/2007 6:22:45 PM   
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I love it too but wasn't it a flop of gargantuan proportions?


I think so, but i think it then went on to do very well on rentals and video sales.

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 5/11/2007 5:28:13 AM   
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I was watching Big Trouble in Little China 12 days or so ago on DVD after making a few changes to the sound systems surround arrays, “it’s all in the reflexes” terrific John Carpenter cult classic.

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 5/11/2007 7:35:42 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: MR T's GOLD CHAINS

How could Burton turn her down in the end? What a dick....



That's actually one of my favourite parts, a real kick in the face to your bog-standard cliched filmmaking. Burton doesn't get the girl in the end, because he prefers the road and the love of his truck above all else. What a guy! And a totally believeable outcome for the way Burton's character was written - the aloof fool who doesn't realise when his luck is in. Genius... utter genius! If you haven't already voted for it in this years Top 100 Favourite Film Poll then get to it...

" We really shook the pillars of heaven, didn't we Wang?"


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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 7/11/2007 7:44:21 AM   
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I guess it's a case of The Thing? We never knew what happened to McReady and Childs, whether he was a Thing or not, ether way there both toast in the end.

We never knew what happened to Jack and his Truck, maybe the Thing at the back of the truck got him! Maybe we'll never know.

































Oh Bugger it's that beast!



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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 7/11/2007 12:38:24 PM   
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pointless,but thanks

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RE: Big Trouble in Little China - 14/11/2007 8:07:56 PM   
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A true rainy day classic!

Jack Burton :Everybody relax, I'm here.

Jack Burton: Ok, you people! Sit tight, hold the fort and keep the home fires burning. And if we're not back by dawn... call the president.

And after about 1hour and 20 mins into the film and several meetings later Jack and Thunder have this bit of exchange:

Jack Burton: You know what ol' Jack Burton says at a time like this?
Thunder: Who?
Jack Burton: Jack Burton... ME!

Cracks me up everytime. Totally adore this film. It's fun, energetic totally committed and full of muscle. The very opposite of Carpenter's 'Snake Plisken'. Thinks he's the ducks nuts!


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