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Big Trouble in Little China

Forbin said:
The line that made my roomful of freinds crack up was when Jack and Wang were examining a paper screen they needed to go thru.

Jack: Paper?
Wang: Paper.
Jack: Fuck it. (smashes thru)

:lol:
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I simple little scene but Russell's delivery was so perfect, it makes the scene both hilarious and for some reason bad-ass.
 
One of my first purchases back when I bought a DVD player.

I think the quality I like most about the movie is the way Carpenter shows a totally mysterious/wonderous world existing along side our more mundance world. It's there, just no one usually takes the time to really notice it all going on. IMO, of all of Carpenter's movies BTILC is what I's call the most artistic.

And while they're not officially connected, I 've always liked to think that Buckaroo Banzai and Jack Burton live in the same reality. It'd be really cool to see a story where they meet get made sometime.
 
Jack : When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he 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."

So many 'trucker quotes' of Russel in this film yet this one was slightly more hilarious to me, it always stuck :)

Wang Chi : Here's to the Army and Navy and the battles they have won; here's to America's colors, the colors that never run.
Jack : May the wings of liberty never lose a feather.

I loved the timing and inderaction between Dennis Dun (wang) and Kurt in this film, you really had the feeling these two were old friends caught up in this mess. That line was so cornball cheesey yet the way they delivered it worked and made ya either smile or chuckle.

Jack : You can go off and rule the universe from beyond the grave.
Lo Pan : Indeed!
Jack : Or check into a psycho ward, which ever comes first, huh?

That last line was a CLASSIC! I mean I never saw a hero suck in a major villain during his whole monologue like that before, he had Lo-pan all excited like he, Jack understood! Then nailed him totally pissing off the bad guy!

Not to mention when good old Jack breaks up the 'chinese standoff' at the final wedding ceremony by yelling loudly and firing his Tech-9 into the sewer ceiling...only to be knocked senseless by falling stone debris....Classic again!

I love this movie!
 
ObiWanShinobi said:
you know im surprised they never made a sequel to it, ending was a little cliche, but still somewhat a cliffhanger. And do you guys think the creators of Mortal Kombat ripped off Raiden from the electric guy with the big bamboo hat in this movie?
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!!!!!!!!!!

I don't care where they stole the idea from, I would sell my soul to the devil himself for Raiden. MUCH LOVE.
 
Yes this movie inspired the Mortal Kombat games all the way. And who thinks the hairy Chinese wild man looks like a mentally retarded deranged wookie?
 
One of my all time favorite movies. I love the fact that Jack Burton, for all of his bravado, is really the sidekick to Wang Chi. I've seen the movie so many times that I can quote some of the Chinese dialog (I'm such a nerd).

The movie also happens to be endlessly quotable:

Jack: You know what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like this?
Thunder: Who?
Jack: Jack Burton. Me! Ol' Jack always says... what the hell.
:lol:

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I picked up the DVD having not seen the film for years, yet remembering so well the scene where the old man takes out the beastie that pops it's head out of a whole and grabs one of the good guys. There was a great line for Russell where the old man says "It's gone" and Russell demands to know what "it" is (I can't quote it, so I'm not going to murder the line).
 
RichMerk said:
A more recent movie that has the same kind of kung-fu wackiness and always kinda reminded me of 'Big Trouble' is 'Shaolin Soccer'. Love that one too. :)
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Hijack - If you like 'Shaolin Soccer'; you should check out 'Kung Fu Hustle' :) - I now return you to the thread in progress.
 
I just watched the commentary track on this, and it's one of the more odd ones I've seen. Basically Carpenter and Russell flip out and start talking about films in general and not so much about the film in question. Good track but not if you want tons of info of what happened on the set.

They did however bring up a good point about the movie. They knew full well when going into making it that it wasn't going to be for all audiences, that not everyone would enjoy it, and they where totally okay with that! Wish more of that attitued where present in todays Hollywood.
 
Emher said:
I just watched the commentary track on this, and it's one of the more odd ones I've seen. Basically Carpenter and Russell flip out and start talking about films in general and not so much about the film in question. Good track but not if you want tons of info of what happened on the set.
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I think the first commentary I ever listened to was on the laserdisc of Spartacus. I was hoping to hear lotsa details about how the battle scene at the end was filmed. What we got was Peter Ustinov telling us how he was pulled over one day on the way home from shooting and had to explain to the cop why he was wearing a toga. It was humorous, but nooooot what I was hoping for! :lol:
 
The Squire of Gothos said:
There was a great line for Russell where the old man says "It's gone" and Russell demands to know what "it" is (I can't quote it, so I'm not going to murder the line).
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Egg Shen: It will come out no more!
Jack Burton: What? Huh? What'll come out no more?
Egg Shen: Come on.
Jack Burton: Dammit!
 
Noname Given said:
RichMerk said:
A more recent movie that has the same kind of kung-fu wackiness and always kinda reminded me of 'Big Trouble' is 'Shaolin Soccer'. Love that one too. :)
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Hijack - If you like 'Shaolin Soccer'; you should check out 'Kung Fu Hustle' :) - I now return you to the thread in progress.
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love both big trouble and kung fu hustle..

talking oaf films in both reality kung fu hustle and big trouble could both happen in the same verse.
 
Zachary Smith said:
I love the fact that I'm vindicated on this: that "Big Trouble" is now well-regarded, even if as a "cult" movie.

I worked at a movie theater in the 1980's and this played where I was working when it came out. I was ALWAYS slipping into the back of the auditorium to watch pieces of it. I thought is was a brilliant movie then and it's one of my favorites to this day. I never could understand why it didn't do better at the box office. Sure, it was goofy but, like "Ghostbusters" WASN'T goofy? And that had lines around the block. Michael JACKSON came to see "Ghostbusters" where I was working.

"Big Trouble" remains one of my top fave films.

MY favorite line: "Son of a BITCH must PAY," said, of course, in that curious John Wayne drawl . . .
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Oh my god! That's why i remember this film so well. I was working in a theatre too and saw it so many times! Loved this movie! Now i have to go out and get it.

I remember working in this oneplex for the summer and they were showing Gone with the Wind. Man i watched that one so often i can pretty much quote the whole movie. Lol, come to think of it, i worked at 3 different theatres in the mid to late 80's and saw a lot of very cool movies.
 
Lol, well, that's what it was called. You know like sixplex, fourplex, etc. Thats how the they were refered to. Anyway, this one had been a live performance theatre that was converted to a movie theatre. It was very nice, very old. I have no idea if it's even still there.
 
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