Favorite John Carpenter movie(s).
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John Carpenter apparently lived for some time in the town I was born in in Kentucky. In his earlier films, a lot of the street names, places, etc. are from Bowling Green KY.
I have to say, I'm surprised no one's mentioned Starman. This being a science fiction fansite and all.
While my gut instinct is to say Big Trouble in Little China, I'm going to have to go with Halloween. Love the steadicam shots, love the anamorphic widescreen, love Donald Pleasance, love the music. When you watch it, you get the sense that it was made by people who loved movies.
That being said, The Thing is a close second. You can tell it was made by someone who dearly loved the original, but had their own story to tell.
Oh, and all the people touting Twilight as a good film, need to watch Vampires. Jack Crow dispatches vampires with EXTREME prejudice, but he's always careful of them. You get the sense that the vampires as depicted in the film are the most dangerous things ever. As it should be! Plus, James Woods improvised one liners in the movies are great!
There...Halloween my favorite. Big Trouble most entertaining. The Thing is STILL one of the best horror films ever made. (Also, there's an early appearance of the Dr. Horrible goggles in the film. Check it out!)
Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."
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They Live, for its political commentary and predictive deprogramming. Great fight scene by a pro rasler, great monologs vs mind control, elite conspiracies and the police state.
The black actor is now hired by the Pentagon to do recruiting ads on TV. Creepy to hear him brag how robots are now replacing soldiers.
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Keith David was the voice of Goliath in the Gargoyles cartoon and the voice of Spawn in the animated Spawn. I loved him in Marked For Death, Men At Work, and Dead Presidents. He really added to the ending for The Thing.
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Originally posted by manwithpez:
I have to say, I'm surprised no one's mentioned Starman. This being a science fiction fansite and all.
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Oh, and all the people touting Twilight as a good film, need to watch Vampires.
Hell, I had totally forgotten Starman was a Carpenter flick...
Good movie! When my GF "forced" me to watch Twilight, my condition was to watch Vampires right after it...
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Big trouble in little china does it for me.
Second in line is a back to back NY/LA escapefest - who but Kurt Russel can make solo basketball look so badass ?
And They Live deserves spot three for 2 reasons.
1. The fight over the sunglasses.
2. "And I'm allll outta bubblegum."
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Originally posted by nvghostrider:
Very hard choice. Strongest of his in my mind are Assault on Precinct 13 and They Live.
All the rest live in a sort of standard Carpenter film for me. Not at all a bad thing, they have just been favorites since I was a kid.
They Live is an awesome movie. Roddy Piper wasting aliens with a shotgun for a couple hours is always good
I can't believe I didn't know that They Live is a Carpenter movie. That movie kicks ass (because they're all out of bubble gum).
My tops would be The Fog and The Thing. Halloween 1 was a awesome movie in it's time, but it just doesn't have the impact today because we've all been desensitized to violence.
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I can't believe no one's mentioned it yet, The Army of Darkness! Oh, wait, wrong director. Cr*p!
OK. How about Ghost World. No duh!
Hah! Serenity! No, Frak! Ah... frak? No, no. D*mn senility.
John, make another movie will you!!?
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I will no... THE REMAKE OF THE VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED! Yes! yes? YES!
Although my favorite is Big Trouble in Little China.
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