Big Trouble in Little China 1986
Directed by John Carpenter · 100 mins · 1,745 views
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“You’re not even gonna kiss her?” “No” “I’ll see you around!” “You never know.” Because it’s a genre film it’ll never carry the same cache as something like “here’s looking at you kid” in the public eye, but who cares. The romance between Gracie Law and Jack Burton *is* just as good.
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“What’s in the flask, Egg? Magic potion?” “Yeah.” “Thought so, good. What do we do, drink it?” “Yeah!” “Good! Thought so.”
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Me watching this as a kid: Jack Burton rocks. He’s just like me only bigger and stronger. John Carpenter: Jack Burton is a bumbling fool. He’s the dim-witted and self-aggrandizing comic relief character instead of the true protagonist. Me: I hope one day I get strong.
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93 Few moments in movie-history give me as much pleasure as when Jack Burton and Wang Chi talk gibberish as they stroll right into the bad guy’s lair, thinking they got past security. The fact that Jack is holding a home-telephone for some reason is the icing on the cake. A classic in confusion.
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1) what the actual fuck 2) the abrupt ‘creature scene’ at the one hour mark alone warrants at least a 4+ star rating (and on a similar note, fuck yes to the film’s final scene) 3) you must experience The Guardian 4) you must experience the entity which I can only describe as self-destructive-balloon-man 5) what the actual fuck
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Forgive me if I sound upset, but over the past few years I’ve seen a lot of takes from non-asians talking about asian film and asian people in an awful and, quite frankly, weirdly fetishistic way. Why do I keep seeing people talk about how it’s “so so sad and upsetting to me as a foreigner what china has become today BUT(!!!) omg that’s totally not a good reason to harass and brutally assault asians even though the criticisms against the country are sooo valid! btw asian films are so special and their country is so beautiful~~” Now, this is of course a grossly exaggerated example, but this is the DNA of a lot of the “””discourse””” from the pandemic…
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i like to imagine that Jack Burton’s truck radio is not even plugged in and that any and all of his musings are just shouted out into the void for no one to hear just like every other word he says
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A beautiful film about how the dumbest guy is usually the white interloper and the overwhelming power of green eyes. The best costumes of the 1980s.
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Saw this one in theaters last night, great, great fun, was bouncing in my seat and shadowboxing during the opening credits when that Porkchop Express theme drops. Out of all the American movies made by white people about the exotic orient and the magical powers of Asians, this one is by far the least racist, if for no reason other than the fact that not one, but TWO of the Asian characters actually get pussy, which pretty much never happens in any American movie. Also, it reverses the usual trope by having Kurt Russell as the buffoonish, bumbling, comic relief sidekick to Dennis Dun as the brave, romantic hero.
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C’est pas parce que c’est du second degré et que c’est volontairement kitsch que c’est bien
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Fumada de principio a fin, fue increíble
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A cult classic! This film is a little bit of a fever dream, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a great movie!
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I suppose it sounds watch it again before I declare it beyond great cinema according to my childhood mind.
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Många skratt. Lustiga varelser.
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I LOVE Kurt Russell’s B-Movie line deliveries. His enunciations and inflections are palpably charming. I NEED to watch Escape From New York next. Appreciate Goth Chinese Jesus being a power player and copping two wives at the same altar. Also first film that I’ve watched stoned since top surgery :0)))!! Wished there were subtitles included in the DVD — sometimes I couldn’t even interpret whole ass English dialogue Lowkey why the fuck does Gracie Law exist?? Bc she happens to live in Chinatown and has white savior Nancy Drew complex??
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Jack Burton: You know what ol’ Jack Burton always says at a time like this? Thunder: Who? Jack Burton: Jack Burton. *Me*!
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“I’M dating a man with a 2000 year old curse and a needle fetish”
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Pussy Wagon < Porkchop Express
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I thought it was gonna be a dicier time tbh. Still middle of the road Carpenter for me, what was going on in martial arts cinema elsewhere always makes Hollywood action seem poor but it was funny and imaginative
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Everyone needs to collectively watch this fantastic film so I can speak to them about it.
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Cada vez que llueva, truene o haga viento dare las gracias
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A very silly movie.
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Holy moly Multi Mega Classic
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Están escuchando al Pork Chop Express, escuchen este consejo en esta noche de lluvia dominada por los rayos cuando la tierra tiembla y caen del cielo flechas envenadas. Jack Burton mira esa temible tormenta directamente a los ojos y dice… Dime lo que quieras tía, NO ME ENFADARÉ
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bro i don’t remember those dungeon monsters from the last time i watched it
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Assim, o filme nao fede nem cheira eu diria, mas mais cheira, é um filme bom, engraçado e de pancadaria solta mto legal, é simples e funciona/cumpri de forma excelente oq promete, é um filme feito pra ver dps de um dia cansativo pra relaxar.
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Martial arts/horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Comedy mash-up masterpiece. Takes it turn as my favorite Carpenter depending on the day. Jack Burton is an icon.
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És una bogeria, un cop comencen a passar coses rares la peli no frena. Tenia por de que aquesta peli fos racista, però molt ràpidament he vist que en John Carpenter estava fent una sàtira sobre les pelis racistes contemporànies. Woke king
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Big fan of the fact that half Kurt Russell’s dialogue was questions
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Son of a bitch must pay
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this does not tend to happen in chinatown
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Every scene felt like an escalation of the last. Jack Burton is the most compelling ‘himbo’ leading man I have ever seen in an action film and its so clear how many subsequent films were trying to reach his highs. The sense of humour feels very ahead of time.
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By far one of my favourite cult classics, the film was definitely ahead of it’s time, deconstructing white-saviour stereotypes but still keeping it’s classic action film charm. Jack Burton being the bumbling sidekick despite his All-Amercian action hero archetype, combined with self-aware humour and the true protagonist of Wang Chi made this film feel refreshing. Not to mention the at the time bold fusion of fantasy and Chinese mythology definitely sprung out to me with themes of taoism, traditional martial…
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Initially I was not sure what to make of this. Is it a king-fu movie? Comedy? Adventure? Then I realized it was all of them. Surprisingly funny and exciting. Big Goonies vibes for me. And Jack is a hilariously incompetent hero.
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Esse filme respira sessão da tarde, me deu uma nostalgia mas é apenas um filme divertido dos anos 80 com uma otima maquiagem
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I’m sorry, what was this movie. I won’t say it didn’t age well because I’m not sure it was ever not super racist. It is kinda strange in a real interesting way. There were many scenes I was like ‘what the Heller is going on?!’ In a way it kept me guessing which was entertaining, and the acting and set was cool. But yeah, it made no sense.
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…. I did not seem to enjoy this as much as everyone else does
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Has some of my favorite sets, I mean that huge fight in the neon room is so fucking cool. Probably the funniest Carpenter movie.
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What if Han Solo was an idiot and had to fight a wizard? Tune in tonight at 9.
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Ridiculous movie that explains nothing at all, just go with whatever’s happening. Pretty hilarious.
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The most realistic action scene ever. I would shoot the ceiling and parts of it would fall on my head swell.
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to the guy at the club last night with a big trouble in little china tattoo, i saw you. and i remember you. really some of the best acting decisions ever made. i want to smoke whatever john fucking carpenter was smoking when he made this.
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Calculo que esto está basado en hechos reales
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Masterpiece. No notes.
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El brindis bendiciendo EEUU esta totalmente de más. Buena trama, algunos buenos chistes, el protagonista es simpático, buenos escenarios y vestuario (aunque no se si son históricamente correctos). Le sobra rasismo y esteriotipos
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A perfect amuse bouche for Jackass 2.5 as I Live Laugh Lake with the boys
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Speaking of Tremors. Big Trouble In Little China gets 10 Insurance doesn’t cover leaving your truck in an alleys out of 10 A whole girls?!
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What was that? 6.9 on the Richter scale Even when Kurt Russell plays a comic relief donut of a character, he still comes off as a badass.
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A lot of Hollywood films with mainly Asian casts feel the need to have a white guy stand in. The idea of a bumbling idiot trucker who’s only part of the movie to get his truck back and make a bit of money he won from a bet, who thinks that he’s an action hero only to get embarrassed at every turn is absolutely hilarious
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All the budget went to the bizarre department and not a cent was wasted
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I didn’t get it on first watch but yeah this movie is funny as fuck
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Listen I’m not saying their is a perfect movie, but Big Trouble in Little China is a pretty perfect movie
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ugh i love john carpenter
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Essa é uma das comédias de ação mais singulares e divertidas do cinema que vi ultimamente kkkk. A sua percepção está totalmente correta tbm: o grande trunfo do longa é justamente a mistura perfeita de um humor absurdista com efeitos práticos que transbordam charme oitentista no filme. Tenho que dizer que aprecio muito os efeitos da década de 1980, o filme é um banquete visual. Feito antes da era do CGI dominador, o longa aposta no que havia de melhor…
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I’m a reasonable guy. But, I’ve just experienced some very unreasonable things
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Jack Burton
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awesomely funny movie, surprised by how well it was and idk if it being old made it seem funnier… great movie!!
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“Wait a minute wait a minute I am a reasonable guy but I’ve just experienced some very unreasonable things” This is probably the first John carpenter movie I ever saw, I used to watch it with my parents when it was on TV so I’m biased, but this movies hilarious. Probably right next to Starship Troopers on the pantheon of movies where you really gotta understand that it’s a joke going in.
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Wang is literally the hero of this movie brother was always doing the most why didnt he get a spinoff ☹️☹️
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BB_Movie_Bingo 3 月 1, 2020
Mar 01, 2020 – First Movie
- Synopsis
- Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.
- Director
- John Carpenter
- Writer
- David Z. Weinstein, W.D. Richter, Gary Goldman
- Studio
- TAFT Entertainment Pictures, 20th Century Fox, SLM Production Group
- Country
- USA
- Language
- English, Cantonese
- Year
- 1986
- Runtime
- 100 mins
- Italy02 Sep 1986
- Sweden30 May 1986
- Denmark30 May 1986
- Australia01 Jul 1986
- USA02 Jul 1986
- Hong Kong15 Jul 1986
- South Korea26 Jul 1986
- France03 Sep 1986
- Netherlands04 Sep 1986
- Italy05 Sep 1986
- Germany17 Sep 1986
- Portugal14 Nov 1986
- UK15 Nov 1986
- Spain17 Nov 1986
- Peru27 Nov 1986
- Ireland28 Nov 1986
- Portugal19 Dec 1986
- Japan17 Jan 1987
- Colombia12 Feb 1987
- India08 Mar 1987
- Hungary28 Jul 1988
- Greece26 Sep 1996
- Spain19 Jun 1987
- Netherlands01 Mar 2006
- Brazil23 Oct 1986
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