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posted by Scott (Sun Oct 11 09, 12:38PM)
One of my favorites. I was not surprised to see it show up here, but was surprised to hear you haven't seen it, Maryann. It is over the top and very campy. "It's all in the reflexes." - Jack Burton
posted by Tonio Kruger (Sun Oct 11 09, 1:13PM)
Normally, I'd tease you about this but there are still a great many movies from the 1980s I have yet to see--for example, I finally saw Evil Dead II for the first time just a couple of weeks ago. And I have yet to see Big...just because.
That said, I think you'd enjoy this if for no other reason that it was one of John Carpenter's last good movies. But then you're not really a John Carpenter fan so er--never mind. :-)
posted by bats :[ (Sun Oct 11 09, 1:24PM)
Eh. I've seen it, and I don't get the appeal (my friends OTOH are nuts for it, and we were in our mid-20s for the most part when it came out). YMMV
(And I speak in a very soft voice here, but I don't get the appeal of "The Princess Bride," either...)
posted by Hdj (Sun Oct 11 09, 3:34PM)
I grew up with this movie. John Carpenter usually tackles the horror splatter stuff ,but this one however he was just having a little fun, He under cuts the horror tone, but Its strange and funny, Kurt Russell is the average Joe, as Jack Burton caught in the middle of a bunch of chop Seuy Hong Kong Phooey. Carpenter can be funny he's proved it in this movie and "They Live"
posted by PaulW (Sun Oct 11 09, 3:41PM)
MaryAnn, get together a list of 10 movies you've never seen from the 80s but ought to (including this one). And then go rent the flicks on dvd and watch with other 'Xers.
If I ever win the lotto and buy my own movie company, I'd make movies like this one all the time. Best. American-based Wuxia. Movie. Ever. ;-)
posted by Chuck (Mon Oct 12 09, 8:40AM)
The trailer doesn't do the movie justice. It is selling a straight up action flick because that's what the distributor thought would sell.
posted by Jester (Mon Oct 12 09, 4:19PM)
Yeah, ignore the trailer and see it.
BTiLC is as much a straight actioner as, say, Army of Darkness is. And it's just as much or more goofy fun as Army of Darkness, just without the cult status of having Bruce Campbell in it. ;-)
'sides, you have to love a movie where a thousand-year-old demon is trying to find a woman to marry, and complains "you seem to be one that understands the difficulties between men and women... how seldom it works out. But we all keep trying, like fools!" ;-)
P.S. Did you ever get around to seeing Real Genius? -j