28 Film Discussion Threads Later

[Sven]

Watch your words buddy. I'm one of the few around here who shares your enthusiasm for Escape From LA.

That movie's fucking awesome.

[D_Davis]

So I just heard on a podcast that the new Blu-Ray of Akira is presented in Hyperaudio. This new kind of audio transmits subliminal frequencies that trick the viewer into having a more robust and engaging experience with the movie, thus perceiving the audio and video to be more, er, hyper or something. I guess it's some new kind of tech, or, er, something. I guess there is a thing about it in the liner notes.

Anyone have this?

I guess you need special hyperaudio speakers or something....

[D_Davis]

My turn:

The Thing
Big Trouble in Little China
Starman
Prince of Darkness
Assault on Precinct 13
Vampires
In the Mouth of Madness
Escape from New York
They Live
Halloween
The Fog
Ghosts of Mars
Village of the Damned

[megladon8]

So I just heard on a podcast that the new Blu-Ray of Akira is presented in Hyperaudio. This new kind of audio transmits subliminal frequencies that trick the viewer into having a more robust and engaging experience with the movie, thus perceiving the audio and video to be more, er, hyper or something. I guess it's some new kind of tech, or, er, something. I guess there is a thing about it in the liner notes.

Anyone have this?

I guess you need special hyperaudio speakers or something....

That...kind of sounds like bullshit.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Separated between good and bad with the space break.

Halloween
The Thing
Cigarette Burns
In the Mouth of Madness
Big Trouble in Little China
Assault on Precinct 13
Starman
They Live
Christine

Escape from New York
Prince of Darkness
The Fog
Ghosts of Mars
Vampires
Village of the Damned
Pro-Life

[Qrazy]

It seems that many of you have not seen Christine.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Ta Da:

Halloween
The Thing
Assault on Precinct 13
Big Trouble in Little China
In the Mouth of Madness
Vampires
Escape from New York
Christine
Ghosts of Mars
The Fog

The only two I actively dislike are the last two.

EDIT: Basically the top five on my list I consider great films. The next three are good. The bottom two are horrid.

[D_Davis]

The Fog is crap. I found it hilarious when fans started bitching about the remake, as if the original is some great horror film or something.

[Yxklyx]

I'm a bit surprised of the lack of enthusiasm for They Live. Of his films for me this has the most interesting/entertaining story. I had no problems with any of the acting - I especially liked Meg Foster's performance. I loved the music. The film looked very crisp. The big fight scene was stupendous and hilarious. I liked the whole mood of the film - it didn't take itself too seriously as well. The ending was very memorable. The Thing and Halloween come close. I've also seen Christine, Escape from New York, and Assault on Precinct 13.

[Scar]

Watch your words buddy. I'm one of the few around here who shares your enthusiasm for Escape From LA.

Five times in the theatres. FIVE. TIMES.

[Winston*]

I think The Fog is good.

[Scar]

I'm a huge Carpenter fan, but They Live has always struck me as his weakest pre-90's effort.

I've tried to like that movie, but it just doesn't work for me. The long ass street fight is hilarious, but the rest of the movie just doesn't work too well.

[Watashi]

I like They Live. I just wouldn't call it great.

1. Starman
2. Assault on Precinct 13
3. The Thing
4. They Live
5. Escape from New York
6. Big Trouble in Little China

Need to see more.

[D_Davis]

I think The Fog is good.

I think you're good.

[Winston*]

I think you're good.

*hugs*

[Qrazy]

Very good to Great

# The Thing (1982)
# Halloween (1978)
# Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
# Escape from New York (1981)

OK to Good

# They Live (1988)
# Christine (1983)
# Prince of Darkness (1987)
# In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
# Starman (1984)
# Dark Star (1974)

Weak to Bad

# Escape from L.A. (1996)
# The Fog (1980)
# Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
# Vampires (1998)

[Yxklyx]

LOVE THEY LIVE

[Pop Trash]

I'll play just cuz I'm bored. This is completely subjective and often ruled by good or bad memories of the movies in the 80s/90s:

1. They Live
2. Halloween
3. Starman
4. Christine
5. Prince of Darkness
6. The Thing
7. Memoirs of an Invisible Man
8. Big Trouble in Little China
9. Vampires
10. Village of the Damned

[Ivan Drago]

The Thing 8.5
Halloween 8
Christine 7.5

I want to see Escape From New York and Assault on Precinct 13.

[Rowland]

So much hate for The Fog. It's one of his most intoxicatingly atmospheric pictures, stunningly composed in a formal sense, operating with a dream logic I find irresistible, and it's as deceptively political as most Carpenter pictures. I think I'm its biggest fan here. *shrug* Anyway...

1. Halloween
2. Assault on Precinct 13
3. The Fog
4. The Thing
5. Big Trouble in Little China
6. Escape From LA
7. Escape From NY
8. Christine
9. Someone's Watching Me!
10. Prince of Darkness
11. They Live
12. In the Mouth of Madness
13. Vampires
14. Ghosts of Mars

[Winston*]

The Fog. It's one of his most intoxicatingly atmospheric pictures...

lolololol

[Qrazy]

Stunningly composed in a formal sense,

This is where I disagree.



I find weak compositions such as the above plague the film.

[Amnesiac]

Why is that shot weakly composed?

[Rowland]

This is where I disagree.



I find weak compositions such as the above plague the film.

That doesn't look like 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen to me.

[transmogrifier]

Carpenter is one of those weird directors who is justly ignored by most middle-of-the-road movie watchers but inexplicably celebrated by cineastes without any apparent ironical distance. He's a really poor director who every now and then stumbles across an entertaining B-movie script.