"Now this really pisses me off to no end!" Lo Pan is my absolute favorite James Hong role. He's so funny as little old Lo Pan! "Shut up Mr Burton!" 🤣🤣🤣
@@leftcoaster67only thing that throws me off is when later Jack says "you know what Jack Burton says?" he says "who?!" as if he doesn't know his name.
To quote Lo Pan: "You are not brought upon this world to get it!" - Personally I'm a little confused over why some ppl can't seem to understand this film... Lo Pan is an evil wizard from China who was cursed, he needs to marry a green-eyed woman (who can pass the tests) & sacrifice her to break it, the kidnapping of girl at the airport was just chance. The rest is just wacky hijinks.
If I have to see ONE MORE movie with that plot...! 😄 Seriously though, I guess it was the fact that the film immediately jumps into a fully-formed (and slightly bizarre) universe without carefully telling the audience what is about to happen. Personally I love it when films do that. I assume many people felt the same way about "Buckaroo Banzai" (from the same writer no less). "Everything Everywhere" is a more recent example. You have to just go with it, people!
I watched it as soon as it came out on video to rent back in the day, i was like 15-16 and i understood it just fine..people just need every little thing explained to them these days.
Seems pretty straightforward, to me. But I think some folks just need to watch it again to 'get' it. Don't seek understanding on the first viewing - just RIDE it.
This was a huge flop theatrically because people by and large didn’t understand that this is a comedy and Kurt Russell isn’t the hero, he’s the sidekick 😂
Well, I never saw Jack as being a guy who thought he was a hero. He just wants his truck and his money, and to get out of town. He's more like a reluctant participant or narrator.
@@chardtomp No, The Thing did the same thing four years earlier. So did Blade Runner. Highlander as well, which came out the same year as Big Trouble in Little China.
@bensneb360 In the spirit of Westerns that reminds me of Kurt Russell in Tombstone which would be amazing if Dawn reacts to that . i 'm just thinking of DAWN 's reaction to this 🤦 at least she liked half of it as she says . 🤷♂
I never saw Jack as being a guy who thought he was a hero. He just wants his truck and his money, and to get out of town. He's more like a reluctant participant or narrator.
I never understand how anyone can be confused by a movie that makes such a joke out of over-exposition. "You mean the David Lo Pan that's chairman of the National Orient Bank, and owns the Wing Kong Import Export Trading Company, but who is so reclusive that no one's laid eyes on this guy for years?" "Who the hell are you anyway?
"Does the bullet slow down?" Very much so. Water deeper than a half meter is very good at not only slowing bullets but also changing their angle, making it extremely difficult to shoot someone that deep.
Myth busters did it. Pistol bullets can do damage after no more than 60cm of water, while very fast rifle bullets break up at half that distance underwater.
"He could've played the wingman ... to the Chinese guy." *He did.* That is the movie you just watched! Remember the bit where he's fumbling with his knife and when he gets himself sorted he jumps out "ha!" and the bad guys are already down because the hero (Wang) already took care of them? Yeah. Jack's the sidekick. He just talks himself up a lot.
Man I love this movie. It's so balls-to-the-wall absolutely freaking insane it's a wonder and a half that any studio gave it the greenlight. Russell is having too much fun for words, as is the seemingly-immortal James Hong. The late, great Victor Wong, Kim Cattrall in full unbelievably sexy mode not by anything she does or wears but just by virtue of being her at the perfect time in her life, lightning gods fighting tour-bus drivers in San Francisco, and weird beholder type creatures? I mean how can you not watch this without a huge smile on your face? And remember, it's all in the reflexes.
When my friends and I rented this back in the 80's, we ALL made that connection VERY quickly. We started adding "Da-ha" in our own Duke impression voices after every line. 😂😂😂
Saw this movie when I was in the military stationed in Japan. You got comedy, action, martial arts, sorcery and monsters. What more could you ask for? I didn't care what was happening, I just wanted to see more. This movie is a lot of fun.
5:31 -- RE: What's on his Eyes?; A: Those slits allow for the eyeball to see through, but the shades cut nearly all available light. The design is actually practical, developed for use in very bright daylight conditions where there is snow and ice. People who go skiing might use them, people who explore the Arctic, also. They prevent snow-blindness. To be utterly pedantic too, there's a cool physics reason why they work. The narrowness of the slits is physically constraining the incoming photons and acting as a filter for both intensity and polarization, since the photons which graze the edges bend a little. The closeness of the eyeball itself is necessary, see also Eye Relief.
"This really p*sses me off to no end" and "Hollow?"/"Hollow."/F*ck it" are my favorite bits in this movie. This movie crashed and burned at the box office but created a following upon its release on VHS. Fun movie. The hero (with a deliberate John Wayne delivery) is almost entirely useless except he does take care of the bad guy. I wish this and Carpenter's Christine got the eventual love upon their theatrical releases.
This woman when critiquing things has the greatest laugh ever of anybody I've ever heard in this life! Especially when a movie or whatever she's talking about is funny silly or just plain out ridiculous! 😂🙏
Oh if you havnt seen Dawn view Young Franenstein SHE is hilarious, she loved Marty Feldman and the dancing scene made her go over the top. I have never seen anyone laugh so hard
Dawn Marie is going to get me fired. I am at work, at my desk and watching this upload. I know she will smile. I know she will laugh. I know my day, just got better! Thank you Miss. Marie!
Watch Dawn react to Big Trouble in Little China, or watch Dawn react to The Mummy? Sheesh talk about an impossible choice. Obviously the only acceptable answer is "both"
For another John Carpenter/Kurt Russell film, check out “Escape from New York” (1981). Snake Plissken is Kurt Russell’s favourite character he has played. A great cast and many trademark Carpenter features. For another Kim Cattrall movie, I dare you to check out “Porky’s” (1981).
This was a stellar COMEDY which was not billed as one, not full of self awareness. Just full of great improvisation. I wish everyone loved it like i do,did
Hi Dawn, hope you are well. Fun Fact: Did you know that Kim Cattrall is actually British? Yep, she was born in Liverpool and her family emigrated to Canada a few years later.
This is such a GREAT movie I saw it when I was I kid pops brought it home one night been in love with it ever since. Awesome show there ma'am keep up the terrific work 👌 👏 👍 😀
You have to treat this like a comic book. You can find the eyeball creature in Dungeons & Dragons, it was referred to as The Eye of Beholding, you could use it for remote viewing. Today's generation needs to watch the movie a couple of times before they get it and understand the references. Anyway, loved the review, love you, take care and stay safe ❤️
I love this movie! Yes pls rewatch. Don’t take it so serious. Just have fun and laugh. It is a silly movie. That’s what makes it great!!! Cool shit, monsters, great funny dialog and more. Just have fun with it.
Lo Pan is voiced by James Hong, who also voices Po's father in the 'Kung Fu Panda' franchise. And Egg Shen was portrayed by actor Victor Wong, who played Walter Chang in 'Tremors.' I only pick one little point with this: they're having an awfully carefree celebration at the end, considering that none of the allies they took into the underworld came out alive.
Jack IS the sidekick. Throughout the movie, he screws up and gets sidelined while Wang does almost all the work.and the fighting. BTW, James Hong (David Lo Pan) has had a long career, and is still working today at the age of 95. He's one of those actors who most people don't know his name, but they recognize him when they see him. Also, Victor Wong, who played Egg Shen, was Walter Chang, the store owner in Tremors. He's the one who named the worms Graboids.
Had do log on to my computer to give this review: Probably my favorite movie ever but your laughter made it soooooo much better. You are easily one of my favorite reactors. Please keep doing what you are doing. You make every day better.
Dawn Marie, you may need to watch this movie again with the understanding that Jack Burton (played by Kurt Russell) is the SIDEKICK and Wang Chi (played by Dennis Dun) is the HERO. Much of the comedy of this story revolves around this premise. Jack Burton THINKS he is the HERO but he is the SIDEKICK.
It was a magnificent tribute to the HK cinema of the time. With added neon. At the time very few people in the West had had the opportunity to experience the joys of this film genre.
This movie became a HUGE cult favorite, and over the years it just got better like a fine wine. Too bad that Dawn Marie didn't stay to watch the end credits and the song. It's actually written and sung by the director, John Carpenter (with his band, "The Coup De Villes"), with the song called, "Big Trouble in Little China." Yup. Carpenter does a lot of his own sound production in his movies. On UA-cam, you can listen to the full song: "The Coupe De Villes - Big Trouble in Little China (Upscaled HD) (1986)" --- It's actually a pretty good tune! The lyrics! "We better run.... until they take us away... take us away...!"
"Is there a sequel and it explains everything?" No. But there is a sorta-prequel (The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the Eighth Dimension) that explains even less and is awesome.
I love this movie becuase its like we are seeing it from Jacks eyes. Everyone else is `Ohh yes of course, this is whats going on this is how it works` Than us the audience and Jack are sitting there going What! Huh? How? and the explinations never quite make enough sence. But we are along for the ride and doing our best. Good Times.
"Big Trouble in Little China" is to those of us who love old Hong Kong 'kung fu' movies what "Mars Attacks" is to fans of 1950s science fiction. We know the tropes. We know they *are* tropes. But we love them. This film is Carpenter's love letter to them. And to us. Funny thing, I always wondered where my love of Tarentino's stuff came from. Then I saw the old Shaw Bros. Studio logo in the open of "Kill Bill". 'Oh..we grew up watching the same stuff!'..I might have even said it out loud.
John Carpenter actually felt bad that the final cur emphasised Kurt Russel (Jack Burton) to such a great degree, at the expense of Dennis Dun (Wong Chi), for whom this movie was actually supposed to be a vehicle to future success. Which did help hide the fact that Jack was supposed to be the comedy sidekick. And the original script was set in the Wild West, leading to Kurt's attempt at a John Wayne accent.
Jack wasn't the hero, that was the point. All those movies always make the white guy the action hero, but here he thinks he is, but keeps messing up while everyone else actually does everything. He only managed the final kill and thanks to the bet at the beginning it was setup for a good payoff and he only managed that because Egg told him to wait until the ceremony was completed and gave him super powers.
You're not alone, whenever I watch this movie I want a submarine sandwich too. The local sandwich place makes a great one with salami, pepperoni, and prosciutto on fresh baked bread.
This movie is such a classic. I watch it whenever it's on. The comedy in it just adds to the persona. I recommend The Golden Child. It's another classic.
I love Golden Child, a forgotten classic. Which I happened to catch on TV a few weeks back and disappointingly they cut so much out. Still Great but it definitely lacked chunky asses 😂
4:19 they are playing fan tan. This movie you definitely need to watch at least 3 times and then you'll love it wholeheartedly. You really can't go wrong with any John Carpenter flick be it Halloween, The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, Ghosts of Mars, Prince of Darkness, They Live, or John Carpenters: Vampires. And that's just the tip of Carpenters genius and when him and Russell get together it's just an instant classic😊
'Does a bullet slowdown when it hits water?" Yes, yes it does. In fact if there is 8 feet of water between you and where the bullet enters the water you are pretty safe.
This movie improves with repeated viewings. It also improves if you just relax and let the nonsense wash over you like warm ocean waves. It's no different from Star Wars. It has its own internal logic if you study it, but if you study it too closely all the magic disappears. Or think of it like a Marx Brothers movie. None of their shenanigans would work in real life but we love to watch it work on the screen because it's comedy.
Jack Burton is a parody of the generic American hero. Pure American bravado. Walks into every room like he owns it. Kurt Russell was so good in this part! I still hope they do a sequel with him as ol' man Jack Burton, still completely clueless yet doesn't care, just lucks his way out of every situation.
It was Mr. Creosote in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life who exploded. And we know you secretly loved it, but it's a boy movie so you couldn't admit it was Best Movie Ever. And you'll like Dirty Harry.
It's really about Jack Burton: an anti-hero in that he's hapless yet brave, dumb yet he gets it right somehow; people didn't like it when it came out---I LOVED it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For a REAL TREAT on the wonderful career of character actor, James Hong, who played "David Lo Pan" in Big Trouble (and many other films), type in: "James Hong Career Retrospective | Legacy Collection | SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations." It's just over an hour of an amazing story! Truly amazing. --- Enjoy. Love your reviews, Dawn Marie!!!
"Now this really pisses me off to no end!"
Lo Pan is my absolute favorite James Hong role. He's so funny as little old Lo Pan! "Shut up Mr Burton!" 🤣🤣🤣
"You're not put on this Earth to get it!"
@@leftcoaster67only thing that throws me off is when later Jack says "you know what Jack Burton says?" he says "who?!" as if he doesn't know his name.
Indeed!
2000+ years old but easily dips into modern phrasing.
Indeed!
To quote Lo Pan: "You are not brought upon this world to get it!" - Personally I'm a little confused over why some ppl can't seem to understand this film... Lo Pan is an evil wizard from China who was cursed, he needs to marry a green-eyed woman (who can pass the tests) & sacrifice her to break it, the kidnapping of girl at the airport was just chance. The rest is just wacky hijinks.
If I have to see ONE MORE movie with that plot...! 😄
Seriously though, I guess it was the fact that the film immediately jumps into a fully-formed (and slightly bizarre) universe without carefully telling the audience what is about to happen. Personally I love it when films do that. I assume many people felt the same way about "Buckaroo Banzai" (from the same writer no less). "Everything Everywhere" is a more recent example. You have to just go with it, people!
I thought the same thing! I get it, it’s WEIRD but I get it. They literally spell out to you what’s going on.
I watched it as soon as it came out on video to rent back in the day, i was like 15-16 and i understood it just fine..people just need every little thing explained to them these days.
@@TimothySmiths and I was probably younger when I first saw it and still understood it!
Seems pretty straightforward, to me. But I think some folks just need to watch it again to 'get' it. Don't seek understanding on the first viewing - just RIDE it.
"That's Chewbacca's hillbilly deformed cousin!!!!!"
That's why we love you Dawn Marie
She's the best!!!
Epic lol
This movie is best when you just go on the ride instead of worrying about what’s going on.
Absolutely!
Gotta let Jack do the worrying for you. He'll ask the questions you want to eventually.
This was a huge flop theatrically because people by and large didn’t understand that this is a comedy and Kurt Russell isn’t the hero, he’s the sidekick 😂
His character didn't realize he was the sidekick
And also such a departure from what audiences expected from John Carpenter. Even Carpenter fans were like “Huh?”
Well, I never saw Jack as being a guy who thought he was a hero. He just wants his truck and his money, and to get out of town. He's more like a reluctant participant or narrator.
It was actually the first movie to flop in the theater but go on to be a huge hit in video rental.
@@chardtomp No, The Thing did the same thing four years earlier. So did Blade Runner. Highlander as well, which came out the same year as Big Trouble in Little China.
'Have you paid your dues Jack? Yes sir the cheque is in the mail'
Kurt Russell and John Carpenter teamed up to make several great films together. This is definitely one of them.
Kurt Russell said he was doing a "John Wayne" type voice for this movie, like he did a "Clint Eastwood" voice for Escape from New York lol
@bensneb360 In the spirit of Westerns that reminds me of Kurt Russell in Tombstone which would be amazing if Dawn reacts to that .
i 'm just thinking of DAWN 's reaction to this 🤦 at least she liked half of it as she says . 🤷♂
The terror in Jack’s voice when he says “What? Huh? What’ll come out no more?” Should have won an Oscar just for that scene.
He says everything we're thinking
My favorite line in the movie! 🤣
I love that bit
Ahh, The sidekick that thinks he's the hero...love it.
I never saw Jack as being a guy who thought he was a hero. He just wants his truck and his money, and to get out of town. He's more like a reluctant participant or narrator.
"I had no idea what was going on - moreso than normal". Gotta love Dawn Marie.
I never understand how anyone can be confused by a movie that makes such a joke out of over-exposition.
"You mean the David Lo Pan that's chairman of the National Orient Bank, and owns the Wing Kong Import Export Trading Company, but who is so reclusive that no one's laid eyes on this guy for years?" "Who the hell are you anyway?
"May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather." -Jack Burton
"Does the bullet slow down?"
Very much so. Water deeper than a half meter is very good at not only slowing bullets but also changing their angle, making it extremely difficult to shoot someone that deep.
It can also break them up as well.
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 depending on bullet type, yes
Myth busters did it.
Pistol bullets can do damage after no more than 60cm of water, while very fast rifle bullets break up at half that distance underwater.
The bad guy is played by James Hong who's been in a ton of movies, he's also the voice of Mr. Ping Po's dad from kung-fu panda
When someone asks me for a fun movie to watch this is my first choice.
Or mike epps movies
The men who are playing 'The Three Storms' are martial arts movie legends.
"He could've played the wingman ... to the Chinese guy." *He did.* That is the movie you just watched! Remember the bit where he's fumbling with his knife and when he gets himself sorted he jumps out "ha!" and the bad guys are already down because the hero (Wang) already took care of them? Yeah. Jack's the sidekick. He just talks himself up a lot.
Man I love this movie. It's so balls-to-the-wall absolutely freaking insane it's a wonder and a half that any studio gave it the greenlight. Russell is having too much fun for words, as is the seemingly-immortal James Hong. The late, great Victor Wong, Kim Cattrall in full unbelievably sexy mode not by anything she does or wears but just by virtue of being her at the perfect time in her life, lightning gods fighting tour-bus drivers in San Francisco, and weird beholder type creatures? I mean how can you not watch this without a huge smile on your face? And remember, it's all in the reflexes.
so nobody gets hes doing a john wayne impression for the whole movie?
He said that Snake Plissken was his Clint Eastwood, and this was his John Wayne. I mean, it's not exactly hard to pick up on... or so I thought!
@@Johnny_Socko Has Dawn seen many John Wayne films?
@@dan_hitchman007I wouldn’t be surprised if she didn’t know who that was, to be honest.
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 a quick search of dawn's videos shows 5 john wayne movies watched
When my friends and I rented this back in the 80's, we ALL made that connection VERY quickly. We started adding "Da-ha" in our own Duke impression voices after every line.
😂😂😂
Did u know this film is why Mortal Kombat was made or took alot of inspiration to make the characters?
It’s the reason I always chose Raiden
Hai!
I think dawn understood as much of the plot as Jack Burton did
How could this movie be so confusing? Man rolls into town, girl kidnapped, he fights monsters to rescue girl.
Saw this movie when I was in the military stationed in Japan. You got comedy, action, martial arts, sorcery and monsters. What more could you ask for? I didn't care what was happening, I just wanted to see more. This movie is a lot of fun.
"Egg, how'd you get up there?"
"Wasn't easy!"
Exploding man from Meaning of Life is Mr Creasote.
It's just a waffer-thin mint!
I'm here for Egg Shen and his six demon bag! 💰 Chewbacca's hillbilly cousin! Absolute madness Dawn Marie 🤪Thanks for sharing Dawn Marie ❤️💛
See Kim Katrell in something else? Well, her breakout role was definitely the surprise hit film, "Mannequin".
5:31 -- RE: What's on his Eyes?; A: Those slits allow for the eyeball to see through, but the shades cut nearly all available light. The design is actually practical, developed for use in very bright daylight conditions where there is snow and ice. People who go skiing might use them, people who explore the Arctic, also. They prevent snow-blindness.
To be utterly pedantic too, there's a cool physics reason why they work. The narrowness of the slits is physically constraining the incoming photons and acting as a filter for both intensity and polarization, since the photons which graze the edges bend a little. The closeness of the eyeball itself is necessary, see also Eye Relief.
It's all in the re-actions.
"This really p*sses me off to no end" and "Hollow?"/"Hollow."/F*ck it" are my favorite bits in this movie. This movie crashed and burned at the box office but created a following upon its release on VHS. Fun movie. The hero (with a deliberate John Wayne delivery) is almost entirely useless except he does take care of the bad guy. I wish this and Carpenter's Christine got the eventual love upon their theatrical releases.
This woman when critiquing things has the greatest laugh ever of anybody I've ever heard in this life! Especially when a movie or whatever she's talking about is funny silly or just plain out ridiculous! 😂🙏
Oh if you havnt seen Dawn view Young Franenstein SHE is hilarious, she loved Marty Feldman and the dancing scene made her go over the top. I have never seen anyone laugh so hard
Dawn Marie is going to get me fired. I am at work, at my desk and watching this upload. I know she will smile. I know she will laugh. I know my day, just got better! Thank you Miss. Marie!
And, hadn't seen the amount of advertisements that other films had. A lot of films depend upon ads.
She's NSFW (but not in the way we'd like . . .)
This is not a movie you try to figure out. Its an experience. One my favorite movies when I was a kid.
It definitely benefits from repeat viewings!
Watch Dawn react to Big Trouble in Little China, or watch Dawn react to The Mummy? Sheesh talk about an impossible choice. Obviously the only acceptable answer is "both"
James Hong is the best
You ought to check out his role in the animated "Jackie Chan Adventures" (2000-2005). He voiced "Dalong Wong" in 18 episodes.
"THIS REALLY PISSES ME OFF TO NO END!" ... LOL
I love that the movie is so bonkers that even the main character doesn't know what exactly is going on 🤣🤣🤣
Love this movie. So much fun and so many great lines.
For another John Carpenter/Kurt Russell film, check out “Escape from New York” (1981). Snake Plissken is Kurt Russell’s favourite character he has played. A great cast and many trademark Carpenter features.
For another Kim Cattrall movie, I dare you to check out “Porky’s” (1981).
This movie is one of my top 10 all time favorites! Jack Burton is the greatest sidekick who think's he's the hero ever!!
The Asian guy at the beginning owned to store in the film, Tremors and was subsequently eaten by the Graboid.
John Carpenter actually wrote the movie with Jack AS the sidekick - wang was the hero of the movie.
The Hell of Being Asian in Hollywood. "We Chinese have lots of hells." -Eddie
This was a stellar COMEDY which was not billed as one, not full of self awareness. Just full of great improvisation. I wish everyone loved it like i do,did
Hi Dawn, hope you are well. Fun Fact: Did you know that Kim Cattrall is actually British? Yep, she was born in Liverpool and her family emigrated to Canada a few years later.
All Jack wanted....was his truck back.
I still love your tongue in cheek humor. Always keep it! 👍🏻
This is such a GREAT movie I saw it when I was I kid pops brought it home one night been in love with it ever since. Awesome show there ma'am keep up the terrific work 👌 👏 👍 😀
You have to treat this like a comic book. You can find the eyeball creature in Dungeons & Dragons, it was referred to as The Eye of Beholding, you could use it for remote viewing. Today's generation needs to watch the movie a couple of times before they get it and understand the references. Anyway, loved the review, love you, take care and stay safe ❤️
The director has said that the monster was hiding on Jack's truck because it was n9w bound to Jack because he killed Lo Pan.
I love this movie! Yes pls rewatch. Don’t take it so serious. Just have fun and laugh. It is a silly movie. That’s what makes it great!!! Cool shit, monsters, great funny dialog and more. Just have fun with it.
One of my absolute favorite, most QUOTABLE movies ever!
Seriously, the number of awesome, memorable lines is staggering! lol
Lo Pan is voiced by James Hong, who also voices Po's father in the 'Kung Fu Panda' franchise. And Egg Shen was portrayed by actor Victor Wong, who played Walter Chang in 'Tremors.' I only pick one little point with this: they're having an awfully carefree celebration at the end, considering that none of the allies they took into the underworld came out alive.
"Under the bed poll" is very accurate for this movie. Just look at that beholder eyeball licking thing.
Jack IS the sidekick. Throughout the movie, he screws up and gets sidelined while Wang does almost all the work.and the fighting.
BTW, James Hong (David Lo Pan) has had a long career, and is still working today at the age of 95. He's one of those actors who most people don't know his name, but they recognize him when they see him.
Also, Victor Wong, who played Egg Shen, was Walter Chang, the store owner in Tremors. He's the one who named the worms Graboids.
Had do log on to my computer to give this review: Probably my favorite movie ever but your laughter made it soooooo much better. You are easily one of my favorite reactors. Please keep doing what you are doing. You make every day better.
"im so hungry, give me a bite of that"
The sandwich or Kurt Russell? 🤣🤣🤣
Like I told my last wife, I never drive faster than I can see. Besides that, it’s all in the reflexes.
Dawn Marie, you may need to watch this movie again with the understanding that Jack Burton (played by Kurt Russell) is the SIDEKICK and Wang Chi (played by Dennis Dun) is the HERO. Much of the comedy of this story revolves around this premise. Jack Burton THINKS he is the HERO but he is the SIDEKICK.
Don’t overthink it or try to make sense of it, just take it all in!
It was a magnificent tribute to the HK cinema of the time. With added neon. At the time very few people in the West had had the opportunity to experience the joys of this film genre.
This movie became a HUGE cult favorite, and over the years it just got better like a fine wine. Too bad that Dawn Marie didn't stay to watch the end credits and the song. It's actually written and sung by the director, John Carpenter (with his band, "The Coup De Villes"), with the song called, "Big Trouble in Little China." Yup. Carpenter does a lot of his own sound production in his movies. On UA-cam, you can listen to the full song: "The Coupe De Villes - Big Trouble in Little China (Upscaled HD) (1986)" --- It's actually a pretty good tune! The lyrics! "We better run.... until they take us away... take us away...!"
"Chewbacca's hillbilly deformed cousin." Best description of the monster yet!
"Is there a sequel and it explains everything?"
No. But there is a sorta-prequel (The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the Eighth Dimension) that explains even less and is awesome.
The eye creature was basically a Beholder (aka "Eye Tyrant") from D&D.
...looked like a giant ball of phlegm.
Egg Shen is bad enough to fit six demons in a bag made for five.
I love this movie becuase its like we are seeing it from Jacks eyes. Everyone else is `Ohh yes of course, this is whats going on this is how it works` Than us the audience and Jack are sitting there going What! Huh? How? and the explinations never quite make enough sence. But we are along for the ride and doing our best. Good Times.
This is one of those "just go with it" fun films. Get the Doritos and a drink and just have a good time.
"Big Trouble in Little China" is to those of us who love old Hong Kong 'kung fu' movies what "Mars Attacks" is to fans of 1950s science fiction. We know the tropes. We know they *are* tropes. But we love them. This film is Carpenter's love letter to them. And to us. Funny thing, I always wondered where my love of Tarentino's stuff came from. Then I saw the old Shaw Bros. Studio logo in the open of "Kill Bill". 'Oh..we grew up watching the same stuff!'..I might have even said it out loud.
John Carpenter actually felt bad that the final cur emphasised Kurt Russel (Jack Burton) to such a great degree, at the expense of Dennis Dun (Wong Chi), for whom this movie was actually supposed to be a vehicle to future success. Which did help hide the fact that Jack was supposed to be the comedy sidekick. And the original script was set in the Wild West, leading to Kurt's attempt at a John Wayne accent.
Jack thinks he's the hero of an action-adventure film...in reality he's just the sidekick...the *comedy-relief* sidekick.
Jack wasn't the hero, that was the point. All those movies always make the white guy the action hero, but here he thinks he is, but keeps messing up while everyone else actually does everything. He only managed the final kill and thanks to the bet at the beginning it was setup for a good payoff and he only managed that because Egg told him to wait until the ceremony was completed and gave him super powers.
BEST amount of trouble in any size of China ever! 😊
I love everything about this movie. It doesn't hold your hand, and the pace is dynamite. Great review, much love from a fellow scot 👍
You're not alone, whenever I watch this movie I want a submarine sandwich too. The local sandwich place makes a great one with salami, pepperoni, and prosciutto on fresh baked bread.
LO PAN is actually the voice actor of Po's father in
Kung Fu Panda
This movie is such a classic. I watch it whenever it's on. The comedy in it just adds to the persona. I recommend The Golden Child. It's another classic.
I love Golden Child, a forgotten classic. Which I happened to catch on TV a few weeks back and disappointingly they cut so much out. Still Great but it definitely lacked chunky asses 😂
This movie knot head is not a classic by any stretch.
@@michaelhartsell6566 What you just said made no sense. We are all less intelligent after reading this. I award you no points.
4:19 they are playing fan tan. This movie you definitely need to watch at least 3 times and then you'll love it wholeheartedly. You really can't go wrong with any John Carpenter flick be it Halloween, The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, Ghosts of Mars, Prince of Darkness, They Live, or John Carpenters: Vampires. And that's just the tip of Carpenters genius and when him and Russell get together it's just an instant classic😊
I loved this movie as a kid. It's probably a good movie to re-watch, because there are a lot of ideas presented in a pretty slapdash way.
The pacing of this movie can only be described as "relentless"
One of the greatest John Carpenter / Kurt Russell movies, alongside "Escape from LA" and "The Thing"! So quotable too!
We sure are lucky to have ole Jack Burton to look out for us. He's the hero we deserve.
Now you've gotta do Captain Ron
'Does a bullet slowdown when it hits water?"
Yes, yes it does. In fact if there is 8 feet of water between you and where the bullet enters the water you are pretty safe.
“When a bullet hits water does it slow down?”
Of course not. It’s wet now so it can go fast. Like on a water slide! 😂
Lo Pan IS the white faced guy. He has that form which is intangible like a ghost and his other form which is this super old dude haha.
Definitely a guilty pleasures movie for 1980s fan boys.
This movie improves with repeated viewings. It also improves if you just relax and let the nonsense wash over you like warm ocean waves. It's no different from Star Wars. It has its own internal logic if you study it, but if you study it too closely all the magic disappears. Or think of it like a Marx Brothers movie. None of their shenanigans would work in real life but we love to watch it work on the screen because it's comedy.
Jack Burton is a parody of the generic American hero. Pure American bravado. Walks into every room like he owns it. Kurt Russell was so good in this part! I still hope they do a sequel with him as ol' man Jack Burton, still completely clueless yet doesn't care, just lucks his way out of every situation.
This reaction will appease my Emperor indeed!
It was Mr. Creosote in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life who exploded. And we know you secretly loved it, but it's a boy movie so you couldn't admit it was Best Movie Ever. And you'll like Dirty Harry.
Green eyes are extremely rare in China almost mythical, which is the plot purpose behind the the legend and ritual requireing a green eyed woman.
It's really about Jack Burton: an anti-hero in that he's hapless yet brave, dumb yet he gets it right somehow; people didn't like it when it came out---I LOVED it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And now onto _Rustler's Rhapsody_.
Such an underappreciated movie! Doomed to languish in the shadow of Blazing Saddles.
The most important thing about this film is that... It was FUN!! 🤟😎
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The three Storms are Rain who is the long hair guy, Thunder is the big one, and Lightning.
This movie is best enjoyed on re-watch, after you've set your expectations aside and are appreciating it for what it is: a lot of silliness. :)
The old Chinese guy was in The Golden Child, with Eddie Murphy!
A fever dream of a movie. A great action comedy none the less.