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[Chuck Berry]

So good! Going to have to look for more updated trailers for great underrated 80s flicks.

This movie is a top 5'er of all time for me. Where's my game Teyon?

 

[Valonquar]

If you want the most 80's movie ever:

Her apartment alone covers nearly every 80's reference.

For good measure:

 

[Fbh]

I'll be honest, I expect it to be a 5 seconds joke video about how you'd have to cut most of the movie to make it suitable for "modern audiences"

 

[Chuck Berry]

I'll be honest, I expect it to be a 5 seconds joke video about how you'd have to cut most of the movie to make it suitable for "modern audiences"

And thankfully its anything but that

 

[OmegaSupreme]

That was great. I'm do for a rewatch. Fantastic film.

 

[Chuck Berry]

That was great. I'm do for a rewatch. Fantastic film.

Yep made me want to watch again too

 

[DeepEnigma]

"One of the best films ever." Jack Burton, probably

 

[BossLackey]

One of the best movies ever made.

To think that Carpenter made this and the Thing. Movies with such different tones and direction styles.

80's John Carpenter could do no wrong.

 

[Pejo]

Love that movie so much. That was a great cut trailer, but just like 'modern' trailers it shows a bit too much if you haven't seen the movie. So I guess mission accomplished in the end.

Gonna rewatch this later tonight.

 

[Little Mac]

Classic movie from my childhood. Need to rewatch this soon.

 

[Chuck Berry]

One of the best movies ever made.

To think that Carpenter made this and the Thing. Movies with such different tones and direction styles.

80's John Carpenter could do no wrong.

Escape From NY, The Thing and Big Trouble

The holy trifecta

Kurt Russell's best work was with Carpenter

 

[LegendOfKage]

One of the best movies ever made.

To think that Carpenter made this and the Thing. Movies with such different tones and direction styles.

80's John Carpenter could do no wrong.

You're right that those are two very different movies, but that's not even the strongest example of his range. Big Trouble in Little China and The Thing are much closer in tone and style than either of those two movies and Starman. A very good and very different John Carpenter movie. But yeah, he made a lot of good movies.

 

[GymWolf]

I prefer the movie with the vaguely similar title, showdown in little tokyo with dolph and brandon lee.

Always found little china way too goofy for my taste.

 

[AJUMP23]

A fun film.

 

[Loke]

80's John Carpenter could do no wrong.

The 90's were kinda "eh" for Carpenter but In The Mouth of Madness is legitimately great as well.

 

[Chuck Berry]

The 90's were kinda "eh" for Carpenter but In The Mouth of Madness is legitimately great as well.

I didnt think Vampires was terrible

James Woods

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Really expected an atmospheric minor-key remake of an upbeat 80s song playing throughout. "Cherry Bomb" would've worked well for that!

Other than that, it's modernized quite well!

 

[wipeout364]

Just watched it again a couple of months ago with my kids and they loved it. I still like Escape from New York and the The Thing more but Big Trouble is pretty great.

 

[BossLackey]

Escape From NY, The Thing and Big Trouble

The holy trifecta

Kurt Russell's best work was with Carpenter

Amen

 

[BossLackey]

I didnt think Vampires was terrible

James Woods

Legit one of my favorite first acts in a movie ever. James Woods plus John Carpenter was something special haha.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

I watch this recently, starring the legend himself, Weng Weng.

 

[Brian Fellows]

Thank you for posting this. Big Trouble is my favorite movie of all time.

 

[dave_d]

If you want the most 80's movie ever:

Her apartment alone covers nearly every 80's reference.

For good measure:

Interesting factoid, the legendary James Hong is in both Ninja 3 and BTiLC. (He was of course robbed of his Oscar for his portrayal of the iconic Lo Pan. )

 

[John Marston]

Escape From NY, The Thing and Big Trouble

The holy trifecta

Kurt Russell's best work was with Carpenter

Their collaboration for the 1979 TV movie "Elvis" remains one of the best tributes to the King, even today

 

[Chuck Berry]

Their collaboration for the 1979 TV movie "Elvis" remains one of the best tributes to the King, even today

Yeah and weirdly at least at my age no one ever really talks about that when it comes to actual Elvis pics

 

[Darkmakaimura]

This just made me realize how bad modern trailers are.

 

[F31 Leopard]

 

[Lord Panda]

First time I watched this movie, I was expecting an epic showdown instead of that hilariously WTF scene

 

[Insane Metal]

That was awesome, thank you.

 

[Badlucktroll]

What ever happened with thar sequel rumor with The Rock playing Jack Burton’s son or whatever

 

[Chuck Berry]

What ever happened with thar sequel rumor with The Rock playing Jack Burton’s son or whatever

Man I remember hearing about that in the early 2000s

Haven heard anything since. Thank god.

 

[jufonuk]

 

[Chuck Berry]

This was excellent! Time for a rewatch

 

[Denton]

Kurt Russell has charisma stat at 11, what a ridiculously fun guy to watch. Great film.

 

[FeralEcho]

I was genuinely thinking modernized meant woke for "modern audienes" but so glad it wasn't that,what an amazing trailer for an amazing movie.

 

[FeralEcho]

What ever happened with thar sequel rumor with The Rock playing Jack Burton’s son or whatever

Hopefully in the trash where it belongs with that casting...

 

[VenomousCoffee]

Watched this so many times when I was little--when I absolutely missed all of the metacommentary the film was doing.

 

[Nostalgic Nightmare]

Watched this so many times when I was little--when I absolutely missed all of the metacommentary the film was doing.

Just wait til you rewatch They Live