They Live

[feral cat]

Originally posted by MrShape
I like "They Live" alright and "Prince Of Darkness" was pretty good. I think John Carpenter has becoem the kind of directer that Wes Craven has been his whole career: Hit and miss all the way.


Here's a quick rundown:
Great films:

Halloween, Escape From New York, The Thing, The Fog, Christine, In The Mouth Of Madness

Decent films:
Pince Of Darkness, They Live, Villiage Of The Damned, Ghosts Of Mars, Big Trouble In Little China



Bad films:
Starman, Memoires Of An Invisible Man, Escape From LA

And that's my take on Carpenter in a nutshell.

... dont forget Vampires, the cult sci fi "Dark star" and Assult on precinct 13 which is an awesome movie!!! lets face it three bad films in that kind time is nothing ... I cant see how you can compare him to Craven, hes got no where near the quality back catolouge!!!

[zwoti]

carpenter is more likely to try something different while craven has stuck to the horror genre. while that's not a bad thing it means plus points to the carpenter corner.

[ShankS]

I remember They Live, was good.



out of his films, the only one I didnt like was ghosts of mars, just didnt do it for me.

[feral cat]

Originally posted by ShankS
I remember They Live, was good.



out of his films, the only one I didnt like was ghosts of mars, just didnt do it for me.

I did'nt mind Ghost of mars, but its not his best ... in a way its just a remake of the far superior Assult on precinct 13, with a sci-fi twist!!!!:cool:

[Threl kaar]

Man i love this movie and its acually the movie that got me in to Carpenter.

Originally posted by feral cat
Roddy Piper and Kieth david have the longest movie fist fight ever in this film ... Carpenter rocks!!!

yeah i love that fight and you dont get much cooler than Kieth David...

[feral cat]

Originally posted by Threl kaar
Man i love this movie and its acually the movie that got me in to Carpenter.



yeah i love that fight and you dont get much cooler than Kieth David...

... Dam right!!!

[movieman64]

Originally posted by feral cat
... dont forget Vampires, the cult sci fi "Dark star" and Assult on precinct 13 which is an awesome movie!!! lets face it three bad films in that kind time is nothing ... I cant see how you can compare him to Craven, hes got no where near the quality back catolouge!!!

I've heard that they are possibly going to do a remake of, Assult on Precinct 13. I think they should just leave it alone...thats just my opinion.

[feral cat]

Originally posted by movieman64
I've heard that they are possibly going to do a remake of, Assult on Precinct 13. I think they should just leave it alone...thats just my opinion.

... I have heard that, I agree with you 100% thats another example of a perfect low budget movie, I even have the soundtrack on Vinyl!!!!!!

[KRUGERKID13]

i loved of ghost of mars

[MrShape]

Originally posted by feral cat
... dont forget Vampires, the cult sci fi "Dark star" and Assult on precinct 13 which is an awesome movie!!! lets face it three bad films in that kind time is nothing ... I cant see how you can compare him to Craven, hes got no where near the quality back catolouge!!!

Oh, yeah. I forgot about Vampires. File that under "decent films". I haven't seen Dark Star or Assualt On Precinct 13 all the way through.

I said that Carpenter has become the kind of directer Wes Craven's been his whole career. Craven's go lots more bad films becaus he's always been hit and miss all the way. By decent films I mean okay, but not that great. They Live is no The Thing.