I love the works of Carpenter, I was curious if people on CBR were as big of fans of his as I am. Maybe we could turn this into a discussion of his work.
My favorites among his filmography are Prince of Darkness, Escape from New York, Dark Star, They Live, and the Thing, but I have pretty much loved everything he's ever done.
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Thread: Favorite John Carpenter films
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11-17-2016, 04:29 PM #1BANNED
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Favorite John Carpenter films
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11-17-2016, 05:46 PM #2Metahumane
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Assault, Halloween, Fog, Escape NY, Thing, They Live, Prince of Darkness
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11-17-2016, 06:30 PM #3Incredible Member
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Big Trouble In Little China. One of the most quotable movies ever.
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11-17-2016, 06:44 PM #4Never Giving Up!
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The Thing is my all time favorite! with an honerable mention to Halloween & Big Trouble in Little China.
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There isn't a Carpenter film I don't love, but Prince of Darkness has probably the most staying power for me, on rewatches.
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The Thing and In the Mouth of Madness are my favourites.
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11-17-2016, 07:43 PM #7Extraordinary Member
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BTILC and Ghosts of Mars.
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11-17-2016, 07:49 PM #8Jesus Christ, redeemer!
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It would be a toss up between The Thing and Halloween for me.
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11-17-2016, 07:50 PM #9Astonishing Member
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Vampires and Big Trouble in little china
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Escape From New York
Big Trouble in Little China
They Live
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11-18-2016, 03:39 AM #11Old school comic book fan
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The Fog doesn't get nearly enough props as one of THE scariest films I've EVER seen.
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11-18-2016, 09:02 AM #12Elektralyte
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The Thing and Escape from New York
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11-18-2016, 10:22 AM #13Mighty Member
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The Thing is first by a large margin. After that, Prince of Darkness.
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I was really surprised, when I finally got to see Someone's Watching Me, his made for tv movie, that there was an openly lesbian, non-villainous character that made it to the air. Carpenter really doesn't get enough credit for his commitment to the visibility of minorities and, really, the ethics of his movies. He's a better moralist than self-labelled moralists. And, the revisions he made and helped make to Big Trouble in Little China were groundbreaking. It seems a silly thing, but "maybe we should ask Asian Americans and Asian American casting agencies how they feel" was not a thing pre-Big Trouble. Just seeing that many Asians in an American movie about Asians kinda wasn't.
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11-18-2016, 04:39 PM #15BANNED
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Prince of Darkness and Big Trouble in Little China are my two favorites.
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