First Time Watching | Big Trouble in Little China (1986) | Movie Reaction | Your Face is Weird...
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- Thanks to Grandaddy Patrick and Granny Kristi, The Mrs gets to check out John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China (1986) for the first time. Here's her reaction.
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I love how this movie just embraces the weird and doesn't even attempt to explain things. Jack just wanders into the story and then leaves
I kind of feel like that's because Jack's the POV character, and he's too dumb/stubborn to ask what's going on and insist that he gets better explanations. The audience doesn't really fully know what exactly is going on because neither does Jack.
He's also not really the lead character if you look at the story closely: He's really more of Wang's bumbling sidekick...but he doesn't really seem to realize it, and since he's the POV character....
@@KthulhuXxx I saw a quote a while back that summed it up pretty well, Jack's the sidekick but thinks he's the hero
@@KthulhuXxx 😎
Which is what we as the audience experience too, we enter with Jack & leave with him.
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The easiest way to explain this movie is that Jack thinks he's the main character but he's actually Wang's sidekick and it's really Wang who's the main character, and that's why Jack doesn't know what the hell is going on and is just swept along all the weirdness. Wang's the one who goes on a quest to save his girl, the one who knows how to fight, knows what's going on, and who gets the girl in the end. Jack's just there to help because he wants his truck back.
I'm no-ones sidekick
This! Jack has one skill, his reflexes, he screws everything not related to his reflexes up. BTiLC is perhaps the best inversion of the White Savior trope ever filmed.
This has been a favorite of mine for years. The perfect blend of action, comedy, fantasy, and just plain weirdness.
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Nice.
“So…this is like a Mortal Kombat thing?”
Actually some of the characters in this movie did inspire MK characters.
Growing up I always figured this might be the case.
Growing up I always figured this might be the case.
@@noneed4me2n7 yep, this movie, Bloodsport, and many Bruce Lee films, all inspired Mortal Kombat.
"The Chinese have a lot of hells." I love that line.
And they really do. Originally Diyu (Hell) had 12,800 hells located under the earth - eight dark hells, eight cold hells, and 84,000 miscellaneous hells located at the edge of the universe. The difference between hell in Chinese folklore and myth is that the suffering you have to endure is not indefinite, it depends on the severity of the sins you committed. After receiving due punishment, one will eventually be sent for reincarnation. Over time The Lord of Hell, Yama reduced the number of hells to ten. He divided Diyu into ten courts, each overseen by a Yama King, while he remained as the sovereign ruler of Diyu.
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@@2apocalypsex actually that isn't much of a difference, according to tradition, all hells are temporary, modern Christians are just a bit confused about their own mythology (Jews, and Muslims, coming from the same general tradition, both cite hell as temporary and purifying -though in the Islamic case it is super brutal and can last a really, really long time).
Nah... it just says keep out !
"This Lo Pan character comes out of thin air in the middle of a goddamn alley, while his buddies are flying around on wires cutting everybody to shreds. And he just stands there waiting for me to drive my truck straight through him, with light coming out of his mouth!"
This is definitely my favorite Carpenter movie, it's just so damn quotable!
Also yeah this movie really rushes things but that's mainly because we're experiencing it through Jack's eyes, he has no clue what's happening because he's just the bumbling sidekick. Wang is the real hero of the story, we're just not seeing it through his eyes.
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"Now this really pisses me off to no end!" James Hong as Lo Pan is my favorite part of this 80's gem. Especially the little old basket case on wheels version.
Indeed!
I think James Hong must have been in over a hundred movies and TV episodes over the years, always loved his villains. He's one of those character actors who deserve better fame for all his work. There is a bit of Captain Ron here and Overboard but the one that I see the most is Snake Plisken! There's just more humor here and a young Kim Catrall was simply beautiful here. Saw it in the theater and it was so much better on the big screen
"Shut up, Mr Burton! You are not put upon this world to 'get it'!"
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One of my childhood favorites. "It's all in the reflexes". Still use that line regularly.
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Kristi is one of the few reactors that picked up on how funny Jack's "what?" is when the guy pulls the knife on him! love that!
Humour is subjective. Not everyone gets every joke. ;)
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@@Malryth and not every joke is funny
I always thought “where’d you get that?” was the most funny part of that exchange. Like Jack is questioning his own 3 y/o kid about something he picked up in the yard.
I love how Jack is literally the side kick in this movie, but he doesn't know it. Wang is really the main character, but you know, Kurt Russell and all. Plus Jack is basically kind of a moron in this, which I also love.
Jack IS the "main character" (it starts about him and ends about him) ... but not the "main skilled fighter".
@@Muck006 He's the "main character" in so much as he's the billed lead. John Carpenter etc have all gone on record saying that Dennis Dun's Wang is the actual main character though, and Jack is a glorified side kick but doesn't realize it because he's so dense lol
Jack's a bit of an idiot, but he's no moron. He's also got some skills. Knows how to wield a knife, a good shot, great reactions. It's just that he's wildly outclassed by Wang, and would have been out of his depth alone.
We talked about this movie so much in school back in the days. One of those childhood movies you get back to watching every now and then.
I LOVED this film as a kid and still absolutely love it as an adult. And it's funny that you mention Mortal Kombat since I believe Raiden is modeled after Lightning.
And Shang Tsung is based on Lo Pan
@@StCerberusEngel Liu Kang is based off this movie’s lead Asian character.
@@taoist32 I've seen the devs talk about it and look up this movie called Riki-Oh : The Story of Ricky. Not only does he look exactly like Lui Kang, but it always does this X-ray shot of him breaking their bones etc. THe movie used to be here in full on RUclips. one of the most violent hong kong action movies I"ve seen. lol. I wish I could find more movies like that movie TBH.
@@LunatiqHigh Saw that one. Pretty bloody.
I remember thinking this was Mortal Kombat: The Movie when I was 10 or 11.
People seem to miss that this is a POV movie. Here _you_ are Jack Burton, a fish out of water on a wild ride. I also get a laugh when people have an inverted perspective, not realizing how much others ripped off from this movie rather than vice versa.
Mortal Kombat immediately comes to mind
The fun thing about this film is that Jack thinks he's the hero of what's happening and really he's second fiddle.
I saw this movie when I was 5 years old, almost 36 years ago. So jealous that you experienced this for the first time, a real classic
Escape from New York should definitely be on the watch list. Thunder was the best storm; coolest weapon.
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RIP victor wong. he was a victim of 9/11. He wasnt there but passed away the day after from the stress over his children that were.
You are the 1st reactor I've seen to take note of, "phone company...", holding up the phone. Still makes me chuckle.
I immediately smiled and got giddy when I saw this pop up on my feed. Such a fun movie. "They Live" is my favorite John Carpenter movie. Raiden is my favorite storm from the movie.
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My dad (RIP) took my brother and I to see this film in the theater! This was my first John Carpenter film!
Fun fact this movie Wang is actually the hero and Jack is actually the sidekick
The actor who played Thunder (Carter Wong) is a skilled martial artist who stars in a lot of Hong Kong kung fu movies. Victor Wong who plays Egg Shen is also in Prince Of Darkness. James Hong who played Lo Pan need no intro because he has been in everything from Airplane to Kung Fu Panda.
They Live from John carpenter never seems to disappoint.
Best documentary ever 😉.
Good call.
This
I like John Carpenter's Vampires. It's not his best movie but I like his take on vampires.
@@Mortismors The book he borrowed from was much better.
"So this is like Mortal Kombat?" Oh how right you were.
This is one of my favorite John Carpenter movies. I love how it bucks expectations by switching the roles of the hero and sidekick where the “hero” is the one out of his element and that his “sidekick” is the one who is in his element. That plus the way Carpenter and Russel chose to have Jack have all the ego and swagger but be completely clueless and for the most part ineffective like how in the big battle he knocks himself out and then is pinned under a dead body for most of the battle lol.
Sadly at the time the film did poorly, in part because the ads were pretty bad and it was released opposite Aliens. Luckily over the years it has gone from being a cult classic to a more universally recognized film.
Was gonna write something similar but you summed it up. I see it as a good natured ribbing of the American action hero.
Couldn’t have said it better myself❤️
Those facial expressions at the preferring man who eats popcorn line was the best part of this. I laughed out loud at the deadpan delivery and the nodding approval while continuing to shove more popcorn. That was hilarious
I remember buying this on DVD at Target years ago and it's a underrated gem
Everything that has ever happened is underrated
@@ryline666 True that
CB podcast to whoever is listening.
I watched this for the first time when it came out in the theater.
It always makes me smile when RUclipsrs don’t see Jack Burton as a pioneer. “Who is he talking to?”🤣
I’ve only just realised they show his quick reflexes at the start, as they come into play later.
Foreshadowing
It's all in the wrist
This is one of my favorite films. So lush and colorful. John Carpenter is a masterful filmmaker.
One of the weirdest, most fun and funniest films to come out of the 80's! Thank you for existing, John Carpenter!
I was ten, when this movie was in theaters. That monster freaked me out!
Also, as a kid, I thought Jack was the hero. No -- Wang was the hero; Jack was the sidekick.
100% the thumbnail should’ve been her face when the giant spider pops out! 25:17
The Mrs. is watching Big Trouble in Little China, i just have to ask "Have you paid your dues?"
The check is in the mail.
Fun Fact: Big Trouble was nominated for Best Movie Ever Made by the Academy Awards, but lost to Highlander.
As others have already pointed out, The Mrs has great instinct. The original Mortal Kombat modeled their Raidan after the Storm named Lightning. The game's end boos named Shang Tsung is directly modeled after "Emperor" style Lo-Pan. In their early character design, they actually planned a Jack Burton stand-in for the games as well, but pulled it since they thought it would move them from homage to intellectual theft.
If you thought the setting for this was weird, you got lucky. The original script for this had it set in the Chinatown of the old West, with Wang Chi as a rail road worker and Jack Burton as a gunslinger.
I think the film was based off of a story set in the West where the character Burton was based on had his horse stolen much like his truck and that's why he's on this quest. It follows many of the same beats.
Just watch all of John Carpenter's movies. He's one of my favorite directors.
Correct.
Definitely one of those films where the majority of the "why X?" questions can be answered with "because 80s"
Great selection. This is one of my favourite movies. When I was a kid I always remembered the scene where they're underground. I never knew what the movie was called for the longest time until I was a big older and I saw the same scene. No google back then. I got my mum to buy me it after I wrote the name of the movie down. Love it! Good ol' Jack Burton!
Funny trivia, Mortal Kombat took a lot of inspiration from this movie. Raiden = Lightning of the 3 storms. Shang Tsung = Lo Pan
More trivia: Jackie Chan was initially offered the role of Wang but the producers said no because he hadn’t transitioned into American film yet and wasn’t well known
Though this is one of my all time favorite movies, The Thing is my favorite John Carpenter movie. I've got the whole set of ReAction Action Figures.
The commentary with John and Kurt is just as fun as the movie because they're just 2 friends shooting the shit while a movie is on. At one point they start talking about things completely unrelated to the movie. lol
Also, Mrs. Movies seems like she's drunk as hell during this one.
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Hell, I have several of the casts autographs on my Blu Ray! Windows, Childs, Bennings!
Somehow I just noticed that the "eye ball" is all green eyes, and Lo Pan talked about trying and failing with many green-eyed women before. This movie's darker than I remember.
JACK BURTON ALWAYS SAYS...
"WHAT THE HELL. THE CHECK IS IN THE MAIL"
She's watched Captain Ron before Big Trouble in Little China! Crazy!
Victor Wong was the grand father in 3 ninjas too
One of my favorite movies ever.
Jack Burton is actually the sidekick who believes he's the hero (ala John Wayne).
I think that hairy creature used to be a human, that Lo Pan cursed and turned into a monster, but who knows, doesn’t really though, LOL. This is one of my favorite John Carpenter movies. Along with The Thing, Halloween, They Live, Vampires, and Christine.
This might be my favorite Kurt Russell movie, it's definitely my favorite Kim Cattrall film. And they're the comedic sidekicks.
Love this movie! Really can't go wrong with John Carpenter. My personal favorite of his is "The Fog".
This one is not only my favourite John Carpenter movie, but one of my favourite movies of all time.
i like that jack is the side kick, an the story is from that view
I think the old Chinese sorcerer was also in "The Golden Child" with Eddie Murphy. It's also a good movie for you to watch!
I second that!
James Hong (Lo Pan) was also in The Golden Child.
@@johnsensebe3153 Really? I don't remember. What was his role?
@@Craudio171 He was with the lady behind the screen.
@@johnsensebe3153 Hmm... I need to rewatch this movie cause I really don't remember him there!
My dad worked a couple blocks from Chinatown from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Thursday through Saturday back in these days. I was a young kid. Sometimes on Fridays or Saturdays I would go into work with him and sleep under his desk in the computer room while he worked. Having seen this movie, I'm sure you can imagine the fun I had imagining what might be around every corner, down every alley or under the streets below.
21:36 That Winchester plate on the wall moves by itself 👻😲😬 and again but less noticeably at several other times
excellent. does it happen in other reactions?
I was born in 83 and I remember watching this when I was a little kid, my parents let me watch whatever which is very weird and probably what’s wrong with me today! The monster at the end scared the absolute shit out of me. I always thought it was out there in the world on someone’s truck, fun times.
Favorite "storm" is Raiden. Favorite John Carpenter movie is a tie between In The Mouth Of Madness, Halloween, The Thing, and Escape From New York. All of those are top tier imo. Great reaction you two. This film is hit or miss for many people, but definitely a cult classic.
Love the sarcastic humor in this film. I like the action as well. Kurt plays the perfect jerk. Victor Wong is in 3 Ninjas (all four films), John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness with Alice Cooper and Donald Pleasance, The Last Emperor, Year of the Dragon, Shanghai Surprise ( with Madonna and Sean Penn), The Golden Child (with Eddie Murphy), and Seven Years in Tibet (with Brad Pitt). That was a demon sasquatch.
Ok I figured he was a demon but yes a demon big foot type I can see from older drawings of those from Chinese myth and legends.
We will call it an "homage" to the Beholder, from D&D
You could easily call this, "What the Hell is That: The Movie".
Ha,ha,ha,ha! I watched this as an adolescent in theatre. The crowd was hilarious as they shouted out loud the heeby-jeeby critters were going to get them.
I absolutely love this movie!! This is one of those flicks I can watch anytime and it never gets old.
One of the Three movies that Gave Birth to Mortal Kombat - Enter the Dragon, Bloodsport, and Big Trouble in Little China 🤘
The Thing is my favourite John Carpenter. Love the dark and isolated atmosphere. Great horror movie.
Perfect cinema in fact
Introducing someone to this movie is all about anticipating when they first say "what the fuck".
Lo Pan is totally the inspiration for the MK1 version of Shang Tsung.
"Wasn't easy" is my fave line in this movie.
You should do The Fog. So underrated.
As a kid my cousin and I used to signal eachother with the Chiang Sing salute and I could do Thunder's kata with the crescent knives from memory. But my favourite John Carpenter film as an adult is They Live.
Greetings from New Orleans.
And thanks for the Ida mention at the end.
Didn't have power to watch this when you posted it.
Awesome! One of my favourite films from my 80s childhood. 👍
YES!! Lol, I'm very happy to see the two of you watching this one. This happens to be one of my very favorites a great movie from beginning to end. Remember "If we're not back by dawn call the President," lol. You two are terrific keep up the excellent work.
Back in the day a lot of truck drivers liked to just ramble on the CB. That's also illustrated in many different movies. Like Smokey and the bandit or Convoy. That's why they all have those funny name so that everyone knows who they're talkin to. We spend that much time alone on the road and you need someone to talk to. Yes some did not appreciate it but it was generally widely accepted
Found it awesome how she mentioned mortal kombat, after that I was just waiting for the Raiden guy to appear
Been a fan of this classic since I saw it in theaters back in 1986. Huge fan of John Carpenter.
Fun Factoid: Kurt Russell is not even the hero in this movie, the guy Wang is the hero. Jack is just along for the ride. I think first favorite of John Carpenter's They Live then the Escape From series movies, New York then L.A.
..2:32 "why didn't you tell me that!" Mrs seems like a fun person to watch movies with?
This is one of my all-time favorite movies.
I love quoting this movie. I used to have a theme on my PC with sounds and images from this movie.
I especially love Jack Burton's monologues at the start of the movie. :D
If you ever dare refer to yourself as a "movie buff" or "film nerd" then you have to have seen this film. It's among the greatest of all time now.
Ever notice now days that everyone in Hollywood has green eyes w/ a smidgeon of blue. Anything else is rare.
Old Chinese sorcerey, martial arts, magic potions, and a wisecracking truck driver. What's not to like?
My favorite John Carpenter movie is “In the Mouth of Madness,” definitely check it out
well, "the thing" is such a great movie, plot, course, music, special effects are all high above so many things, but i have to say, this is my favourite carpenter movie. i watched this like twice a week for some time when i was a kid... and... rain ("chops with the long hair") is my favourite.
Loved the video. Looking forward to more ahead. I lost power for almost two weeks. Tree missed my house by 6". Allot of people got it much worse then me. Thanks for the shout out! #Ida So it was nice catching up on videos.
This movie did inspire Mortal Kombat ... Raiden especially.
Rain is definitely the best of the 3 storms
Movies were that way, back in the day. There wasn't a really long build-up in movies then. You were normally thrown into the movie and it would explain things as it went along.
This movie is very rare for one reason if no other, the almost completely asain cast.
'Wang' is also in Prince Of Darkness
A favorite of mine. The fast-paced element can make it hard to follow at first, but it also makes it better on repeat viewings because you pick up new stuff every time.
Victor Wong was in Prince of Darkness, which is probably where Mrs Wife Lady recognized him from. Just like Dennis Dun was also in Prince of Darkness too. Carpenter was hoping Dunn would have become more famous, but he never did go on to bigger roles. This film has some actors though that weren't known to western viewers. Carter Wong, who plays Thunder, was from China and was in Kung Fu movies there. He also taught Martial Arts and even created his own fighting style. Suzee Pai that plays Miao Yin, was a cheerleader for the Eagles and Pet of the Month in the January, 1981 issue of Penthouse.
This is a great movie. A couple of those guys were in old Run Run Shaw Brothers movies. Old school Kung Fu. Also listen to the Russell/Carpenter commentary on the Blu Ray. It's hilarious! The joke of this movie is that Jack is the outsider and the Chinese guys are all the heroes. Fox didn't know how to market it so they put Kurt on the poster rockin' the Uzi like he was gonna kick ass with it lol. It failed in the box office but gained a cult following on VHS and cable. So great. "Have yah paid yer dues, Jack? Yessir, the check is in the mail!"
Favourite is 'The Thing'. Big Trouble in Little China is great too. Don't forget 'Escape From New York'!
I had a display at a big Con in New Jersey years ago and across the aisle from my table was Tom Savini with that creature in his booth. He created and built it for the movie. We talked all weekend whenever the fans gave us a break he is a very cool guy.
Haha omg this is such a classic. Loved when this would air on tv in the 90s lol
Mortal Kombat's Raiden was based on One of the Storms, Lightning.
Three Storms, Thunder (The actor went on to be a Martial Arts instructor for the Hong Kong Police), Rain, and Lightning. When Rain appears, you can hear the rain in the audio.
I see someone reacting to this movie, I click on it, it's all in the reflexes.
Great vid & just subbed!! LOVE THIS MOVIE ..... "Are you crazy, is that your problem?" lol
"You look good in everything" Correct response, Mr. Movies ;)
Wow, it's been years since I watched this weird & fun movie.
I'm rewatching the movie as I watch the reaction - watch some movie, then the reaction to what I just watched. Back and forth.
In the Mouth of Madness is a great Carpenter flick.