Thoughts on John Carpenter? Best/worst/underrated film?

>>79650141
we just had this thread 6 hours ago

wtf man

>>79650141
I've watched most of Carpenter's stuff, big fan of the guy. Afraid I'd have to go with the generic answer of The Thing for his best film, it's almost perfect.

Astounds me that people in the 80s denounced this over fucking E.T., Spielberg's only great film was Jaws.

>>79650141
>Best/worst/underrated film?
Best and most underrated: escape from la. Halloween and the thing are up there ofc.
Worst: the ward and ghosts of mars.

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>>79650141

Best: The thing
Worst: Escape from L.A.
Underrated: In the Mouth of Madness
Overrated: Halloween

>best
the thing

>worst
the ward

>overrated
halloween

>underrated
in the mouth of madness

>favorite
big trouble in little china

>>79650141
Under
Vampires with James woods
Fantastic flick

>>79652178
james woods wood stick a stake in your weak chest for being such vampfagget but hes too busy plowing your mom

I still say his most underrated movie is Ghosts of Mars. It rips off all of his best movies in the best ways. If it had Kurt and had been the third Escape movie like originally planned then it would be held in much higher regard, maybe not The Thing levels but definitely They Live tier.

Best: Halloween, one of the pivotal films that got me into movies and still a masterpiece of staging and tension

Worst: Memoirs of an Invisible Man, from the Carpenter movies I've seen, no real redeeming qualities

Underrated: Prince of Darkness, lots of flaws, but super ambitious melding of scientific explanations for the forces of evil hellspawn breaking loose. Loaded with memorable philosophical exchanges and an unforgettable climax, as well as final shot ripped straight into Inception.

Not that this post matters because nobody will ever read this thread or talk about films at all on this fucking board. God, I hate /tv/ so much, and there's no decent place to talk about movies anywhere on the internet.

>>79653536
/film/ on 8ch, although it's not that active.

my acid test of a potential kinobro is if they have seen dark star.

>>79650205
"It has no pace, sloppy continuity, bland characters... It's my contention that Carpenter was never meant to direct science fiction horror movies. Here are some things he'd be better suited to direct: Traffic accidents, train wrecks and public floggings..." - Alan Spencer, Starlog magazine November, 1982

"A surprising failure" "Carpenter's most unsatisfying film to date." - Phil Hardy, Science Fiction (1984)

"Too phony looking to be disgusting. It qualifies only as instant junk" "A foolish, depressing, overproduced movie that mixes horror with science fiction to make something that is fun as neither one thing or the other. Sometimes it looks as if it aspired to be the quintessential moron movie of the 80's" - Vincent Canby, New York Times

"It seems clear that Carpenter made his choice early on to concentrate on the special effects and the technology and to allow the story and people to become secondary. Because this material has been done before, and better, especially in the original "The Thing"" - Roger Ebert

"This movie is more disgusting than frightening, and most of it is just boring." David Denby, New York Magazine

"The structure of the piece reminds unpleasantly of porno films..." - Daily Variety

"So single-mindedly determined to keep you awake that it almost puts you to sleep" - David Ansen, Newsweek

"A wretched excess" - Gary Arnold, The Washington Post

"The only avenue left to explore would seem to be either concentration camp documentaries or the snuff movie." - William Parente, The Scotsman

"What the old picture delivered – what Carpenter has missed – was a sense of intense dread." Variety (In 1951, the same paper had said of Nyby's film: "The resourcefulness shown in building the plot groundwork is lacking as the yarn gets into full swing. Cast members fail to communicate any real terror.")

"If you want blood, go to the slaughterhouse. All in all, it's a terrific commercial for J&B Scotch." - Christian Nyby, director of the original

>>79653536
>Underrated: Prince of Darkness, lots of flaws, but super ambitious melding of scientific explanations for the forces of evil hellspawn breaking loose
Agreed, if someone told you they're making a demonic possession horror movie with time travel and sci-fi elements you'd think it would be the worst thing ever, but Carpenter pulled it off. And those scenes with transmissions from the future are classic Carpenter how to make something impactful with zero budget.

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this piece of crap is 1 of the worst movies I've ever sat through

it's pure kino

Best: The Thing

Worst: His last straight to VOD thing about some witch ghost in an asylum. so boring i couldn't make it all the way through it

Underrated: Prince of Darkness

>>79652979
You saying you liked it?

>>79653832
I wonder how many of those fags went back and amended their reviews? Pretty sure Ebert did.

>>79650141

While many would answer Halloween, it's by far his most influential film and a masterclass in it's genre, but personally The Thing is John Carpenter's magnum opus in my opinion. The meticulous attention to details in that movie is fucking fascinating, and makes repeat viewings a treat because there's always something new to pick up on that you might not have noticed before on the last go round.

His most underrated? That depends on who you talk to. I'm going to agree with many of the other anons in this thread and say Prince of Darkness personally. There's a lot of really neat stuff going on in that movie, but more often than not I see a lot of people disregard it.

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>>79650141
For the sake of discussion

>>79653536
We hate you too, fucking poor-me crying faggot

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scariest movie i've ever seen

>>79650141
ok bro heres my top5

1 - Halloween
2 - The Thing
3 - Trouble in little China
4 - Escape from NY
5 - They Live

>>79650141
>Thoughts on John Carpenter?
favorite director, alonside James Cameron

> Best
LE Thing
>worst
Ghosts
>underrated film
Christine is a master piece, but even he snubs it

>>79657323
who's that McGready?

>best
The Thing
>worst
P.O.D.
>overrated
Fog
>underrated
Ghosts of Mars
>favorite
ItMoM, or Vampires or the Thing
Can't decide