Please would fans explain why they enjoyed this movie
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franzkabuki — 15 years ago(December 03, 2010 01:01 AM)
The score is absolutely great and Snake Plissken is obviously about as cool as human beings get. Then theres also this uniquely somber and trashy scenery, the most ludicrous pimpmobile ever conceived, planes flying to the World Trade Center, Harry Dean Stanton what more do you need? I wouldnt call it a masterpiece, but it sure has character and a bad attitude. 7,5/10.
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reynardtfox — 15 years ago(January 14, 2011 11:18 PM)
Eventually, when you are older, some know-it-all kid is going to be dismissive of the era of your formative years and lacking in perspective and experience of your beloved pop-culture touchstones, and then you'll truly understand the breadth of your hateful foolishness
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jamiekincaid — 15 years ago(December 15, 2010 05:43 PM)
You need to have your ears checked.
Second that. That voice is just part of Snake. I didn't realize anyone was crazy enough not to like it.
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simest — 14 years ago(July 01, 2011 03:33 AM)
Why did I enjoy it?
- Snake Plissken
- A range of colourful characters.
- John Carpenter's score.
- Carpenter's direction and handling of action sequences.
- Imaginative concept of the premise.
- Snake Plissken
- Snake Plissken's outfit.
- Fabulous, quotable dialogue.
- Lee Van Cleef.
- Great villain (The Duke).
- Hilarious villain (Romero).
- Snake Plissken.
- Ernest Borgnine, his cab and his crappy jazz tape.
- Terrific sets, lighting and production design.
- Exciting chase sequences (crazies, 69th St. Bridge)
- Tom Atkins.
- Adrienne Barbeau's cleavage.
- Snake's wrestling bout.
- Interesting gadgets and weapons.
- Broadway!
- Snake Plissken.
There are more but I'm really too tired to go on!
And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.
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darkstorm97 — 14 years ago(July 01, 2011 05:40 PM)
Why do I like it? Atmosphere. The budget was like 6 or 7 million clams and you honestly feel like you are trapped on a prison island.
Secondly, the characters. Everyone knows how badass Snake is, but it's the thought put into the secondary characters that make it great. Hauk, The Duke, Cabbie, Romero, hell, even the drunk (played by Buck Flower) had a ton of personality.
I also agree with the dude who said it may be a Carpenter thing. When I was younger, I didn't care too much for his films, but as I approached thirty, I began to see the brilliance in his work. Now I love most of his movies.
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Halo572 — 14 years ago(July 05, 2011 03:30 AM)
Most of why other people like this film is more than valid, it is an undoubted classic of the crop that Carpenter created in the early 80s. Shame about his last 30 years.
My personal reason is it is one of the first films I saw on a very creaky VHS top loading deck with cabled remote. I was about 10 and it has imprinted on me since then.
The argument that letting children see adult films may affect them is bunkum, the likelihood is I would still wear an eye patch and have a tattoo of a snake on my stomach whether I had seen this film or not.
And fantastically you can now get the soundtrack on MP3. Guess what I bought on Friday after watching the special edition DVD on Thursday. -
simonds007-552-111126 — 14 years ago(July 08, 2011 10:38 AM)
I'm 28 and I watched this with my old man last night and we both loved it. Screw this whole generational thing, great movies are timeless. Sure, I can understand people not liking it but then you get pricks on here who give it 1 out of 10, WTF? Movies like this or The Thing are waaaaaaaaaaay better than most movies coming out nowadays (Transformers 3, Green Lantern, I'm going to stop there and save myself from typing for ten more minutes). That's not to say that ALL modern movies are crap but the majority are so formulaic and predictable that its not even fun to watch. Modern action movies seem to be edited by a chipmunk on meth, Escape From New York had many cool scenes where the camera just sort of lingers and lets you take in the unique and brooding atmosphere of the scene. Also, how can you not like the soundtrack? I swear to God I wish more action movies had unique scores to them like this instead of generic rock that most seem to have. So to any of those teens who say this movie is old and sucks, no dude, you sucknow go listen to some Nickelback.