LOL! I have almost all of John Carpenter's movies!

[AnitaPeterson]

Having posted in the "Halloween" thread, I wandered to imdb to look at what other people are saying about the workprint and theatrical release of Zombie's 2007 remake.

Then I went to the page of the original film, and upon clicking on John Carpenter's profile, I realized with some amusement that I have all of his films (mostly on DVD) - from "Dark Star" onwards... I'm only missing "High Rise" (1978) ... I even found a DVD of "Elvis" at a flea market !

I admit that I'm a John Carpenter fan, but I didn't realize until now that he's the most prominently featured director in my 800+ DVD collection... followed by Polanski, Kurosawa and Fellini (the ones I usually swear by)...

I am by no means an obsessed completist: I will not get a film only because it's "made by..." or "starring..." ("Someone to Watch Over Me" comes to my mind as a horrible Ridley Scott film, although the same guy is responsible for my favourite film - hint, it came out in 1982!)

As far as Carpenter is concerned, I found "Christine" to be rather mediocre, and probably his weakest effort... but there's something about him, and the other three (more illustrious) colleagues I've mentioned earlier, that makes even mediocre efforts rise head and shoulders over other people's output.

That's just my opinion, of course

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson
hint, it came out in 1982!

Blade Runner?

 

[NuclearNed]

...I <heart> most of JC's films, although some of the more recent ones are incredibly bad <cough>Ghosts of Mars<cough>

 

[FoBoT]

i like "They Live"

 

[AnitaPeterson]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed

Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson
hint, it came out in 1982!

Blade Runner?

YES

Funny you should mention "Ghosts of Mars"... as uneven as it was, there's something fascinating about it... and I didn't find it as bad as other reviewers indicate... it was pretty much a variation of "Assault in Precinct 13". To be honest, I found "Vampires" to be weaker than "Ghosts"... I guess to each his own...

 

[FoBoT]

i like "Blade Runner"

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
i like "They Live"

They Live is probably my favorite of his. Although there are lots of other good ones.

"I have come here to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of bubble gum."

 

[AnitaPeterson]

I should get my DVD collection properly cataloged...

Any good standalone program to do so? Going by UPC number is probably the easiest, rather than typing in long names by hand...
I remember seeing an application which not only listed your films, but also made statistics of film types, most featured directors, most featured actors etc...

 

[Eos]

The Thing is a favorite of mine.

Last weekend I bought the Friday The 13th Deluxe collection. All 8 movies plus a bonus disc. At $20, I couldn't pass it up.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson

Originally posted by: NuclearNed

Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson
hint, it came out in 1982!

Blade Runner?

YES

Funny you should mention "Ghosts of Mars"... as uneven as it was, there's something fascinating about it... and I didn't find it as bad as other reviewers indicate... it was pretty much a variation of "Assault in Precinct 13". To be honest, I found "Vampires" to be weaker than "Ghosts"... I guess to each his own...

It's a cliche, but "the book is much better" (Vampire$) though not as good as John Steakley's other book (Armor).

And as the director of The Thing, They Live, In The Mouth of Madness, Escape From New York and Big Trouble in Little China, John Carpenter is a god among men.