| ▲ | xxr 9 days ago |
| The trick they use to handle the transition from Russian to English dialogue is so cool. |
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| ▲ | throw4847285 9 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| It's so cool that John McTiernan did it again in The 13th Warrior. A worse movie (not as bad as people say), but I think that one scene is extraordinary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVVURiaVgG8 |
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| ▲ | nopelynopington 9 days ago | parent | next [-] | | 13th warrior is a fantastic film with an undeserved reputation. It's the best version of Beowulf on film and full of memorable lines. That scene is one of my faves. | |
| ▲ | hinkley 9 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | 13th Warrior usually makes the top list of any “movies that Rotten Tomatoes has done dirty”. It depends I think on whether the Big Trouble in Little China fans are still asleep. | | |
| ▲ | tptacek 9 days ago | parent [-] | | Rotten Tomatoes scores Big Trouble in Little China favorably, as it obviously should. | | |
| ▲ | hinkley 9 days ago | parent [-] | | Not sure if Mandela Effect or the score has been changing over time. Edit: I think the box office was terrible |
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| ▲ | rootbear 9 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Agreed. As for the Russian spoken by American actors, my friend, a Russian linguist, said Alec Baldwin’s Russian was fine, but Sean Connery’s was terrible. |
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| ▲ | tptacek 9 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I'm trying hard to think of a false or dated moment in the whole movie. If you made a 1984 period film about the same subject, in 2025, I'm not sure what would be different other than the actors. Even the SFX hold up. |
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| ▲ | ethbr1 9 days ago | parent [-] | | Early Tom Clancy, before he monetized his name, was pretty amazing. The Hunt for Red October was published by the Naval Institute Press. [0] It was also the first adult book I read. Probably around 6 or 7? Before Jurassic Park, which I read before that movie came out. I'd asked my father if "There were books about other things, because kids books were boring." He handed me Tom Clancy off his bookshelf. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Naval_Institut... |
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| ▲ | ubermonkey 9 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| That is one of my favorite moments in the film, and maybe in filmmaking generally. |
