I agree. I remember when I was hesitant about seeing They Live because it didn’t look that good but loved it when I saw it. I figured it would be the same for Ghosts of Mars. I also thought that even if it was bad, Jason Statham could hopefully save it. Unfortunately I was wrong, as much as I want to say Carpenter couldn’t make a bad film,…[Read more]

‘Ghosts of Mars’ was amazing to me the first time I saw it because I didn’t know what real horror was then but now that I looked back on it… it was God awful.

I agree, Ghosts of Mars by far is his worst work.

Im gonna say Vampires. I know others will disagree but for me the movie had way more potential and most of it didnt make it to the screen.

‘Vampires’ is by no means a good film. But I think it’s made watchable for the brilliant performance by the great, James Woods. Other that though, it’s definitely one of John Carpenter’s worst. But it’s just about passable entertainment compared to ‘Ghosts of Mars’, which is just totally unwatchable!

I think Carpenter Nation agrees almost unanimously, Ghosts of Mars.

Well, I’d have to agree pretty much, his later films have definite decline in quality. ‘Ghosts’ was horrible. Ice Cube is horrible.

Ghost of Mars has to be the worst of his movies but by no means the worst movie ever made. I just hate thinking there is a worst for him.

GHOSTS OF MARS his worst?
You’ve gotta be fucking kidding.

Funny that people cream all over mark-missing crap like GRINDHOUSE but cant tell the real thing when a master of that type of film plops it in their laps.:rolleyes:

Shame on JC for expecting modern audiences to get it.

But then, it has always taken audiences time to catch up to…[Read more]

It’s true that a lot of his body of work wasn’t realized for it’s full potential upon release, and thus became commercial failures at the box office. They were equally misunderstood by critics.
But ‘GOM’ was rightfully dismissed, as it is a turgid rehash of a past glory: the magnificent ‘Assault on Precinct 13′. Except it’s been rewritten for the…[Read more]

Ghosts Of Mars

I would have to agree Ghosts of Mars but I like Ghosts of Mars. I just hold his films to such high standards and all of his other films are so great. That even a movie that I like has to be his worst. That just means that I like all of his work.

I can’t say that i have hated any of his films, but i haven’t seen Ghosts Of Mars, so i guess it’s that

I love [B]Ghosts Of Mars[/B]. [B]Memoirs Of An Invisible Man[/B] gets my vote as his worst film. [B]Escape From LA[/B] is his most disappointing work. Great score though:

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am-FdqYeqoY[/url]

tough call !

Ghost of Mars

Ghosts was pretty bad I agree….but Ice Cube cannot compare to the sheer awfulness of Chevy Chase in Memoirs of an Invisible Man by far and away my least fave Carpenter

I always liked the sequel. It was a follow up that had a completely different feel to it which was cool.
Speaking of which I was in Santa Monica a coupla days ago and whilst walking along the beach some guy stuck his head out from one of the beach front apartments…it was Gary Busey. :he:

:he::he: Nice!!

I’ve always liked the sequel. It’s lacking in the Arnie department, but it’s got great sequences. I love the
meat locker scene.

Hell yes ! Predator 2 is a more than worthy sequel in my opinion. It had an overall different feel to the first but I thought it was great that they had the Predator going after gangs. The opening battle is a standout, as are all the other set pieces, especially the meat freezer and subsequent chase across the cityscapes. Bring on the 3rd movie !

It’s a worthy follow-up, not as good as the first movie though. What I like are the new predator weapons. Some of the action scenes are a bit cheesy (the first shootout for example) and the setting; LA 1997 (lol).

its a decent sequel not great,but memorable.

yea it was good !from a real jungle to the concrete jungle !cant wait for the avp game coming out in 2010!!:chainsaw::chainsaw::chainsaw::chainsaw:

Predator 2 while not in the same league as T2 or Aliens etc.. Is still a good film. To cut to the chase, here’s a list of positives and negatives.

[U]Positives[/U]
Adopting an urban setting gave the Predator a lot more slice and dice options, the scenes in the Colombian’s weapon cache,the Jamaican slaughter in the apartment, the subway…[Read more]

[U]Negatives [/U]

The claustrophobic suspense of the original was sacrificed by the urban setting.

The Predator get’s owned a bit too easily in this one, by Danny Glover!!? In the original, Arnie got completely fucked up and only defeated the Predator by a spur of the moment opportunity. In this one, Predator gets shot, gets pushed off a…[Read more]

predator 2 was great i accually think it was better than the first

Great sequel.

i say yeah, its a good sequel, i love how it was in the city, but the predator got the shit kicked out of it, so, thats a downer