DISQUS

Chris · 1 year ago

A near flawless work of art this movie is. "Near" only pointing to the stuff like palm trees in the background, and California license plates. But none of that is going to take away your enjoyment from this. It's good to see you mentioned the entire series as well Robert (I'm one of the freaks who likes part 3 almost as much as the first. Tom Atkins rules!).

I don't agree with your statement though about Zombie's film. It was a piss poor attempt (choose any other marketing buzz word for "remake" here) to bring the series into the 21st century, and it failed. Why did it fail? It lost everything that made the pre-remake series such a fun watch. I DON'T need to know why Myers is like he is. It's scarier when he's unexplained. I DON'T need violence placed into the movie. It's scarier to use your imagination. And I DON'T need strong characters replaced by cursing naked cutouts. The original gave you characters you could believe in, and root for. So much is wrong with Zombie's remake that I won't go into it any further. Believe me though, I could talk on it for hours (don't even get me started on the little blonde girl playing Michael as a child, and the fact said little blonde girl grows up to be an 8 foot tall brunette wrestler).

While I understand it's a "remake/re-imagining/re-boot/whatever", and was updated, it didn't seem to be thought out by Zombie. He had Michael, he had the mask, he had Loomis and the iconic music... throw a story that would've fit somewhere between parts 4-6 (read: terrible), loosely tie those things into your standard serial killer film, and viola! Instant Halloween remake. It didn't even "feel" like Halloween for God's sake.

Okay, I'll stop now. But I will admit I enjoyed the documentary of the making of the movie. If that would've been released into theaters, I would've given Zombie a passing grade.

Don B · 1 year ago

While it was nowhere near as good as the original,I liked Zombie's version.I can't disagree with any particular point Chris made, but still I liked it somehow.I do think a remake was in order.Two years ago my wife and I went to see the original at a local theatre(she had never seen it on the big screen).There were a lot of teenagers in attendance that night.They were laughing at the movie and yelling out "BORING!" several times during the film.It was then that I realized that today's generation views "Halloween" not as the great film that it is, but rather as some old movie that their parents like.

personals3317 · 3 months ago

this is very crazt that i seen michael myers,
i would not go by him or closet to him at all.
that is crazy as hell.

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