Halloween 2018

[Nole-4-Life 804]

http://www.ign.com/videos/2018/06/08/halloween-2018-official-first-trailer

 

I'm stoked.....

[BigOrange1 6476]

that looks surprisingly good.

[BlueGreySky 1032]

well i'll be damned, that does look good.

[Johnny Sack 8397]

In.  Though I had nightmares for years about the original.  Was 6 years old and my mom decided to rent it because she thought it was a movie about Halloween, not some relentless stalker/killer that appeared impossible to stop.  I bet I had nightmares for ten years or so.

That trailer looks awesome.  And I am glad they are ignoring all the sequels.

 

 

Spoiler

So that means Laurie and Michael are not related.  

 

Edited June 8, 2018 by Johnny Sack

[Red Five 41035]

Is that a Chris Pine mask?

[ScottishHorn 172]

Looks good but prob showed best parts.

[Dark Horse 2318]

Written by Danny McBride and directed by David Gordon Green.

[Parliament 14357]

 

 

I like the genre-defying move of letting the protagonist have, you know, GUNS.

[Continental Op 3934]

It was a Halloween movie.  People want:

 

1.  Michael Meyers

2.  Killing people

 

This movie gives the people want they want.  It takes awhile to get going but the back half is fun.  I feel like we've been set up for a really shitty franchise though. 

[Parliament 14357]

The trailers suggested it was a "smart" horror move that was a much a character study.  It has that, but it's more slasher flick, with lots of people making dumb decisions that directly lead to their death.  

Not to say it's a bad movie.  The mother/daughter dynamic was good and the plot twist got me.

[Continental Op 3934]

I thought Jamie Lee Curtis' daughter was horribly cast.

[BigOrange1 6476]

it was fine, but i had higher hopes for it based upon the trailers.  parts of it felt way too light and playful.

[MrBig 5480]

I wanted to like this, but it was just boring. Major letdown.

[Parliament 14357]

3 hours ago, Continental Op said:

I thought Jamie Lee Curtis' daughter was horribly cast.

Yeah she's type cast as Cheryl Tunt.

[Colonel Sanders 1377]

On 10/22/2018 at 1:52 PM, MrBig said:

I wanted to like this, but it was just boring. Major letdown.

This is pretty much where I am.

[Billy Pilgrim 1991]

Agreed that it had a really slow start. The whole podcast hosts part took WAAAAAAAY too long. The part in JLC’s house was fun though

[GhostOfTomJoad 9387]

On 10/22/2018 at 12:52 PM, MrBig said:

I wanted to like this, but it was just boring. Major letdown.

This x1000. Just got out of a decently packed theater at the Drafthouse. You could feel the pre-show buzz building. Thirty minutes in people were still waiting for a big release. The few "make you jump in your seats" moments felt forced. Everyone walked out of the theater with a collective "meh". 

[BonzoMontreaux 1114]

Watched the original before going to see this one last Friday.  Agreed that there was not much to it as far as suspense.  Did enjoy the Easter Eggs.

[MissingInAction 25257]

On 10/26/2018 at 9:32 PM, GhostOfTomJoad said:

This x1000. Just got out of a decently packed theater at the Drafthouse. You could feel the pre-show buzz building. Thirty minutes in people were still waiting for a big release. The few "make you jump in your seats" moments felt forced. Everyone walked out of the theater with a collective "meh". 

It's no Twilight.

[Colonel Sanders 1377]

Halloween 5 the Revenge of Michael Myers is on AMC right now.  It's better than 2018.

[BigOrange1 6476]

i'm definitely planning on watching halloween 4 and 5 over the next couple of nights.  feel like those are very underrated.

[TXSooner518 2439]

I rewatched 1, 2, 4, 5, producer's cut of 6, and H20 before watching 2018.

4 and 5 have some very good moments, but also some dreck-ish sequences. Danielle Harris is excellent. The mask in 4 and 5 puts me on tilt. The one in 4 has a dumb look, and a scene where it is totally different, then the one in 5 is totally different from 4, despite supposedly being the same mask (at least 4 isn't supposed to be the same one from 1 and 2). The end of 4 is awesome, and it sucks that they kind of abandoned it with 5. 

That was my first time watching the producer's cut of 6, and it's considerably better than the theatrical.

I actually really liked 2018 and thought it was a good homage to the original. My rankings:

1. Halloween
2. Halloween (2018)
3. Halloween H20
4. Halloween II
5. Halloween (2007)
6. Halloween II (2009)
7. Halloween 4
8. Halloween 6 - producer's cut
9. Halloween 5
10. Halloween 6 - theatrical cut.

I'm a big Halloween mark, but have never seen Resurrection, though the reviews are hilariously awful.

[BigOrange1 6476]

interesting.  i didn't really like the zombie movies at all (particularly the 2nd one). 

is resurrection the one where they did the reality show thing at the myers house?  if so, yeah that one was ridiculously bad.

[bschoolprof 6273]

Halloween 3 is by far the best.  

[TXSooner518 2439]

17 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

interesting.  i didn't really like the zombie movies at all (particularly the 2nd one). 

is resurrection the one where they did the reality show thing at the myers house?  if so, yeah that one was ridiculously bad.

I haven't rewatched the Zombie ones since I saw them in the theater, so those rankings are tentative. I remember thinking they were ambitious and interesting, but clearly flawed.

Yes on Resurrection.

[TXSooner518 2439]

3 minutes ago, bschoolprof said:

Halloween 3 is by far the best.  

It actually is good!  Dramatically underrated because of the "Where the fuck is Michael Myers" aspect. If it was just a random movie called Season of the Witch or Silver Shamrock, I bet it would be a cult classic.

[Continental Op 3934]

I love Halloween III and would definitely go see a prequel that gives the story of how Silver Shamrock was able to get control of Santa Mira. 

[Colonel Sanders 1377]

If I ranked this movie, I would put it above the Rob Zombie movies, both of which I really hated, and maybe resurrection.   Not sure why this movie is highly rated on RT or IMDB, it's not good.

[Chad 1728]