And you purchased it you fool.
And that's where I quit. I called the game on account of Trying to Hard.
It's one thing if you are going to make a movie that really doesn't need to be made; the original Halloween hasn't lost any of its staying power and is just as iconic now as it was when it was originally released. Yet, Zombie managed to turn in a made-for-SciFi caliber production (complete with enough Grade-B actors that CHUD asked if it was filmed in the guest parking lot during San Diego ComiCon) that doesn't bring anything to series other than the thought of, "Hey, why the fuck don't I just watch the original?"
plus, why the fuck does he put his wife in it? she sucks.
And that's where I quit. I called the game on account of Trying to Hard.
And that's where I quit. I called the game on account of Trying to Hard.
Settle down.
By the way, I heard that this movie sucked, yes... but the deaths were fucking unbelieveably brutal.
My perfect cut of the movie would have the following:
The rape scene from the workprint, followed by the Danny Trejo death scene (essentially, just get rid of him hulking out of the chains and replace it with the rape)
The cemetery scene from the theatrical release
The extra shots of Laurie's mom dying
The ending from the theatrical release*
* - The ending choice was very hard, because I like both endings.
why wouldn't someone sick enough to watch a movie for "brutal deaths" just watch al-Qaeda beheading videos instead?
Meh, I've seen better. Besides, there's way too much torture-porn clogging the cineplexes already for brutal deaths to be much of a selling point.
The Smith's Grove stuff was pure shit. That little kid who plays Michael cannot act whatsoever and McDowell wears the worst wig in the history of film as he phones in his performance. You can literally see him cashing in his check.
You ever see the August Underground movies, Corny? I personally think they are kind of stupid, but if you are all EXXXTREME I think you need to evaluate them.
Sweet fuck, please tell me McDowell doesn't have that wig on for the whole movie.
why wouldn't someone sick enough to watch a movie for "brutal deaths" just watch al-Qaeda beheading videos instead?
because I'd rather see some phony bullshit than actual human suffering? think before you type, idiot.Meh, I've seen better. Besides, there's way too much torture-porn clogging the cineplexes already for brutal deaths to be much of a selling point.
personally, after watching Murder Set Pieces, nothing can shock me. well the rape scene in Irreversible, maybe.
because I'd rather see some phony bullshit than actual human suffering?
Once Michael gets to Haddonfield, the reimagining just turns into a condensed, amped up version of Carpenter's classic. And considering that the more the film tries to duplicate the 70s original, and goes from horrible to mediocre, I think it speaks more about the source material than Zombie.
is it better than transformers
Jesus fuck Willco, I think we get it. Zombie's Halloween comes nowhere near the dingy, cum-stained shrine you've set up for Carpenter's classic in your eyes. How many times are you going to repeat yourself in one topic?
I felt it was actually superior to the original. Also if you've ever been around girls that age, they do talk to each other like that.
The Smith's Grove stuff was pure shit. That little kid who plays Michael cannot act whatsoever and McDowell wears the worst wig in the history of film as he phones in his performance. You can literally see him cashing in his check.
Again, the unrated cut. They add some scenes that weren't in the theatrical or the work print. Mainly black and while shots with McDowell voiceovers. It's basically some shots of him standing around in some of the creepier masks that weren't seen in the theatrical. It really adds to the film IMO, because I thought the Smith's Grove sequence was adequate, but lacking.
It's obvious from the casting on the special features that they had better child actors (the kid who played Tommy, while not that much better, kicked Daeg Faerch's ass with his performance in the screen tests) but that Zombie used Faerch because he looks creepier. It's evident that the decision was justified whenever I watched the added VO scenes, with the kid wearing the mask, what direction Zombie took with it and why.
I'm definitely glad they took the grown up Michael Myers dialogue out of it as well, some of the dialogue was used for the actors (Scout-Taylor Compton, specifically) to respond to in the screen tests, and it was utter shit.
I see Zombie's reasoning to use Faerch, but damn, if they would have used the child actor who played Tommy, it would have been a totally different film. They could have used him and made a Norman Batesish type child character, a skinny kid who isn't that intimidating, but could have been believable as a quiet psychopath. Faerch's only good scene was the bathroom scene where he tells the principal "Fuck You." The rest of it I try to forget.
It's by far not a perfect film, but in terms of some of the horror movies I've seen recently, much better than some of the crap Hollywood shits into theatres... mainly because I see some actual decisions and work put into the film. I like the new Halloween, but I'm not about to put it over the Carpenter original. There are some things clicking in it though, and it does succeed on a level.
It's around a 6.5 or 7 IMO.
QFTJesus fuck Willco, I think we get it. Zombie's Halloween comes nowhere near the dingy, cum-stained shrine you've set up for Carpenter's classic in your eyes. How many times are you going to repeat yourself in one topic?
AS MANY TIMES AS IT TAKES, ZOMBIE'S REMAKE IS PURE EVIL