Halloween H20

[HNT]

I dunno, what he said makes sense to me. He feels that Laurie killing Michael should have been the end of the series as it made good and logical sense. I actually agree with him, god help me, lol.

I also think it was a pretty good decision to make this film as if only the first 2 films happened and ignore all of the inferior sequels. Doing things like this almost always divides audiences (look at all of the negative reaction to Wes Craven's ew Nightmare) but I don't usually mind

[Jen]

New Nightmare was an attempt to make a different kind of film, this wasn't. It was YET another inferior sequel. I might have been able to ignore the continuity problem (though I still wouldn't have liked it) had it been a better, more interesting film.

I personally believe Halloween was perfect as it was, and that no sequels were necessary at all. It had a great, spooky ending, and I have always wished (though I like a couple of them) that it had ended right there. Or maybe that they had went with the original idea of just basing a series of films around Halloween night, rather than around Michael Myers. But since they decided not to go this way, they should have considered all the major events in the series (like her having a daughter).

[HNT]

I agree that the original idea of having many different plots revolving around Halloween was the way to go. Precisely why I am probably the only person on earth who loves Part 3. I still thought this film was pretty decent and I like Kevin Williamson films in general. Ieven liked Scream (though not the sequels)

[Jen]

I don't love part 3, but I do like it. And I will never understand why people didn't support that idea, no, couldn't have a Halloween film without Micheal Myers.....lol...I thought the film was campy and could have been better, but I liked that the did something different and I thought it was fun. But I guess because the powers the be decided to make Halloween II as it was, then people just figured it should continue on in that direction.

[GL]

hotnoodletuna said:

I dunno, what he said makes sense to me. He feels that Laurie killing Michael should have been the end of the series as it made good and logical sense. I actually agree with him, god help me, lol.

I know what he meant, I'm just trying to get some conversation going on in here, which you and Jen are doing quite nicely.

Cheers you two!!!

[jasonx]

3/5. I like it but, the 8th one made this one confusing. How does Laurie kill the wrong person? It was Michael who was trying to kill her right? So who was the man she killed and why was he dressed as Michael Myres.

[GL]

It's all in the beginning of Resurrection.

SPOILER: Click to show

He switched places with the ambulance worker, broke his throat so he can't speak, and walked off, leaving behind the worker in his place. When he gets out of the bag, he goes to her for help, and mistaking him as Michael, killed him. Simple misunderstanding.

[jasonx]

Thanks. That's quite clever. I prefere that they did it this way cuz if it was Jason, his head would probably just grow back.

[GL]

I certainly thought so. At least it's a better explanation than most other films out there.

[razors]

I'm undecided on what to rate this movie. Parts of it are very good, but there are other parts that (If I viewed them again) I would get my copy of the film and sit on it until it cracks. I'd then proceed to flush it down the toilet and laugh with glee as I did so.

The film has it's moments but I got kinda bored in this film. It has a good second half but the first half is a bit dull.

The ending is very cool and cleverly explained in "Resurrection".
I havn't decided on a rating as my feeling for this film go both ways.
In some ways, I like it and in other ways I would like to destroy it.
The Halloween series seems to be hit and miss for me.

Halloween was good. Halloween 2 was boring. Halloween 4 was excellent. Halloween 5 was average. Halloween 6 is pretty good. H20 is good and bad. Resurrection ROCKS.

[GL]

Well, seems like maybe you got a 2 or a 3 rating here, Razor. Parts of it make you want to dispose of the film, but then there's parts that are tolerable. EIther of those choices are for those feelings.

[razors]

Okay. 3/5

[GL]

Fair enough.

[Lazario]

I gave it a 4, but I think it's more of a 3.5. It's a little better than 3.5, but just barely a 4. So since it's closer to 4, that's what I gave it.

The first time I saw it, I wasn't overly impressed. All I could focus on was the infuriatingly tacked-on use of the Creed music. Which (almost) every single teen horror movie was doing at the time. And Josh Hartnett's emotional fits were annoying. And Jamie Lee's performance didn't seem 100% solid - until she started running from, then chasing, Michael Myers.

Halloween H20 is a film of less than 90% Solids, and that often devastates a few important scenes. The writing is an improvement for the series, but not the full jolt the series needs. Too many Scream/Last Summer-isms (slagging the parents for chemical dependancies, obvious indicators and labels for Teen-Horror Movie-Behavior, ultra-trendy college-students-in high school dialogue) and not enough exploration for the dramatic scenes, so instead it feels like the movie's just going through a Checklist of what it thinks we need to see in "this type of movie."

But that being said, it's still overall, all things considered, a big improvement for the series. And, after Urban Legend, the best Scream-inspired horror film to come out of that fad assembly-line.

[The Walking Dude]

lazario said:

Josh Hartnett's emotional fits were annoying. And Jamie Lee's performance didn't seem 100% solid - until she started running from, then chasing, Michael Myers.

Halloween H20 is a film of less than 90% Solids, and that often devastates a few important scenes. The writing is an improvement for the series, but not the full jolt the series needs. Too many Scream/Last Summer-isms (slagging the parents for chemical dependancies, obvious indicators and labels for Teen-Horror Movie-Behavior, ultra-trendy college-students-in high school dialogue) and not enough exploration for the dramatic scenes, so instead it feels like the movie's just going through a Checklist of what it thinks we need to see in "this type of movie."

Add to those criticisms LL Cool J's terrible "performance" and that pretty much sums up why i think this film is nowhere near as good as H4