Halloween (2018)

[AreaUnderTheCurve]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Box office and happy fans (in general) say hello! 100 million and counting, go Mikey, go Mikey, go Mikey, go Mikey Mikey Mikey.!

Box office doesn't denote quality. Horror, in general, suffers because people flock to the theatres and settle for works ranging from mediocre to disastrous. That's why we keep getting stuff like The Nun instead of more movies in the vein of The Witch, It Comes at Night, Hereditary, The Lords of Salem, and Halloween II (2009). The genre is about as dead as rock music.

[AreaUnderTheCurve]

Originally Posted by InuYashaCrusade

You're doing it all wrong if you spent $30 dollars on a movie ticket.

I make an event out of it because it's one of my favorite things to do. Ticket + concession.

[Hoke Moseley]

Originally Posted by AreaUnderTheCurve

I make an event out of it because it's one of my favorite things to do. Ticket + concession.

Maybe you would have enjoyed the movie more if you were paying more attention to the screen and less attention to those 5 hot dogs you were scarfing down.

[hamchuck1]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

Can people not like a movie without insulting people who do? Jesus

We also live in a time where there's is no middle ground. It either has to be awesome or the worst thing ever. Nothing can just be plain ol fine.

[AreaUnderTheCurve]

Originally Posted by hamchuck1

We also live in a time where there's is no middle ground. It either has to be awesome or the worst thing ever. Nothing can just be plain ol fine.

I will be seeing it again, so it's possible I'll warm to it.

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by AreaUnderTheCurve

I will be seeing it again, so it's possible I'll warm to it.

Lmfao. "I'm so mad I spent money on this tripe! I hate it! I wish I didn't know it existed. Brb seeing it again."

[Creed]

Originally Posted by Gamma_Winstead

Lmfao. "I'm so mad I spent money on this tripe! I hate it! I wish I didn't know it existed. Brb seeing it again."

$30+, to be exact.

[Chaotic]

[Michael24]

Anybody notice that during the end credits, right toward the end, a song played based around Jamie Lee Curtis's improved lyrics from the original film? "I wish I had you all alone/Just the two of us." It had sort of an older country-western vibe. I didn't even make the connection right away until the list of songs scrolled by and one was credited as being written by Carpenter, Curtis and a couple other people. I stumbled across an interview on some website last night where the director mentioned he hired a band to write a song around those lyrics and that it could also be heard on the radio just before the father and son find the bus crash.

[steev210]

Originally Posted by Michael24

Anybody notice that during the end credits, right toward the end, a song played based around Jamie Lee Curtis's improved lyrics from the original film? "I wish I had you all alone/Just the two of us." It had sort of an older country-western vibe. I didn't even make the connection right away until the list of songs scrolled by and one was credited as being written by Carpenter, Curtis and a couple other people. I stumbled across an interview on some website last night where the director mentioned he hired a band to write a song around those lyrics and that it could also be heard on the radio just before the father and son find the bus crash.

Didn't one of the trailers have Curtis singing those lyrics before firing on the mannequins in the backyard?

[AreaUnderTheCurve]

Originally Posted by Gamma_Winstead

Lmfao. "I'm so mad I spent money on this tripe! I hate it! I wish I didn't know it existed. Brb seeing it again."

If I hate a movie, I see it again in case my first experience was clouded by poor mood, terrible atmosphere, etc. I think it’s fair to do that.

[sandman slim]

Regarding a sequel,

[Show spoiler]haven't they kind of painted themselves into a corner? If they bring JLC back, again, and actually do some kind of "final battle" series wrapup, then everybody will say it's what they should have done with H18.
And if Jamie Lee doesn't return, it's just another generic horror movie about a guy in a mask wandering around killing people. There's just no "there" there without Michael AND Laurie.

Maybe they should do Season of the Witch, Part 2...

[jayman3]

That's the problem I have as well. I wouldn't mind a sequel, but then again there must come a time where the story has to be put to rest. A definitive ending. Which I thought this to be.

But it seemed more of a setup/Round One fight between Michael and Laurie. In other words, this was only the 'awakening.' Hell, it should've been called "Halloween Awakening"

[buckeye1]

Wife and I went to see this this afternoon and we enjoyed it very much. I didn't quite understand the very end

[Show spoiler]when Allyson is holding the knife in the truck

.

[jayman3]

Originally Posted by buckeye1

Wife and I went to see this this afternoon and we enjoyed it very much. I didn't quite understand the very end

[Show spoiler]when Allyson is holding the knife in the truck

.

It's symbolism. In the end,

[Show spoiler]all three Strode women survived Michael's attack. Allyson now has Michael's knife which is phallic in a way. Saying she's got him by the dick metaphorically.

[Janjira54]

Originally Posted by jayman3

It's symbolism. In the end,

[Show spoiler]all three Strode women survived Michael's attack. Allyson now has Michael's knife which is phallic in a way. Saying she's got him by the dick metaphorically.

[Michael24]

Originally Posted by jayman3

It's symbolism. In the end,

[Show spoiler]all three Strode women survived Michael's attack. Allyson now has Michael's knife which is phallic in a way. Saying she's got him by the dick metaphorically.

Haha! Somebody else read that stupid Gizmodo article I saw yesterday.

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by buckeye1

Wife and I went to see this this afternoon and we enjoyed it very much. I didn't quite understand the very end

[Show spoiler]when Allyson is holding the knife in the truck

.

Legacy of evil.

[Show spoiler]Myers passed it to Laurie, Laurie tried and failed, sort of, to pass it to her daughter. But it was handed down to her granddaughter.

[jonmoz]

Originally Posted by AreaUnderTheCurve

This is a horrendous and unfettered piece of tripe with no redeeming value. Those involved should now be seen as talentless hacks who have no love for the iconic villain and his arch-nemesis. If you're going to disregard decades of canon, make sure your movie is better than those it is supposed to replace. As much flack as 4, 5, Curse of Michael Myers, H20, and Resurrection get, this one takes the cake.

There is no atmosphere. There are no scares. The acting is shite. The script is shite. The directing is shite. The cinematography is shite. Themes set up are squandered. The music is malignant and uninspired.

if you like this, reflect on your taste in horror movies.

1/5

Don't sugar coat it...say what you think fella.

[jonmoz]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

Can people not like a movie without insulting people who do? Jesus

This always the problem with these types of threads,it's just like The Last Jedi discussion,people that like the movie just tend to get on with it,whereas some people who don't like it tend to be far more vocal,and seem intent on convincing others they are somehow wrong to like a particular movie,I personally liked the new Halloween movie,but I respect anybody's opinion who did not.

Movies like this will always be very divisive,as people will always want a perfect Halloween movie,of course certain people will not have a clue to what route or script constitutes a perfect film,but they do know when one is released that it did follow a mythical formula that they never knew they wanted in the first place.