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Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
Cut it some slack people...
First rule of thumb when going to see the EIGHTH installmant of a horror franchise...........it's not Oscar material and it's not intended to be. I too am a huge Halloween fan, and have seen all the rest a hundred times. And yes, I was sad to see that Jamie Lee Curtis/Laurie Strode would no longer be involved with the storyline...but it wasn't that damn bad of a movie. Lots of gore, which is always nice, and some pretty good scares make it very watchable and entertaining.
I do have complaints, much like everyone else who has commented on this film so far. The one thing I never cared for in horror sequals was the notion that "this sequal never took place" and "forget that last two sequals". According to H20, we were supposed to only remember as far back as the second film, and forget about Halloweens 4-6. So now that Michael has eliminated Laurie, does he have 1 or 2 blood relatives left? John Strode would be relative #1, but do we still keep Jamie Lloyd's baby in mind or not? They try to forget so many movies that it never makes sense. Michael's gonna need people to go after in the next films (cause you know this one's gonna make $$$ and Dimension will just keep pumping them out until they either run out of ideas or Michael gets sent into space), and Busta Rhymes and the character of Sara just don't cut it. The other major complaint I have always had was how the survivors acted at the end after your friendly neighborhood serial killer (Jason, Michael, etc etc) was supposedly "dead". Let's see a sole survivor laughing and crying at the same time, eating their hair and talking in gibberish. Their friends were just slaughtered before their very eyes and they were stalked by a murderous maniac, yet they have time to make a statement or be calm, cool and collected. Give me a break. The only instance I can remember where that final survivor is totally f---ing nuts is at the end of the 3rd Friday the 13th where the girl is screaming and laughing in the back of the police car.
I spent the 80's growing up on the Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Nightmare on Elm Street films and I'm a true fan. I'll be sitting in the theaters on opening night for Jason XXIV, Halloween: Michael Myers Runs Out Of Oops I Crapped My Pants, and all the rest with a big smile on my face. You know why? Because I'm a fan, and even the loss of a major character, or a rapper for a lead or bad acting/dialogue/plot won't change my mind.
You want a fun night out this summer?? Go see Halloween:Resurrection and have a good time. 4 out of 5.
Ghosts of Mars (2001)
Not as bas as it's made out to be...............
Okay, okay, okay............I agree that the movie isn't Academy Award material, but it's not that bad. After all, it's a John Carpenter movie. He's a legend in the field of directing. I didn't go in expecting 13 Golden Globe nominations when I went to see this last summer. I expected a fun, cool, JC movie with great visuals and superior music and that's what I got. Some of his films the past few years haven't been up to the same level as his early classics (Halloween, Escape From New York, The Thing), but they all deliver what HIS fans want, not what the critics want. But something still gives me that awesome movie-going feeling when those four magical words ("directed by John Carpenter") appear on the screen. Ghosts of Mars had a great cast, especially Jason Statham and Ice Cube and it's always good to see a JC regular such as Peter Jason in one of his films. The music was amazing, which is always a staple in Carpenter's films. Excellent music from start to finish, with the opening theme a major reason. The futuristic tones and the scenes of the train make a tremendous mix, resulting in it being one of the better openings in any of Carpenter's movies. If you want to see an entertaining flick on a weekend, I would highly recommend this as a rental. Overall, 4 out of 5 stars.
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Not as bad as everyone thinks...
Yeah, so it doesn't follow the same storyline as the other Halloween flicks...but it's a pretty damn cool movie. This film has many of the Carpenter crew involved, and that right there gives it some credibility. Tom Atkins was always one of my favorite Carpenter regulars, and he is fabulous in this picture. This movie seems like one of Carpenter's own, what with the great music and the unknown ending. I am glad that they never made a follow-up to this and ruined it like the rest of the sequels to Halloween did to the original. The scene where Cochran gives his speech about his origin is classic, and the little touches of the first film are in the right spots. It does have a few bad points to it, but overall I believe this film is rather good. 8 out of 10.
Sorority Girls and the Creature from Hell (1990)
Gotta admit, I have a soft spot for this one...
I saw this movie many years ago after a party I was at. Me and my buddy, obviously drunk from the festivities, were two of a handful that had decided to crash at our friends house, and while the rest were asleep, we watched this really bad movie...but we enjoyed the hell out of it!! We laughed, even though it's not a comedy (I think), we cried ( because it was just so bad!), and overall, we talked about it for many days. Now I saw this movie many months later, mind you I was sober, and it just didn't have the same gripping hold on me. I really can't figure it out.......But, it will always be a film that I will fondly remember, so in that case I have a soft spot for it. It's also cool to see Uncle Leo from Seinfeld trying to act tough. Why he never got nominated for an Oscar for this film, I will just never know.
The Thing (1982)
Views on a classic.....
Truly a classic from the greatest director of our time, this movie has only received the recognition that it deserves in this decade, which is sadly over 18 years past it's release. Paranoia, isolation, terror, and hopelessness all mixed into one film, with a superb cast, spectacular special effects, and a haunting score make this one of the best films of all time. I have seen this movie about 40 times, and it still holds me every time. The monologue given by MacReady (Kurt Russell) halfway through the film, into the tape recorder, is one of those scenes that you always remember. John Carpenter has made some magnificent films in his career (Halloween, They Live, Escape From New York, etc), but this one stands above them all. I don't believe there is any such thing as a perfect movie, but this one comes pretty close. 9.9 out of 10