Okay, I was into the whole Rob Zombie thing years ago when it was fresh, new and angry. I am referring of course to his music. I even managed to sit through the first half of Zombie's original Halloween remake and somewhat enjoyed the better, second half. I waited eagerly and with higher hopes for Zombie's Halloween 2,expecting it to be far better than the first for some reason. Well, within just thirty minutes this movie began to stink.
The lead actress made me want to turn off the television: Scout Taylor-Compton was an over-the-top travesty of plastic emotions who spent most of the film screaming. I "muted" the volume for most of her later exhibitions of teenage lunacy. Zombie has taken a classic and used its name and character make another torture-porn piece of junk. I don't believe he even truly understands the story, tension or magic of the original series/character. Sure there is a ton of violence here, but without the mystery or sense of dread present in the originals. Zombie's Michael Myers is a buffoon tromping about destroyed things, and is without any aura of supernatural wonder. Worst of all, Dr. Loomis has been completely transformed into, well, an arsehole. The character if Loomis (Donald Pleasence) is a CLASSIC of cinema and Zombie really crossed a line messing with this character. It was very hard to find anything good in this film when I realized this had been done. You can't mess with the Loomis!
It saddens me that kids today want more of this rehashed filth. It's all about flash and glam and blood and repeat. No story, tension, intelligent dialogue or mood-enhancing cinematography was present in this movie whatsoever. And no, the "dream" sequences do not count - I think someone was high or drunk and decided to throw these in to make it feel more sincere. His target audience is shamefully obvious: angry teenagers who can not see past blatant grabs at their cash and impressionable minds: What purpose was the naked chick serving as she was running around screaming? Oh yeah, she was naked and most of your ticket sales are to 14 year old guys. Next, you'd have us believe a girl who had been through everything Laurie Strode had been through would be sleeping beneath posters of Manson and Alice Cooper and acting like a snotty outcast of Evanescence? Are you forgetting that the hormonally imbalanced teens who act out like this are the ones who have never had anything truly bad happen to them? A girl like Laurie Strode would not be immersing herself in the world of Rob Zombie any more than a war veteran would be immersing himself in everything combat related.
Next time let someone ELSE take care of writing the story and stick to the camera-work.
I LOVED the original Halloween films. I collect everything Michael Myers. Yet it STILL took me three sittings on different days to finish watching this movie because it was just that hard to watch someone rape a classic for his own financial gain. This is NOT a Halloween movie in anything but name.
The lead actress made me want to turn off the television: Scout Taylor-Compton was an over-the-top travesty of plastic emotions who spent most of the film screaming. I "muted" the volume for most of her later exhibitions of teenage lunacy. Zombie has taken a classic and used its name and character make another torture-porn piece of junk. I don't believe he even truly understands the story, tension or magic of the original series/character. Sure there is a ton of violence here, but without the mystery or sense of dread present in the originals. Zombie's Michael Myers is a buffoon tromping about destroyed things, and is without any aura of supernatural wonder. Worst of all, Dr. Loomis has been completely transformed into, well, an arsehole. The character if Loomis (Donald Pleasence) is a CLASSIC of cinema and Zombie really crossed a line messing with this character. It was very hard to find anything good in this film when I realized this had been done. You can't mess with the Loomis!
It saddens me that kids today want more of this rehashed filth. It's all about flash and glam and blood and repeat. No story, tension, intelligent dialogue or mood-enhancing cinematography was present in this movie whatsoever. And no, the "dream" sequences do not count - I think someone was high or drunk and decided to throw these in to make it feel more sincere. His target audience is shamefully obvious: angry teenagers who can not see past blatant grabs at their cash and impressionable minds: What purpose was the naked chick serving as she was running around screaming? Oh yeah, she was naked and most of your ticket sales are to 14 year old guys. Next, you'd have us believe a girl who had been through everything Laurie Strode had been through would be sleeping beneath posters of Manson and Alice Cooper and acting like a snotty outcast of Evanescence? Are you forgetting that the hormonally imbalanced teens who act out like this are the ones who have never had anything truly bad happen to them? A girl like Laurie Strode would not be immersing herself in the world of Rob Zombie any more than a war veteran would be immersing himself in everything combat related.
Next time let someone ELSE take care of writing the story and stick to the camera-work.
I LOVED the original Halloween films. I collect everything Michael Myers. Yet it STILL took me three sittings on different days to finish watching this movie because it was just that hard to watch someone rape a classic for his own financial gain. This is NOT a Halloween movie in anything but name.