Okay first of all this movie seems to rip off Halloween 5 very much. The whole concept that Michael Myers and his relatives are linked together psychologically has been done before.
I could buy into the white horse and ghost because I just chalked it up as Michael Myers is messed up in the head and wants his family to be together in heaven. I could also buy into the aftermath of the characters, with Laurie being messed up and having nightmares. My roommate thought that Scout over acted and at times she did, but most of the time the loud screaming and constant crying from her was appropriate.
I thought that Zombie focused too much on Michael in this one. A lot of the scenes could have been left out, such as the strip club scene and the scene where he is found wandering in the film by two hicks. It did nothing to help the evolution of the storyline and was merely there to show that Michael Myers is a cold blooded killer, which is already well established
Danielle Harris did a fantastic job dieing, and I enjoyed the back and forth of Annie getting ravaged by Michael and Laurie discovering the scene. However, I thought that they overplayed her death a little bit by putting in the slow motion of Brackets reaction to her death.
However, on that note. Why didn't Rob explain that Annie is afraid to leave the house? I think he could have had Sheriff Bracket make an off-put remark about her situation.
The ending was completely ridiculous when they got to the part where Laurie could see her mothers face and have the same images as her brother. And the part where she said she loved her brother before she killed him was dumb. I can understand they wanted to turn her character evil but there are more tasteful and subtle ways to do it then how they played it out. I thought Rob should have left more to the imagination when it came to Laurie's turn in personality.
If I were to do it differently, I wouldn't have had Laurie see the images of her dead mother who she has never met and just had her kill Bracket or even better have Loomis wind up treating Laurie in therapy and then having him find her standing over a dead corpse with a knife in her hand.
I believe that Rob made a big mistake by not building up the characters a little more. Granted the ones worth building up are from the previous movie and so he may not have felt a need to give them more depth, but he made a mistake by assuming that everyone in the audience saw the previous movie.
The one thing I did enjoy was the directing shots. There was some cool camera angles and new techniques for Zombie in terms of getting the angle and telling the story.
Also I don't understand the point of Loomis being around other than to help reveal that Laurie is actually Myers' sister.
Finally what was up with the grunting by Michael? Not that I mind it but why put it in this movie and not in the last one? Have some consistency Zombie
Strengths of the Movie:
Dialogue Acting (although some may disagree) and Directing
Weaknesses of the Movie Plot Ending Sound Effects
I could buy into the white horse and ghost because I just chalked it up as Michael Myers is messed up in the head and wants his family to be together in heaven. I could also buy into the aftermath of the characters, with Laurie being messed up and having nightmares. My roommate thought that Scout over acted and at times she did, but most of the time the loud screaming and constant crying from her was appropriate.
I thought that Zombie focused too much on Michael in this one. A lot of the scenes could have been left out, such as the strip club scene and the scene where he is found wandering in the film by two hicks. It did nothing to help the evolution of the storyline and was merely there to show that Michael Myers is a cold blooded killer, which is already well established
Danielle Harris did a fantastic job dieing, and I enjoyed the back and forth of Annie getting ravaged by Michael and Laurie discovering the scene. However, I thought that they overplayed her death a little bit by putting in the slow motion of Brackets reaction to her death.
However, on that note. Why didn't Rob explain that Annie is afraid to leave the house? I think he could have had Sheriff Bracket make an off-put remark about her situation.
The ending was completely ridiculous when they got to the part where Laurie could see her mothers face and have the same images as her brother. And the part where she said she loved her brother before she killed him was dumb. I can understand they wanted to turn her character evil but there are more tasteful and subtle ways to do it then how they played it out. I thought Rob should have left more to the imagination when it came to Laurie's turn in personality.
If I were to do it differently, I wouldn't have had Laurie see the images of her dead mother who she has never met and just had her kill Bracket or even better have Loomis wind up treating Laurie in therapy and then having him find her standing over a dead corpse with a knife in her hand.
I believe that Rob made a big mistake by not building up the characters a little more. Granted the ones worth building up are from the previous movie and so he may not have felt a need to give them more depth, but he made a mistake by assuming that everyone in the audience saw the previous movie.
The one thing I did enjoy was the directing shots. There was some cool camera angles and new techniques for Zombie in terms of getting the angle and telling the story.
Also I don't understand the point of Loomis being around other than to help reveal that Laurie is actually Myers' sister.
Finally what was up with the grunting by Michael? Not that I mind it but why put it in this movie and not in the last one? Have some consistency Zombie
Strengths of the Movie:
Dialogue Acting (although some may disagree) and Directing
Weaknesses of the Movie Plot Ending Sound Effects
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