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Movie Review: Rob Zombie's Halloween
So I guess you can say I was one of the unlucky people who went and saw this garbage. I just have to say one thing: Rob, pls stick to making music as you don't know how to make movies. And it shows, boy does it ever. This film ranks as the worst remake in years.
Warning: Contains minor spoilers.
The problem with the film is that it tries way too hard. Every goddamn person in the movie needs to have some sort of background story, I bet if he had the opportunity he'd write one for the damn janitor too (oh wait, he already did). It just doesn't work because the characters' background stories are utter useless and garbage. Making Michael's parents trailer park trash was just stupid. Making his mom a stripper was even a stupider idea. Like honestly, everybody needs to be fleshed out for some dumb reason which makes the first half of the movie very boring. And whats with the dumb looking orange mask?
The other thing that hurts the movie is its presentation. Nudity? check. Violence? check. Screwing? check. Swearing? check. Uninspired cliches? Check. The list goes on and on. Infact, the first half of the movie feels like a set up for the Devils Rejects. There is no originality here. The original wasn't violent, it was moody and had tension. Rob threw all of that out and instead threw in as much violence and nudity as he could where ever possible. And the dialog is soooo bad at points you're sitting there in disbelief. The only redeeming factor was Malcolm McDowell as Loomis. If he wasn't in there this film would just be completely unwatchable. By the way, calling someone a C@nt does not make you a bad ass. Bad acting, bad script, bad casting, bad directing, JUST PLAIN BAD OVER ALL. Oh and wait till you see the ending, you'll be wanting to stab yourself a couple of times after how bad it bombs. Towards the end the movie is so predictable you just want to pop in the original and watch that. Hell, I'll even pay $13 to watch the original again.
I mean the faults continue. Making Michael talk was a bad idea. Having all of the female characters acting as skanks and swearing every chance they get even worse. Dr. Loomis's cheap 70's hair, Sherri Moon thinking she can act, young Michael wearing that damn stupid mask for the first half of the film, and nearly almost an hour before Michael escapes the prison and comes back. I could go on, but there's no point. I give this film 1 out of 5, the only 2 reasons being 1) that the mask was identical to the original, and 2) at some point the movie did finally finish. Save your money people it aint worth it.
I haven't seen this yet, but the screener is all over the internet already.
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| Originally posted by TheDemon Oh and wait till you see the ending, you'll be wanting to stab yourself a couple of times after how bad it bombs. |
i bet it's not as bad in a good way as cabin fever:
cabin fever was a comedy of epic proportions
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| Originally posted by TheDemon So I guess you can say I was one of the unlucky people who went and saw this garbage. I just have to say one thing: Rob, pls stick to making music as you don't know how to make movies. And it shows, boy does it ever. This film ranks as the worst remake in years. Warning: Contains minor spoilers. The problem with the film is that it tries way too hard. Every goddamn person in the movie needs to have some sort of background story, I bet if he had the opportunity he'd write one for the damn janitor too. It just doesn't work because the characters' background stories are utter useless and garbage. Making Michael's parents trailer park trash was just stupid. Making his sister a stripper was even a stupider idea. Like honestly, everybody needs to be fleshed out for some dumb reason which makes the first half of the movie very boring. And whats with the dumb looking orange mask? The other thing that hurts the movie is the its presentation. Nudity? check. Violence? check. Screwing? check. Swearing? check. Uninspired cliches? Check. the list goes on and on. The original wasn't violent, it was moody and had tension. Rob threw all of that out and instead threw in as much violence and nudity as he could where ever possible. And the dialog is soooo bad at points you're sitting there in disbelief. The only redeeming factor was Malcolm McDowell as Loomis. If he wasn't in there this film would just be completely unwatchable. By the way, calling someone a C@nt does not make you a bad ass. Bad acting, bad script, bad casting, bad directing, JUST PLAIN BAD OVER ALL. Oh and wait till you see the ending, you'll be wanting to stab yourself a couple of times after how bad it bombs. I give this film 1 out of 5, the only 2 reasons being 1) that the mask was identical to the original, and 2) at some point the movie did finally finish. Save your money people it aint worth it. |
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| Originally posted by m2j Damn... i wasn't planning on watching it, but this review makes me want to see it now (for free, of course or at most a cheap rental) It sounds so bad, its good. |
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| Originally posted by E2EK1EL I haven't seen this yet, but the screener is all over the internet already. |
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| Originally posted by TheDemon I actually grabbed it today, its better than the theatrical version. Plus a much better ending. |
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| Originally posted by DarkAngel Fuckin' eh. Sounds catastrophic. |
Fuck that sucks, i was hoping it would be good. I loved the original one, just rented it two days ago. Maybe they just shouldn't allows movies to be remade.
You'd think that Rob Zombies movies would be at least half as cool a some of his music videos. Damn.
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| Originally posted by TheDemon I just have to say one thing: Rob, pls stick to making music as you don't know how to make movies. |
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| Originally posted by Mortyman I read this and I didn't read any further... It's called "House of 1000 Corpes" I suggest you watch it before you says such nonesense. |
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anyone else agree?
IGN has given the movie a 0 out of 5. I have never seen a movie rated so low.
http://movies.ign.com/articles/810/810092p1.html
Basing opinion on other people's movies reviews is stupid.
Anyway, I just finished watching it and let me first say I hated Rob Zombie's other movies and have never seen the original Halloween but given the lame Ring type 'horror' movies that have been flooding theaters for the past few years, Halloween is a breathe of fresh air. I was really impressed to see that a movie I had dismissively labeled as a typical slasher flick went deep into character development. Really, what else is there?
The murders are the climax; they need a reason to occur and you have to be guided into the right frame of mind first to see why everything is happening. It uses good story telling, for this genre, to pack some scares and build up the suspense through the whole movie. Another thing I'm really glad they didn't do was over the top violence and guts spilling everywhere. It was just graphic enough to shock but not make me roll my eyes.
So, overall, a good way to waste some time and an excuse to see some bitches get iced.
I just got home from seeing this waste of time
I wish I had seen your reviews first!
I hated it, and agree with everything demon says
It was pathetic, a waste of time and a low blow to the original
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Rating
-600/10
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| Originally posted by barbina I just got home from seeing this waste of time I wish I had seen your reviews first! I hated it, and agree with everything demon says It was pathetic, a waste of time and a low blow to the original =( Rating -600/10 |
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| Originally posted by RobotHouse Basing opinion on other people's movies reviews is stupid. Anyway, I just finished watching it and let me first say I hated Rob Zombie's other movies and have never seen the original Halloween but given the lame Ring type 'horror' movies that have been flooding theaters for the past few years, Halloween is a breathe of fresh air. I was really impressed to see that a movie I had dismissively labeled as a typical slasher flick went deep into character development. Really, what else is there? The murders are the climax; they need a reason to occur and you have to be guided into the right frame of mind first to see why everything is happening. It uses good story telling, for this genre, to pack some scares and build up the suspense through the whole movie. Another thing I'm really glad they didn't do was over the top violence and guts spilling everywhere. It was just graphic enough to shock but not make me roll my eyes. So, overall, a good way to waste some time and an excuse to see some bitches get iced. |
That wasn't really directed at you specifically.
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| Originally posted by RobotHouse That wasn't really directed at you specifically. |
No big deal. I won't go out and kill my family over it.
this horror movie followed every horror cliche known to man
people fuck, there's tits.....then you get stabed (repeat)
WAYYYYYY better than resurection
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| Originally posted by Mortyman It's called "House of 1000 Corpes" I suggest you watch it before you says such nonesense. |
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