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Halloween: H20

Halloween: H20

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Halloween:H20
Review: This movie was not that bad. I liked. It ignored Part 6 and Part 7,but those parts [were bad] anyway. If you sit back and watch you will probably enjoy it. Jamie Lee Curtis is drunk and that is pretty funny. Micahel Myers escapes but what else is new.DO NOT watch Halloween: Resserection it just makes no sense. This was a good solid movie.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: A "Halloween" to Remember
Review: Twenty years after the first "Halloween," Michael Myers is back and better than ever! Well, not really, he's just back. Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) is now a headmistress of a California private school and she's having psychological problems. Her brother is in her nightmares and he's come back to pay his dear sister a visit. Those silly children should've gone to Yosemite. LL Cool J plays a security guard who cusses and writes poetry! Melodious! Why does the boyfriend always act tough in these kinds of movies, but never survives? This movie is a good sequel.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: best halloween yet
Review: this is the best halloween out there jamie lee curtis is at at her scary best brilliant script acting and kills

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Good, But Not as Good as the Original
Review: "Halloween H2O" takes place twenty years after the events in the original "Halloween". Jamie Lee Curtis returns in this installment as Laurie Strode. She has faked her own death and is now head mistress at Hillcrest, a private school in California. She also has a seventeen-year-old son named John (Josh Hartnett). Each Halloween, Laurie is forced to remember the events of twenty years earlier, but this year proves different from previous ones; Michael has returned. After breaking into a nurse's house in Illinois and obtaining information on Laurie, Michael has made his way to Laurie's school. Once there Michael goes on another killing spree while trying to find Laurie.

I thought this movie was good, but not nearly as good as the original. This movie did have some good parts, and some of the scenes were good, but I was left wanting more at the end. Also, this is a very short move (only about 80 minutes), and I think the producers could have done a better job if they would have made it a little longer. On the plus side, it was nice to see Jamie Lee Curtis back in the Halloween series, and she does give a good performance, as does Josh Hartnett.

I'm sure that horror movie fans will like this movie, just don't expect anything like the original.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The real Halloween III
Review: There came a point in the Halloween series where it lost its ideas and just became a hack job of films. The first two movies were great, telling the story of Michael Myers first night of terror over a collective three hours. But after a third film which had nothing to do with Myers, the killer came back as a clone of Jason Vorhees, with none of the freshness of the original film. But then along came Halloween: H20, which disregarded all but the first two films and successfully reunited the killer and Jamie Lee Curtis.

The secret to its success is how it ignores the poor sequels and brings the story right back to its origins. Forcing Laurie (Curtis) to confront the terror that has plagued her over the 20 years since that Halloween night, the film pays ample homage to the first two films without feeling like a soulless retread. Instead, it focuses on how such a traumatic event can haunt a person so harshly, their life constantly teetering on the edge of despair. Yes Myers is back, but except for a murderous opening, the film spends its first half on Laurie, on her alcoholism and her relationship with her son, now the age she was on that fateful Halloween night. And when Myers does finally show up, we're ready for him, because we know the characters well, we understand them and honestly want to root for them.

In addition to paying tribute to some memorable scenes of the original films, Halloween H20 also fits in a fantastic scene with Curtis' real life mother Janet Leigh, of the original Psycho. If you'd never seen that film, you'd never realize what the scene represented. It's beautifully subtle, an absolute surprise for a slasher flick. And without spoiling the end, the film concludes the Myer's story in a fitting way (if you ignore the dismal follow-up Halloween: Resurrection, which destroys the fantastic conclusion).

For fans of the original Halloween films, the ones that were actually good, Halloween H20 is a fantastic return to form. Consider it the real Halloween III, the final chapter in a great horror trilogy, and ignore all the others.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Well, at least it's better than 6 and Resurrection
Review: After the fiasco that was Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers, Miramax/Dimension films decided to steer the series in a Scream like direction with this seventh (and second for Miramax/Dimension) film in the series. Jamie Lee Curtis makes her return (the last time she was seen was Halloween 2) as Laurie who now has a son (Josh Hartnett) and is an alcoholic to boot. When Michael comes calling we see the aggressive side of Laurie that we never got to see which is refreshing, and it is good to see her and Mike go at it, but the rest of the film is just standard modern day post-Scream teeniebopper unscary horror mixed with the stalk & slash routines of the 80's. Veteran horror director Steve Miner (who helmed the second and third installemnts in the Friday the 13th series as well as House) gives Michael the most character he's had in years, but what is with Mike's mask? I mean we can see his eyes as clear as day, when did that happen last? The rest of the semi-well known cast includes Alan Arkin, Michelle Williams, LL Cool J, and Curtis' real life mom Janet Leigh in a cameo. All in all, Halloween H2O is lackluster at best, but it is a much better entry than Halloween 6 and Resurrection.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: You may enjoy this movie if you enjoy birdwatching
Review: Although birdwatching would be more interesting - in fact - doing anything would be more interesting than watching this godforsaken piece of filth. I would rather inflict bodily harm to loved ones rather than make them watch this movie. I want to sue whoever is responsible for creating this thing for stealing time from away from me. I actually went to the theatre to be subjected to this... this... torture! I'm sure everyone involved in the movie are horribly ashamed of themselves. I'll sum it up like so: It was not scary at all - I couldn't imagine a five year old being even slightly disturbed (wasn't this marketed as a horror movie?) It had a terrible plot. The acting was pure drivel. LL Cool J miraculously survives - why??? It seems as though the dialogue was written by a 10 year old boy who has led a sheltered life. Boring. The movie was a long bore fest that continually disappointed scene after scene. I am appalled that there are people who actually gave this movie a high rating. My only guess is that someone who receives proceeds from the sales of the DVD has been writing "spiked" reviews. I hope this review gets out so that no one else profits from this utterly worthless movie.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: If you like the movie, buy in on VHS instead.
Review: Don't bother with buying this on DVD if you also own a video player, cos the special features just aren't worth it. The trivia game is pathetic, and the featurette only moderately interesting. Buy it on VHS instead. Besides, it's only an OK movie, nothing special.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Well done!
Review: I realy thought they did a good job with this movie and i been a fan of Halloween for a while... i would be very upset but hey, its pretty good. Go in the video store and either rent it or buy it !

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: falls a notch above complete garbage
Review: although scream was a good movie, it changed how horror films would be made forever after. and that isn't a good thing when it comes to the halloween series. H2O was meant to be the glorius return of Laurie Strode/Jamie Lee Curtis and of the series itself. Wrong. I'll give you the pros and cons.
Pros:
1. The opening scene is great. The only remotely scary thing in the whole movie.
2. The music. While John Ottman ignores most of the tried and true halloween themes, he does a wonderful job with what's there. especially with the main them which for the 1st time is performed by an orchestra.
3. janet leigh's cameo.
Cons:
1. This movie completely ignores part's 4,5, and 6. that's great if you didn't like those movies but i did so BACK OFF! Just a slight mention of the fact that micheal was alive and killing during the time period between the first one and H2O would have been wonderful and very easy to put in there. but we don't even get a little hint! garbage galore!
2. Micheal's hands aren't scarred from the explosion at the end of part 2. was this movie That low budget?!
3. Micheal's mask is clearly different at many points in the movie and it justisn't good to begin with.
4. Micheal in general.
5. All the characters that appear after the opening titles and most that appear before it.
6. The fact that LL Cool J's character doesn't die. It's just stupid and serves no purpose at all whatsoever.

There are lots of other things that annoy me about this movie but i hope what i've already said will deter any self respecting halloween fan from watching it.


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