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Summary: Halloween: Resurrection. GRRRREAT! (some spoilers)
Review: I posted a review here awhile ago on July 13 and it never was posted so here it goes again. I saw this movie on a Saturday and I was very excited. I knew it would be way better than Halloween: H20 and I couldn't wait! As the first minutes of the movie opened I knew that this was one of the best Halloweens ever! Around the first 15 minutes of the movie Jamie Lee Curtis has a breathtaking cameo when she finally meets her much anticipated death. Laurie's death was very well written and acted out. Meanwhile at Haddonfield University, a group of clueless students are chosen to spend the night in the house of the worlds most notorious murderer for money. The pack includes Luke Kirby, Bianca Kajlich, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Sean Patrick Thomas and two others, I can't remember their names. The two money hungry people who dispatch them are Busta Rhymes (who to my surprise does NOT ruin the film) and the very beautiful Tyra Banks, who I was looking forward to. After walking through the house one guy is finally killed and this sets the murders. Michael, who after finally killing his sister goes back to his crib and is [ticked] off to know that six people are in his house with cameras everywhere. So he starts killing everyone until one girl named Sarah is left. A reason I thought this one stood out from Halloween: H20 was because this movie finally used the original soundtrack of the first. Unlike H20 which mimicked scream and other slasher flicks. This movie had characters you like and aren't annoyed with like the characters if Jason X. Bianca Kajlich as the lead does a great job and I look forward to the sequel if she ever turns up again. I was surprised to see Ryan Merriman in a movie other than DISNEY and he did a great job also. This movie would have gotten 5 stars but I took off one fo rthe fact that Tyra Banks was killed off. She hardly did anything in the movie and wasn't used to her full potential. The director didn't even let the audience see when she got killed! Overall, this is a great movie and I recommend it to everyone. The movie ends with Mikey getting burned once more and as a women unzipps the body bag, it is very obvious what will happen, but you still jump anyway. I will without a doubt go see Halloween 9 when it opens. And I will buy Resurrection when it is released on DVD. Great movie, worth the seven dollars!
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Summary: WOW! One Of The Best Movies In The Series!!
Review: When my brother invited me to come with him to see this movie, I figured I'd be wasting [$$$] on a movie with no storyline and alot of blood and gore. But, I was actually in the mood for a horror flick, so I figured, Why Not?
When the credits started and Busta Rhymes was at the top of the list, I started to reconsider my decision. I mean a rap star as part of the leading cast? I figured, this movie is gonna stink! Well, I was wrong!
The action in the movie starts right away. That's right Halloween fans, blood and gore from the beginning of the movie! Six college students are chosen to participate in a reality internet show. The show takes place in Michael Meyers childhood home. The players are supposed to try to find clues as to why Meyers became a serial killer. Busta Rhymes is incharge of this internet program. Action is abundant throughout the whole movie! And my apologies to Busta Rhymes - He kicked some serious ...! More blood and gore than you can shake a stick at! And, in true Halloween fashion, Michael Myers takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'! This part of the series even gives us some closure, but not too much, or there couldn't be a sequel.
In my opinion, this is the one horror flick sequel that you've gotta see!!!
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Summary: Michael is great!!
Review: Most of the people who wrote reviews for amazon are idiot's to say that h20 is better then Ressurection is plain dumb and to say that the movie was horrible is even dumber.As a horror fan I like for the icon's to live on because as the movie says true evil never really dies.So keep making Halloween movies there are still die hard horror fans around!!
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Summary: so so tired of this
Review: Man what is this halloween 25 now or something. Anyway I am a fan of the first 2 films but they just kept going and going. H20 was bad enough. I will say this one was a little better but not much. The death scence where old and predictable. The use of shadows and music where lackluster. lets face it michial myers just isnt scarry anymore since the 78 and 81 movies. It just never has gotten its flare back. I had to see it just becuse I knew it would suck plus im a film student and I went to study it. The camera effects on the kids in the house was not a new good idea I thik it disteracs from the film. Hollywood we dont want flashy camera filters on our horror movies. Givn it works for some but not for this move. It should of been shot on gritty film (not quility) With more lighting effects and better background music. Thats it.
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Summary: Michael Hits The Internet
Review: I wonder if John Carpenter knew what he was doing when he released his classic original film 24 years ago in 1978?. I doubt it. His quiet, little movie has spawned sequel after sequel, some good, some not, and now we have come to this latest installment that jumps in on today's internet/reality craze. I wonder what he must be thinking?. As a big fan of these movies, I will say that I was both satisfied and annoyed with this latest entry. It's three years later(according to the film it is, but in reality it's been 4 years)and Michael is back. We learn thru flashbacks just how he survived his decapitation at the end of H20. It's very simple. No, he did not sew it right back on. Jamie Lee Curtis returns as Laurie Strode, who is now locked up in a sanitarium. Michael comes back to settle the score with his dear sister once and for all. Once that business is done, he sets back to his house in Haddonfield, where a bunch of college kids are rummaging thru it and broadcasting it live over the internet on Halloween night. ... Nothing in the rest of the film holds as strong as the opening. Not to say there aren't really good parts. The film is shot well, and it looks really good. The sound is sharp and crisp. Vancouver, B.C. where this was shot is a great, beautiful city, but it's not Haddonfield. The music is great. John Carpenter's classic score sounds really, really good here. It is definitley more effective here than in past sequels. The cast is pretty ordinary. Bianca Kajlich as heroine Sara, is the real stand out. My, what a beauty. ... Tyra Banks is another beauty who is wasted in this. She had no real point being here. Didn't director Rick Rosenthal have enough sense to use a name like her better?. Thomas Ian Nicholas from the "American Pie" films is just there as fodder. Busta Rhymes. What can I say?. I didn't mind him at first, but as the film went on he got very irritating. Sprouting inane jokes and curses all over the place, it just felt uncomfortable and out of place. Let's hope he doesn't return. Brad Loree as Michael Myers is good. ...The live cam aspect of the film starts off as something fun and promising, a la "The Blair Witch". But, it fastly becomes a headache. It gets in the way when we could've seen something good. Interesting idea, but it fails. There are a few homages to past films. Michael's muffled breathing is back. We haven't heard that since the original. The professor early in the film(played by director Rick Rosenthal)was named Mixler. The name of the drunk doctor in Part 2. There are a few others as well. I'm not gonna touch the ending. You can see it coming from a mile away. It ends in the traditional "Halloween" way. All in all, I had fun with it. There were problems, sure, but I'm willing to overlook it. Definitley better than Parts 5, 6, and the much maligned Part 3. It is useless for people to compare it to the original. Never do that. Even if it is good, your not going to like it if you compare it to the first one. H20 felt like it was made for the love of the series and for the fans. This one definitley doesn't. This one is about money. All about the money. Is it scary?. I can't answer that. Every one is going to be scared by different things. The one major problem that this movie has above all others is that you see WAY too much of Michael. It kills the effect. We've never seen as much of Michael than in this one. It definitley hurts the film. I know we want to see him, but less is better. Plus, they have returned Michael to a 'Jason' like killer. A higher body count with more rougher kills. This is not Michael. Look at the original. Oh well. At least it is better than the disgusting "Jason X". Once again, the score is great, Jamie Lee's moments are important, Brad Loree is a great Michael, and beautiful Bianca Kajlich is nice to watch. But please, Dimension Films and Moustapha Akkad, whatever you do for Part 9, don't send Michael into space.
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Summary: The best sequel outside the original
Review: So, how is Michael supposed to return to slicing and dicing after having his head chopped off? Well, the plan is ingenious. I didn't think that could be pulled off well, but it proves to the world how dangerous Michael Myers is. So why only 4 stars? What the beginning scene and you will see why. The only disappointment. The rest of the movie is dark, shadowy, and truly scary. I jumped a few times, and the theater fell into a deep silence at suspenseful parts. Too bad it has so many rotten sequels in front of it. Putting on an annoying rapper and supermodel (licking creme, yeah right) are nothing to worry about in this film. Michael finds that he has his work cut out for him in his very own house...also, what has he done in the years of isolation? The answers are here.
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Summary: fine
Review: well atleast it has jamie lee curtis again i mean well ofcourse she had to come back cause if it wasn't for hallowenn then theres no telling when the actress would have made her acting debute. i loved it and i can't wait till it's a rainy night so i can watch it on video when it comes out.
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Summary: Good box office bad movie
Review: There have been so many websites that have given this a terrible review am i going to be any different in one word no!The beginning of the movie is classic halloween and then is on a downward spiral and never looks back.This series desperately lacks the presence of Donald Pleasence god bless his soul or anyone nearthat caliber filling his shoes but busta rhymes you might better have marilyn manson in this schlok of a next installment.At times a complete ripoff of blair witch .There are a few chep scares but if the series continues it's current path i wish john carpenter still had the rights so he coud have killed michael off at the end of the classic HALLOWEEN!
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Summary: Will Mike Die in this one?
Review: It is a good movie but the thing is Michael Myers won't die.He dosn't die,he can get shot,crushed,or stabbed and he won't die.OK,I guess that once you hear a rapper is the mane star your going to think he's going to be stupid,well he's not he's actually not.He acts ok,he's not like DMX or Ja Rule,he's cool.If you have seen this you must be stummped like me,why is Jamie Lee Curtis considered the main star.I don't want to give it away but if you see it you'll see why Jamie Lee Curtis shouldn't be the main star.This is a great movie,it's intense,thrilling,horrifying,and scary,every thing a horror movie needs.What I don't get is that people think Michael Myers is so scary.It's just a mask,I could look scaryer if I punched myself in the face.In the first Halloween when Jamie Lee Curtis is in the closit she pulls of half of his mask and he's a normal guy until the doctor shoots him.So it's a great movie,a little cheesy but a great movie.Go see it before it's out of theaters.I'm warning you.
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Summary: Why did I spend the $7.00 to see this movie?
Review: First of all, let me say I am a great fan of the original John Carpenter film. "H2" was okay, 3-6 (we'll just skip those), "H20" finally was a worthy sequel. I thought, "Yes, they finished the series with a decent ending. Jamie Lee Curtis did her swan song to these films. It's over... let the boogeyman RIP". Well, those greedy cash cows at Miramax, had to 'resurrect' Michael Myers one last time in order to suck the hard earned money from the fists of teenagers and curious fans like you and me. The only reason I went to the film is because of Jamie Lee Curtis. The marketing geniuses at Miramax/Dimension hyped her involvement with the film and so I was like, "Okay, they must be doing something worthwhile because she said she would NOT do another film after H2O". Although she appears briefly in this film and her appearence is a strong one, she and her character and all that H2O stood for is wasted..... and I hope they paid her extremely well because she deserves it!!! I can see why she didn't attend the premiere!! Then we segueway into the remainder of the film, the reality TV-webcast headed by Busta Rhymes and Tyra (I'm just here to dance, make a cappucino, drink red wine, give a high-five, and be found dead later on) Banks. Busta and Tyra are entrepreneurs hoping to cash in (wow, what a concept!) on reality based shows and have 6 college students spend the night in the Myers home. You have your stereotypical characters: brainy heroine, ditzy blond, repressed intellectual..., smarmy wanna-be lothario (I wonder how much Thomas Ian Nicholas got paid for this), bad-boy music major, and smart-aleck culinary student. After your typical 'scare that really isn't a scare that leads up to a scare', you pretty much know what's up. Rick ("H2") Rosenthal directed the film and probably wasn't given much to work with and I can understand why.... even the re-writes and re-shoots to try and 'improve' the film didn't do just that. And of course, the door is open for "H9".... why, why, why!! The basic theme most horror films are going for now are let's just do something to bring the money in.... and let's face it, these films have no real artistic merit, there's no brain power behind it..... the lack of human imagination is gone. Now don't get me wrong, films like Hitchcock's "Psycho", "The Spiral Staircase", and "Sorry, Wrong Number" are classic films that have actual suspense and dimension. "Halloween" (the original) paid homage to these classic films.... the build-up of suspense, imagination playing tricks on the viewer.... it wasn't "Let's see how gorey we can be"!! If there is "H9" (and producers are hoping Josh Hartnett becomes affordable), do something to end the series... close it, it's done... Carpenter didn't want to do sequels to his original film. Follow his lead!!! "Halloween: Resurrection" is strictly for those genre fans only.
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