Halloween - Resurrection
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Actor: Brad Loree, Jamie Lee CurtisBrand: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-12-10
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Dimension
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Movie Review: Devoted fan of all
Summary: 5 Stars
I truly love "Halloween" as well as all of it's sequels. Some I favor more than the others, but I still love them, and watch them over and over still to this day. As far as degrading all of its predecessors, why not focus on the fact that despite your doubts and criticisms, every single sequel had you begging for more. Halloween 5 left me waiting (literally) for 6 years for another sequel. I haven't come across any other movie that I care to see a sequel if they made it. Then I saw Halloween 6. Loved it. Didn't like the way it ended, but, I was on the edge of my seat and I left the theater with a puzzled look on my face wondering how they were gonna keep Michael alive for the sequel that was obviously coming. I wanted MORE. But 3 years would pass before I got more. In between those 3 years somewhere, I heard of the producer's cut to Halloween 5. I searched frantically for it...Finally I saw it and couldn't understand why in the world they didn't leave it that way. Why did they do a re-shoot. That would not only have left Steve Miner and friends many more directions to look for a plot, but would have left the entire world in a frenzy wanting to know where Michael was headed. What was his fate? In my opinion, the ending was "genius". Where did Dr. Loomis and Dr. Wynn head from there? Sure, Donald Pleasance, God rest his soul, may have died shortly thereafter, but with the right voice makeover and some shadow work, the beginning to H20 would have been a great start to a good movie. And the man known as Dr. Wynn would have been a great add-on to H20. Especially if Michael slipped into an uncontrollable rage and killed him, showing his instability, and showing that he is fed up with chasing his sister. This time he means business. Whoever said that H20 ended perfectly, I'm sorry but "NO". How can you say that decapitating him is justification for 20 years of fear. It was too sudden, maybe seeing him burn for good before her very eyes (again) would be better. Yeah, I know he didn't die in H2 either but, that's where you can spawn another sequel without so much controversy as to how he survived. Think about it. Instead of searching and making up ridiculous scenarios, here's a simple one: "Hmmmmmm, he did survive one fire, maybe he survived this one too. I truly believe that directors and producers with the talent of Steve Miner, would have thought about leaving the ending sequence open in case they DID want to make another sequel. Since when has any "Halloween", with the exception of part 3, ended without raising a few eyebrows. Yeah, I know H20 did, but that's what I'm debating. Leaving the ending open is true Halloween style and H20 should not have been an exception. Speaking of Lindsey Wallace, where did she disappear to? Yet again, the people in charge should have gone all the way back and brought back some key players, if they were gonna do so many re-shoots. They may have been able to pull off a better plot and premise. These are my opinions. If you think about them, I'm sure we'll agree somewhere.I'm back and wanted to edit my review becasue I read it and realized that there were a couple of other parts that I would like to emphasize.
1. For all the critics (and there are a lot) out there, believe this: "Halloween" has it's own style. And it was self-made. Props to Moustapha Akkad and Co. My point is, you don't go out and get superstar rappers and models to be in a film that has built a great reputation. George Lucas might as well forget about production on Episode 2 and hire Eminem to be the young Luke Skywalker and reshoot the entire movie. Get it? It just does not fit!! What was, and still is in my eyes, a spectacular horror film can now be ruined. Just like the return of Michael Jordan, his career and legend could have gone down the drain had he not had a great year. But to say the least he did live up to the expectations, however he did not succeed them. Case and point, At worst this movie must at least live up to the Halloween legend that has been set for greatness.
2. Dwelling on point one, the director and his team should have found some unknown talent and hired them to play roles of other characters of the past Halloween's. That being a second to actually finding the same person who played in the original which would have made it that much better. The original Lindsey Wallace would have been a perfect addition. Much like the nurse in part one was the same nurse at the beginning of H2O. Classic. Even though Tommy Doyle was played by another person, it worked and it fit well. The key role players made it work because the had enough history and background to make the film work. Look at it this way. Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasance were what made Halloween great. When Jamie Lee was out of the picture, who did the weight shift to? Donald Pleasance. That bought time for more key players, Ellie Cornell and Danielle Harris to make a name for themselves and have their own storyline. Then when it was time for Pleasance to pass on, the weight shifted back onto Jamie Lee's shoulders, and I should say she carried it magnificently. The character of Jamie Lloyd met her demise early in part 6, but that was only fitting, due to the fact that she was not played by Danielle Harris. Had it been Danielle Harris that played Jamie, it would have been great to see where her story fit in to the puzzle she helped create. She was old enough to play the role of Jamie at the time of production, so why she didn't take the job will remain a mystery to me.
Summary of Halloween - Resurrection
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