Members Roman Posted August 25, 2007 Members Share Posted August 25, 2007 From YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDXlXzWwlYc...ted&search= There are 5 clips in all, and they all been seen at YouTube as well. Next Friday, August 31st...... Be there...........when Michael Comes Home........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shawn Posted August 27, 2007 Members Share Posted August 27, 2007 I cannot WAIT. Here's a review from the premiere I found over on AintItCool.com. It's a rave. First of all, the movie. Rob Zombie, yet again, has created another horror film that pays constant homage to the original film while still making it his own. Before I continue, I have to get this out of the way: Halloween is not as "great a film" as The Devil's Rejects; nor is it as "fun" as House of 1000 Corpses. With that said and done, Halloween is probably the greatest "slasher" movie ever made and without a doubt the best horror remake ever. Rob Zombie has really matured through his brief filmmaker career and Halloween only continues that. Zombie is able to lose some of the over-the-top ridiculous dialogue to bring more natural comedic lines to the screen. He also decides to just stick (mostly) to one film stock and one "look" for the entire movie. None of the Oliver Stone-like cuts with 6 film types like Zombie used in Corpses. Just like Rejects, Halloween features solid performances throughout by all the main stars, including young Daeg Faerch (young Michael Myers), Sherri Moon Zombie (as always), Scout Taylor-Compton (playing Laurie Strode) and of course Malcolm McDowell (Dr. Loomis). While I enjoyed all the frequent cameos by Zombie regulars, they did start to get a little "kitschy" after awhile, but that just might have been because I recognized them all. Okay, it's time to talk about Michael. Here's the thing, I've seen a lot of horror movies in my young life, but I have never seen a "monster" come to life in the way that Michael Myers does in this movie. The only way I can describe him is that Rob Zombie gives a two-dimension onscreen object real "weight" through incredible camera work and some of the best sound effects I've ever heard. Zombie keeps Michael Myers (and the entire movie) grounded very solidly in reality without taking away the size, strength and presence of the main character. This probably goes without saying, but Halloween definitely squeezed by with an 'R' rating and is not for women who are pregnant or nursing, those with high blood plessure or the faint of heart. The kills might not be the most creative murders in the Shatner-masked killer's film history, but I guarantee that they are the most brutal. Like I mentioned, I don't consider Halloween to be quite the movie that Rejects is, but I'm completely fine with that. Zombie's remake is funny, intense and really, at times, quite scary, which seems to be a rare commodity in horror films these days. He's remade a classic without either ripping off or abandoning the source material, yet still managed to stay honest to the original while making it his own. Sincerely, teh.horrorgeek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sweet_VeeVee24 Posted August 27, 2007 Members Share Posted August 27, 2007 Shawn, you and I are going to have to have a major AIM session after we both go see this on opening night..... I have been looking at the promos and I am so looking forward to being scared.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shawn Posted August 27, 2007 Members Share Posted August 27, 2007 Oh this is a given. I plan on having plenty of "OMG" moments as well as me showing my true homosexuality by screaming like a girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roman Posted August 27, 2007 Author Members Share Posted August 27, 2007 Excuse me. I saw the original when both of you were not even thought of. LOL And you keep me out of the discussion?! I am depressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shawn Posted August 27, 2007 Members Share Posted August 27, 2007 Roman, you're my Halloween buddy. Remember that Halloween movie thread that went on for like three pages? That was all me and you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roman Posted August 27, 2007 Author Members Share Posted August 27, 2007 But I just felt so..... Left out. Just mean, mean, mean! Sorry.........channeled Susan from Days there for a second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shawn Posted August 27, 2007 Members Share Posted August 27, 2007 That mean mean Michael Myers. He's a vampire! He is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roman Posted August 27, 2007 Author Members Share Posted August 27, 2007 That scene does look very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shawn Posted August 27, 2007 Members Share Posted August 27, 2007 It looks amazing. I'm so freakin excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sweet_VeeVee24 Posted August 27, 2007 Members Share Posted August 27, 2007 I could NEVER leave you out Roman....Are you going to see it on opening night? If so, we all will have to get online together and talk about what we liked, etc, etc....Could never leave you out Boo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roman Posted August 28, 2007 Author Members Share Posted August 28, 2007 If not opening night, then this weekend definitely. Thanks for not leaving me out, Vee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DevotedToAMC Posted September 1, 2007 Members Share Posted September 1, 2007 I'm not interested in seeing this but good luck to it at the Box Office Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Drew Posted September 2, 2007 Members Share Posted September 2, 2007 AICN must have been paid to write that. Worst movie I've seen all year, even without comparisons to the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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