Well, I finished watching all of the sequels and just what I thought, RZ's Halloween movies aren't any worse than any of the others.
I will agree with MaulFan that RZ's Halloween lacks that Halloween feeling but it makes up for that by having the most brutal MM out of all the movies and a ton of reality infused into his version (as much that a movie of this nature can sustain) and for me that counts for something. I'll take that over those 2 dopey cops at the barn in part 5.
Daniel Farrand's H6 for me comes closest to imitating that Halloween feeling (after original 2) but even he admits that H6 ultimately ended up being a disaster of a movie.
Original H2 might've had Cundey back as the DP and most of the original crew but it's really not that great of a movie once they arrive at the hospital. Most of the movie involves characters opening and closing doors and just silly dialog. MM appearance out from the shadows in Dr. Mixters office is well done but just a repeat of part 1.
Seriously, it's hard not to cringe at just how dopey and unrealistic that ER scene in the original H2 is compared to the new H2's approach to Laurie's injury and Trauma treatment at ER.
In the original, Laurie had a scratch on her arm (from Michaels really bad miss from part 1 and what's up with that silliness anyways, had to be on purpose) and they're talking about how much blood she lost and all they do is stick that stupid needle in her arm to draw blood, showing it twice
New H2 is a ton better when it came to the ER scene, although I do miss the boy with the razor blade in his mouth. Original Halloween 2 was indeed accused of being mean spirited when it was released and being compared to the first one.
I didn't HATE any of the Halloween sequels, they're all watchable to a certain extent.
We're all intelligent enough to comprehend that none will ever replace the original and it's only natural that we have our different favorite sequels.
There are parts of RZ's Halloween that I enjoyed and for that I will always appreciate his contribution.
Now that he's done, we will once again be invited into another new direction and I just pray that we won't soon be having our Jaws 3D or Amityville 3D type of Halloween movie, making RZ's Halloween look like masterpieces.
At the end of the day though, I do have to agree with MF when he says that it's still possible for a future Halloween movie to be considered a classic and maybe even surpass the original but at the same time we all have every right to remain doubtful that this will take place. I mean, do I think this will ever happen, no I don't but one can never say never like I originally felt.
Someone said to me that by me giving my money to H2 that I'm guilty of making sure the series continues to go down the drain because they can just turn out more crap like H2. I'm sorry to say but I didn't think H2 was crap so I don't feel guilty of going to see it anymore than I did the others.
I didn't even walk out of Resurection like I did Superman 4
But Rick Rosenthal sure surprised everyone with his repeat performance in Res.
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