7/26/2023 0 Comments Halloween blu ray box setWhat drives a key component in the film's most would-be delicious twist. That mental disfigurement which has followed Michael for four decades is what has driven his doctor to dedicate his life to understanding him and is That propels him to stalk Laurie Strode, the people closest to her, and those who stand in his way. It's not a physical condition that drives the character but rather a mental disfigurement Michael Myers is flesh and blood that has grown outwardly old but the man inside remains obsessed with finishing what he Glimpses, quick shots at angle, that show an aged man, his face revealing the weathering of time, outlined by a white beard. The audience never sees him directly, but Green, from the outset, reveals Humanized in a way that he has perhaps never been humanized before. Rather than focus on Michael as an unstoppable entity, the character is The film is at its best in its first half, when reintroducing the world and building it from the foundation that Carpenter set in the original, notįrom the variously tentacled branches subsequent films have created. It's an interesting take, to ask audiences to ignore sixĭirect sequels, but David Gordon Green makes it work, even if it could have worked better than Precluding the need for a real plot summary beyond commenting that in four decades, Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney and Nick Castle) hasīeen incarcerated in a mental health facility under the care of a doctor (Haluk Bilginer) obsessed with his persona while Laurie Strode (Jamie LeeĬurtis) has sacrificed her life and sanity in the name of self defense and protecting her daughter (Judy Greer) and granddaughter (Andi Matichak)įrom Michael at all costs. Pretenses that the film will adhere to any lore constructed by any of the movies since 1978, though it does adhere to structural formula quite closely, Halloween proves largely successful in forging its own identity yet crafting a film that is comfortable and familiar. One and only true sequel to John Carpenter's original. The clutches of closed-minded constraintsĪnd built a film that ignores decades of Halloween storylines - including those featuring Jamie Lee Curtis reprising her role as Laurie Strode - and builds this Halloween as the With this 2018 film, Director David Gordon Green ( Pineapple Express) has done something to shake the film loose from Shape rather than honest character depth and narrative integrity. Least resistance through its now forty-year history with various stabs at creativity but largely selling audiences on a name and an expressionless Indeed, the Halloween brand has essentially taken the path of After a very successful and genre-defining original classic, the franchise veered into the standard Horror franchise fast laneĪ number of lore-building films, standalone sequels, a franchise film in title only, and a pair of reboots. The macro-level history behind the Halloween movies isn't particularly interesting. Reviewed by Martin Liebman, December 28, 2018
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