#i like the jamie storyline the masks are Bad

[mattberry]

SHIT WAIT MOVIEGATE? i’m picking

EVERY SINGLE HALLOWEEN MOVIE 🎃

i’m making my way thru them atm and so far 2, 4, and 6 (listen,) are my favs 😙✌🏻

[lightstar789]

My Final Thoughts on My Deepest Secret

SPOILER WARNING FOR SEASON 3!

Well folks. We did it, we've reached the end, and I couldn't be anymore sadder.

I first discovered MDS when the season 2 finale banner went up. I clicked on it, expecting a melodramatic love triangle. However, when I clicked on episode 69 (bad move, I know now) I was shocked to see the black-haired boy, whom I thought was the second-lead, on the ground with a bloody arm, calling out Emma for committing a series of gruesome events. Emma, the innocent-looking protagonist suddenly threatening him with a knife? I couldn't believe it. And so I started reading.

Fast-forward nearly a year later, and it's time to bid farewell to this magnificent WEBTOON. So, I wanted to write my final thoughts on each of the characters, and the plot itself. Obvious spoilers ahead, so let's jump right into it!

THE PLOT:

My Deepest Secret drowns in twists, each one making the story more convoluted as I continued reading. Emma going from bubbly, with a mysterious past, to a broken young woman who just wants those around her to stop worrying about her and be happy. Elios going from charming, to a yandere, to not even being real in the first place, to being killed by Emma, to having him miraculously survive, to be the son of Mr. Oscar. Sophie turning into a backstabbing betrayer, to Yohan abandoning his morals in the pursuit of love, and Hana being a decent person underneath it all.

While some were good, some of these twists weren't executed well, and were inherently problematic from the presentation (looking at you, DID fakeout and Yohan throwing his morals away for Emma twists). I still held out to the end to see a resolution and hoped that the DID storyline was a hoax. Luckily, Emma clarified what she really suffered from, that being hallucinations and hearing voices, and I blew a sigh of relief.

THE CHARACTERS:

Emma Brenton: Let's start with our main protagonist with a mysterious past. Sweet, empathetic, and courageous, she was loveable in every single way. Though she was witless to "Elios'" doings, she still made a wonderful protagonist. However, things take a turn by the third season. After regaining her memories, she becomes heavy with guilt, and her personality becomes a lot more mature, still wanting to do what was right in the end and turning herself into the police, after it was revealed that she was behind most of the series' main conflicts. At the end of the day, I still love Emma, and I hope she's doing better in rehab.

Yohan Lee: One of my favorite fictional detectives ever! Charismatic, funny, but also incredibly sharp and intelligent, he instantly became my favorite character. I was literally rooting for him along with others for him to end up with Emma at the end. At least, until the third season. Hoo boy. He goes from being law-abiding and kind to becoming a rebel to the system, choosing to protect Emma from the law, against his own original morals. The twist came out of left field, and after finding out how he used Sophie as bait, it really left a sour taste in my mouth. I know one of the main themes of this webcomic is that 'not everyone's as they seem,' but the justice-seeking kid turning morally gray isn't something I was a fan of. Regardless, he's still an amazing and funny character, and he's still one of my favorites.

Elios Dunsworth: Where do I even begin? I went from hating him, absolutely detesting him, mind-boggled by how kind he actually is, and felt empathy towards him. Yandere!Elios was manipulative, mean, and a full on sociopath. This belief carried on for so long before it was revealed in episode 69 that Emma stabbed him a year ago, and has been hallucinating him out of guilt ever since, prompting her to 'become' Elios to subside those feelings. I immediately loved the real Elios, which we got to see during flashbacks to Emma's past, and the three-part "Elios" arc. He was putting on this perfect mask so as to not disappoint others around him, and seeing Farah gradually help him take it off was one of the sweetest things to ever happen in this comic. Elios becoming my favorite character by the end of the series is a sentence I would've never seen myself saying a year ago, but it's true!

Hanamika: I was hoping that Hana wasn't really romantically involved with the professor and didn't frame the trio for cheating, and boy was I relieved. Authors. This is how to write a best friend character. She's blunt, yet incredibly compassionate towards her friends. I smiled when she talked Yohan out of committing suicide, knowing full well it would've worked, because it was her. She's the no-nonsense, loyal, and caring BFF that Yohan definitely needed, and I think they make a fine pair (platonically)!

Sophie McCarthy: As soon as she appeared, I knew she was going to do something bad. And I was right. She put herself down an unhealthy amount, to the point that I started to cast suspicions on her. Enter season 2, where she accidentally pushes Emma into a river, and doesn't think of telling anyone else. I pity her, because she got the short end of the stick, having been bullied, used as bait by Yohan, stabbed, knocked unconscious and entering a coma, but she still did those things to Emma and never apologized. I don't exactly hate her, but don't like her at the same time.

Farah: Literally the sweetest girlfriend anyone could ask for. No wonder Emma was jealous. She helped Elios take of his mask and remained patient for him, even though she knew it'd take a long time. She's so sweet that she still managed to feel pity for Emma when she was holding her at knifepoint. Thank god she wasn't run over by that car and was able to get help for Elios.

Nura Kim: A complete foil to Hana, Nura is the stereotypical sassy best friend trope that I have come to hate, but with a twist. She's actually concerned for Emma's well-being, convincing her to report her sexual assault case to the police, and is insanely protective of the main trio. She's extremely violent, and has literally chased and beat up Yohan once he was accused of calling Emma fat (he didn't). She also has threatened to kill the professor who assaulted Emma. While I was sure that at one point, she'd actually commit a crime, luckily, she didn't. I was pretty surprised she got engaged to Jamie of all people though, but they have an interesting dynamic. Never change Nura, never change.

Overall, that's all I have to say about the WEBTOON. Full of engaging and funny characters, yet with a morbid plot, My Deepest Secret does a good job with balancing the dark with the light. I'm sad to see this one come to an end, and I hope that Hanza Art will create many more in the future. I wish them the best of luck in the future, and hope that people remember this comic for many years to come. Goodbye, My Deepest Secret, and thank you.

[blaberid]

i (re)watched all the movies in the halloween franchise and these are my THOUGHTS

pretty sure i saw MOST of them during my initial horror phase way back when but in light of my recent re-obsession i had to dive back in...

ranking from best to worst:

1. halloween (1978) 2. halloween kills 3. halloween 5 4. halloween 2 (1981) 5. halloween (2018) 6. halloween h20 7. halloween 4 8. halloween resurrection 9. halloween 6 10-11. the rob zombies get shared last place

HALLOWEEN (1978):

i do subscribe to the theory that the original is always the best but there are times i do like sequels better so my bias towards this movie is sincere i promise.  everything is perfect, from the setting to the soundtrack to the pacing, michael myers is portrayed in this particularly charming way that is never quite fully replicated in any of the following movies. he has an air of complete mystery about him while also possessing plenty of endearing quirks. the cast of supporting characters is great also, and i love that it manages to stay classy and not rely on gore and shock imagery which is also something all the following movies failed to do. truly great.

HALLOWEEN 2 (1981): this is pretty much just the "basic" sequel, playing it safe, and straying into more slasher cliches than its predecessor. it's not a bad movie though and i do enjoy it. michael kept some of his quirkiness but it is fairly noticeable that his charm and quirks are not quite there.

HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS (1988):

this one bored me a bit tbh, i'm not terribly fond of the michael myers family plot and all the drama was kinda boring, and also michael's new mask looks like a dollar store knockoff. not to mention laurie unceremoniously getting killed off off-screen. i honestly feel like i need to rewatch it in order to find more to say about it cuz it was just that forgettable but screw that. we're moving on to......

HALLOWEEN 5: THE REVENGE OF MICHAEL MYERS (1989):

what is he getting revenge for? we just don't know! as foolish as i find the jamie and thorn storylines i ended up loving halloween 5 SO much. like when it opens with michael floating down a river you KNOW you're in for a wild ride. it overflows with 80s aesthetic and campiness and i swear they even inserted actual cartoon sound effects in some scenes. michael myers still looks like a total mess throughout the movie but honestly, for this movie and only this movie, it fits. i also did not mind him showing emotion at some point because i don't actually hate michael showing emotion in itself, i hate it when it is done wrong, and in this movie it was done right, like it did not de-mystify him or take away anything at all. or MAYBE it was just that it added to the overall goofiness of this movie that ended up being so gosh darned charming but whatever it was it was great actually.

halloween movies really haven't been the same since donald pleasence passed cuz he always gave them his 110% sincerity, like?? it’s like he was unironically going for the oscars even in these trashy sequels. his theatrics were especially noticeable in halloween 5 where his character got to interact with tina williams who is the wackiest halloween character ever and my new queen. like you know i'm mostly into halloween because i love the michael myers character but i also LIVE for the scenes with loomis and tina. that fricking contrast. omfg. absolute cinema gold. #addtinawilliamstodeadbydaylight2022

HALLOWEEN 6: THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS (1995):

oh boy i really did not like this one. after all that build-up with jamie, they kill her off almost as anticlimactically as laurie, and the rest of the movie is saddled with her child and i just can't deal with it. i find babies so incredibly grating that they're enough to ruin an entire movie for me tbh BUT to be fair this movie also focuses on the thorn plot which i also cannot stand. it really just demystifies michael and does not do the character justice. the producers cut was absolutely demented and while the finalized version makes it a bit more tolerable it's not by a huge margin.

HALLOWEEN H20: 20 YEARS LATER (1998):

rejoice for laurie is back and also the jamie and thorn storylines have been discarded! YAY! unfortunately this movie is pretty dull and focuses more on school life drama, complete with a cast of forgettable teens who would be better fit for “scream”, than michael, and also this is michael's ugliest mask yet. the chase scene among the tables toward the end was fun cuz i was like "hehheh that reminds me of how i used to play with my dog". also the whole thing with how the retconning of this movie's ending was planned? that's just bad movie making. but maybe that's just my opinion.

HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION (2002):

so this was SUPPOSED to be a follow-up of the previous movie but the first scene concludes that plotline and laurie and her son are never seen or heard from or relevant again. um... ok. what we get instead is an absolutely insufferable cast of shallow teens with zero redeeming qualities as characters, and michael still has that ugly mask. at least this movie gets the "most creative premise" award i GUESS??? it seems like michael would have a really good time in this setup but he just seemed kind of annoyed throughout the whole movie lmao.

ROB ZOMBIE REMAKES (2007-2008):

i just don't feel like talking about these separately because i hated them SO much!!! before watching all of these movies i read some behind the scenes stuff to get the context of them all, and i actually got hopeful that these remakes wouldn't be as bad as i feared because rob zombie seemed genuinely respectful in how he went about to make the movies (later edit: i ok i caught up with what john carpenter had to say regarding the remakes so scratch the “respectful” part LMAO honestly i could go for an hour long rant about what a douchebag rz allegedly is but that would mean spending more time on rz)... but yeah only a few minutes into the movies i already hated them. look. i like emotional slashers with tragic backstories, but it's not michael. rob zombie might as well have made his own story instead of messing with michael's. like you cannot make a prequel to halloween because it would just be some random ass family’s home videos. there was nothing remarkable about them and nothing in michael’s past that could be singled out as his breaking point and that..... is the point?? yeah??? so yeah i basically really hated how michael was turned into an emo kid and laurie into an edgy bitch lmao like this is LAURIE and the first thing she does walking onto the scene is making some crude joke. COME ON. also it was WAY too graphic and gory and gritty which, again, misses the point and charm of the original. come the frick on.

HALLOWEEN (2018):

perhaps the first movie in a long line of sequels and remakes that i feel like genuinely understood and respected its source material, we are now in the brand new timeline that erases ALL the previous movies except the original. this movie is not one of my favs cuz it focuses more on family drama and michael isn't even in it that much, but it is well made and the story is good, even though it does make a few questionable choices i will not go into cuz whatever.

HALLOWEEN KILLS (2021):

my favorite halloween sequel baby!!!!!!!! i saw this in theaters 8 times! it is a BLAST. it was THE movie that single handedly slam dunked me right back into the horror genre. it shows incredible expertise and appreciation of the original 1978 movie. the 1978 flashbacks are amazing. both the flashback and current masks look fantastic. it is so competent, yet it's not afraid to be fun and campy and honestly michael looks like he's having a BLAST in this movie. they really brought back his charm and quirks and showcase them to the fullest, and a lot of the characters they introduce are fun. LOVE this movie. the perfect sequel. other movies planning to get sequels take note. also my opinion is final and do not listen to critics. this movie is THE BOMB!!!!! (also did you know the movie they’re watching in the scene with the drone is “the funhouse”. it does not really have anything to do with anything but i just think it’s neat cuz it’s probably my fav horror movie BESIDES the halloweens.)

[emawatchesmovies]

My favorite movies with Chris Evans

in honor of Chris's birthday today I have decided to create a list of my favorite movies of his. I love Chris and he's been my favorite actor ever since I can remember. Some of these movies are in my opinion really high quality movies and well some of them are just guilty pleasures that remind me of better times.

1. Captain America: Winter Soldier

let's be honest here, one of the most high quality mcu movies. this was before russos lost their minds and actually appreciated steve's storyline. this movie not only gave us "fuck the goverment" steve but also a face mask kink because of mr winter soldier. natasha in this movie "chef's kiss", introduction to sam wilson AMAZING. this movie is IT. best mcu movie and best cevans movie in my opinion!

2. Snowpierce

before the tv show there was a movie, stareing chris evans. this one had me both in tears and in shock. amazing movie, with amazing cinematography, great action and perfect acting. this one was directed by bong joon ho who also won an oscar for parasite this year, so you can pretty much imagine it was a good movie. the cast is also amazing - tilda swinton, jamie bell, octavia spencer and many more! if i had to recommend someone a good movie, i'd definitely recommend this one.

3. Knives Out

ahhh this movie. P-E-R-F-E-C-T-I-O-N!!! the whole movie was one big suprise. from the beginning to the end i was wondering who the killer was and when we found out i was SHOCKED! chris's perfomace in knives out is pure perfection. let's just be honest here this was chris's award perfomace but seems like everybody decided to ignore it. on top of great criminal detective movie it was also very funny in some points hilarious. it gotta be one of the best movies of 2019 (even though i've seen it in 2020- damn you european cinemas).

4. The Nanny Diaries

guess we are in the guilty pleasure part now. but i looooooooooove this movie. i remember watching it ever since i was kid and all i can say i have good memories of it. scarlett johansson and chris evans in this movie are such a cuties (especially chris). it's a classic family rom-com but it's actually one of the better ones. it's cute it's nice and definitely worth of watching for some chill evening (worth of watching because of the fetus chris ;)))).

5. The Fantastic Four

this movie might be the reason why i have such a high standart in men or we could also call it a source of my daddy issues since my first crush was chris evans in this movie (so yeah thanks dad for showing me this movie at such a young age). no but seriously this movie might have been a little trashy (better than the 2015 version after all) but for the time when it was made it's actually pretty good. the movie over all is pretty good and i honestly believe it gave us a nice version of fantastic four. my personal favorite from the 2 movies is silver surfer (wish i knew why) but this first one is pretty good chill movie and on a bad day this one would bring a smile to my face.

6. Not Another Teen Movie

this one brings out so many memories of my early days of stanning chris evans and finding out about this movie. i recently rewatched it because i found out that the main character janey is played by the same actress who plays lexie grey in greys anatomy and also supergirl's sister in supergirl - when i found out about this i almost died of laughter and ever since whenever i watch greys and look at lexie my mind is blinded by the opening scene of this movie. it's chris's first movie so we can ignore how bad it kinda is and we can also forgive him for the banana in the ass scene. it's a complete bullshit i'm gonna be honest (no wonder why they called it that way in my country) but it gave me a good laughter so i lowkey recommend it.

chris obviously has many more great movies but these are my favorites.

if you have your own favorite movie with chris please comment which one it is, i'd love to know who likes what.

thank you for you support

[eeriehowl]

halloween sequels ranking, now that i’ve watched all of them

halloween 2 (1981) : 4.5/5

very good! the plottwist is a little poorly tied in, but reasonably so because it was forcibly pushed into the script last minute, literally. so i can’t really blame them for not doing a perfect execution. otherwise, good moments throughout highlighting the characters personalities, and the jimmy bloodpool scene is priceless. it just makes me lose it every time. keeps the spirit of the original and also brings in mr sandman as a soundtrack, which is delicious.

halloween 3: season of the witch (1982): 2/5

honestly giving it points for the androids and the creepy concept with the masks alone. the masks have a fun design too, even if simple! i want one of those pumpkin ones. ✨👀 but the main character is a boring generic action hero type and doesn’t intrigue me whatsoever. and his fellow female lead doesn’t do much for me either until the very end. the buildup to the climax is boring and long, but once the climax is reached, some fun scenes ahead at least. the yellow goop out of the androids, yesss.

halloween 4: return of michael myers (1988): 2/5

mmmm. here we go down the hell that is the Jamie storyline. i’m not a fan of the addition and michael starts getting ooc in behavior starting here. i find it weird he even targets Jamie to begin with, and no, the family bond alone doesn’t feel like enough of a motivator for his character. i missed laurie. also, he pretty much lost his stalking aspect for the most part. i liked the rooftop fight, it was a fun little concept. michael’s OWO what’s this scene is probably the best thing in this movie, lmao. felt in character with his bizarre behavior. the plottwist at the end doesn’t make sense, not with context from later movies in this storyline either. 

halloween 5: revenge of michael myers: 2/5

jamie story line continues. still doesn’t intrigue or scare me. even if a child in danger is usually a scary concept, the way it is handled here is just... not scary. maybe because of that lingering feel that’s still there from the last movie. the feeling that this is an unlikely target for michael. really takes me out of it. there are some fun and spooky scenes scattered here and there though. they subtly start hinting at michael being cursed in this one, which is a dumb plottwist that takes so much away from the original narrative of evil that made michael scary. doesn’t go hard apologism like the rob zombie remake though and keeps the whole ”its a curse” aspect subtle enough. the movie after this one though..........

halloween 6: curse of michael myers (1995): No

skip this one if u know what’s good for you. google the house chase scene if u wanna see michael fall down the stairs, but otherwise, big avoid on this one. this one goes further into the whole ”michael is cursed actually” storyline, it makes me snore. some people say it is better with the producers cut, but it’s really not. i’d argue that makes it worse. bunch of additional warnings for that one. the only thing that’s okay is that loomis is having a pretty chill time.

halloween: 20 years later (1998): 4/5

after so many mediocres and shitters, it felt nice to see a movie that did the franchise justice again. it also played mister sandman in the opening, which of course has me immediately. i liked the dynamic between laurie and her child here better than the one from halloween (2018), i felt that one was not as well handled. he had more character and was a better actor than karen’s actress. michael was back to being more of a stalking predator than the ”i’ll kill anything in my way” michael that 4-6 went with. all the laurie and michael development was interesting and their final showdown was really satisfying all around. too bad the next one pops.

halloween: resurrection (2002): 1/5

it kills off laurie on-screen early on and the acting is as sloppy as can be. i gave it one point bc there are semi funny parts after laurie’s death. it’s way more of a comedy after that than a horror movie. not good comedy for most of it. idk why they included the death scene at all, it just angered me.

rob zombie’s halloween (2007): No.

michael has rats for like 1 minute in the opening. otherwise, hard pass. gives michael an intricate backstory with a bunch of sad times, making his family shit, grasping at every straw to justify his behavior with a detailed sad backstory. this movie tries to make him an anti-hero instead of a villain, basically. explains waaayy too much about him, as john carpenter already said about it. he’s supposed to be sort of like a cryptid, this really did not stay true to that. graphic rape and violence and no subtlety what so ever.

halloween (2018): 2,5/5

the more i look back at it, the more it’s flaws shine, really. i had a good time watching it last year, but a big part of that is just bc i love watching halloween movies. i was thrilled to see laurie n michael again. but the handling of it is not great. the movie does not manage to make me care about allyson and karen, and they got a lot of screentime. i found myself often longing for a laurie or michael scene. but even so, the michael scenes didn’t feel very in character either, this one fell back to making michael a generic slasher villain. he kills everything that comes into contact with him and does no stalking what so ever. laurie’s scenes are fun however n the effects on her mental health after all this horror were believable and that car scene really HURT. also, michael’s akward creepy behavior patterns are pretty much voided except for that one scene where michael let’s this teen finish talking about his love problems for no reason before killing him. the ghost sheet over the girl was just a cheap reference to the original. of which the movie speaks of too much btw. i felt the references were very tacked on for the most part, except laurie’s little disappearing act. that was a real good one. doesn’t feel good that they’re making a sequel in the sense that it’s probably not gonna be great, but feels good in the way that i get to see my fave characters some more. 👀

[ghostiefacevix]

Since I'm out of content to post I thought about sharing my opinion about the whole Halloween franchise, movie by movie. I've watched almost all of them, I still haven't watched the second RZ remake, should change that (not spoiler free!)

(#1) my all time favorite

Halloween 5: The revenge of Michael Myers (1989)

Despite all the harsh criticism this movie gets, I really enjoy it. I feel like the storyline could be more though out but since the script was written in less than 30 days, I still think it's good enough. This movie is my favorite because of the whole atmosphere it gives off, the first time I watched it i had chills the whole time watching. Also, I really love how complex the relationship between Jamie and Michael is in this movie, the attic scene makes me cry everytime I watch it.

(#2) My second all time favorite

Halloween 2 (1981)

I personally really like this movie, it's simple and has enough information about the characters, it saitified my theorist mind (lmao). The soundtrack is absolutely amazing, I really love the main theme, it sounds so creepy and I love it to pieces. My favorite scene definitely has to be the scene with young Laurie visiting young Michael at the institution, it displays the relationship between Michael and Laurie perfectly. I've always been fond of the idea of Michael and Laurie being siblings.

(#3) one of my favorites

Halloween 4:The return of Michael Myers (1988)

This movie has to be in my top 3 favorite Halloween movies because well, it's good, it does the job. Though, I don't really like the mask I do like everything else about the movie, especially Jamie's theme. I think this movie is very underrated and gets thrown under the rug(just like H5),more people should know about this movie because it's equally as good as H1 & H2, just without Laurie.

(#4) enjoyable to watch

Halloween 3: The season of the witch (1982)

I really like the whole aesthetic of this movie and it's originality compared to the other movies. I truly despise the silver Shamrock commercial, it gets really annoying as the movie progresses. I don't have a lot to say about this movie, it just isn't as bad 🤷‍♀️.

(#5) Eh.. I guess I like this one?

Halloween (1978)

This is a very underrated opinion but I don't really like this movie as much as I should. It's just a bit too bland for my liking, boring almost. The only 2 things that stopped me from falling asleep mid way were the Scene with baby Michael and ghost Michael, other than that, I don't find it really all that interesting.. Oh and the H1 mask is my favorite. (don't kill me okay)

(#6) Not a big fan but I don't hate it

Halloween (2018)

Though this movie is (probably) the 2nd most liked Halloween movie right behind H1, I don't really like it either. I'm not a big fan of the whole "Michael and Laurie aren't siblings anymore, just enemies" thing Halloween 2018 offers, I just feel like it's really sudden and kinda stupid 🤷‍♀️(yes I know, Carpenter was never really pleased with the whole idea but it made the movie like 5% less enjoyable for me). Though, I do have to give Carpenter some credit for the mask, it looks incredible! I really like it. + Laurie is a damn queen in that movie, I stan. (don't kill me x2)

(#7) Not as bad as I thought

Rob Zombies' Halloween (2007)

Honestly, this movie wasn't as bad I thought it would be! Rz's Michael is very different from Carpenter's and honestly, he's just an Emo let him live. This Michael is probably one of my favorites (not talking about the movie by itself, just Michael as in Michael, the fictional character) because of how sad he actually is, I feel like if he didn't get pushed to this point he wouldn't be where he is right now, unlike Carpenter's Michael who's just having fun with 0 fucks given,i just think he's pretty interesting.

(#8) dislike

Halloween: 20 years later (1998)

Eh.. There's a lot of reasons why I don't like this movie. First of all, the masks are all horrible, I don't know who though using at least 4 different masks was a good idea. This movie is very uninteresting so there's nothing to talk about, really.

(#9) Despise

Halloween resurrection (2002)

I really, really don't like this movie. The mask is horrible, the storyline is horrible, everything's a hot mess. This movie just seems like a very low budget remake made by some high school students, or is it just me? It has 0 atmosphere and it all seems like a joke, especially the scene where Busta Rhymes tells Michael to fuck off, Michael would've slaughtered him in seconds, but y'know.

(#10) Despise with a passion

Halloween 6: The curse of Michael Myers (1996)

There's so many things wrong with this movie? Like, Michael downright rapes his niece in the producer's cut and nobody's talking about it? Does that seem normal to you? Like yeah, Michael is a mass murderer but he would never EVER do anything like that, especially after H5, Michael genuinely cared for Jamie in halloween 5,he was fighting the evil in him to protect her but no, in halloween 6 they have to kill off the main protagonist in less than 10 minutes, amazing. The storyline is horrible and so is the mask, the tea has been spilled.

[poresorpixels]

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)/

Halloween 5: The Revenge of

Michael Myers (1989)

gluishtuuks: return/revenge flick, Pleasence in extremis, creepy uncle, seasonal afflictive disorder, Haddonfield follies, formula soluable

This review is tougher to justify than the Ms. 45 one, which at least I hadn't seen. These two I am somewhat well acquainted with, and am pretty sure are more bad than good. Not to mention Wham City's pseudo-interactive livestreamed call-in melodrama (The Call of Warr) is back on Adult Swim for the next few days. If it's as scary, hilarious, demented and original as last year's The Cry of Mann (they even did a fantastically vapid accompanying show-about-a-show parody called Tanking Mann), then there is next to no reason to be wasting my time with these crummy sequels.

But I made this arbitrary October commitment, so I'm gonna go ahead and shovel some overdue dirt on this sorry pair and pat it down.

First of all, there's Donald Pleasence. He don't look so good. Particularly in Revenge, it seems as though the movie itself is trying to kill him as we watch on, bemused and more than a little bored. Danielle Harris is Laurie Strode's daughter Jamie, who is now a foster child, but her uncle strides past the Videodrome-for-dummies corporate death conspiracy (easily the best sequel, both because of and despite its crazy Michael-less storyline, for starters) and death itself to cut that family line. Harris was great as Furry Tom and the thorn in her McClane-redux-daddy's side in The Last Boyscout. She's solid here too, conveying more believable traumatized intensity than either film earns.

I was ten when I first got steeped in these sorts of movies, and the ruthlessly simple machinery just worked. The mockery of the more silly elements (though more so with the Friday/Elm Street movies) was often over-eager, barely containing the rising dread. That the anticipation dulls with age is a phenomenon often fixed on the viewership, but I'd argue that the blame lies more with cynically crude bottom-lining, crass presumptions of audience by the money. Horror is a genre with merit beyond watching people get butchered, but you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who'd go too far to attest to as much. No matter what you're watching, exploitation is the name of the game. But if you're producing, as is the case here, purely rote content, who can blame a viewer for glazing over till the killing starts?

Depsite some nice flourishes here and there, the Jamie saga portion of this franchise is as dull as it is anti-climactic. Particularly regarding the kills, which are all flat. The original and naturally best of the series wasn't particularly gory, but it had a lot more on the ball than anything that came after. It was working within budget constraints, but its perfect score and naturally winning cast (namely Curtis, PJ Soles and Nancy Kyes) and masterfully scored autmnal atmosphere made it work. These two films strive to recapture that original spark, but wind up feeling like drab, minor, tv movie-slight variations.

At a glance they may seem classier than the Friday the 13th stuff, but that's kind of what makes them obnoxious. They're slashers with delusions of thematic heft. The fact that they manage to stick some of their stylistic landings only seems to make this pretense worse. In Return there is a droning minimalist credit sequence comprising a series of drab, desolate country exteriors. It is a great mood setter, but when we leave these outskirt locations for the suburbs, it seems superfluous. All the best stuff happens outside of Haddonfield. Loomis gets nearly blown up at a sevice station, then hitches a ride with the boxcar hobo from Pee Wee's Big Adventure (still boozin' his cares away, but with a somehow worse singing voice and a sweet gig as a turn of the century fire and brimstone preacher). Sam actually smiles in this bit, and the unPleasence of this is mitigated by the fact that its a small relief to see the man take a brief siesta from the ceaseless wide-eyed flailing.

After that (and this holds for Revenge as well) it seems as though aping the highschool crush mini-drama of the original and endless hallucinatory false scares is supposed to suffice. Loomis would be hilarious in his stumbling mania were it not for the fact that he seems more horrific to poor Jamie than her stabby Uncle Mike. It doesn't help that, as has oft been remarked, they kept fucking with the mask to worse and worse effect, leaving one to wonder if it was ever scary to begin with. One thing's for sure, "humanizing" Michael (apparently what they were going for in Revenge) was never the fucking point! He was called "the shape" for good reason.

Even if they're roughly the same ratioed templates, Revenge squeaks ahead in the quirky teen dept. Though its anachronistic greaser boyfriend in Revenge pales in comparison to those rat-a-tat-tooie boys in the fifth Friday movie (and we have to spend considerably less time with them). But Jamie's friend (foster sister? who fuckin' cares) Tina is actually kinda charming and smarter seeming than her ditsy lines and misguided notions (including ones of neon-hearted love w/r/t the aforementioned greaser) would suggest.

Sadly, it looks like Tina's Wendy Kaplan may've never went on to anything more substantial. But here's as good a place as any to remind people that there's much more to Donald Pleasence than this babbling shrink with a gun (or the Bond villain, Blofeld). Despite having some decently budgeted technical chops (most exemplified in Jamie's nerve shredding, claustrophobic knife/laundry chute sequence in Revenge), these two are not the beat use of one's viewing time. So why not check out the 1971 film Wake In Fright? Directed by Ted Kotcheff (First Blood), its a nasty, sweaty, drunken trip set in the outback with a lively Pleasence, unhinged as you've never seen him. And if you've seen it, see it again. It's better than both of these movies combined, with a lot of room to spare.

Halloween movies ranked:

10/11

Halloween 1/2 (Rob Zombie has too much money and no/dumb ideas. shoulda just stuck with that rusty rutabega mudflap metal what made him famous)

9

Halloween: Resurrection (reality tv premise bites hard, though that similarly plotted Tales from The Crypt ep with Morton Downey Jr.* was a hoot)

8

Halloween: The Curse of MM (Paul Rudd is wonderful and all, but he cannot begin to save this tedious exercise in myth padding - but here's a clip anyway.)

7

Halloween 5 (roman numerals...

6

Halloween [2018] (I can remember nothing about this, except that I don't see myself watching it again. i guess it was loud and expensive, and wasted Judy Greer and Toby Huss. Just another cash-grab reboot nail in imagination's coffin.)

5

Halloween 4 ...are for squares, man!)

4

Halloween II (creepy enough, strangely dreary, but more than a bit sluggish)

3

H20 (the boarding school setting works and its slick cast and production values don't smooth over the grit. plus there's the weird kid from The Ice Storm that Christina Ricci deflowers)

2

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (Tom Atkins, heads exploding into bugs and snakes, mustard-bleeding robuts and a catchy jingle. Bites off more than it manages to chew, but in an uncommonly satisfying way)

1

Halloween (best John Carpenter film after The Thing and one of the best horror films period)

* "Television Terror"/S02/E16/1990

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Gothic meat for the meme

Send me a show/fandom and ill answer: Top 5 favourite characters: Selina, Tabitha, Oswald, Fish Mooney and Sofia. Other characters you like: Lucius, Bruce, Barbara, Montoya, Harvey… Least favourite characters: Gordon.Otps: Bruce/Selina. Plus both Barbara/Tabitha and Edward/Oswald ~move me but I have mixed feelings about them.Notps: nothing gets to NOTP levels, but I have zero interest in Gordon’s love life tbh. Favourite friendships: Selina & Tabitha, or Selina & Bridgit. I liked Barbara & Oswald too, but alas.Favourite family: Alfred & Bruce.Favourite episodes: 109 (Baby Batcat first meeting, and all that arc with Selina in Wayne manor in general), 112 (Oswald usurper storyline always gives me life), the ones with Fish Mooney in the creepy island, 206 (Bridgit & Selina), 209 (Ed & Oswald), 302 (Oswald vs Fish Mooney, Ivy), the arc with Bruce & Selina on the streets, 318, 401-3. Favourite season/book/movie: I think so far s2 has been the one I’ve enjoyed the most as a whole.Favourite quotes: I tend to love Oswald (and Fish Mooney’s) political speeches the most LOL. Plus any Batcat romantic moment. Best musical moment: the show has had gr10 musical moments, but I’m still not over the Rickroll in 401.Moment that made you fangirl/boy the hardest: in one of the last eps, when both Bruce and Selina where masked and trying to run separate operations and almost crossing paths. I live for that shit.When it really disappointed you: literally everything with Ivy tbh.Saddest moment: all about Alfred and Bruce in the last episodes of s3.Most well done character death: Gertrud’s was heartbreaking. Favourite guest star: Jamie Chung, Because of Reasons. Favourite cast member: I find Robin, David and Ben a delight in the few interviews I’ve seen, but Crystal Reed has owned my soul a lot longer lbr.Character you wish was still alive: FISH MOONEY.One thing you hope really happens: I want Oswald to keep advancing his political careen SOMEHOW (and WINNING), I want more Batcat, I want Lucius to have a romantic subplot, and more Tabitha’s storylines that are about HER.Most shocking twist: they did surprise me with Barbara’s SL in s2, tbh.When did you start watching/reading?: I started to watch with the pilot, but with this show I prefer to watch 5-10 episodes in a row than week-to-week, so my watching is very irregular. Favourite location: Wayne Manor. Trope you wish they would stop using: Edward’s story is getting repetitive tbh.One thing this show/book/film does better than others: I think they can capture the ~comic book feelings quite well, in terms of the city’s and the rogues’ vibes. And Bruce’s and Selina’s arcs has been perfectly IC of what I’d imagine for the comics.Funniest moments: early Ed & Oswald scenes where a delight. Couple you would like to see: I just want Lucius to have a LI. Actor/Actress you want to join the cast: can’t think of any.Favourite outfit: literally everything Sofia owns tbh.Favourite item: Oswald’s umbrella.Do you own anything related to this show/book/film?: not of this show, but I have a few things of DC in general. What house/team/group/friendship group/family/race etc would you be in?: I wouldn’t even get near the city if I had a choice. Most boring plotline: Gordon’s romantic life. Most laughably bad moment: the Isabella arc was… yeah.Best flashback/flashfoward if any: NA.Most layered character: Bruce. Most one dimensional character: Isabella.Scariest moment: not exactly scary, but the Russian roulette moment in 202 has literally been the only time I’ve gotten What’s The Big Deal with the Joker.Grossest moment: the Scarecrow episodes give a few of those.Best looking male: Lucius Fox, my husband.Best looking female: Tabitha.Who you’re crushing on (if any): Lucius is the most crush-worthy (maybe the only one lol) person of this show.Favourite cast moment: NA.Favourite transportation: NA.Most beautiful scene (scenery/shot wise): Batcat rooftop scene in 401 was gorgeous.Unanswered question/continuity issue/plot error that bugs you: can’t remember any rn.Best promo: I love the Catwoman’s suit photos from last week.At what point did you fall in love with this show/book: Baby Batcat in s1 was what hooked me, and as long as they’re going strong, I’m staying.

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The curse of Michael Myers started to go downhill and plus this was Donald Pleasence last film to be in it.It also starred Paul Rudd to play as Tommy (from the first one). I find the curse of Michael Myers to be a low down B TV Halloween movie. George B. Wilbur return to dawn the mask and picking up a kitchen knife to become, "The Shape". Also what is with Jamie having a baby at the age of 15....."GROSS ALERT!!!" To bad Danielle Harris didn't return because she didn't like the script so she turn them down. I don't blame her for that. The tone to this film is very distraught and the storyline was down beat bad. There is a producer's cut I seen it and they could've use that version. I would say skip part 6. One last question, "Why did they made Tommy into a creeper?" I give it a 4/10. . . #Halloweenthecurseofmichaelmyers #halloweenfranchise #theshape #horror #slasher #moviereview #supernatural #michaelmyers #drloomis #donaldpleasence https://www.instagram.com/p/B6LaZqQlgIe/?igshid=1hdnb1ht02eb2

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FLIX: HALLOWEEN (2018)

By Alyn Darnay

Movie "sequels" abound in the land and most are just ho-hum re-hacks of the original. They never approach the impact of the original, nor do they recapture the sense of surprise and awe that you left the theater with. Occasionally one comes by that somehow mirrors those original feelings and conjures up those long-buried emotions you first felt.

Happily, Halloween (2018) is one of those films. It breathes new life into one of the best Thriller/Slasher films ever made and truly resurrects the original 'Boogeyman.' Miraculously, it totally ignores the plethora of bad films the original spawned over the years and ties itself to the original as though nothing has happened between the two pieces.

With this film, Halloween has returned to haunt a new generation of moviegoers and thrill older fans by stirring up the same emotions the original evoked in them. I saw it happen as I sat in a packed theater and enjoyed the film with as diverse an audience as I've ever been in.

Here's the storyline…

Forty years ago, when last we saw Laurie Strode (Curtis), she alone survived the knife-wielding, Halloween masked, murder spree of Michael Myers aka "The Boogeyman." He wound up locked away in a 'fortified facility' for the criminally insane and our heroine wound up a gaunt white-haired paranoid survivalist living apart from her family in a 'fortified compound' in the woods awaiting Michael's inevitable return.

An unexpected and violent escape by Michael (played again by Nick Castle, the original actor) during a nighttime bus transfer, leaves a trail of murder, mayhem, and corpses as this killing machine makes a beeline to the one person he has unfinished business with. Who will live and who will die… and how, makes up this frightening journey into terror.

To their credit, Director David Gordon Green and his leading lady Jamie Lee Curtis manage to put a fresh face on the film franchise and provide a proper ending to the tale… well, maybe. Add John Carpenter's new/old score to the mix and you get a film that evokes much of the terrifying and propulsive suburban nightmare that was so memorable in his genre creating original.

Halloween is just a lot of fun wrapped in a nostalgic creative playfulness that's filled with scary and thrilling set-ups, ass-kicking action, some gruesome executions, and a few genuine chills.

My take… I actually like these films when they're good, they're fun escapist material not to be taken seriously. Unfortunately, most films of this type do nothing but shred the genre. Fortunately, Halloween is a true example of what a good genre film looks like. 

Directed by: David Gordon Green 

Screenplay: David Gordon Green Danny McBride Jeff Fradley 

Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis Judy Greer Andi Matichak Nick Castle Will Patton 

Halloween Rating: 4.5 stars (out of 5) Rated: R (for horror violence and bloody images, language, brief drug use and nudity) Running Time: 1 hour and 44 minutes 

Alyn Darnay is a film critic; feedback is encouraged at adarnay@wiremag.com.

This was originally published in Wire Magazine Issue 43.2018

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Film Review Rough Draft

Django Unchained Movie Review

Django Unchained is a movie taking place during slavery times in the southern United States. The director, Quentin Tarantino, uses intense gun slinging action scenes, along with a comedic aspect, that makes this movie a great film. Tarantino gets actors such as Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Samuel L. Jackson. In this film, Foxx plays the character of Django, who is free slave who is on a mission to rescue his wife who is a slave at a plantation named “Candie Land”.  A German man named Dr. Schulz, played by Christoph Waltz, decides to help Django on his journey to help his free Django’s wife. Tarantino does a great job of giving a background story for both of these characters. At the plantation, the owner, Calvin Candie, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, gets angry in one scene at the dining table. DiCaprio slams his hand down on the table, but he accidently smashes a glass and cuts open his hand. He keeps rolling through the scene with his hand cut open. He then wipes his real blood on one of the slaves faces. This was a terrific performance by DiCaprio. The last half hour or so of the film is simply a blood bath. At some points, viewers are watching this and thinking “alright this might be just a little too much blood”. It ends up being a shootout with blood covering the walls and floors. Tarantino does a nice job of showing viewers what it would be like to be on a plantation back in the early 1860’s. He isn’t shy to show cruel punishments whether it be a slave being torn apart by dogs, or whipped, or having to lay in a hot box for days at a time. There is also a brutal scene where two slaves are forced to fight each other to the death. This was a form of entertainment and a game for the slave owners back in this time period. Tarantino makes sure to leave nothing out of the movie. He manages to make a very serious topic such as the KKK, and makes a joke out of it. There’s a scene where a group of men are dressed as KKK members, and he makes it funny by having them all complain about how they can’t see with their masks on. Then they all start arguing about who made them so bad. Tarantino also did a great job of developing the storyline, and then in the end, he just lets things go. The time of the movie could’ve been cut down by half an hour probably. The shootout at the end could’ve been cut down to maybe three minutes. There are other scenes in the movie that are unnecessary. One other thing I didn’t like about the movie was Jamie Foxx playing Django. Jamie Foxx is a great actor, but he isn’t much of a gritty, tough sounding gun slinger. Tarantino originally wanted the role of Django to be played by Will Smith. Will Smith declined the offer. I would’ve said to maybe used Samuel L. Jackson to play Django. Tarantino used Jackson as the lead in his 2015 film, The Hateful Eight. Django Unchained is similar to the more recent film directed by Tarantino, The Hateful Eight. It is a Western Style, gun slinging action film with comedy elements implemented into it. It is similar to Django Unchained because both films throw out racial slurs and terms that today wouldn’t be considered anywhere near politically correct. Tarantino uses strong language in his films, so viewers today can see what it was like back around the Civil War. Both The Hateful Eight and Django Unchained both use comedic elements that will make some people explode with laughter, and some people gasp and shake their head. Overall, I thought this movie was a great film. From the casting, to the brutal, gut wrenching scenes, to the comedy elements implements, this movie had me captured the whole time. There are only a few things that could’ve been better, such as maybe a grittier actor to play Django, and also cut down some of the time of the movie. Other than that, Tarantino kept me hooked with comedy bits, strong language, and pools of blood in this action packed, gun slinging movie. I’d give Django Unchained 4.5/5 stars.