Halloween (2018) - 6.5/10
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You may be shocked to see the rating be as low as it is given the hype I gave the film. It unfortunately let me down. Don't get me wrong, there were moments I absolutely enjoyed. In fact, there were a couple scenes that were extremely memorable. However, given the hype that was built up to this movie, and how it was Carpenter's and Curtis' last attempt to finally putting the franchise to rest, it did one thing that will irritate me until the end of time....Closure. Or in better words, the lack of.
I thought the beginning was fantastic. Middle was okish (thought they showed Michael far too many times. One of the great things about the original, were the brief glimpses we saw of him. In this film, there were multiple POV's of Michael that kind of ruined the eeriness for me.) You see Michael's real face a few times too, but that really didn't bother me. The ending was both incredible and disappointing. Ill get to that.
I thought they did a decent attempt to capture the same tone as the original, however there were far too many cheesy/generic modern day themes that ruined it. There was a combination of great characters and poor characters. Jamie Lee Curtis yet again stole the show. The doctor was a decent addition, but left many question marks regarding his intentions. Why did he kill the sheriff? Why did he let Michael free? Was he the one who taught him to drive in the original? Why is he so interested in Michael? So many questions left unanswered and Michael bloody kills him off before we even know his backstory. Some characters seriously served no purpose. Like the granddaughter. Was there even a point to her? I know she's holding the knife at the end, but you could have literally made the film without her and it would of made no difference.
The fight/chase scene between Michael and Laurie was fantastic. Bar none the best scene in the film. The first memorable moment was when Laurie pulled a "Michael", when she vanishes from his sight. The other of which was when both Laurie and her daughter trap Michael in the cage. The flames start to infuse the room, and you get a very hair-raising scene of Michael just staring at them while the flames burn behind him. That one will go down as one of the best scenes of the franchise.
However, that is where it ends. No big unmask reveal. No moment where Laurie embraces Michael for the final time before killing him. No Michael speaking. Nothing. In fact, at the very end, you seen the burning room and Michael isn't even there? Laurie just traps him in the cage, burns the house down and drives off with her daughter and granddaughter, with the camera then moving closer to the granddaughters hand holding the knife that stabbed Michael. Then the film ends. If this was supposedly the last film of the franchise, there was quite literally no closure. And for that reason, I gave it such a low score.
What pisses me off, is that this will inevitably lead to one film, and another, then another, and another. We wanted one film. One film only. One that had closure, and we didn't get it.