There are two genre of films that are not easy to make. These two genres are comedy and horror. We not only have to have good material and know how to handle it, but we also have to be good at presenting X-comic factor for comedy and fear factor for horror. Halloween version 2018 has a good concept and is handled by competent filmmakers, but this actually makes me more disappointed because the movie should have more fear factors than I watched this. This concept deserves a movie that is more exciting.
One of the best things done by this film is forgetting the sequel, remake, and remake sequel, which is almost half the score. All these films are considered nonexistent, so Halloween 2018 is the only sequel to the classic Halloween film created by John Carpenter. This is a wise decision. By returning to basics and making things simpler, Michael Myers returns to his nature: serial killers are crazy, without plans without emotion without obvious motives, who are hard to kill. Point. There is no additional mythology. Just like in PDKT, the effort to explain too much indeed often removes our mysterious side that we really need.
The next best thing was the presence of Jamie Lee Curtis, who played Laurie Strode again. Laurie, if you remember, was a survivor of Michael's terror in 1987. The tragedy left a deep wound. But Laurie doesn't become a depressed person. His trauma was channeled to practice shooting, building traps at home, and educating his children hard to survive; a preparation that takes 40 years just in case if Michael terrorizes again.
We may judge Laurie Parno, but after seeing how stupid the people in her village are, I call Laurie visionary. How, for the phenomenal killer Michael, who by the way now has to be transferred to another prison, the security guards are very minimal. Of course Michael will be free and ready to slaughter again. Ooh, the iconic skin mask? Incidentally there are two viral slave bloggers who wave it directly in front of Michael. No need to bet if these two bloggers will regret their actions in the afterlife.
Ooh, and of course all this happened on Halloween day. So Michael could go around with masks and kitchen knives, while no one would be suspicious. Well, maybe until they see a teenager killed in a railing.
The main point of this film is a repeat match between Laurie and Michael. The difference is, this time Michael was so old that his physique should no longer be as swift as in the last film, while Laurie already had 4 decades of preparation - well, the match that sounded less balanced. But before that, we will meet a lot of characters who basically do nothing but be Michael's target. If the goal is indeed to underscore Michael's fury, then this fails, because the atmosphere of his ruthlessness cannot be achieved, so Michael seems not so scary. Only two characters have contributed to the story, namely the son of Laurie (Judy Greer) and grandson of Laurie (Andi Matichak). But the catharsic moment at the climax, where they play an important role, seems to pass by.
The filmmaker is David Gordon Green, a capable director who made his debut with a poetic drama drama, George Washington. He then swerved brilliantly while working on Pineapple Express, a comedy film about two best friends of marijuana addicts. Well, with this Halloween, it seems he really likes to take sharp turns. But Green's slamming this time was less smooth. Not that he doesn't show his capabilities - there are many interesting sequences where he keeps some actions going on outside the camera - but presenting ADEGAN horror on the screen is not the same as presenting a horror flavor; he needs an understanding of what makes horror can attack the audience. I think nearly a dozen people who were slaughtered by Horror in Halloween were not so scary.
Obviously, Green and his collaborators in writing scripts, Danny McBride loves classic Halloween movies. Some dialogue and camera games in the film refer to the Carpenter film. He even invited Carpenter directly (who was also a composer) to contribute his iconic score. But Green can't replicate Carpenter's effectiveness. This film is the best film since Halloween first, but that is not a proud achievement when considering the sequel, remake, and sequel to the remake that makes us want to stroke the chest. Witnessing some of the special arrangements in this film, I constantly anticipate the horror that sticks out.