hylian_elf wrote:Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas - his easy top 3. The Departed and Shutter Island are good too. No Irishman in my top 5 Scorseses.
davyK wrote:It is indeed. Top stuff. And a young Kim Catrall is a bonus.
djchump wrote:Love how Carpenter inverted so many white western action hero tropes.
davyK wrote:Just back from cinema where we watched Halloween Kills which is what you think it would be - a selection of gory deaths fitted into a nonsensical script. But it's fine for a Halloween night and at 100mins goes by quickly.
It actually almost becomes a pretty good film in places - there's a mob scene that strikes a chord in these chaotic times. But it is what it is. There's a sequel for next year (surprise, surprise) and we will probably go and see it on Halloween night.
ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:I got more excited to see Halloween Kills when I heard Jim Cummings was in it. Webbins knows who I'm talking about. Been meaning to watch his werewolf movie for a while plus he has a new one out called the beta test which sounds interesting
Thinking about it now that whole crowd/mob aspect of the film was an interesting idea. The film felt a bit all over the place in the first 20mins or so but once it settled down it got better. I'm not really a fan of the slasher genre (I've only ever watched the original in this series for example) but it was enjoyable.Webbins wrote:My sister and I saw it Saturday. I enjoyed it, loved the kills and stylistically I thought it was strong. Flawed no doubt, I felt it served purely as a bridge to next year's Ends but I left the cinema wanting to watch it again. Michael is still cool as fuck and I think David Gordon Green has retained the core of the character, tried to extend certain traits without jumping the shark.Just back from cinema where we watched Halloween Kills which is what you think it would be - a selection of gory deaths fitted into a nonsensical script. But it's fine for a Halloween night and at 100mins goes by quickly. It actually almost becomes a pretty good film in places - there's a mob scene that strikes a chord in these chaotic times. But it is what it is. There's a sequel for next year (surprise, surprise) and we will probably go and see it on Halloween night.
Webbins wrote:You might be disappointed, his part is minor. Thunder Road though, great film.ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:I got more excited to see Halloween Kills when I heard Jim Cummings was in it. Webbins knows who I'm talking about. Been meaning to watch his werewolf movie for a while plus he has a new one out called the beta test which sounds interesting
g.man wrote:I was channel-hopping the other night and came across the last twenty minutes of Carpenter's OG Halloween. 40-odd years later, and fuck me, it's still an absolute masterclass in tension. The direction, the cinematography, the music, it really does knock it out the park.
ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:Sorry didn't realise that was too obscure an Aussie-ism. But yes, means it's proper grouse.
The score really was a work of absolute genius.davyK wrote:It's a classic OK. It takes a while to get going perhaps but I consider it a keeper - one of the few I have on BluRay.g.man wrote:I was channel-hopping the other night and came across the last twenty minutes of Carpenter's OG Halloween. 40-odd years later, and fuck me, it's still an absolute masterclass in tension. The direction, the cinematography, the music, it really does knock it out the park.
ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:Webbins wrote:You might be disappointed, his part is minor. Thunder Road though, great film.ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:I got more excited to see Halloween Kills when I heard Jim Cummings was in it. Webbins knows who I'm talking about. Been meaning to watch his werewolf movie for a while plus he has a new one out called the beta test which sounds interesting
Probably the best sequence for me.
105. Halloween Kills
Made it a double feature with Antlers and it was nice to watch something that was competent. Not sure I bought the whole mob thing and I can't help but feel that Michael shouldn't really revel in the pain of his kills which seemed more for the gorehound audience than to aid in the film. I need to rewatch the original but I feel he just 'got the job done'. Some more stupid decision moments in this but Antlers also made them feel less egregious.
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Could be maybe a 6 even, not that it really matters. I enjoyed it enough. Had the whole cinema to myself too so that was awesome. Soundtrack was the best bit of the movie by far though.
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