 Thanks for checking out this movie review. This is for the 2018 Halloween movie and yes it is a sequel to the original from 1978 by John Carpenter wrote it directed it and did music for it and He and his son along with one other guy who I can't remember at the moment Did also did the score for this updated one while the sequel a lot of their music is very very similar to the original But kind of dressed up a little bit and in a very good way It's very nice. They have the original music that everyone's very very familiar with but they kind of add a little extra to it And it really works well. I like it quite a bit So much like the original a score is a very very strong portion of the film So this will be spoiler-free. I don't want to say much about about anything. I don't believe in doing like spoiler reviews I believe that we can kind of talk about the movie enough that you know It can it can be enjoyed by people who have seen it and people who have not seen it without giving out any spoilers And that's what we're gonna do quick thing to point out behind me right here PJ souls who was in the original Halloween? So interesting. That's an autograph anyway How was this 2018 Halloween? So if I'm going to give it like a letter rating if I give it like between a through f I'm gonna give it a solid B. I believe I think a solid B is a good one It wasn't anything crazy new or awesome, but it was familiar. It was good There were some new elements. I know I just said like it wasn't crazy new or awesome But they they had some new elements in sense of the Halloween story Specifically with Laurie Strode. So people going into this. This isn't really a spoiler Know that it's not so much a movie about Michael Myers and you're not gonna really learn stuff about Michael Myers It's mainly a story about Laurie Strode. It's about What Michael Myers has done to Laurie Strode and how she how her life has been so it basically picks up 40 years After the original movies events So you're seeing the impact of what happened in that first movie on Laurie Strode's life and what that ended up meaning Sorry shaking because my cat's walking on the table So that's a really interesting aspect of it. So it's about her So if you haven't seen it just know that going into it So you're not gonna get these backstories about Michael Myers that you know We're in a bunch of the other original sequels. So and for that reason I don't know Some people may not like it for that reason because they might want more about Michael Myers But the thing is that's been done and it's been done a lot so you can kind of see those other movies If that's what you really want So for this one, I think overall the directing was really nice. The cinematography was great. It looked Realistic it looked like kind of gritty and there's my cat Chloe. She's making an appearance It looked gritty It was pretty violent actually and it was very like intense violence The the combination of the score while it was going on and how they shot it and how intimate it felt when there was violence happening and the murdering Very effective because it made you feel like There kind of like caught up in the moment. So that was really nice acting was really well executed Jamie Lee Curtis did a really good job And I will just say it's just very nice to see her reprise that role Especially if you really like the original Halloween I don't like love love love the original Halloween, but I like it and I really recognize its importance as far as horror film goes at least And I really have a lot of respect for John Carpenter I had met John Carpenter earlier this year was like March at a Monster Mania convention in New Jersey and I got him to sign up like a poster for the movie the thing but He had said at the time someone was asking him about Oh, how's the new Halloween gonna be and he was like Oh, trust me if you like the original Halloween, you're gonna you're really gonna like it. It's gonna be good So I heard that and I was like oh, that's cool And then you know a few minutes later. I'm thinking well wait a minute Would he really tell people if it wasn't gonna be good? So I went in kind of being like I don't know We'll see but no, I mean he was right if you like to the original Halloween you were going to like the 2018 film Most likely there are a lot of it feels the same in a lot of ways kind of not that it it follows like the exact same formula or anything But there's a lot of kind of formulaic Commonalities from the first one to this And that's nice for familiarity, but it also just goes well with the story You know it helps in telling the story that needs to be told because it's continuous You know like we're just catching back up with Laurie Strode So it would make sense that a lot of the way the original story was told would be carried over into the way This story is told because they're all together so There are some some good surprises in it some pretty good Dialogue surprises in it. I don't want to say anything past that because it's a tab at spoilery There are references to some of the sequels There's actually a bit of dialogue. I won't say exactly what it is but the kind of Jabs at the sequels in a sense and then there's a reference to one of the sequels in particular in the film that I really enjoyed because I enjoy that sequel and I Mean it's it's the one that didn't really have anything to do with Michael Myers. So The fact that that was called out I thought was really super cool because most people probably thought it would not have been called out for that reason Didn't have anything to do with Michael Myers, but it's cool. I really like it. Also. I just as I'm talking realized that People make comments like these slatted doors For closets people make comments all the time about how like how many slatted doors can you have in Halloween? And I think it's funny that I happen to have those right here. That was not intentional. It just happened But anyway, yeah really good film Like I said, very solid beat I felt like there was more that they could do with the story to like push a little bit further to get a little deeper into back Story, but I just I don't think they really wanted to do that I think they just wanted to focus mainly on Laurie and show you the impact that Michael Myers has had on Laurie long-term Not just short-term because that is something that really is missing from a lot of horror films is They'll make sequels, but they don't build off the first one or build off of other ones in the sense that They have those characters who you know will change over a long period of time. That doesn't really happen so much so For that reason it is kind of fresh To see that that take and it's nice. I mean cuz cuz in a sense it is kind of new Even though everything still feels very very familiar and and there there's a lot of stuff that you're just like well That's not you know, this is pretty typical So but I know a lot of people have said they played it really safe I think so in the sense of a lot of stuff they do in the film But the overall theme and their focus on Laurie Strode and everything like that I don't think they played it safe with that because that easily could have thrown people off and they'd just be like But what I'm hearing from pretty much everyone is that they like it. I'm sorry my cats yelling in the background So I don't know she wants to say she loved Halloween too No, I happen to see it at a drive-in theater which added another aspect to it shout out to Benji's drive-in River, I'm sorry in Middle River, Maryland Yeah, and that's a good way to see a movie like this at the drive And it was awesome and they had one of their staff walking around dressed as Michael Myers Well, the movie was going on so you just kind of see like the shadow of Michael Myers walking by the car Which was really cool So I did like that, but yeah overall solid B I liked it. Do I think they'll do anything else? No, I don't think so I will say if you're watching this and you haven't seen the original in 1978 one You definitely should do that because I have heard from some people who went and saw the movie who didn't see the original That they were just kind of like I don't really and I'm like, yeah But there's like a history and it means so much more if you know The beginning of it like especially with the way this movie is laid out So if you're watching this and you have not seen the original and you do want to see the new one Do yourself a favor track down the original 1978 Do it you will thank me because the movie is not going to mean as much You're not going to care as much unless you see that original Very important in my opinion. So Thank you everyone for checking this out. 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