K.D

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5

I expected to get some questions answered and I got almost none of them answered. To say a few:

-Why did Thomas do what he did and more importantly what did he do? This was not elaborated on at all other than the few vague lines and scenes we got on the 1st movie
-Why/How did Thomas and Theresa end up in the maze?
-Was WCKD good or bad? (Maybe this was let up to the viewer)
-What was the whole point of attacking the city other than cool explosions and action shots? This didn’t seem to be a major plot point especially with Thomas being there, Also, who was Lawrence? and why purpose did he serve other than none?
-How did no one at WCKD know about Thomas’s “special immunity”? You’d think they’d test their employees before hiring them given the circumstances.
-Why did it seem like not everyone was on the same page about the cure? That was the purpose of WCKD right?
-Why did Theresa even “betray” them in the first place? I get she just wanted to find a cure but what?

I feel like it had potential but it just devolved into mostly mindless action scenes and facepalm moments ( Like Theresa’s death I mean COME ON ) that just watered down the conclusion of a story that had so much potential and had me so interested in the beginning although I will admit Gally's return did surprise me. Nevertheless we never got the Thomas/Ava moment I was hoping for which, in turn, could have also lead to some of explanations to the above questions. Some of the side characters are just there to tug hearts ( RIP Newt ) or to just be there so you have some known faces to look at. All in all not a terrible conclusion to the saga but also not a great one… Just a cliché fest which comes expected with this sort of source material so no mayor points docked there for my taste. Kudos for the VFX, Some of the score and the Direction.

1>3>2

P.S The bus crane scene has been added to my not-even-a-tiny-bit-belivable scenes list cause I don’t care how much movies play around with stuff like physics but they gotta at least try for me. I’m sorry, all of those kids would have died.

What a disappointing end to the Halloween reboot trilogy. Halloween Kills was so unbelievably good that I was excited to see what's next, it turns out that this film is vastly different. I'm aware that the filmmakers wanted to try different approach with this final entry but I wasn't expecting this messy. It's more of a drama, villain origin story, dark romance with some slashing. Definitely not an easy task to pull this off, but you can clearly see the struggle. The focus shifts on this new kid's descent into darkness which largely feels underdeveloped and hollow, with some super corny romance thrown in, cornier than people chanting 'evil dies tonight'. I find it super weird and get so frustrated because of how the kid got the main focus when this film is supposed to finish Laurie and Michael story which started a long time ago. Also, the romance part feels forced, downright cringy and unnecessary. Like seriously, who thought that it was a good idea?! The slashing is brutal and fun, at least, although you won't see the incredibly menacing Michael Myers like in the previous film. It honestly makes me appreciate Halloween Kills more since that one is the most 'slasher' out of 3.

This movie was an excellent requel to the original!

• New cast was great! The twins were underused but funny and Mindy’s monologue about requels was hilarious! I hope they are back for the sequel.

• Jenna Ortega was the standout from the start with her elevated horror and her screaming “fuck” at the caller. She’s a scream queen in the making!

• The kills in the movie were so good and brutal!

• Judy and Wes deaths were greatly executed. The fakeouts for the Wes kill were intense and capped off with my favourite kill of the movie!

• The original cast were kinda underused but well-placed in the story. Dewey dying after surviving so much shit over the last 4 made me sad.

• The reveals were kinda predictable but the ending still works with the commentary on toxic fandom.

• I honestly thought there will be 3 killers this time. I went with Amber and the twins because I thought they wouldn’t try to do the boyfriend twist again.

Another great entry to the Scream series! The movie had some really good jokes in it and the kills were well done. The directors really understood what made Scream great and did their own thing while respecting the series. If there’s a sequel, they have to be back!

Onto the halfway point in the Halloween franchise, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers. This film is a direct sequel to the fourth film, containing all the essential and main characters from the last movie as they further the story of Michael Myers…a story that has long overstayed its welcome, but here we are. Comparing the fourth and fifth film, I can say I like this one better, but not by a large margin. As I review it, I’m going to try to explain why. So, let’s get into it.

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers shows how, once again, Michael Myers narrowly escaped what everyone in the audience already assumed was his actual death. It actually made sense too, because the newly introduced Jamie could have, and maybe should have, taken over his identity. The fourth movie ended coming full circle and teased the idea that Jamie may, in fact, be just as evil as Michael was as a child – but when you watch this movie, you realize that isn’t the case. After Michael survives the ordeal, he goes into a coma for a year, waking up at surprise, surprise, Halloween time…where he…stalks Jamie again. Only this time, she has a psychic link to him for some reason.

As I’ve mentioned, I like this movie more than the fourth…but why? On a completely technical side of things, the fourth movie may make a little more sense – but I believe the introduction to the characters was silly, the murders were more random, and I felt like it was just a money-grabbing sequel that really made no sense as to why it existed. In general, I feel like it existed in order for this movie to exist (in a similar way, I feel the same applies to the first two films in the series, so it’s appropriate). This film is unique, as horror film sequels should be. It changes things up and gives the little girl a psychic link to Michael Myers.

Why would a psychic link be a good thing in this series that is otherwise grounded in reality? Because it’s not grounded in reality. It never was. Since the beginning, the audience has had to accept the idea that there is something supernatural about Michael Myers – but it never expressively told the audience that…they’ve only said that he’s evil. This psychic link all but proves that theory, which again, grounds the franchise back to a discernment of reality – well, something that makes more sense anyway. Now we can sit back and say that there is something supernatural at work here.

That being said, Halloween 5 is still a pointless film in a money-grabbing horror franchise. Loomis is losing his mind, and not in a good acting way. He’s loony and makes the movie just a little more laughable, which is sad, considering the fact that he was one of the best actors in the first movie. The rest of the cast is just average at their abilities to act, and in the end, the movie doesn’t seem all that special. I just think it’s slightly better than the fourth.

Five more Halloween movies to go. Do you guys think I’ll make it?! We’ll see.

Now onto the money-grabbing, pointless horror sequels, Bob! Yes, after the uproar of disappointed horror fans complained about the third film, Season of the Witch, the filmmakers decided to scrap the idea of making an anthology series and brought back Michael Myers in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. In the process, they pretty much destroyed all the good parts about the franchise and turned it into something immensely predictable and typical while introducing endless plot holes simultaneously! Let’s get into it.

In Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, you learn that it’s backward day in Hollywood. The people you thought were dead are alive and the people you thought survived are in fact…dead. Yes, that’s right, Michael Myers survived being shot multiple times, including getting his eyeballs shot out, and he survived burning alive! You know who else survived getting burnt alive? Detective Loomis, who was in a gassed room that completely exploded. Yeah, okay, Wylee Cayote. For some unknown and unexplained reason, Laurie is now dead and the only remaining member of the Michael Myers family left alive is his niece – Laurie’s daughter. Upon hearing the news, Michael Myers sprung back to life, ignoring the fact that he should be blind, should be dead, and his muscles should be atrophied at this point. Let’s just kill some folks.

At this point in the franchise, we’re supposed to believe that in some way or another, Michael Myers has crossed over into the supernatural realm and evil is the only thing fuelling this body. Okay fine, but it doesn’t really go out of its way to try to explain that, you just have some guess work to do. Instead, it invents a ton of plot holes JUST so the audience can have their favorite villain back on screen. Why? So more people can figure out a different way to kill him, only this time, it’s in more of a coming full-circle type of way.

Now, I can completely respect coming full circle…if this were the last film of the franchise. I can even forgive them reviving the character one last time…if this were the last film of the franchise. However, because it isn’t, you have even more to complain about. Laurie isn’t dead, you know this because she shows up in the final two movies. Which probably means she faked her death to escape the unevitable return of Michael Myers…that’s fine…but look, more plot holes. Why would she fake her own death and leave her completely defenseless young daughter as bait? The facts simply don’t add up.

Yeah, they show the kills a little more clear here than they have before, but again…the kills seem to be awfully random. They are supposed to be kills because they are in his way, and I feel like he goes out of his own way to kill people – going against the entire idea of the original two movies. I’m sorry but I’m sensing a whole lot of negative elements in this movie, which is what I’ve feared before even starting this franchise. Here’s the kicker…I’m not even halfway done. Oh boy.

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers was a movie made seemingly just to appease the fans that complained about the third movie. Nothing about it really screams greatness, nor that it was taken seriously. I actually believe this film disrespects the original intent and direction the first two films offered, and all it really is…is a reunion special, bringing back a beloved villain. But when you do that for money, you lose whatever integrity and honor it started out with.

What I like about this movie is that the arc involving Laurie, Dr. Loomis and Michael Myers comes to a conclusion. Of course there are a lot more sequels, but this one provides a good ending, at least one that John Carpenter thought it was appropriate. I don't think he originally planned the first film to have a sequel, but it was not disappointing what we got though.

Michael is chasing Laurie again and everyone who crosses his path goes see God earlier (or the other guy), we learn a bit more about Laurie's past and that's about it. Poor Laurie, she can't take a single break and has to fight for her life over and over again. Michael's mask is not the same from the first film, which bothers me a bit, the first mask is just perfect. Unfortunately, they never managed to recreate the mask from the original movie in any sequel.

There are some good shots, I enjoyed those where we are in the point-of-view of Myers while he stalks some victim and walks through the neighborhood. Rick Rosenthal did a very good job as a replacement for Carpenter. The opening scene is really good, the music complements it so well while we stare at the pumpkin and as the camera gets closer and closer it reveals a skull inside of it, pretty neat.

The soundtrack is just perfect, fits so well with the horror, suspense and plot created.

Michael is almost indestructible, he must be some monster by this time. I would have preferred if they hadn't transformed him into this undying creature that doesn't even get injured. Good movie nonetheless.

So we reach the end of Phase Three, and what an ending this is. Not as epic in scale as Endgame and not as good as it either. But, this to me, is better than Homecoming. Better arcs, a better realisation of character and overall an excellent way to represent story through visuals.

For some Mysterio has been poorly represented in recent media. But here, he is done so well and the abilities are Doctor Strange visuals of good. While still not copying anything we've seen yet. This allows for great tension and using trust against the characters that I don't think has been seen in the MCU since The Winter Soldier.

Tom Halland is Spider-Man. There's no denying it, he was born for this role as Robert Downey Jr was for Iron Man. Which makes this story sink so well into the narrative when it all comes down to loss and how to avoid falling into stress and anxiety's grip. Which makes this an important movie to follow Endgame. Wrapping everything up nicely and even starting some great elements for the future.

So yes, there are end credit scenes in this movie. Two of them. But instead of not caring about a bit of strapped on humour, stay. These scenes are vital for the future of this series of films. Plus, there is an added bonus for those who are fans of the original Sam Raimi trilogy.

So yes, it is a good movie. But there are flaws. For one, there is the whole convenient timing and placement of things. Which I thought they were going to explain but never did. The story does feel like a bit of rehash of Homecoming and how the motives of some are shown, and that was my biggest gripe.

This film is funny, has good action, pretty well-done CGI and amazing performances from all its cast. This movie deserves to follow Endgame and closes Phase Three fluently. Spider-Man: Far From Home is a great movie and has given me hope for the future of Marvel's plan.

8.6/10

Many things that don't make sense:

– How does one live with a huge hole on his chest? Is he inmortal?

– How does one survive a high altitude fall into the sand, with no protection? He is inmortal.

– Why would Obadiah want Tony Stark murdered? After his kidnapping and change of heart, sure, but before? He is the golden goose... even Obadiah admits it so!

– Also, why would he keep the incriminating video messages on the company server? For a criminal mastermind, he's pretty dumb :joy:

– Why is Tony breathless and weak when the chest thingie is off? The magnet is supposed to stop the sharpnel inside his body from reaching the heart... it's not powering the heart itself!

– By the way, how does a magnet near the heart stop sharpnel from reaching the heart? Doesn't the magnet attract the metal? Closer to the heart?

– Isn't there anything else in the human body that could get pierced by sharpnel and kill you? Lungs, liver, stomach, arteries... :rolling_eyes:

– Why does the generator run out of power? 20%, 15%... it's a generator, not a batery!

Anyway, good movie, fun to watch without thinking too much... and great start for the Marvel Universe, who would have thought all that was to come after this? :nerd: (Not Terrence Howard, that's for sure :zany_face::joy:)