Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:52 am
The idea to make a 20th anniversaty film supposedly belongs to Jamie Lee Curtis. She tried to get John Carpenter to direct it, but he wisely declined. Since Donald Pleasence was dead when this was filmed, at least they still had a recognizable face w\ some talent. In addition, they'd a not-too-terrible director in Steve Miner, who beats the hell outta any director since Dwight Little in IV. It also looks like they spend a bit more time looking for supporting cast members than normal. There's Alan Arkin, Josh Hartnett, & Michele Williams.
In one of several nods to the original, they got the actor that played the nurse that drives in the car w\ Dr. Loomis from the original Halloween.
Jamie Lee plays a refreshingly not-dumbfuck protagonist as opposed to IV-VI. The problem is that's about the only thing the film has going for it. It completely ignores III-VI w\ no explanation, despite the fact that IV-VI clearly involved Haddonfield. It was there that the only attempts to give Michael Myers a history & flesh out some motivation existed. It appears that was dropped in favour of a film that's one-half pale "Halloween" imitation and one-half a poser "Alien."
Is this sequel good? Compared the other pieces of crap churned out since II, yes. Does it do much of anything new? Eh, sorta. Problem is after a certain point, this flick just didn't've much of anywhere to go. & much like "Jason Goes to Hell," this may've been intended to end shit. However, the box office numbers were simply too much for the producers to resist, & so "Resurrection" was...ugh...made.
Verdict : 2 stars.
In one of several nods to the original, they got the actor that played the nurse that drives in the car w\ Dr. Loomis from the original Halloween.
Jamie Lee plays a refreshingly not-dumbfuck protagonist as opposed to IV-VI. The problem is that's about the only thing the film has going for it. It completely ignores III-VI w\ no explanation, despite the fact that IV-VI clearly involved Haddonfield. It was there that the only attempts to give Michael Myers a history & flesh out some motivation existed. It appears that was dropped in favour of a film that's one-half pale "Halloween" imitation and one-half a poser "Alien."
Is this sequel good? Compared the other pieces of crap churned out since II, yes. Does it do much of anything new? Eh, sorta. Problem is after a certain point, this flick just didn't've much of anywhere to go. & much like "Jason Goes to Hell," this may've been intended to end shit. However, the box office numbers were simply too much for the producers to resist, & so "Resurrection" was...ugh...made.
Verdict : 2 stars.