What Films did You Watch Last Week (15/10 - 21/10) CLOSED

Welcome back to another week of the BEST & WORST edition of 'what movies did you see last week?' thread. For those who haven't been part of it before, basically your host (me) posts my weekly movies and you can comment on those and list your movie for the same time frame. I will get back to you on yours and you can talk to other users here about their films. It's a great place to talk about film.

Watched a lot of television this week so current making my way through but not finished
Peaky Blinders Season 2
Survivor Season 37
Hunting Hitler Season 3
Handmaids Tale Season 2
Hip Hop Evolution Season 2
Maniac Season 1
Making a Murderer Season 2

FIRST TIME MOVIE VIEWING

22 July (2018, Paul Greengrass)
Netflix
Paul Greengrass has made this true story for Netflix covering Norway's worst terrorist attack in which over seventy people were killed. 22 July looks at the disaster itself, the survivors, Norway's political system and the lawyers who worked on this horrific case. It is very well acted and a well balanced look not dissimilar to United 93 from the directors own work.
7/10

Halloween (2018, David Gordon Green)
Cinema
So it's 2018 and after the first movie has already had two different timeline sequels, a spin off and remakes there isn't really any non-monetarily reason for another Halloween movie to be made but here we are with a third time-line for the series and a film that is a direct sequel to the 1978 original that ignores all the other films and once again stars Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode.
I was worried that the film might be comedic along the lines of H20 and Resurrection seeings this one is the brainchild of David Gordon Green (Your Highness) and Danny McBride (Eastbound and Down) but thankfully it is played very straight and serious. The first act is quite strong with its set up of tone and characters and I like it giving Jamie Lee Curtis her own kind of 'Unforgiven' vibe. This section has a serious cinematic quality rarely scene in any of the films since the original
However the second act kicks off with the inevitable turning loose of Michael Myers and the film goes for a long stretch of being bland and predictable. I found myself pretty bored by this uninspiring stretch and the onscreen violence was pretty lacklustre but even more offensive was the lack of any suspense or much in the way of palpable atmosphere. This is the directors first horror foray and it shows in the second act and is quite disappointing.
The Final act kicks off with a ridiculous twist which they do not pull off and then quickly disregard making it pointless. The very end of the film does improve and it has a fairly robust ending but you get the feeling the film could have been so much better with good moments peppered in with too many bland ones. The film does give a few nods to the now disregarded sequels but they are done tastefully enough and are mostly from the best Halloween films (Halloween 1978 and Halloween 4).
In the end it's a mixed bag of uneven story telling, some great character moments for Curtis but a lot of pointless characters when she is off screen. The tone was good and I think the intentions were good too with this respectable enough effort that is sure to bring another sequel as its box office predictions have it as the highest opening weekend of the franchise and will make its budget back in a single night.
5.5/10

FIRST TIME TV VIEWING

The Haunting of Hill House (2018, Season One)
Netflix
Horror director Mike Flanagan (Gerald's Game) continues to raise his game in his partnership with Netflix, this time with a high quality 10 part series.
He has weaved a great tale flashing between past and present as a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
I loved the character building and family drama  that makes the suspense and horror mean something.
Highly Recommended

WEEKLY AWARDS

BEST FILM: 22 July
BEST ACTOR: Jonas Strand Gravli - 22 July
BEST ACTRESS: Jamie Lee Curtis - Halloween
BEST SCRIPT: Paul Greengrass - 22 July
BEST SCORE: John carpenter - Halloween
BEST DIRECTOR: Paul Greengrass - 22 July

10/10 - Perfection (or as close to it as possible)
09/10 - An Excellent film
08/10 - A VERY Good film
07/10 - A Good film
06/10 - A Solid film
05/10 - An Average film
04/10 - Below Average film
03/10 - A mostly bad film
02/10 - A mostly terrible film
01/10 - Awful through and through
00/10 - Not only awful but offensive too