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Post by masterofallgoons on Jul 8, 2020 17:55:55 GMT
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Post by scabab on Jul 8, 2020 18:05:25 GMT
Damn, I was really looking forward to that as well.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jul 8, 2020 18:33:52 GMT
It will be relaesed in IMAX though.. so that's something.
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Post by seahawksraawk00 on Jul 8, 2020 20:56:08 GMT
Well that sucks! Besides James Bond, this was probably the second most anticipated film for me this year. It's a good teaser and already sets the tone. One of my favorite comments I read is "the first time emergency vehicles respond in the horror film when you don't want them too."
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Post by James on Jul 8, 2020 21:06:59 GMT
I’m truly upset by this. Fingers crossed it doesn’t get delayed anymore.
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Post by politicidal on Jul 9, 2020 16:15:41 GMT
Next year is gonna be insanely packed.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jul 11, 2020 20:51:13 GMT
An entire year, damn son.
Although the movie doesn't sound all that promising anyway. I didn't like the emphasis on death and gore in the 2018 one, and this one apparently takes it even further.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jul 11, 2020 22:33:17 GMT
An entire year, damn son. Although the movie doesn't sound all that promising anyway. I didn't like the emphasis on death and gore in the 2018 one, and this one apparently takes it even further. Yeah I kind of agree. For all the emphasis and taking it back to the original, I thought the style might be more in line with the original as well. Instead it felt more like one of the sequels.. although I'd argue better than almost all of the sequels. |
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Jul 12, 2020 7:50:24 GMT
That's what I expected to happen. It's the sensible decision. What a godforsaken year this has been.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jul 12, 2020 14:24:04 GMT
That's what I expected to happen. It's the sensible decision. What a godforsaken year this has been. I suppose it is. The other option was to put it on streaming/on demand platforms in October lile Universal has done with some of their other big titles so far. It wouldn't have been ideal, but I would understand it either way. At one point they were talking about shooting the movies back to back and then releasing them in August and October of the same year. That seemed unreasonable before, but now it would be understandable. That doesn't appear to be in the cards now, though. |
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Post by politicidal on Jul 12, 2020 17:32:53 GMT
That's what I expected to happen. It's the sensible decision. What a godforsaken year this has been. Tell me about it. |
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Post by simest on Jul 13, 2020 21:22:54 GMT
I hated the last Halloween more than Zombie’s reboot. Not in the least bit bothered. I feel largely the same. I wouldn't say I hated it as much as Zombie's twin catastrophes but I thought it was pretty inept. I was hugely disappointed when I saw it on big screen and actually thought it was even worse when I gave it a second viewing about a year later. I'd much rather dust off HALLOWEEN II (1981) to watch an ongoing Myers story. No doubt I'll go see HALLOWEEN KILLS when it hits theatres but it wouldn't put me out in the slightest if that's a year away.............or ten! |
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Post by Anonymous Andy on Jul 13, 2020 22:28:51 GMT
Eh, I wasn't planning on going to the theater until next year any way. Putting concerns about Covid-19 itself aside, the behavior of a small but annoying segment of the population as a result of the pandemic is more than I care to deal with at this time. I work a public-facing job and the 1% of dickheads who think they're making a point (other than the point that they're an asshole) by loudly and aggressively refusing to wear a mask in consideration for others is a big enough turnoff for me to just stay inside until further notice.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jul 14, 2020 12:59:39 GMT
Eh, I wasn't planning on going to the theater until next year any way. Putting concerns about Covid-19 itself aside, the behavior of a small but annoying segment of the population as a result of the pandemic is more than I care to deal with at this time. I work a public-facing job and the 1% of dickheads who think they're making a point (other than the point that they're an asshole) by loudly and aggressively refusing to wear a mask in consideration for others is a big enough turnoff for me to just stay inside until further notice. I hear ya. People are acting absurdly out there. My preferred theater is an Alamo Drafthouse location, and people are generally a bit more respectful there and a little more serious about movies. They rolled out a whole plan for safety and sanitation for when they open, but who the hell knows when that will be? I was looking forward to getting back there for a lot of stuff, but I appreciate that they're proactive and compliant and not rushing. I do wonder why they haven't tried to throw up some more drive in screens. Especially at a Drafthouse where they have a full kitchen and bar. Lots of places are seeing some success with that and yet there are big movoe theater parking lots that are just being left open and not serving any purpose. |
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Post by seahawksraawk00 on Jul 15, 2020 11:33:26 GMT
An entire year, damn son. Although the movie doesn't sound all that promising anyway. I didn't like the emphasis on death and gore in the 2018 one, and this one apparently takes it even further. I don't mind the gore particularly. Blood can be impactful for the viewer when they see a character they're invested in wounded and bloodied to illicit either emotion or dread. There's a balance to showing the result of the violence and less is more. Zombie took it to unnecessary gratuitous levels, but I'd argue one of the best scenes in his sequel was Annie's death, seeing her naked and soaked in blood, because of the relationship between her and Laurie and particularly her father, and how they both react to seeing Annie on the floor. What's discouraging about this next one is that Carpenter and co. are hyping up that it's going to have the largest body count. That's really not in line of what they set out to accomplish with this current canon of Michael. What you get from that is basically characters with very little screen time and development who become red shirts for Michael. That's not really what Michael's character is. I'd rather have a small kill count of characters you at least spent a little time with onscreen before whacking them. |
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jul 15, 2020 20:16:42 GMT
What's discouraging about this next one is that Carpenter and co. are hyping up that it's going to have the largest body count. That's really not in line of what they set out to accomplish with this current canon of Michael. What you get from that is basically characters with very little screen time and development who become red shirts for Michael. That's not really what Michael's character is. I'd rather have a small kill count of characters you at least spent a little time with onscreen before whacking them. I don't know when the last time you saw the 2018 movie was, but they're kinda already there. Consider the scene of Michael literally going house to house killing nameless ladies. Some characters had a smidge of development (kid likes ballet! Cop #2 likes brownies for dinner!) but Michael spent hours stalking Laurie and her gang before making a move in the original. 2018 Michael was Jason Voorhees in a Shatner mask, and that film had one of the highest bodycounts already. This new one sounds like more of the same. |
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jul 17, 2020 13:50:19 GMT
I don't know when the last time you saw the 2018 movie was, but they're kinda already there. Consider the scene of Michael literally going house to house killing nameless ladies. Some characters had a smidge of development (kid likes ballet! Cop #2 likes brownies for dinner!) but Michael spent hours stalking Laurie and her gang before making a move in the original. 2018 Michael was Jason Voorhees in a Shatner mask, and that film had one of the highest bodycounts already. This new one sounds like more of the same. I'm with you. I still like a lot about it, and I still think it's at least one of the best sequels in the franchise, but I really thought it was gonna be stylistically a little more in line with the original. Instead it was a little more like Halloween 2, which isn't nearly as good. The tracking shot rampage is cool, but some of the stuff they cut out was more Carpenter-esque. There were some long shots of Michael just down the street looking at people during the day and stuff, that really could have gone a long way to building some suspense and and setting what I think would have been a better tone before we got to the mayhem. The 'smidge' of character development too was .. fine... but as you noted they tried to cram in some personality into these characters that were only on screen for a few mins and the dialog became awkward rather than natural. So at least this time I'll have an idea that this one is gonna ramp up and be a little wild. I won't expect the patience and suspense, and as long as it's a good version of a crazy slasher I'll be ok. And the Carpenter score should be awesome again. |
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Post by jonesjxd on Jul 18, 2020 12:15:23 GMT
I would rather it be delayed a year than released VOD, it would be so cool if they were able to carry on production of the third movie and release the two films as a double feature in October 2021.
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