Halloween is a weird artifact. I watched it last Wednesday, eager to see if it had bits of the kind of storytelling genius you could make out in "They Live".
Halloween is not worth watching. I'm glad I watched it, as it's regarded as somewhat canonical for the time/place. But in the end, watching it only serves to show how better filmmakers do it right.
There was one notable thing... NOT a spoiler... AND it'll help you understand my beef with it.
It's this: The ending was BRILLIANT.
The point is that it leaves a discriminating consumer of filmed narrative with a lament: If only Carpenter could've honored the brilliance of that ending with preceding story management and production values that measured up!
Come to think of it the flick is backwards from most other bad flicks: Quite often, bad flicks manage their storytelling admirably enough, then fail to engineer a decent end-game.
Halloween is exactly opposite: It's a sucky flick, then engineers a fantastic end-game. Weird!
But it's also *really* a shame. Don't bother watching it.
Halloween is not worth watching. I'm glad I watched it, as it's regarded as somewhat canonical for the time/place. But in the end, watching it only serves to show how better filmmakers do it right.
There was one notable thing... NOT a spoiler... AND it'll help you understand my beef with it.
It's this: The ending was BRILLIANT.
The point is that it leaves a discriminating consumer of filmed narrative with a lament: If only Carpenter could've honored the brilliance of that ending with preceding story management and production values that measured up!
Come to think of it the flick is backwards from most other bad flicks: Quite often, bad flicks manage their storytelling admirably enough, then fail to engineer a decent end-game.
Halloween is exactly opposite: It's a sucky flick, then engineers a fantastic end-game. Weird!
But it's also *really* a shame. Don't bother watching it.