69los Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 2 hours ago, DarkStar189 said: I'm pretty let down by Ends. I had a lot of the same thoughts as skillz. Hide contents I wasn't even sure if Michael Myers was actually there or if he was just imaginery. Felt like the movie skipped over the whole ending of Kills. Laurie's daughter gets killed and then I guess Michael gets away. Did this movie touch on the fact that he got away? Laurie is suddenly a clean house mom after all that? Spoiler JLC monologued that he just disappeared after that night. I know it's been 4 years (both reality and movie timeline) but I hated the regression of Allyson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 I liked it. I hated the previous two movies. As an ending to this particular trilogy, I agree, it's pretty bad. But as a third entry into a Halloween series, one that paid a lot of homage to Halloween 3, and as a stand alone movie, it was rather enjoyable. When you take Halloween and Michael Meyers out of the movie, it's a rather good film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Emblazon said: When you take Halloween and Michael Meyers out of the movie, it's a rather good film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 3 hours ago, Emblazon said: I liked it. I hated the previous two movies. As an ending to this particular trilogy, I agree, it's pretty bad. But as a third entry into a Halloween series, one that paid a lot of homage to Halloween 3, and as a stand alone movie, it was rather enjoyable. When you take Halloween and Michael Meyers out of the movie, it's a rather good film. Agreed. I get what you’re saying. Like how Hellraiser Inferno isn’t a great Hellraiser movie in regards to its usual formula, Pinhead and the Xenobytes being almost entirely absent. But on its own, outside the context of Hellraiser it’s actually pretty damn good. This movie gave me similar feels. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 43 minutes ago, Mercury33 said: Agreed. I get what you’re saying. Like how Hellraiser Inferno isn’t a great Hellraiser movie in regards to its usual formula, Pinhead and the Xenobytes being almost entirely absent. But on its own, outside the context of Hellraiser it’s actually pretty damn good. This movie gave me similar feels. I actually agree, having just watched it. I really enjoyed the film, as did my wife. Neither of us being diehard Halloween fans (not at all) we thoroughly enjoyed the time this movie took to establish its characters and the stakes. It was well shot and well scored (no surprise with Carpenter back) and the fights were great. Acting was credible to very good and the plot wrapped up most everything from the previous two films (and the original 1978 one). Not sure what people wanted, but as a person with no particular connection to the Halloween franchise, I thought this was a mostly great capper. Yes, it doesn't have a lot of Laurie or Michael and I'm sure fans hate an imposter in the role but I found a lot of what the movie was trying to say compelling. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 8 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: What I meant was, if the movie was called something else, not in the Halloween franchise, and if the supernatural killer was named something else, that had nothing to do with the franchise. It felt similar to Die Hard with a Vengeance, where the script started as Simon Says, with no connection to the Die Hard franchise, and they shoe horned in Die Hard. Felt like Halloween Ends was written for something completely different, and it's the script they chose to end the trilogy, and shoe horned Laurie and Michael into it. Oddly enough, DHwaV was also the end to the DH trilogy (at the time). 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 i dont give two shits about the halloween franchise. there’s only a couple that i would say are good. this movie sucked ass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 So that's what they did & where they went with it all said & told. Ohhhhh howdy, what a doozy! To @Emblazonpoint, the following reviewer also had the same thoughts actually! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 7 hours ago, johnny said: i dont give two shits about the halloween franchise. there’s only a couple that i would say are good. this movie sucked ass. Then why would you watch a Halloween movie, getting less than stellar reviews. That makes no sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 10 hours ago, Emblazon said: What I meant was, if the movie was called something else, not in the Halloween franchise, and if the supernatural killer was named something else, that had nothing to do with the franchise. It felt similar to Die Hard with a Vengeance, where the script started as Simon Says, with no connection to the Die Hard franchise, and they shoe horned in Die Hard. Felt like Halloween Ends was written for something completely different, and it's the script they chose to end the trilogy, and shoe horned Laurie and Michael into it. Oddly enough, DHwaV was also the end to the DH trilogy (at the time). Perhaps...but I actually enjoyed Die Hard with a Vengeance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 5 hours ago, Mercury33 said: Then why would you watch a Halloween movie, getting less than stellar reviews. That makes no sense. because i like movies and the halloween movies are popular so i know people online and irl will be talking about it it was 5 dollars on peacock and i’ll watch a few other things before my sub expires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 2 hours ago, johnny said: it was 5 dollars on peacock and i’ll watch a few other things before my sub expires. You paid for it on Peacock with a subscription? It was free for me with my sub and the next tier below mine is the free tier. 5 hours ago, EternallDarkness said: Perhaps...but I actually enjoyed Die Hard with a Vengeance The difference between this movie and Die Hard with a Vengeance is that the Die Hard movie are all pretty much self contained. They aren't serialized at all and they all, for the most part, have different creatives involved. The only thing they have in common is the general theme and Bruce Willis. THIS trilogy of Halloween movies was presented as a trilogy from the start with the same creatives making all three movies so you would have thought they would have had most of the beats worked out as to how to build up to a satisfying conclusion. At times, this movie felt like a side story that was setting up a whole new franchise and killer as opposed to the final chapter of Laurie and Michael's story. I can really sit here and detail all the reasons why this movie didn't work for me but I'll sum it up by saying that ultimately, this movie almost acts like the two movies before it didn't happen and they want you to kind of ignore them. I'm STILL confused by some of the choices here and all i can think of is that these guys put all of their best ideas regarding this series in the first movie and were like "now what?! We have two more whole assed movies to make!" and they pulled these last two movies RIGHT out of their asses. I mean the way Laurie traps Michael in the first movie is waaay more of a cinematic and epic way for him to go out than the way he does in this one. Also the movie just seemed unclear with what it was trying to say. Was Michael just a guy? Was he Evil incarnate? WTF was he??? I dunno what to think after watching this and I don't think anyone else does because the movie doesn't. Anywhoo... that's the end of that I guess. Until they reboot it again in 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 17 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: You paid for it on Peacock with a subscription? It was free for me with my sub and the next tier below mine is the free tier. i wasn’t subbed to peacock. had to subscribe (5/month) to watch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Just now, johnny said: i wasn’t subbed to peacock. had to subscribe (5/month) to watch. Ah got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 this being not so bad as a stand-alone movie literally doesn’t matter because that’s not reality. it’s the final film in a trilogy and it’s fucking trash lmfao. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 ‘Halloween Ends’ Opening Lower Than Expected With $41M+: Blame Day & Date Peacock Release As Sequel Is Most Watched On Streamer – Sunday Box Office DEADLINE.COM Box Office: 'Halloween Ends' Sees $5.4M In Previews Not surprised here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 I'm sure there are some people who would have gone to the theater if it wasn't available on Peacock and watched it at home instead. But there are also people like me, who only barely care about the Halloween franchise and not would have bothered making the trip to see this one. But since I can stream it at home, on a service that's currently costing me a whole $2 a month, what the hell - I'll throw it on tonight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 I don't care, I just downloaded it. May watch it next week. I wouldn't call myself a big fan of the series, but I like the original and the first movie of this new trilogy. Bummer the final two movies are so mediocre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 5 hours ago, johnny said: because i like movies and the halloween movies are popular so i know people online and irl will be talking about it it was 5 dollars on peacock and i’ll watch a few other things before my sub expires. Watch: Wolf Like Me The Resort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 On 10/15/2022 at 7:12 PM, Greatoneshere said: I actually agree, having just watched it. I really enjoyed the film, as did my wife. Neither of us being diehard Halloween fans (not at all) we thoroughly enjoyed the time this movie took to establish its characters and the stakes. It was well shot and well scored (no surprise with Carpenter back) and the fights were great. Acting was credible to very good and the plot wrapped up most everything from the previous two films (and the original 1978 one). Not sure what people wanted, but as a person with no particular connection to the Halloween franchise, I thought this was a mostly great capper. Yes, it doesn't have a lot of Laurie or Michael and I'm sure fans hate an imposter in the role but I found a lot of what the movie was trying to say compelling. It probably really does help to not be particularly invested in the franchise. I thought this was a pretty wild way to end a trilogy/franchise, but it mostly worked for me. I don’t know how much of the plot was known beforehand, but my supervisor completely spoiled it for me at work yesterday. Again, it helps that this wasn’t a highly anticipated movie for me, but holy shit: Spoiler She tells me that Michael Myers isn’t the main killer, there’s this other guy named Corey that does most of the killing, and Michael Myers doesn’t do much except show up at the end to get killed. When I told her “great, now I don’t need to see the movie” she was like “well, there’s… other scenes and stuff in it”. I think she was just excited to tell me about it because Spoiler my name is Cory 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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