Halloween (2007)

I considered myself lucky for having no previous experience to the Halloween series. Oh, yes, curse me what you will, but really, it was either i was late went into the path of movie-afficionado or the legend of Michael Myers was overshadowed by the likes of Freddy Krugger or Jason Vorhees or most likely in my case, that the original Halloween had spawned many ridiculous sequels in its wake. I've read the synopsis of the previous Halloween series' incarnations and a mere mortal, seemingly impervious to physical damage or the curse of aging, hacking and slashing his victims, 'killed' at the end of each movies only to be resurrected at the sequel doesn't interest me that much. Therefore, i considered myself lucky for having no previous experience to the Halloween series.

Remember, i'm a virgin to the Halloween series.

My best bet on what had prompted Rob Zombie to revive the series would be that he felt the origin of Michael Myers and most importantly, the real motive behind his suicidal actions were mostly left on the editing floor. Therefore, he decided to revisit the Michael Myers saga by going back as far as his childhood time until when he grows into Michael Myers everyone loved. Huge, indestructible, donning a leather mask, and pursue any surviving member of the Myers family, and anyone who stands in between for that matter.

The movie clearly divided into two segments. Segment one is a pain to watch, dragging, aand i had opted to eat my dinner and watch a soccer game in between watching the first segment. And god, the kid was ugly. Further, i felt no love nor hate to the kid that would be Michael Myers. Sure, he's got bullied at school and at home, sure, he's got a tendency to kill, but, that just was it. And when he talked, ah, it's got to a level where i want to kill the boy instead and let the world suffers one less annoyance. Hadn't it for the dinner i ate (a crisp chicken wing, a cup of coffee) or the soccer game at my TV, i would turned off the film right away.

However, the second segment, the fifteen years later segment, was an enjoyable part, mostly. Michael back to the Haddonfield, his hometown where he wanted to pay a visit to his little sister, the only known surviving member of the Myers family. It felt like a Grindhouse film, where there's loads of bare breasts, naked girl getting laid and then got butchered, lots of screaming and running, and of course generous amount of blood (i wouldn't say a lot, just generous). And, then, shut. The film ended in what probably one of the ole standard ending that has been produced and re-produced for about 1,345,890 times already. All in all, this film is somehow bland and offers nothing different than any slasher flicks out there.

My rating: ** / ****