it SHOULD be watched as a standalone movie.
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dave626 — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 04:39 PM)
Halloween II was okay, but it didn't need the gore or have so many people involved in it's direction. Rosenthal, Carpenter, DeLaurentiis, Universal, Akkad, all had a say. That's what made it a mess.
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cjh8504 — 9 years ago(September 27, 2016 03:25 PM)
This coming from a guy who a couple years ago was nearly as obsessed with Halloween II as I was. You're a mess, Dave. Okay? You loved it. Changing his tune after all these years. Pfft!
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dave626 — 9 years ago(September 28, 2016 02:13 PM)
It's a choice. I've seen it theaters in 2000 and beyond and still consider it standalone. Knowing full well there are other movies, but I can place myself in 1978, in that setting. I don't do that for a lot of movies, but this one's different.
I can even go as far as let myself "walk across the street" with Laurie to the Wallace house. That POV sequence just takes me there. It enhances it for me.
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dave626 — 9 years ago(September 28, 2016 04:30 PM)
Halloween II is a major decline for me ever since I saw the documentary where so many people bad mouthed it. If the people making it didn't like it, why should I?
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joshua_carpino — 9 years ago(September 28, 2016 10:16 PM)
"Halloween II is a major decline for me ever since I saw the documentary where so many people bad mouthed it. If the people making it didn't like it, why should I?"
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cjh8504 — 9 years ago(September 28, 2016 10:31 PM)
You tell him, Josh. And what people? Irwin Yablans? Seems like all the stars loved making it, and are mostly known for only it today, and do conventions and such. Cause one guy, and partially Rosenthal said a negative thing or two, I guess they hate Halloween II? Nutball.
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dave626 — 9 years ago(September 29, 2016 02:56 PM)
Still not working. And ACT's already got enough abuse reports that I don't have to. Now your turn.
pop- I'm talking about the making of on the Shout/Scream Factory release. Rosenthal talked about how hard it was to film, with the airport noise over the hospital they chose, not to mention Universal, Carpenter, Akkad, DeLaurentiis all putting in their 2 cents. Tommy Lee Wallace almost directed it, but he saw it, said no thanks and took III instead. Carpenter has never said anything good about it, from it being as scary as Quincy to downing 6 packs of beer just to write the script. Not exactly glowing endorsements from several key creative forces.
So that's what I'm basing my opinion on. Carpenter wanted to do the anthology, but was forced into a 2nd Michael movie.
I personally have always felt it strayed from what made the original great, which was lack of gore and suspense. They decided they had to one-up the competition instead. If those people don't like it and they made it, why should I like it as a fan?
Like it or not, it did give the franchise the family angle, which kept it going all these years when III almost killed it. So II has it's place. I used to like it a lot, but as I've gotten older I see it for what it is now. A B movie.
Fun, yes. Good, maybe. Great? Not really. Even the makers of it didn't think so.
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pop-actor — 9 years ago(September 29, 2016 03:03 PM)
I like Rocky V, but I know Sly doesn't like it..He gaved it O out of 5. But I liked it, it doesn't matter what Sly saidBut that is me..
But thanks clarifying about
Rosenthal talked about how hard it was to film, with the airport noise over the hospital they chose, not to mention Universal, Carpenter, Akkad, DeLaurentiis all putting in their 2 cents. Tommy Lee Wallace almost directed it, but he saw it, said no thanks and took III instead. Carpenter has never said anything good about it, from it being as scary as Quincy to downing 6 packs of beer just to write the script. Not exactly glowing endorsements from several key creative forces.
Now I remember that, but I thought you meant at first, someone said in the interviews, it was a bomb at the box office
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