Seems Zombie can take a classic and make a good film (Halloween and House of 1000 Corpses (being essentially a remake of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre)) but give him an average sequel to a classic to remake and he seems quite lost. He tries to take it in a new direction, much like his sequel to Corpses, but this time (when firmly in a recognised franchise), it backfires. His new angles are lame and annoying and don't really fit with his own first part let alone any of the original series.
The trouble here started with the change to the earlier remake which opened the door to a sequel. In an earlier cut the film was clearly a one off and made a good go of showing us a more realistic version of Michael. To allow for the sequel however Michael had to escape and the changes seemed to invoke the supernatural elements of the original series (which I felt really detracted from an otherwise solid film). Now following on from this Zombie has tried to continue to show us more of Michaels psychology, but at this stage it no longer fits with the direction the film needs to go. The Shape is no longer a child with a darkness building inside him. What they end up doing makes the film feel much more like the early Friday the 13th films rather then a Halloween.
Sadly it does nothing for the Genre and makes us all cringe as once again we wonder why they bothered to reboot a series just to mess it up all over again. I can't help but feel that Rob Zombie never really did understand the original Halloween.
The trouble here started with the change to the earlier remake which opened the door to a sequel. In an earlier cut the film was clearly a one off and made a good go of showing us a more realistic version of Michael. To allow for the sequel however Michael had to escape and the changes seemed to invoke the supernatural elements of the original series (which I felt really detracted from an otherwise solid film). Now following on from this Zombie has tried to continue to show us more of Michaels psychology, but at this stage it no longer fits with the direction the film needs to go. The Shape is no longer a child with a darkness building inside him. What they end up doing makes the film feel much more like the early Friday the 13th films rather then a Halloween.
Sadly it does nothing for the Genre and makes us all cringe as once again we wonder why they bothered to reboot a series just to mess it up all over again. I can't help but feel that Rob Zombie never really did understand the original Halloween.