So...I finally watched H2...

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Watched it yesterday online, the directors cut that is.(theatre version still has no release date in Japan…)
Actually I found it more entertaing than RZ H1. I’ll give it a 3 star for now.
I didn’t watch it to expect a Halloween movie at all, no one can remake the original. What I found was an over the top artsy expolitation movie. I do agree some of the violence was over done and the over use of the F word was lame. RZ wife’s acting was pretty bad in this one and so was Malcom McDowell. The “Die!!” scene, I can live with that.
I do think the pacing was much better, wasn’t as boring as the H1 remake. The cuts and fade in & outs were good. The camera work was much better, displaying cool lighting and angles. The scares were much better…well maybe not scary to our standards.lol
I did love the music which reminded me of 70s Euro B-movie music.

Like I said I do not think of this as a Halloween movie. I could tell RZ didn’t want to make another Halloween. To me this was RZs surreal vision of a slasher movie. Or a Serial killer version of The Good the Bad and the Ugly.
Laurie:Good
Michael:Bad
Loomis:Ugly
Of course no way associated with Leonne’s epic.
Yes the movie is insane. I agree why many hate it.
Either RZ was crazy or he knew what he was doing. So insane of a movie I can accept it as it is. He sure hell knew this was gonna piss off the majority of fans. I wouldn’t mind seeing it a few years later again. :mrgreen:

Later

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I thought Michael was awesome in this movie. Alot more intense then in any of the other movies.

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I agree with you K , i watched it for the first time 2 nights ago. I pretty much agree with your review…what was your favorite scene?

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Hell yeah ! :axe: The original ending was better then the “DIE !” ending.

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I have nothing against Tyler. I can accept him. Those scenes of him walking through the sunset were cool.
Kinda Spagetti western :laughing:
Believe it or not the last scene with Laurie smiling, staring at her mother I liked. :mrgreen:
That is sooo F****ed up. You really need to clear your thoughts to enjoy this film.
I didn’t watch this because I wanted too. I watched it because I was bored to death :laughing:
I think that helped.

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:laughing: the alternative ending is pretty f’d up as well , where she picks up michaels knife. The scene where michael lifts the car is EPIC

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That car lifting scene was pure crazy :laughing:
It looked better than I expected!
RZ did a great job of using the hospital sequence as a dream.
To me that was RZs way of saying,“Well here’s your 20-30minutes of Halloween homage you brats, now on with MY movie!!” :laughing: :laughing:
Quite clever.lmao

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The theatrical ending I think was better to me. The alternate ending was good but not the best he could have done so much more than that simple of a ending. Like in h9 he turned a cop shooting into Michael tackling Laurie out a window and shooting him in the head.

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Still need to see the theatrical ending :slight_smile:
I will probably lmao when I see Laurie wearing the mask :mrgreen:

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Imagine a 6 year old wearing a Prop Shop Psychopath V2 then you pretty much have it. A big mask on a little person.

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Ok :laughing:
Daeg with the clown mask was pretty sick enough!
Big fat kid with a tiny mask.

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Ya like the big mask on daeg kinda thing but a thin skinny woman.

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i seen h2 in theaters, and i watched it online last night, i thought it was an amazing movie, no doubt an awesome film, my favorite thing was the kills, they were pure genius, no movie has had kills like h2 did, and i love michael being very brutal, Z

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I watched it again online a couple nights ago aswell brotha K :wink:
and I also agree with a couple of your statements about the movie. There were some parts I enjoyed and some were I was like WTF! :laughing:
I especialy wasn’t happy wit the fact that for some parts of the movie Michael was maskless :frowning: and Malcom mcDowell’s acting was not as great as it was in the first one.
But there were a few killing scenes that I was very saticfied with e.g. the guy behind the strip club getting his head stept on :smiling_imp: that was brutal!
I aslo thought scout did a tremendous job changing her character from a sweet inocent girl in the first movie to a fucked up insane girl, that was pretty special. But I agree with you…she needed to tone down on using the ‘F’ word alot lol…there are limits :laughing:

Thanks for your input my friend. will you be buying the DVD?

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The damn weinsteins are probably gonna sell them separately :smiling_imp:
Money making bastards!
I’ll definetly purchase this version not as a Halloween movie but as a piece of cinematic history of craziness. :mrgreen:

Yes Scout was much better in this one :stuck_out_tongue:
Loved her punk looks while dancing to “Kick out the Jams” :rock:
This movie is pure violent psychedelica :smiling_imp:

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I watched it for the first time about 4 nights ago and I must say it rocked.I liked everything about it.Rob Zombies hillbilly redneck movies kick ass.Tyler did an amazing job too.Yes hes a giant Michael Myers but he kicked ass all through the movie.Even his grunting didnt bother me too bad.LOL…Bravo!!!1

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yes, finally someone with the same opinion as me, lol, i agree on everything u just said, i may watch it again tonight! :smiley:

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I love all of Robs movies.I think his best was devils rejects.Im going to have to watch H2 again soon.

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The hillbilly essence was annoying to the many in the 1st due to the fact that RZ was trying to make a Halloween movie.This 2nd installment didn’t bother me at all strangely, probably because RZ was just being himself. It’s either a love it or hate it situation.

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glad to hear you finally seen it kazi. i didnt think it was too bad, its my 4th favorite in the series. wheather one chooses to view it as a Halloween film or not it bears the title and will always be our 10th installment of the series.