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729970, I stand with you on that first Rob Zombie movie
Posted by Mgmt, Fri Jun-08-18 05:59 PM
>Unlike many people, I actually liked Rob Zombie's Halloween
>movies (except for the last 30 seconds of Part 2), but this
>re-re-boot looks like a nice return to form.
>
>And I like that they gave Jamie Lee Curtis' Laurie Strode the
>Sarah Connor treatment, but...
>
>That's a tough one for a horror movie. It definitely takes
>away from the creepiness/terror when you have a tough,
>resilient, ready-to-battle protagonist that you know is going
>to survive the movie.
>
>And yet I really hate it horror movies build up iconic or
>"baddass" characters, only to kill them off for shock value
>and then leave you with protagonists that you couldn't give a
>shit about.
>
>Can this movie find a good balance?
>
>Hope so.