Too smart for audiences today

Rating: Null/10 (3 October 2004)

This movie truly is a classic and much too smart for audiences today.Kids today are use to tongue and cheek copycat movies like Scream or I know what you did last summer, these movies who have no depth or characters and not even really any true actors but rather pretty boy and girl models from the hip nauseating WB channel.Also what these audiences don't realize is movies like Scream etc are
not independent films but sadly made by Hollywood studios for an obscene
amount of money.Halloween which was Independent and really made for
pennies in comparison was the original of this genre and is so much more
creative,smart and sophisticated.It does not rely on bad jokes or blood and gore or cheap scare tactics,Halloween is beautifully shot,really creates a mood and style to it ,through its use of camera angles lighting and art direction. The simple Hitchcock approach here is very creepy and stylistic through the whole movie. The acting is quite good, especially for a horror movie.Nancy Loomis who plays Jaime lee curtisis best friend (Annie),is probably the strongest here,in in my opinion shes underrated,she does a wonderful job of really creating a
character,shes the girl we all knew in highschool,very funny at times and loves to stir the pot,so when its time for Nancy Loomis to die your almost feel kind of sad because you've come to care about her.In fact you care about all the
characters in this movie and thats why your scared for them . Unlike todays
horror films where there is no character development and such a high body
count that in a way you want to see these one dimensional characters die.Also the music of Halloween is brilliant again simple is the key here,todays films don't even have originally composed music but rely on really bad rap or head banger music for its soundtrack which does nothing to set the style or mood to the
movie. Carpenter was brilliant to keep our villain quiet,just good verses evil,and Michael Meyers then becomes more of a force than a farce.The white
expressionless mask against a dark background says it all. This film really is a filmmakers dream to sit down and study all the smart elements of true film
making.Todays villains are too cute and try to be funny (ie Scream)and the
audiences that it plays for unfortunately know nothing about film and do not
have the attention span or imagination for a movie like Halloween.A lot of these kids today need things quick and easy for them,they don't want to use their
brains they want quick editing,a lot of gore and tongue and cheek,so chances
are when they watch Halloween they wont get it ,they will be bored by it,and my answer to that is that ITS OVER THEIR HEADS,ITS TO SMART FOR THEM
SADLY. So I leave you with this, if you want a classic see Halloween,if you want a true well made independent film see Halloween,if you want a classy ,timeless horror film see Halloween,if you want mindless crap see anything that
Hollywood puts out today ,because let me tell ya movies aren't what they use to be,but in the 60s, 70s and even early 80s it was much more about ability!