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HALLOWEEN A bit obvious, but such a fantastically well-made
Iiiiiiiiiiiiiii'm gonna stop you right there. Say what? I saw Halloween for the first time last year, and I was blown away by how awful it was.
Whatchu talkin' bout, Willis?
That's because you have very little taste in movies and are only 12 year old.
Just kidding. Halloween is a well made movie, it's tense, scary and unpredictable at times, it's a masterpiece of horror film-making.......although it has been ruined somewhat by movies made since as well as its own remake and the sequel to that. I can fully understand why someone who wasn't around at the time or who didn't grow up with it doesn't like it. I know you're not a horror fan, but at least you've seen enough to know that by 'today's standards' Halloween isn't 'scary'. I hope you will appreciate, though, the impact it had on viewers back in the day when we didn't have all that torture porn nonsense. a found footage film released once a month
Yes but my point is, Dredd has practically no characteristics other than he's a cop who kills people. He has very little back story other than his brother being a criminal. Also, he never takes his helmet off so you don't even get his expressions. He's just violence. Batman has far more back story and, although this was not mentioned, villains. Not sure why you brought Batman into it, but fair enough
From what I have heard, Bullet3 is spot on, it's not Dredd's story. He can't change, that's not the character, he's always Dredd. This is why the film is Anderson's story. They tried changing the character before by taking off his helmet and giving him emotions and look how the fans turned on that film. I have heard from a lot of 2000AD fans and they've all said this film has got the character dead on. So maybe it's just not Doc's thing
I haven't seen Dredd, but plenty of good genre films present a main character who doesn't change much, particularly the James Bond franchise, superhero movies after the first film, and most detective movies.
James Bond also has charisma, and defining character traits. Dredd has nothing but a gravely voice.
To be fair, they were pretty restricted with the character of Dredd because that is basically all he is in the comics. A brutal chin with a gravely voice. Maybe he is one comic character that doesn't translate to the big screen.
Halloween could lead into interesting talk about the slasher movies as a whole, (Nightmare, Friday, Hellraiser and the like) and how they seem to have diverged away from actual horror, instead focusing on gore bloody imagery which has desensitized most audiences to the point which they cheer for the monster to kill the shitty victims.
And interesting because at least one of them doesn't like it. It would be interesting for them to talk about the Halloween remake too, in regards to the change in slashers you mentioned. There's a rape scene in the remake for no reason whatsoever. Well done, Rob Zombie.
