A bit of a letdown for the series finale. Halloween Kills made Michael too unrealistically superhuman, and Halloween Ends made him too uncharacteristically human (
When has Michael ever taken compassion on anyone, much less taken on an apprentice??
). You probably won't like this if you're expecting to see a standard Mike-killing-everyone movie. You probably won't like this if you're expecting it to turn into a setup for a new killer to continue the franchise. You probably will like this if you wanna just see a tribute to the original, with every other shot being a mirror of one of the original scenes.
That being said, people that want a new take on the series may like it; my wife did. I just prefer to see Mike being Mike, like the original and the 2018 remake.
I commend them for trying something different, but in my opinion the movie failed. You never eradicate evil - that’s the whole nature of the Boogeyman and horror in general.
It was unbearable. How was it even possible to make such a mess... I can appreciate the intent to take a new direction but sadly the result turned out to be incoherent nonsense.
This movie is pretty bad. No body acts realistic, the dialogue is horrible, the way people act and react to each other makes no sense. We don't even get to see Mike Meyers except for a brief second that makes no sense either until almost 1 hour into the movie. Then he is only really in the movie for like 10-20 minutes. Seriously? And even then it is just a mess. This Franchise has run out of good ideas and needs to just end. Pun intended.
I don't care what anyone says, Halloween Ends is one of the better films in the franchise. Take a couple scenes out of Kills and put then in the 2018 revival or in Ends, and you can do away with the padded turkey in the middle of this trilogy, it is almost entirely surplus to requirements. One of the things Kills did suggest was the idea of infectious evil, which comes to fruition in Ends as Michael directly infects a kid so as to become Robin to his Batman. One of the problems with Kills is that there's too much Michael, too early. Ends reverses that, letting us discover a new status quo a few years on, and teasing out both Michael and his protégé more slowly, to greater effect (I think the kill shots in this one are pretty cool, on the whole). I'd even say there's more Michael in it than I was led to believe by negative reviews. As a final chapter, it aims to really give Laurie, her granddaughter and the whole of the town closure. And us too. It's got a banger of an opener and I never felt let down as we headed down to the final credits. I don't have the cred to proclaim this the best since the original, but in my own head, that's what I'm thinking.
Pretty decent. The Corey plot where he becomes infected by Michael's evil is really well done and intersting. Unfortunately either the filmmakers or the studio felt it was necessary to tack on a dumb ending where Laurie and Michael have a shlocky fight.
I had low expectations. It's a mess - plot doesn't make a lick of sense, it's slapped together and does not work as a halloween movie.
Unpopular opinion: I thought it was pretty good.
Yeah it's a hockey, incoherent mess but sometimes watching a dumpster fire in October is fun. I think the main reason why this is more enjoyable than say halloween kills is that it didn't take itself seriously at all. Don't expect the usual "babysitter getting stalked" - which to be honest got stale after part 2 anyways.
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ryano1076
A bit of a letdown for the series finale. Halloween Kills made Michael too unrealistically superhuman, and Halloween Ends made him too uncharacteristically human (That being said, people that want a new take on the series may like it; my wife did. I just prefer to see Mike being Mike, like the original and the 2018 remake.
Mortician_Ernie
I commend them for trying something different, but in my opinion the movie failed. You never eradicate evil - that’s the whole nature of the Boogeyman and horror in general.Mercator
It was unbearable. How was it even possible to make such a mess... I can appreciate the intent to take a new direction but sadly the result turned out to be incoherent nonsense.samoan
This movie is pretty bad. No body acts realistic, the dialogue is horrible, the way people act and react to each other makes no sense. We don't even get to see Mike Meyers except for a brief second that makes no sense either until almost 1 hour into the movie. Then he is only really in the movie for like 10-20 minutes. Seriously? And even then it is just a mess. This Franchise has run out of good ideas and needs to just end. Pun intended.October-a-thon Movie #23 2022
Siskoid
I don't care what anyone says, Halloween Ends is one of the better films in the franchise. Take a couple scenes out of Kills and put then in the 2018 revival or in Ends, and you can do away with the padded turkey in the middle of this trilogy, it is almost entirely surplus to requirements. One of the things Kills did suggest was the idea of infectious evil, which comes to fruition in Ends as Michael directly infects a kid so as to become Robin to his Batman. One of the problems with Kills is that there's too much Michael, too early. Ends reverses that, letting us discover a new status quo a few years on, and teasing out both Michael and his protégé more slowly, to greater effect (I think the kill shots in this one are pretty cool, on the whole). I'd even say there's more Michael in it than I was led to believe by negative reviews. As a final chapter, it aims to really give Laurie, her granddaughter and the whole of the town closure. And us too. It's got a banger of an opener and I never felt let down as we headed down to the final credits. I don't have the cred to proclaim this the best since the original, but in my own head, that's what I'm thinking.bklooney
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Pretty decent. The Corey plot where he becomes infected by Michael's evil is really well done and intersting. Unfortunately either the filmmakers or the studio felt it was necessary to tack on a dumb ending where Laurie and Michael have a shlocky fight.dantheman89
I had low expectations. It's a mess - plot doesn't make a lick of sense, it's slapped together and does not work as a halloween movie.Unpopular opinion: I thought it was pretty good.
Yeah it's a hockey, incoherent mess but sometimes watching a dumpster fire in October is fun. I think the main reason why this is more enjoyable than say halloween kills is that it didn't take itself seriously at all. Don't expect the usual "babysitter getting stalked" - which to be honest got stale after part 2 anyways.
Marcus Fenix
Guys! Micheal just got old, its called Aging go and google that shit, and also relax