I've had my worries about this movie, but I'm starting to warm to the big Michael Myers. I mean in 1978 it was ok to have a smaller guy with a knife, but these days it does take more to be intimidating and Tyler does that as Michael Myers. This pic of him looks so cool. Also, I want to state I hated the Michael from Halloween's 4-6 and felt he was too Jason-like. Michael doesn't need supernatural strength. Hell with his size alone here he should be strong enough without being unrealistic.
Unlike the Transformers movie where everything I hear is not true to the source material, from these pics alone it seems like Zombie is trying to do the film justice. I don't think Laurie has to be a complete nerd, she was just more of a loner who lacked self-confidence. Ultimately Laurie was the ultimate underdog in horror movies.
I'm open to new things in Halloween from Zombie, just not certain things like Michael talking or masturbating. Michael still needs to be mysterious, but Zombie should also feel free to try new things because this would basically be a rehash of the original (see how well that worked with the remake scene for scene of Psycho). After all it is HIS version of Halloween and not John Carpenter's which was perfected back in 1978.
I'm open to some changes in the series and maybe even a few surprises. The series definately needed a new starting point since the departures of Donald Plesance and Jamie Lee Curtis. The bad thing about a series is it sometimes goes down roads that can ruin further sequels. Hopefully this will be more of a trilogy.
Something about Michael's mask before always bothered me. After Halloween 2 too many pics and scenes showed the mask too well lit. In the first two Halloween's the mask was shown in shadows most of the time which left us to use our imagination more. Now it seems that Zombie has gone back to shadows and dirtying up the mask (which makes sense for a serial killer). I find myself loving the dirty mask.
Before any longtime fan accuses me of not being true to what Halloween has always been about I want to explain that I own the original Halloween on dvd vhs and in every released form I could find (the tv extended edition) as well as all the sequels. My favorite Halloweens are of course the original, Halloween 2 & H20. Halloween is one of my all-time favorite films (strike that, IS my all-time favorite)and is far and away my most viewed film of all-time. I'm just open to a different take on Halloween. It's like we've seen it all and need something fresh. While I am not a big fan of House Of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects made me think that Zombie could actually pull off remaking Halloween. I still hope he stays away from gore and having Michael speak and/or masturbate. It's the mystery of Michael that still attracts me to the character unlike fellow slashers like Jason & Freddy who have been demystified over the years. Hopefully unlike Resurrection, Michael isn't always holding a knife. View the original Halloween again and notice Michael DOESN'T hold a knife in every scene. He was more of a stalker which we can all relate to (at least the fear of being stalked). Mostly he has a knife when he is about to kill someone or when he does kill someone.
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