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Watched it last night after 40 years and it make no sense.

posted 6 years ago by [deleted]
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Why are there no kids outside trick or treating ??
Why are the parents going out on Halloween night ?? We always stay home to answer the door and my parents always stayed home on Halloween night.
Why weren't Tommy and Lindsey out trick or treating ? and if they were earlier where was the candy and treats that they had collected ? They would certainly be eating some of them.
Where were the Halloween decorations on the houses ? I grew up in a small town and our house always had decorations back in the 70s.
Why is the town so dead on Halloween night ? It was one of the most exciting nights of the year when I was a kid back in the 70s.
Everybody is dressed way too lightly for October 31st in the Midwest.
The leaves are still green and there is no indication that this is Autumn.

At least make the movie look like Halloween.

[–] BensGirl (590) 4 years ago

Just because it isn’t the same as your childhood, doesn’t mean it doesn’t make sense..

[–] pjl69 (2647) 4 years ago

Didn't bother me.

[–] bobbydallas (8557) 4 years ago

those are all valid points. the movie pretty much falls apart with Mikey stealing a car and driving like he's Lewis Hamilton or something.. with Dr. whats-his-face later asking "how did he learn how to driiiiiiive ?!?!"

any horror slasher is a crap movie (by default) because that's what the subgenre is pretty much.

[–] jasonbourne (1027) 4 years ago

It's a really low budget horror movie that somehow became a franchise.

Besides the cheapness, one of the things that make no sense is how Michael Myers becomes the boogeyman. Dr. Sam Loomis should've suspected something while Michael was his patient. All he could find out was that Michael was dangerous to his family and community. That sounds like an insane patient. As to the Shape, it could be explained by the man behind the mask versus the various actors with faces or voices of Myers. There's nothing supernatural about Michael until he is. This film should've never made franchise status, but John Carpenter got lucky with his music, Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasance, and spray painting a William Shatner mask.

[–] Martoto (5049) 4 years ago

The cheapness makes total sense. It had a low budget.

The franchise makes total sense since it made tons of money for the financers. (That's what franchises are for, after all.)

Loomis actually said he realised years ago that Michael was evil (you must have not paid attention to a lot of the dialogue). He just couldn't convince his fellow psychiatrists of this. And this makes sense since psychiatrists don't deal with mythical "boogeyman".

Writing and recording effective music is not "lucky". The music has endured outside of the movie and Carpenter has become celebrated composer of many scores.

Collaborating with a skillful photographer like Dean Cundey and pioneering a style of extensive use of steadicam tracking is not "lucky".

Casting a largley untried Jamie Lee who turned out to be a very good actress is not "lucky".

Deciding to cast Donald Pleasence was not lucky.

The success that Carpenter had for several years and the acclaim he receives to this day proves he wasn't "lucky".

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Why aren't movies exactly like the world as I perceive it?

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

too many misses in this movie.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

I didn't mind all the misses. I mean, they were 30 year olds playing 18 year olds, but I can forgive that.

[–] davodikum (6198) 4 years ago

You're looking at it threw jaded eyes man. This movie is great and always has been, the only thing that's changed, is you.