I think its a generation thing

In your opinion, which is highly biased and flawed, I might add, which only says more about you as a person than anything.

"He came home." - Dr. Sam Loomis from the original HalloweeN

I'm sick and tired of people judging an older movie by modern standards. You have to look at a movie within the context of the time period in which it was made. Movies were generally slower paced back in the day and up until the 60s and 70s acting was much more 'stagey' than it is now. It doesn't mean they're worse, just a different style, which often doesn't appeal to today's low attention spanned internet/cell phone generation. Judging an old movie the same way you would a modern movie would be like judging a 3 year old child on the basis of what a 13 year old can do.

I was 37 when Rob Zombie's version of "Halloween" came out and loved the original John Carpenter version growing up (it had been the benchmark for all other slashers for me for years). Having said that, I will agree that the original appears dated and simplistic since the plot, style, etc. has been done again and again ad nauseum in many knock offs over the past several years not to mention the sequels and reboots that predated the remake.

I detested the Zombie version at first but have come to appreciate what he was attempting to do in making it more gritty and visceral. I feel that he went too far with the sleazy, redneck aesthetic (even moreso in the wretched "Halloween II"). What he could have done well with was cutting down the back story and making Michael Myers more enigmatic along with his family and what worked for me in the original was the evil/death figure lurking in the midst of the security of suburban Mid Western America. Rob Zombie made everybody sleazy and unlikeable in his version and I did not really care about any of them. The Laurie Strode and Dr. Loomis characters are good examples of this. Laurie in the original was the unlikely heroine who uses quick thinking to escape the Shape and save the children (although she should have left with the kids) and I loved Donald Pleasance as a man of science who has accepted that Michael Myers is supernatural and must redeem himself by destroying the "evil." In the remake, Laurie is a loud, obnoxious, whiny brat and Dr. Loomis is an arrogant, self-serving cad. There was a part in the movie where Laurie is escaping Michael Myers in the remake and it hits it's stride only to fall flat.

I look forward to when this trend of remakes and back stories for Boogeymen ends and someone comes up with a new, innovative horror film that incorporates suspense and horror perfectly.

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I'm 22 now and I grew up with the original Halloween, Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street. The NOES remake was TERRIBLE. That's all I'm going to say. The Ft13th remake was good but didn't do anything different, it was too safe. However, the Halloween remake was amazing I think. Going into Myer's backstory was a great idea and the film was extremely unsettling. Only Requiem for a Dream, Hellraiser, American Psycho and Clockwork Orange have given me similar feelings. However, there were things I didn't like about it.

Pretty much every character was white trash. This greatly annoyed me.
The main heroine was a slut, which makes you lose respect for her.
Too much rape. Really, was that necessary?

Other than that I loved it. Michael Myers aside, this was a *beep* film. However, Myers' story arc was amazing and he elevated his status from generic slasher villain to a much more deeper, rooted character. His story arc is possibly my favorite out of all horror movie villains, maybe with the exception of Alex DeLarge. I think some people (NOT all) just hate on the originals to seem "older and wiser" as in "you kids don't know what you're talking about, the original is the best". I guess they think they're cool, I don't know.

The sequel, however, was trash.

I'm 103 and I was 94 when it came out.

I think it's a decent movie, nothing beats the original. I feel like if anyone else directed it, it would've been so much better. It's just so darn trashy. I was 65 when the original came out, and I thought it was great even though it was considered somewhat shocking for the time.

I saw this again on AMC last night. It's already seven years old...I think the movie had some real meat on it. I think if we forget about the original Halloween to stop making comparisons this is a good horror movie. The problem I had is most of the acting was horrible. But I do think Scout gave a kick ass performance during her lengthy chase scenes. The over all movie had a lot of meat on it....