One of the reasons the original Halloween 2 worked is Jaime Lee Curtis and her portrayal of the vulnerable yet tough heroine. You liked her, empathized with her, rooted for her, and sat on the edge of your seat praying she'd survive Michael Myers attempts to kill her again.In contrast, here we have Rob Zombie's version of Laurie, a whiny sarcastic girl with a bad attitude who has no redeeming qualities. In fact, she was so annoying, ungrateful, and self centered that all of us hated her.
Then there is Dr. Loomis, a sympathetic character in the original Halloween, but here he is a nasty, condescending, narcissistic asshole. What the hell? What is the point of making us hate two of the main characters?
Michael Myers keeps dreaming of himself as a small golden haired child talking to his mother who is often near a white horse. At one point, Myers meets up with the farmers in their field, and they state that they told him if he came back, he'd be in trouble. Huh? When was he there before?
Laurie was so whiny and irritating that we gave up and didn't even finish watching the movie.
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