emmanuelgzz-90926 Reviews

The Nanny (1993–1999)

Fran Drescher can't be more charming

[8/10 · 14 December 2020]

This show is too colorful to be missed. The chemistry of everyone on the set and their amazing comedic timing makes this show delightful (specially Fran Drescher's and her a superb physical comedy skills) and the jokes never grow tired. Even it's pathetic antagonist is portrayed by an incredibly talented actress to play her character in such cartoonish yet classy way without being overboard or despicable, she throws witty shade and speaking of which, the butler gets some scenes with her, back and forth, throwing insults and is hilarious! I think, had this show extended the relationship between two characters for one or two seasons then the show would have ended on a higher note but 6 seasons were enough and I love each one of them.

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)

For many, including myself, the last Halloween movie. Perfectly closes the saga.

[8/10 · 14 December 2018]

When Scream came out in 1996 and took the world by surprise, many producers, movie directors and screenwriters were rushed to capitalize with the formula of this little gem released by the time horror movie was pretty much dead. Bride of Chucky, Urban Legend, I Know What You Did Last Summer are just a few examples of movies with a plot involving a serial killer slashing its victims with a sharp object. Halloween H20 is also on this list, a movie that was "almost" written by Kevin Williamson (thank God Kevin's treatment wasn't used entirely, it was awful... but many of his ideas were used for H20) in the late 90's, and this one is special among the other copycat thrillers because this one is the sequel of Halloween, the movie that inspired Williamson when he wrote Scream. So starting from here... there's something special with this film. This film was almost directed by John Carpenter, which I'm glad he didn't, because Steve Miner made a wonderful job and Carpenter, knowing how bitter and out of touch he was after the 80's Halloween H20 would have been a disaster in his hands. I don't care if the soundtrack wasn't memorable or if they shamesly used Marco Beltrami's cues, the main theme of H20 is beautiful and the best version of the monotonous and repetitive tune created by Mr. Bitter. Acting? it was excellent. Jamie Lee Curtis did not go any further with the troubled Laurie Strode and her issues were addressed perfectly fine, without annoying us with the drama that Halloween 2018 tried to shove down our throats... Janet Leigh was OK, but the scene she shared with her daughter means the life to me I consider the scene as memorable as it was the controversial for its time shower scene she made for a little b&w movie in 1960. Death scenes are brutal and Steve Miner did a wonderful job in the special effects department. Sarah's dead might be regarded as the best killing scene of the whole franchise. Now..... the ending... common... it was the best thing this movie had. The decapitation scene, the music, Laurie's breath... it was so good one can say "but what if she didn't kill Michael and she killed a paramedic with a larynge so destroyed he can't even say a word and with Michael's mask glued to his head while the real Michael is on the loose..." because we wanted to see more... but no, fortunately none of that happened, and we have the last Halloween movie.

Halloween (I) (2018)

Terribly written, even for a slasher film!

[1/10 · 2 December 2018]

No logic, full of contrivances, gross death scenes and poorly written characters placed in poorly written case scenarios. The story tells us about a maladaptive woman coping with her trauma by isolating herself at her own house, which has a sophisticated security system, booby traps and weapons hidden behind the wall, using them to practice targeting shooting in her own patio, destroying mannequins' heads and torsos. Her trauma didn't prevent her though to get married and procreate. That's Laurie Strode for you. I liked the H20's Laurie Strode better, she at least was socially functional. Michael Myers isn't hiding this time around eating rats, dogs and whatnot between the sequels. He is secluded in a mental institution after killing the astonishing amount of 5 people! 40 years later, staff at the mental institution is preparing to transfer the boogeyman at a maximum security prison so he could spent the last days of his life imprisoned there. But after an unexplained bus crash (thanks Mcbride and Green), he escapes and goes to Haddonfield to kill people once again. The majority of the characters serves only for the death scenes, and there's one particularly irrelevant that by the third act reveals his evil side and helps Michael to escape and kill but since he is so unconnected to the story nothing can be said about him, only that Michael crushes his head with his bare foot and explodes like a watermelon, brain matter and all that is shown on screen. From start to finish, the movie centers the story to different parts that it is so distracting you end up not caring about anyone. Death scenes are gory but most of them happen off screen and aren't suspenseful or scary. This movie lives in a little universe where the other sequels don't exist, however, there are moments within this one which tell the audience these sequels are recognized and that can be confusing. (The "Resurrection van, with a strange woman after the blonde guy does the peace sign but you can tell he is saying "2" as in, we are in a Halloween 2 movie and we are ignoring Resurrection... yes, this movie is full of itself as well). There's one scene in this film I find hilarious, and that's when Michael is being chased by a policeman and Mr. Irrelevant while he tranquil walks down the streets, only to get ran over by the police car and left unconscious on the floor. So many opportunities many characters have had to kill Michael and this is by far the luckiest and easiest one and all ruined by Mr. Irrelevant. Halloween 2018 lacks what made the first one so scary, I want to think that other than making this film for the money, it had the same intentions as H20 had before it was filmed, to put an end to a disgraced franchise and close it with dignity... but two things... this movie isn't good enough to enclosure anything neither is going to be the last one.