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Halloween: The Official Movie Novelization
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***1/2
I picked up this book after having recently read over some of the novelizations from my youth. Back then, I'd read the books as soon as they came out--or as soon as I noticed them on the shelf at Walden Books--eager for the story, not even minding that I'd know the whole thing by the time the movie was released. I wouldn't do that as a spoiler-conscious adult, but when I saw the new "Halloween" had been adapted as a novelization, thought it might be fun to read after seeing the movie.
I actually read it between two screenings of the new Jason Blum production, about a week apart. My feelings about the movie didn't change much with the second viewing. There are definite story issues, and the whole psychiatrist character could have been left on the cutting room floor, and the movie would have been better for it.
Actually, as I'm writing this, I feel more positively toward John Passarella's novelization than I do toward the film itself. That's not because the book version contains a bunch of scenes the movie doesn't. But, for one thing anyway, with the book I can't SEE some of these characters, which is a great help in the case of most of the teenagers, who annoyed the hell out of me in the film. Many scenes in the book are longer than in the movie, some of the dialogue a bit better, and, strangely, the pacing works better on the page than on the screen.
The events, and order of events, in the book are pretty much the same as what you see in the theater. Longer scenes, like I said, and some of the humor in the movie isn't in the book. A couple of the death scenes turn out a bit differently, as well.
I also like the way Passarella writes the scenes which takes place from The Shape's point of view. He has a good understanding of the character. The author has a cool style, and I'm curious now to read one of his original stories.
I picked up this book after having recently read over some of the novelizations from my youth. Back then, I'd read the books as soon as they came out--or as soon as I noticed them on the shelf at Walden Books--eager for the story, not even minding that I'd know the whole thing by the time the movie was released. I wouldn't do that as a spoiler-conscious adult, but when I saw the new "Halloween" had been adapted as a novelization, thought it might be fun to read after seeing the movie.
I actually read it between two screenings of the new Jason Blum production, about a week apart. My feelings about the movie didn't change much with the second viewing. There are definite story issues, and the whole psychiatrist character could have been left on the cutting room floor, and the movie would have been better for it.
Actually, as I'm writing this, I feel more positively toward John Passarella's novelization than I do toward the film itself. That's not because the book version contains a bunch of scenes the movie doesn't. But, for one thing anyway, with the book I can't SEE some of these characters, which is a great help in the case of most of the teenagers, who annoyed the hell out of me in the film. Many scenes in the book are longer than in the movie, some of the dialogue a bit better, and, strangely, the pacing works better on the page than on the screen.
The events, and order of events, in the book are pretty much the same as what you see in the theater. Longer scenes, like I said, and some of the humor in the movie isn't in the book. A couple of the death scenes turn out a bit differently, as well.
I also like the way Passarella writes the scenes which takes place from The Shape's point of view. He has a good understanding of the character. The author has a cool style, and I'm curious now to read one of his original stories.
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October 26, 2018
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October 26, 2018
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November 1, 2018
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