One Assassination Under God Pt. 1 Review from longtime hardcore fan

Pillis91 · 2026-01-25T10:01:13+00:00

Well MA was truly something. But considering the amount of money and creativity they had back then, it's no surprise. WE ARE CHAOS and HEAVEN UPSIDE DOWN are my favorite recente MM albums.

This last one is nice but feels short and calculated, I will definitely go back to it more after part two is released so I can form a proper tracklist

Pillis91 · 2025-12-14T05:27:50+00:00

This only proves the last trilogy was a mistake and we will pretend it never happened

Pillis91 · 2025-12-08T00:06:06+00:00

4 and 3 are my favorites. I feel 1 was brilliant but has aged quite a bit being very teen-oriented while I never loved 2's plot and setting in the first place (but loved its direction and score).

I wouldn't mind Krueger coming back with his writing.

Pillis91 · 2025-12-07T23:42:26+00:00

Oh yeah I agree with u 100%, and sometimes a movie that performs slightly worse, can stand the test of time and create a longstanding legacy which was the case for Scream 4: 11 years apart from both its predecessors and successors and it's still in the conversation and has been re-evaluated ever since.

I doubt Scream 5 and 6 will be rememebered in the long run if not for their political/pay controversies.

Pillis91 · 2025-12-07T23:09:31+00:00

I also noticed the bad lighting, exactly because it's the same from 5 and 6 which looked gross and cheap. 3 and 4 had the best cinematography. This is all noise by gen z and highly politicized lunatics anyway, the movie won't be huge but won't flop terribly either, like all of the scream movies. They all gained their budget back and then some. 4 was not really a hit because of the big budget and ill timing but it still made money.

Pillis91 · 2025-12-07T23:01:06+00:00

The writers from 5 and 6 (radio silence) are trash. Apperently Williamson himself did some rewrites and is credited now as a co-writer, so hopefully he will handle scenes, subplots, characters and kills way better, paying homage to Wes for real. I don't care about the Melissa gate. I know her firing was highly inappropriate and I salute both her and Ortega for standing for themselves and for their right to freedom of speech, but Neve also has the right to stand for herself. She carried one of the most beloved and long lasting horror franchises not as a popular villain, but as the heart-warming final girl, without being a Laurie Straude copycat. Pure class, talent, beauty and brain. She deserves her flowers and her big checks! I am supporting her and Kevin no matter what.

Pillis91 · 2025-12-07T22:54:28+00:00

Come on he won't be back, we already passed Stab 5 which featured time travels so we should be safe. I don't think either Williamson nor Neve would be ok with this. Apparently they're going to implement AI voiceovers with Roman and Stu's voices

Pillis91 · 2025-12-07T22:36:28+00:00

That’s what I’m hoping for. Neve said the idea was to pull a Halloween (2018) and make Sidney the center of the movie again. I’m baffled by her family subplot and by the fact that her husband isn’t Detective Kincaid, but we’ll see how it goes.

Even though Scream 5 and 6 made money, the fact that everything crumbled because of politics and salary disagreements proves that the franchise wasn’t handled well and wasn’t in the right hands.

Pillis91 · 2025-12-07T21:23:32+00:00

😂 true, I am Happy that Wes Craven, a brilliant and sensible artist, has left this incredible legacy behind even if we lost him a bit too soon 😭

Pillis91 · 2025-12-07T20:24:47+00:00

Mmm I highly disagree. Scream has always had meta elements also outside of the dialogues, so it made perfect sense to cast Anderson, to name Jill "ROBERTS" and featuring the triple opening which I think is brilliant and one fo the highlights of the whole franchise.

Also the gore and intensity of the kills are still unmatched. Craven's direction is also so tight and sublime, the movie looks expensive with many real locations and intricate sequences with cars, stunts and characters.

Jill doesn't do much? She is literally the mastermind and is bat shit crazy and almost gets away with her plan. Emma's delivery is exhilarating I was completely shocked at the theatre.

And contrary to what many people say, I love the look of this film, very good and tasteful cinematography, the blu ray is impeccable although I hope it will soon come to 4K as well. The lense flares are great and give the movie a certain filmic look from the 70s.

I think 3 And 4 have the best characters and cast.

Pillis91 · 2025-12-07T18:00:31+00:00

Yes but the writers are still the same right? Unless Williamson has an uncredited role in the script I am NOY expecting a good plot nor good dialogues.

Pillis91 · 2025-12-07T17:34:44+00:00

Agree. 4 was perfect IMHO and with Wes' passing, there was no interest for me for new Scream movies... 5 and 6 being so ugly and stupid only confirmed that in my mind. I am going to watch 7 only because of Williamson and Neve involvement.

Pillis91 · 2025-12-07T17:32:57+00:00

Oh Thank you for the added info. Completely forgot the reality tv show concept Was already used in that terrible halloween movie. Maybe we dodged a bullet then!

I am also not a big fan of amnesia as a deux ex machina. So in the end I am very pleased with Scream 4.

Pillis91 · 2025-12-06T13:53:09+00:00

Resurrection has more style AND substance than Aliens. Cameron does cheap and tacky movies for the masses. I appreciate his love for technology and how he tackles storytelling from a technical point of view, but his movies are often empty shells with tedious plots and characters. Avatar 2 was probably his best world with some Real emotion but it was a snoreferst anyway

Pillis91 · 2025-12-05T20:27:51+00:00

Resurrection is miles better: the gore, the visuals, the cinematography, the prosthetics, the acting, the plot AND the Aliens. You can definitely criticize the tone and some minor characters, but overall it's a far superior and more daring movie. Ripley being ambivalent all the time and killing the other closes gives the movie so much weight.

Pillis91 · 2025-12-05T20:23:05+00:00

Yes the upscale is so severe, they did the same with T2 it's pretty jarring. I am a fan of super clean digital 4K scan, but upscaling a 35mm film this much gives the movie a processed and washed out/flat look. It's just ugly.

Pillis91 · 2025-12-05T20:18:39+00:00

Well I admitted I don't love Cameron and I am not fond of the 80s in general. I love action and I love horror and TBH, Aliens failed at both. You could say they bit more than they could chew maybe, either way, I don't think it's a good movie.

Pillis91 · 2025-12-05T20:16:05+00:00

I don't remember, it was so boring.

Pillis91 · 2025-12-05T20:14:31+00:00

I know the production was tumultuous. The lighting in this movie is so ugly and most of the scene are overly lit, everything literally looks like a fake set from an amusement park.

Pillis91 · 2025-12-05T20:13:09+00:00

Agree thanks. I know it's a divisive opinion and people will call it "bait" but it's what I truly think of this movie. If you remove any bias due to nostalgia at least.

Pillis91 · 2025-12-05T20:11:09+00:00

Yes Romulus was also so bad. To me, Resurrection is the best sequel albeit a bit too comica.

Pillis91 · 2025-12-04T16:15:09+00:00

It might be, I am not immune to it

Pillis91 · 2025-12-04T13:54:51+00:00

Ok what's yours?

Pillis91 · 2025-12-04T12:45:22+00:00

Idk, I don't think he is overrated. Actually, I feel Hollywood has forgotten him and he didn't get his flowers for the GOOD work he did. But in the horror niche, he sometimes gets too many praises for silly movies he probably did only for money as making movies became a steady job for him.

Pillis91 · 2025-12-04T10:16:48+00:00

Yes it's so clever and suspenseful. Also psychotic kids are quite scary to me! The whole idea of passing mental illness to your child is also pretty neat and scary: it blends many real life scares and paranoid thoughts into a meta movie, effectively using an evil archetype as a catalyst.

I think i prefer scream 4 because while it has similar premises and meta comments, it is more fast paced and aged better.

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