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Yeah, I didn't really mind having to duck out early, it would have been a decent ending to finish at the swimming pool scene.
The Aint It Cool review was just as overblown as the film itself. I wasn't expecting this one to be as good as it was (from The Horror Film genre) and it has to be the best of the god-knows-how-many Halloween sequels there are. I disagree Zombie tried to make the M. Myers some hero or even anti-hero for that matter. Zombie did make a monster.
My reaction is also based on the laughs I got from the other theater goers there. It's been a long time since I've seen so many people jump (a number of times) in unison.