They took this one in too much of a different direction for it being the last in the trilogy.
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Part of the issue with this was, that it was so different from what they'd built up in Halloween Kills. Kills, they'd built up the entire movie building up to being Laurie Stroud vs Michael Myers one last time. And the whole town had been forming an aggressive mob to finally end Michael Myers.
None of that seemed relevant to Ends. The big cliffhanger of Kills was that Laurie was starring into the camera dramatically, knowing she'd have to fight Myers again. In Ends, it's been five years, and she's happily living and being a grandmother. She's writing a book, and all the neighbours suddenly hate her for obsessing about Myers. Were these the same people forming a mob shouting; "Evil Dies Tonight!", and if not where were those people? It seemed the whole town had been in on it in Kills. Why not now?
Also, i didn't feel it worked as a final, final death of Michael Myers. If Halloween Ends came earlier in the story, and Michael was still alive at the end, it might've been more interesting. But we were promisd Laurie vs Michael, in both the previous movie and in the promotion for this one. Then the first 40 minutes are about some randomer called Corey, and there was a short fight with Myers at the end, who ends up being killed quite easily.
The thing is, introducing Corey might've been interesting, if they'd have done something with him. Or if it was meant a passing of the torch moment for future Halloweens. But he ended up getting killed anyway, so you wonder what the point of him was.
People say; "Oh, there's loads of Halloweens with Michael Myers in, this was something different." Fine. But don't market it as some big final defeat of Michael, then take the story in a different direction with some two minute fight between Laurie and Michael at the end. Of course people are going to be disappointed.
The thing is, introducing Corey might've been interesting, if they'd have done something with him. Or if it was meant a passing of the torch moment for future Halloweens. But he ended up getting killed anyway, so you wonder what the point of him was.