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I went and saw this movie friday night and It just didn't do it for me. The old ones are of course better. But Robert Englund WAS Freddy.
The older ones were funny in a way at times. It seemed like Freddy had something sarcastic to say before/after he killed his victims. But Freddy just didn't seem like Freddy in the new one. Seemed like his character had a changed a bit.
I haven't seen it yet myself. I must admit I wasn't thrilled about the remake since the first two Nightmares were very scary to me. The others became a bit too campy. And I don't think anyone could touch Robert Englund as Freddy.
I do know someone who saw it this weekend and he said the original was still the best but Haley came pretty darn close to Englund.
I won't spend the money to see it in the theatre so I will have to wait until PPV I guess.
I give it a thumb up for all the times I jumped in my seat, but a thumb down for the choppy way it was put together. I was 9yrs old when I first saw the original and I can still remember the sheer terror I felt after the movie was over. The last time I saw the original was maybe 4yrs ago and even now that I'm older and I know its just a movie, the way the story line flows together still sucks me in, and allows me to believe the four characters and what they're experiencing with Freddy.
With the new one, it was one scene cutting to the next, to the next, to the next. It was very choppy to me and not believable. I was also diappointed with the parts of the movie that directly come from the first: the glove in the bathtub, Freddy coming out of the wall in Nancy's room, Tina's death, etc... In the new movie, they almost sort of teased you with it, for lack of a better explanation. One minute it was there, and the very next second it was gone. Like it wasnt even on screen long enough for you to process it, does that make sense?
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Anyways I was annoyed with the new freddies voice from the trailers so i decided not to see it. From what I hear, im glad I didnt pay for the movie.
I am not going to watch it. Wes Craven's original was in a different league to any of the follow ups other than the ones he did himself, so I can't see how this new one will match up. Craven's work on Scream was outstanding too...the guy knows how to put together a film and while I don't watch much horror, his films are a cut above the rest IMO.
I thought it was good. It was very jumpy and while I felt that the beginning was creepier than the second half of the movie overall it was a lot better than I thought it was going to be based on what I'd read.
Jackie Earle Haley was eerie as Freddy and put in a good performance. I didn't like Thomas Dekker (Jesse) as much as I thought I would. I'm too used to him being nice like he was in Heroes or The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Rooney Mara did a good job was Nancy and brought some intelligence to the role. The others did pretty good jobs as well.
I would recommend it to fans of the original, even though I feel it did not incorporate enough modern touches in the dream sequences.
I saw it opening day and would give it an "eh". I think it was pretty pontless to remake the original, other than most kids today will not watch "old" movies.
I like JEH as an actor, and if the was playing a burned up killer who was NOT Freddie, he would have been great. But he just dosn't have the fun, evil mirth that RE's Freddie had, all his one liners (and way too many of those) fell flat.
I thought the production was very good, but it was always to dull and dark, there was really no contrast between reality and dream. Also the gore/FX were unimpressive.
Story wise, it was just like the 1st, only a few additions. The idea that Freddie the man was innocent was intiging, but it was just a red herring. I really liked the youtube bit, an obvious nod to PARANORMAL.
To recap, why remake this movie? Pointless. Rent, don't buy JMO
The idea that Freddie the man was innocent was intiging, but it was just a red herring.
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