Nightmare On Elm Street (2010) - Part 1

[CashforStash]

as unoriginal and boring as this remake was.. dont even compare it to the horrid failure the friday was... i literally couldnt watch the whole film it was that bad, it made the previous horrible movies look oscar worthy lol
i put it up there with Dragonball Evolution of movies that shouldnt be considered movies.

To like the remake you have to appreciate the original franchise, but to someone who doesn't like the originals i can see your point.

 

[kickass]

She's also nominated for an award and is up against Meryl Streep. Good for her I guess. Meh.

 

[CelticPredator]

as unoriginal and boring as this remake was.. dont even compare it to the horrid failure the friday was... i literally couldnt watch the whole film it was that bad, it made the previous horrible movies look oscar worthy lol
i put it up there with Dragonball Evolution of movies that shouldnt be considered movies.

No it wasn't. It was on par with any Friday flick. Sans 1, 3, 4, and 6.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

I still really like this film, tbh.

 

[CelticPredator]

I'm sorry.

 

[Primal Slayer]

I dont think this was drop dead horrible. But I still wish they had made Katie Cassidys chararecter the hero since they changed things so much.

 

[bullets]

reviews say she is great not to mention she is working with malick next

I saw it last night.she did really good fitting into the role and surprised me.

 

[Nightmare]

She seemed like a complete different actress from this. I loved TGWTDT.

 

[Project862006]

might also be working with fincher

jesse go an oscar nom working with him and i doubt he will get another

 

[Thundarr]

this and friday the 13th need sequels. i loved both, i never liked the originals. the new ones and i felt like they had a better hold on the story and i prefer the way they were shot and presented instead of the 80s style.

besides that, i'd really only care for one more of each, i dont want a franchise like before, but one more each for me would be enjoyable to see where they take the new takes on the characters.

im a fan of the texas chainsaw remakes as well as rob zombies halloween movies. the 2nd halloween i only like because i made my own cut with the unrated being the preferred cut until the end, the theatrical ending was far more interesting.

but no boobs. im tired of the forced sex scenes in these films. i prefer quality over corny

You have very strange tastes, imo. The original Friday The 13th, Nightmare On Elm Street, Black Christmas, Halloween, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre are all awesome (and I'm talking the original originals, not the umpteenth sequels that have become laughable attempts to cash in on the previously successful films). The remakes of these GREAT CLASSICS are absolute crap. They do the exact opposite of everything you should do to make a good horror movie, let alone a good remake.

To make a good horror movie, you need to focus on mood and suspense rather than over the top violence and jump scares. To make a good remake, you have to take the same story and make slight changes to them in order to make them seem new and refreshing, without changing so much that you wind up crapping all over the originals.

I will give credit where it's due, and say that the remakes of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Nightmare On Elm Street did okay in the whole "building suspense & creating mood" aspect. But they strayed too far from the original storiesn making them okay horror movies (maybe even good horror movies), but terrible remakes.

The remakes of Black Christmas, Friday The 13th, and Halloween? Epic failures in every conceivable way. Too much focus on violence and jump scares and a complete lack of mood and suspense to be good horror movies. And they're all way too off the mark with the back stories to be good remakes.

No, give me the originals any day of the week and twice on Sunday. I'll watch the original Friday The 13th franchise on Friday The 13th. I'll watch John Carpenter's Halloween Trilogy (Halloween, Halloween II, and Halloween H20) on October 31st. I'll watch A Nightmare On Elm Street whenever I want a good scare. I'll watch Black Christmas on Christmas Eve. And I'll watch the piece of s#!t remakes if I ever swallow anything poisonous and need to vomit.

 

[Lord]

Technically John Carpenter's Halloween Trilogy was Halloween, II and III: Season of the witch, as those were the ones he was involved with the story.

The problem with the nightmare reboot was that it was a big let down from the original, didn't seems as big, and the final showdown wasn´t as great as in the original.

 

[Punisher Rising]

I'd give this about a 6/10. It was okay, watchable but ultimately pretty forgettable. Just felt like it was a remake for the sake of finally adding ANOES to the list of movies with them.

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

I was watching the Texas Chainsaw remake last night, followed by Beginning. All these remakes are done by the same production company with music directors for hire. Each flick is overly produced and stylized with nothing special that makes them stand out; everything is flat.

The only thing I praise the Nightmare remake for was the casting of Jackie, but Samuel Bayer will never be a better director than Wes, Wesley Strick will never be a better writer than Wes and Jacques Haitkin's cinematography was superior to Jeff Cutter's

 

[Punisher Rising]

One of my gripes with the ANOES remake is the "synthetic" look it has for lack of a better term. It looks far too polished and glossy, which for me takes away from the feeling of it being grounded.

 

[def28]

I didnt think the remake was as bad as it was gonna be but it definitely lacked creativity for the dream sequences. Every previous NOES (Freddys Revenge never happened) had better deaths and dream sequences. Nothing really was ever used much to show a characters fear,desire or hobbies thorough dreams and deaths which was a huge let down. Thought Freddys lines were pretty lame as well. Dug it more then Texas Chainsaw remake.

 

[moviedoors]

I was really rooting for this one. I LOVED the casting of Jackie Earl Haley in the role, but I cant lie. It was an awful movie. Every attempt at recreating moments from the original (which for the record, I don't hold as untouchable) fell completely flat, and everything they tried to do that was new was just dull. Hell, the entire movie was dull. I didn't expect to be bored by it. The entire affair reeked of just a hollow Hollywood cash-in can get. Get the rights to the name, advertise it well, don't spend a lot, make a enough on the opening weekend, forget about the whole thing after cashing the checks. It's the very epitome of soulless, cash grabbing, filmmaking.

It almost makes me retroactively give the Friday the 13th remake a pass, but not quite. That movie did good business for what it was, but, where's the sequel? Not gonna happen in that iteration anytime soon, because it was the same type of ball-less, studio executive driven crap that Nightmare was. Make money off of a popular name, and run away to the bank laughing. It's exactly what you could expect from something executive produced by Michael Bay, and I'm ashamed I fell for it all with Chainsaw and Friday. I'm glad I didn't pay to see Nightmare. They made a minor profit off of that one, but they saw the writing on the wall and haven't tried another one since. They know the well is dry and they haven't made with a Hellraiser remake. Not they didn't try. They wanted to make it PG-13. Hellraiser. PG-13. Didn't happen though. Thank god for that.

The whole mess has given me a more positive attitude towards Rob Zombie's Halloween movies. I think they're incredibly flawed, but at least they're sincere, at least they took some kind of risk.

 

[Venom75]

The Elm Street remake had one or two good scenes(I like the classroom scene with Freddy and Kris)and some nice lines by Freddy,but overall it is a horrible film. Too many bad retread moments of previous films along with boring kills and characters. Jackie was ok as Krueger,but he is NO Robert Englund. His Krueger had no personality and was too stiff. Like many of you already said,the film was just an excuse to make money.
But I must admit that I was hoping for a sequel because,in my opinion,the more Freddy,the better. I hoped that the horrible lessons from the remake would be learned and Platinum dunes would do everything in it's power to make a better sequel. But,they are dumping the series and not making a sequel,and that is unforgivable. They pretty much crapped on the franchise,Freddy and the classic film that Craven first created. I HATE PD.

 

[Mike_D202]

IF they EVER do another one, they should do "Dream Warriors" and have the Crank directors make it.

 

[def28]

IF they EVER do another one, they should do "Dream Warriors" and have the Crank directors make it.

Dream Warriors remake would be awesome. Love that flick. The Puppet Death still creeps me out.

 

[steintym]

As disappointing as the remake was, I'd still be interested in a sequel. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening. I was interested in seeing where they would go with the new franchise.

 

[Punisher Rising]

For me, I'd like to see a sequel to the remake combine Freddy's Revenge and Dream Warriors. I think the possession angle of FR and the dream powers storyline of DW in one film together could be very interesting.

 

[Venom75]

I've heard rumors that a reboot might be in order,like they did with the Hulk. Just people talking,really. But I thought Jackie and Rooney were signed up for at least 1 sequel? Like I said,Jackie's Krueger wasn't anything special,but there were hints of greatness. I'd like to see what he could do with a good script/story.

 

[steintym]

I thought Jackie's performance was pretty cool and would like to see more. My biggest complaint was what the writers did to the character.

 

[Mike_D202]

For me, the kills were too boring. I understand they wanted to do a "realistic" take on it, but how realistic can you be about a guy who kills people in their dreams?! They could have had fun with it and be a little more creative.

 

[def28]

For me, the kills were too boring. I understand they wanted to do a "realistic" take on it, but how realistic can you be about a guy who kills people in their dreams?! They could have had fun with it and be a little more creative.

Yup, I think every previous death in the other films had a more creative, gruesome death. Wasnt Nancy an artist in this one? They could have done some cool stuff with that.