Paramount acquires Friday the 13th film rights, Friday the 13th 2 on the way!

[Thundarr]

The remake had my favorite Jason to date, and I fairly liked the primary human characters (Clay, Whitney and Jenna).

I think it's quite a bit better than it's given credit for.

Derek Mears was the best part of that movie. I actually did like his interpretation of Jason. Everything else sucked! Clay, Whitney, and Jenna were all dull as dirt. I guess Michael Bay figured he could get away with making his three primary characters so damned boring because Jason had probably the most prolific killing spree since Part 6. He needs to buy a freakin' dictionary and look up the word SUSPENSE!

 

[Thundarr]

I absolutely loved what they did with the visuals in the Nightmare remake, the nightmare sequences were all really well-shot and eerily lit, but that's about it. Other than that, it was beyond dull and the acting was as wooden as... well, lumber. Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy was an exception though, I thought he was great, especially during Freddy's origin scenes, but there wasn't enough of him and he was far better in the under appreciated Little Children film where he plays a haunting child molester who has just been released from prison (he should have won an Oscar for that role, as much as I love Alan Arkin in Little Miss Sunshine, Haley was too brilliant in that role). Rooney Mara continues to make me believe that she is the most overrated actress in Hollywood working right now. I hated The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo remake, which surprised me a lot because I normally enjoy David Fincher's films, and Side Effects was too trashy to have any merit (one of the worst films I've seen as of late).

This news about a new Friday film has me excited though. I've always loved the Friday/Nightmare films, so I really do hope that they can get Freddy and Jason back on-screen together again sometime soon because Freddy vs. Jason is such an entertaining film that how a sequel never got made, I'll never understand. The film almost quadrupled it's budget of $30,000,000 and made a killing on the home-video market. I'd much rather see another Freddy vs. Jason film than another Jason/Freddy remake, and I think that the fans would agree as well.

I agree with pretty much everything in bold. Visually, the Nightmare remake was very well done. Some of the nightmare sequences even had me jumping out of my seat, and it's been ages since any horror movie has done that (FYI, Friday The 13th remake, didn't). I liked Jackie Earle Haley's performance as Freddy. I even like his new "more realistic" burn make up.

But the writing? Good God was that ever awful! Insinuating Freddy might have been innocent? Swapping out the child killer part of his history for child molester (add it in, by all means, but don't swap it out!)? The "micronaps"? I'm willing to forgive the little tips of the hat to the previous films, but the above listed things are just unforgivable!

YOU DON'T F**K WITH THE KILLER'S ORIGINS! Good God, has no one learned ANYTHING from the atrocity which was Rob Zombie's Halloween?

 

[Thundarr]

I found both Reboots meh, but i'm open for more Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street movies, would actually like to see another Freddy vs Jason crossover

I'd rather they go back to the original "continuity". Even though I prefer Hunter Jason to Zombie Jason, I'd love to see a Friday The 13th: Survivors movie. Where the survivors from Parts 2 through 5 (or maybe 2 through 7) return to Crystal Lake in order to deal with their personal demons, then Jason shows up and they have to try and take him down once and for all. Cast all the original actors to reprise their roles (Amy Steele, John Furey, Corey Feldman, Dana Kimmel, etc). Could be awesome!

For ANOES, I'd love to see Robert Englund reprise the role of Freddy, minus the make up, in a prequel about Freddy's days as The Springwood Slasher. Watch him try to balance his facade of being a regular Joe, going to work, acting neighborly, volunteering to help find the missing children, etc, with his extracurricular activities of abducting, raping, and murdering the children of Elm Street. Then we see his arrest, trial, his release on a technicality, and finally his being burned alive. That would make for an awesome movie.

 

[Thundarr]

the Nightmare remake was a massive missed opportunity. They could have made Freddy truly terrifying again but instead they made a greatest hits of the original series.

At least he wasn't making bad puns throughout the movie.

 

[BH/HHH]

At least he wasn't making bad puns throughout the movie.

He did towards the end of the film and they were recycled from the old movies.

"How's this for a wet dream" - this was recycled from Nightmare 4

They were stuck in a comfort zone with the 'Nightmare' remake.

Spot on

 

[Donnie Darko]

Everything after Part 4 maybe.

The director of Part 7 equates making a Friday The 13th movie with telling a joke, the death scenes being the punchlines. That's pretty much true, except the suspense leading up to the kill is supposed to be the joke's set up.

Parts 5 through FvJ, as well as the remake, were all punchlines, no set up. I'll continue the analogy with jokes borrowed from a friend of mine, "Horror Comic" Gerald Gerald Geraldson.

"It ain't easy bein' creepy. It ain't easy bein' creepy. It ain't easy bein' creepy." Hilarious right? No? You no why? Because it's just the punchlines.

"Kermit The Frog once said 'It's not easy being green. Well you know what? It ain't easy bein' creepy.

In high school, when the other boys were having a hard time picking up girls, I was having a hard time picking up hitch hikers! It ain't easy bein' creepy!

I went to a used car dealer. I said 'I wanna buy one of those Toyota Echoes'. The salesman said 'How about a black Chevy panel van with tinted windows?' I said it ain't easy bein' creepy!

I went to the SPCA! I said 'I'd like to get me one of them Saint Bernards'. The girl behind the counter said 'How about a shaved cat with a *****?' I said it ain't easy bein' creepy.

I was on a plane recently. The man next to me pulled a picture of his family out of his wallet and showed it to me. So I pulled a picture out of my wallet. He said 'Is that your family? They look real nice.' I said 'No'. He said 'Then why do you have their picture?' I said 'It ain't easy bein' creepy.'

I got on a bus one time. There was only one other passenger on board, so I sat right next to her. She said 'The bus is practically empty, why do you have to sit right next to me?' I looked at her and said 'It ain't easy bein' creepy'.

I got on an elevator the other day. Then a clown got on. Then a mime got on. Then a robot street performer got on. Then an evangelist got on. We all looked at each other and we're like 'It ain't easy bein' creepy'.

I WENT TO JUST LADIES FITNESS! . . . It ain't easy bein' creepy."

See the difference?

I definitely see the point you are putting out there, but damn those jokes were more brutal than any kill I've ever seen Jason commit.

 

[Thundarr]

I definitely see the point you are putting out there, but damn those jokes were more brutal than any kill I've ever seen Jason commit.

They're funnier when told by someone who looks like he just stepped out of a George Romero movie.

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[Thundarr]

Before Paramount and Platinum Dunes goes any farther, they should probably try reading this. . .

http://news.moviefone.com/2011/08/18/the-10-essential-rules-for-making-a-good-horror-remake/

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

Comes in praying there was real news, leaves thread disappointed in a typical fashion.

 

[Lord]

Before Paramount and Platinum Dunes goes any farther, they should probably try reading this. . .

http://news.movieone.com/2011/08/18/the-10-essential-rules-for-making-a-good-horror-remake/

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[bullets]

I've gotten past the point of caring anymore.

 

[Nightmare]

Well, I'm interested.

 

[Alex_Spider]

I agree with pretty much everything in bold. Visually, the Nightmare remake was very well done. Some of the nightmare sequences even had me jumping out of my seat, and it's been ages since any horror movie has done that (FYI, Friday The 13th remake, didn't). I liked Jackie Earle Haley's performance as Freddy. I even like his new "more realistic" burn make up.

But the writing? Good God was that ever awful! Insinuating Freddy might have been innocent? Swapping out the child killer part of his history for child molester (add it in, by all means, but don't swap it out!)? The "micronaps"? I'm willing to forgive the little tips of the hat to the previous films, but the above listed things are just unforgivable!

YOU DON'T F**K WITH THE KILLER'S ORIGINS! Good God, has no one learned ANYTHING from the atrocity which was Rob Zombie's Halloween?

I agree the nightmare sequences were very creepy and well shot. Regarding the child molesting part, I didm't mind it much, but it would be better if they made him a child killer too.

 

[Octoberist]

It seems like they were half-commited on the 'Nightmare reboot' script. Half-hearted, wishy washy.

 

[Lord]

They should have left the child molester part ambiguous like the original and embraced the child killer bit.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

They should have left the child molester part ambiguous like the original and embraced the child killer bit.

They should've also got someone that actually had prior knowledge of the franchise, and knew how to write a good script.

 

[Ant-manic]

I agree the nightmare sequences were very creepy and well shot. Regarding the child molesting part, I didm't mind it much, but it would be better if they made him a child killer too.

the child killer portion is somewhat necessary to explain the clawed glove. because, otherwise, why would a pedophile need a clawed glove?

 

[Alex_Spider]

the child killer portion is somewhat necessary to explain the clawed glove. because, otherwise, why would a pedophile need a clawed glove?

Maybe it was just a wicked fetish that turned him on when touching little children

 

[Thundarr]

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Sorry. Typo. Fixed it.

 

[Thundarr]

I agree the nightmare sequences were very creepy and well shot. Regarding the child molesting part, I didm't mind it much, but it would be better if they made him a child killer too.

My point exactly.

 

[Thundarr]

the child killer portion is somewhat necessary to explain the clawed glove. because, otherwise, why would a pedophile need a clawed glove?

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Loki882]

And what was the significance of the boiler room? In the original, it's where he worked, but he worked at a school in the remake, so the boiler room was pointless. As someone who quite enjoyed the Friday the 13th remake, I'd love to see a sequel to that one.

 

[Loki882]

Derek Mears was the best part of that movie. I actually did like his interpretation of Jason. Everything else sucked! Clay, Whitney, and Jenna were all dull as dirt. I guess Michael Bay figured he could get away with making his three primary characters so damned boring because Jason had probably the most prolific killing spree since Part 6. He needs to buy a freakin' dictionary and look up the word SUSPENSE!

Boring characters are a staple of the Friday the 13th franchise (it's one thing that a lot of people criticize it for), unlikeable ones to. None of the movies had stellar writing. I found the remake characters to be better than most.

 

[Thundarr]

And what was the significance of the boiler room? In the original, it's where he worked, but he worked at a school in the remake, so the boiler room was pointless. As someone who quite enjoyed the Friday the 13th remake, I'd love to see a sequel to that one.

Actually, he took the kids to an abandoned boiler room to kill them (and in the unspoken subtext, rape and torture them). They never specified where he worked, although in the Marvel comic and the premier episode of Freddy's Nightmares it's insinuated that he drove an ice cream truck.

 

[Thundarr]

Boring characters are a staple of the Friday the 13th franchise (it's one thing that a lot of people criticize it for), unlikeable ones to. None of the movies had stellar writing. I found the remake characters to be better than most.

I never found any of the characters of the original franchise boring or unlikeable (or at least not the majority of them). I found the characters in the remake WORST than any of the ones from the original franchise. It's like they took all of the most boring and unlikeable characters from the original franchise, made them even more dull and/or unlikeable, and put them all in one movie.