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Post by Jen on Jul 25, 2006 13:28:15 GMT -5
Well, I am not really a fan of this movie. Never been a Friday the 13th fan, and I pretty much just found this silly (and not in a good way). But, it did make me laugh a couple of times ,and there was one death scene that I really liked so I will give it a 2.
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Post by GL on Aug 1, 2006 0:57:09 GMT -5
“Freddy vs. Jason” is one of the best horror films released recently.
**SPOILERS**
Freddy Krueger, (Robert Englund) tired of being forgotten by the children of Elm Street, appears to Jason's unconscious in the form of his mother to trick Jason into coming back from the dead to kill the teens on Elm Street. At a party one night, Tori Campbell (Monica Keena) and her friends Kia (Kelly Rowland) and Gibb (Katharine Isabelle) are sitting around talking when two guys come over to have sex with the girls. Gibb later finds the blood soaked carcass of her boyfriend and they escape the house. They are spotted by Police Deputy Stubbs (Lochlyn Munro) and escorted back to the police station. Even though the police "suspect" it was Freddy, they are reluctant to acknowledge to Stubbs that Freddy killed the guy. Tori falls asleep in the station and suspects that Freddy Krueger is behind it all. At Westin Mental hospital, Will Rollins (Jason Ritter) and his friend Mark (Brendon Fletcher) receive news of the death and plan their escape for that night. Tori goes to school the next day, and is told the legend of Freddy. That night, a party is held in a giant wheat field, with both Jason and Freddy inflicting major damage. By now, Freddy starts to see that Jason is too troublesome for his own benefit, and attacks Jason, sending both into the dream.
The Good News: Right from the beginning, with Freddy's monologue about how he's not scary enough to kill anymore layered over a greatest hits of his kills from the past "Elm Street" movies, you get the feeling that this will be one of Freddy's shining moments. Actually, it couldn't if it tried. Both get so many great scenes that it is impossible not to rot for one the whole time through. Their first battle is a spectacular combination of wire works and CG images as both go flying around the room, smashing into every possible obstacle you could think of. I won't say who won, so you'll have to go see it for yourself, but both fights are bloody, violent, and creative and they never lose your interest. The battle constantly changes sides, so fans of either killer has plenty of opportunities to root for their favorite. Director Ronny Yu did an unbelievable job creating an effective atmosphere to set up many of the movies biggest scares. The opening sequence is so perfect at that. After discovering something shocking, a woman runs around looking for a place to hide. Hiding behind a tree, she looks around and then the inevitable happens. What makes it work is the great setup for it. The fog around the area is chilling, and the dead silence before it happens is quite effective. The first dream is also one of the best scares in the film, with Tori wandering outside a house with the three innocent little girls jumping rope and singing Freddy's nightmare song, then Tori turns around and is face to ugly face with the demon himself, then jolts awake. Pretty big scare there. The blood and gore is as effective and plentiful as the first film, and it might even be the goriest 'Friday', definitely a big plus for gore fans. Some more inventive killings by Jason, and even Freddy gets one good kill scene. Jason here emerges as a true unstoppable force of nature, walking into the party engulfed in flames and still slicing and dicing. Even before that, we get a great kill that was pretty funny. That was the most surprising thing: it was funnier than some may give it credit for. A couple of events and lines draw a laugh or two, and it never really comes across as forced. As usual, the nudity was quiet enjoyable, as the two people who appear naked are nice to look at, and the scenes are long enough to get a good feel for them. With a very fast pace, lots of deaths, good gore and plenty of action, this is a horror fans must see film of the year.
The Bad News: Several of the repeated jump attempts can be tiring, but overall, nothing else was wrong with it.
The Final Verdict: This is highly enjoyable. There is plenty of blood and gore for gore fans, and enough suspense and shocks for casual horror fans. The death scenes run the gamut from actually being shown to being done off camera but the blood spatters into view to the incredibly funny with a good amount of humor that isn't provided by Freddy, though he still provides a few wisecracks himself. Hopefully, this will not ruin either series for the star killers as it is far too enjoyable not to.
Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Nudity, a short sex scene and Drug Use
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Post by Loucifer on Mar 19, 2007 8:01:40 GMT -5
I'm gonna give it a 4/5.
It was a good, fun movie... that made me giggle (however, not as much as Jason X made me giggle... ).
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Post by Canetoad on Jun 3, 2007 3:25:15 GMT -5
3 out of five (2.5 would have been ideal). Amusing with a few beers, and some good splatter and gratuitous boobies, which is always a bonus. ;D
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Post by GL on Jun 3, 2007 10:19:34 GMT -5
I do agree, it's the goriest of the NOES series, as that fight is just long, brutal and full of that good ole splatter. Really makes it fun to watch.
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Post by HNT on Jun 3, 2007 14:53:10 GMT -5
I give it a 3. It's alright and pretty fun to watch. I like NOES way more than Friday though, so I was a little disapointed that Jason didn't get his ass kicked
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Post by Canetoad on Jun 4, 2007 2:23:15 GMT -5
That's 'arse' kicked HNT. And I must confes after the execrable NOES 3 Dream Warriors I've never bothered with the others. Any worth catching?
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Post by HNT on Jun 4, 2007 8:32:46 GMT -5
YOu didn't like Dream Warriors Toad? I'd argue that one is second only to the original as the best in the series. Other than that, Wes Craven's New Nightmare takes a somewhat differnt angle and injects some life into it all, but if you didn't like 3 I don't hold out much hope for you enjoying the other inferior sequels
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Post by GL on Jun 4, 2007 10:46:18 GMT -5
True 1, 3 and NN are the ones that are worth watching. If you didn't like 3, then that's a hard one. 4's too cheesy in a bad way, 5 is just boring, and while I have a guilty pleasue spot for Freddy's Dead, I get hammered for it since it's one everyone else seems to really hate.
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Post by Canetoad on Jun 5, 2007 6:50:57 GMT -5
I'll rewatch 3 since I haven't seen it since its cinema release and my then girlfriend hated it and bitched all the way through the movie which could have coloured my opinion. And just ordered Freddy's Dead on a punt cos it was cheap and you had spoken of it in semi-favourable terms. Haven't really explored this series enough.
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Post by GL on Jun 5, 2007 10:19:10 GMT -5
That's why my first-time viewing is always by myself, so I can see what it has to offer without being influenced by others. Then, on the second or third time around I sit in with someone (although there's nearly half my collection no one else has seen: like I'm going to show my little sister a Jess Franco or a Jean Rollin) and then we can rip on it then.
Just be warned about Freddy's Dead: it's in no way scary but it's pretty funny, so don't expect to be scared out of your warts like the first one.
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Post by HNT on Jun 5, 2007 11:15:34 GMT -5
Freddy's Dead is pretty funny. By no means a great (or even good) film, but there's just something sweet about 3D cheese. I think that there is a version of this one that dispolays in 3D on the television. Not sure how that would work, but its still a pretty cool idea
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Post by HNT on Jun 5, 2007 11:22:28 GMT -5
That's why my first-time viewing is always by myself, so I can see what it has to offer without being influenced by others. Then, on the second or third time around I sit in with someone (although there's nearly half my collection no one else has seen: like I'm going to show my little sister a Jess Franco or a Jean Rollin) and then we can rip on it then. Just be warned about Freddy's Dead: it's in no way scary but it's pretty funny, so don't expect to be scared out of your warts like the first one. Awe, can I watch a Jess Franco with your litle sister? LMFAO
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Post by Canetoad on Jun 5, 2007 16:57:37 GMT -5
That's why my first-time viewing is always by myself, so I can see what it has to offer without being influenced by others. Then, on the second or third time around I sit in with someone (although there's nearly half my collection no one else has seen: like I'm going to show my little sister a Jess Franco or a Jean Rollin) and then we can rip on it then. Just be warned about Freddy's Dead: it's in no way scary but it's pretty funny, so don't expect to be scared out of your warts like the first one. Not expecting much. But for $6 I can't complain. And I'll trot out Dream Warriors tonight.
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Post by GL on Jun 6, 2007 10:18:05 GMT -5
Awe, can I watch a Jess Franco with your litle sister? LMFAO Well, you can watch Oasis of the Zombies and Return to the House of Usher, but you can't watch Female Vampire, Nightmares Come at Night, She Killed in Ecstacy, The Devil Came from Akasava, Vampyros Lesbos, 99 Women, Vampire Junction, Sadomania, Bloody Moon nor Love Letters of a Portugese Nun. The first two are fine, but the others are off limits.
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