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Post by GL on Jun 17, 2006 12:53:49 GMT -5
Rate it on a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being the worst, 5 being the best.
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Post by CK on Jun 17, 2006 14:33:34 GMT -5
This has to be my favorite of the entire series. The way Freddy gave each kid a special death was just brilliant. 5/5 for me.
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Post by Conan on Jun 18, 2006 21:07:12 GMT -5
This might just be my favorite nightmare movie. It gets a 5.
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Post by Freddy's Revenge on Jun 19, 2006 13:39:43 GMT -5
The first one is really high on my list of the series, and Part 3 is right under it. Very good Nightmare movie.3/10
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Post by HNT on Jun 25, 2006 11:46:23 GMT -5
5 from me. NOt quite as good as the original, but a terrific film nonetheless. And a great return to form for Freddy after they screwed him up with the whole posession angle in PArt 2
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Post by GL on Aug 1, 2006 0:52:30 GMT -5
“A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3: Dream Warriors” is actually quite entertaining entry in the series.
**SPOILERS**
Kristen Parker (Patricia Arquette) is the latest Elm Street child to be tormented by nightmares of an unknown dream figure. However, to her mother Elaine (Brooke Bundy) she appears to be trying to commit suicide. She is placed into Wesson Hills Medical Center, run by a doctor Neil Gordon (Craig Wasson) where Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) is interning. After being given all the necessary introduction to the facility, she begins to take an interest in Kristen’s problems with dreaming. Soon, the other teens in the facility are dying in bizarre ways, all of which look like suicide. Nancy is convinced this is the work of Freddy Kruegar, (Robert Englund) who she has faced before. After the death of Jennifer, (Penelope Sudrow) Nancy decides to tell the others about Freddy and they immediately undergo treatment to stop the nightmares. However, Freddy continues his assault on the teens, finally forcing the remaining teens into the dream world to stop Freddy.
The Good News: As with most Elm Street movies, this one is filled with some great dream moments. Picking out a favorite is nearly impossible, but several are clearly very imaginative. The opening one in the movie is one of those, as we are just repeatedly thrown one horrific image after another. Included in the scene is a barking pig, a dead child suddenly appearing out of nowhere, fire, scares, dead leaves, and everything else you can imagine. Lots of action and tension as well which really help out with the scene. It was also interesting to see how it went, as it really had some interesting twists and turns in it. I could say that about all of the dream sequences in the film: they never go the way you would expect them to go since there is always something new that happens that adds to the terror. It goes on longer than you would expect them to, and it adds to the terror. So many of the scares end up this way. The end of Kristen’s first dream is exactly that way. It should’ve ended so much earlier than what was the actual ending of the dream the way the film has it. It’s one of the best dreams in the film, and the actual best dream could be the one toward the end, where Freddy goes crazy and slaughters the others with their own nightmares. It’s a great scene that features all of the teens getting killed in horrific ways, which kinda makes up for the pretty slow but still suspenseful beginning of the film. That also surprised me about the film: the suspense in the film. We get a lot of scenes that come with scores of atmosphere. Even better is the FX work in the film. There are so many great FX ideas in here. The Freddy snake is perhaps the most obvious one; but the various ways his hands morph into different weapons is really great, but the real FX treat is the clever way we are introduced to the dream world. The house that keeps reappearing, Nancy falling into the chair, and how the walls always seem to provide some cheap scares. Some of the wall gags are big scare givers, so it has some great moments. Also, this is the start of comic Freddy, so he has some okay lines for his kills. Not as great as the lines in part 4, but they still provide some chuckles for some.
The Bad News: It does have some pretty bad lines, but it is still the start of him turning into a comedy star. Several are pretty funny, but some are quite groaners, so it can lead to some real moments of agony as you wait for the next kill. Also, the middle part of the film is pretty slow, which is quite the opposite of the thrilling intro and ending, so the middle is a bit hard to sit through. Despite the reappearance of Nancy, she really isn’t given a lot to do other than tell what Kruegar can do to the children. For someone who had firsthand experience with dealing with Freddy, she should’ve had a larger role in the film, especially billed third on the top.
The Final Verdict: This one is actually really good and quite surprisingly holds up real well. It also contains some classic Freddy moments and is the start of his turn toward a wise-cracking villain. One of the better entries in the series, and one that all Freddy fans should like.
Rated R: Graphic Language, Graphic Violence, Nudity and drug use
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Post by Jen on Aug 4, 2006 18:54:47 GMT -5
An excellent sequel, and my favorite of the series other than the first one and maybe New Nightmare. Some great death scenes......4/5. Really one of those I want to give a five to, but it doesn't quite make it.
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Post by Seeker on Aug 14, 2006 10:23:09 GMT -5
I gave this one a 4/5... I thought this was an awsome movie from beginning to end...It was great to see the kids finding their dream powers and battleing Freddy...And how could you forget the awsome soundtrack!
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Post by razors on Jun 7, 2007 17:41:03 GMT -5
DRINKS ALL AROUND!!!
The best Freddy movie.
It's funny, it has the best death scenes and it's scary too.
I love this movie more than all the Freddy and Jason movies put together.
This movie is very refreshing after the slightly disapointing "Freddy's revenge".
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Post by GL on Jun 8, 2007 10:27:24 GMT -5
Well, it's good, I'll give it that but I wouldn't say it's the best, especially if we're gonna add the F13 series against these, which mop the floor with this series. It's weakest one, Part 5, I like more than most of this series, so I wouldn't call it better.
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Post by Lazario on Jan 26, 2008 14:19:58 GMT -5
4. The writing is pretty good (not great, unfortunately), the acting is very good, the gore / special effects are amazing, the music score is good, and Freddy is just a presence to behold in this film. It's hard to say which is a better movie in the series, this film or part 1. The characters are better here, but the nightmare themes are more personal in the original. The acting is better here, but the story is just a little more interesting in the original. Especially the stuff with the parents. Freddy is scarier and more menacing here, but in the original he is in a way better used because he's kept more in the background- his voice heard where he isn't seen. In this movie, he looks cooler, and though there is the humor and one-liners, he's also just a better personality. But then there's the one good-sized flaw of this movie : The Psychiatric Institution. The story in the first film kept the level of denial from adults at a believable level - a few teenagers' parents. In this film, nobody believes anything strange is going on at all... except the token doctor, Nancy, and the victims. Everyone knows something strange is going on but no one admits it. That's one thing. The second big flaw with this part of the movie is: The Hypnocil. The day before Jennifer is killed, they say they're going to order the stuff and... we don't hear about it until Freddy gets 2 more victims. Did the filmmakers think we forgot about it? That being said, the movie is still a wonder of this series. But I guess I'd have to say these flaws keep it at 2nd place in the series, instead of surpassing the original. Which it could have if it had been better written. This film is really my favorite of the series. And I think it's a brilliant film, but the low budget hurts it. However, it can easily be seen as a kind of social / psychological / personal portrait of a young man fighting with intense feelings of homosexuality. Though to be fair, most people only say that because it's kind of obvious that the actor playing Jesse is gay. I voted 3 for the film because of the fact that this was too ahead of its time to work in 1985 and the subject matter was too ambitious to work on such a low budget. And I thought the score was the least impressive of the series. Very old fashioned (yeah, I never thought I would say I prefer the kind of techno-ish thing they had going on in part 1, but I do). Sort of the audio equivalent of squinting at the sun. But I think it's more of a 3.5, because darned if that actor (Mark Patton, I believe) didn't try his best with this role. And that little "blood on my hands" sequence is actually quite heart-breaking. This guy is facing some personal demons on-set, during filming, right in that moment. Credit where credit is due. Even if some of the vision of the film is compromised.
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Post by roastedbones on Oct 14, 2009 14:49:40 GMT -5
Excellent film! I think it was the best of the series. I actually just had a nightmare earlier this week about Freddy, except his nose was on fire--something Freudian I think.
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Post by CT on Oct 14, 2009 15:01:49 GMT -5
LOL, maybe so roasted bones. Is the one where the hot blond nurse jumps the mentally Ill kds bones?
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Post by FireStar on Dec 10, 2009 23:13:27 GMT -5
This is probably my second favorite Nightmare behind the original. It has the one and only scene in all horror that still makes me squrim and my skin crawl. It the puppet scene where you can see inside the guy's feet as Freddy is manipulating his tendons. I've seen that scene so often I've lost count and every time it still makes me cringe.
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Post by GL on Dec 11, 2009 10:46:08 GMT -5
Yeah, that one gets me as well. I just have a thing with tendons and ligaments, that stuff makes me squirm a little bit whenever it comes on when I'm not expecting it. I can see a person being dismembered with no problem where inner organs, blood, ooze and other such stuff comes flowing out, but that stuff gets me.
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