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Post by CT on Jun 16, 2006 3:02:40 GMT -5
Rate this movie one a scale of 0 - 5 stars. ( 5 being the 'best'!)
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Post by GL on Jun 16, 2006 13:57:07 GMT -5
“Friday the 13th Part 3” the novel gimmick of being in 3-D, but a new gimmick does not a good horror film make.
**SPOILERS**
Jason has survived the massacre from part 2 and continues on his way, butchering two more people in a truck stop diner. This doesn't stop a new group of friends from going to the lake for a good old weekend of sex and relation. While their, two of them, Shelly (Larry Zerner) and Chris (Dana Kimmell) leave the lake to go buy supplies, and run afoul of a local biker gang. Shelly nearly destroys the leader's (Nick Savage) bike, and they vow payback on the kids. While sabotaging their van, two of them get killed by Jason, who the kids don't know is there. With Chris and boyfriend Rick (Paul Kratka) enjoying a talk in the woods, they begin to suspect foul play when their car dies out. Shelly ends up scaring a girl he likes, Vera (Catherine Parks) who sends him away. He goes into the barn, where he thinks Chuck (David Katims) and Chili (Rachel Howard) are, but runs into Jason. Jason goes back and kills Vera, then goes into the cabin were the kids are 'sleeping' and kills two more, leaving only Chuck, Chili, Chris and Rick; no one aware of Jason's presence. Jason now launches an all-out assault on the camp, leaving only Chris and Rick, leading to a solo fight against the killer.
The Good News: Finally, a really gory horror film from the early 80's. No way this should've been as gory as it is, and I really want to thank Miner for delivering the bloody goods. Impaling people on staffs, knifes, and many other sharp objects is the essential part of a `Friday' film, but there are two of my all-time favorites in this film. The spear gun in the eye is a simply fantastic kill, as the effect is not cheesy, it looks very realistic, and is pretty chilling. The other one that comes to mind is the infamous handstand kill. I won't describe it here, as you really need to see it to understand how brilliant it is. In actuality, all the killings are great to a degree, as the 3-D element forced the creators to make every death unique and special. Jason never kills two people the same way. That is an ingenious, something the other films never quite got the idea to use. This is also the second movie to have a good idea what suspense is, setting up a scare and delivering, which only the original can claim to have as well. This is intensely suspenseful, as the camera or the music set up a shot and it just makes a uniquely suspenseful entry. It isn't as nerve jangling as the first one, but is the only other entry to be suspenseful. I can also say that the music in the film is really good too. It more than capably accompanies the scene it plays in, helping to add scares or to make the action more frantic. The theme is still here for fans, but the music really helps the film.
The Bad News: The beginning was almost unbearably annoying. Concentrating on these two people who are completely unworthy of being focused upon should not be an opening to a film. The kills were cool, but it took way too long to do them in. that brings up another important quality in the film; Miner's timing is way off. He lets too many scenes go on for too long when they should've been cut up. Yeah, the time must've been a factor, but that still was no excuse for letting parts like the beginning and Fox's exploration of the barn are simply scenes that should've been cut down due to their just plain boring-ness. They simply don't provide the scares that would've justified their existence in the movie that they should've had. Chris' flashback to Jason, which was an important part of the movie, was handled very weirdly. Instead of the usual flashback where the character narrates over the action that is happening on screen, we see a silhouette of her face over the action, completely blurring the scene. Several of the gags in the film were just plain stupid. The yo-yo, the flying eyeball and the popcorn gags come to mind especially, being simply unnecessary effects that did little to help the film, coming across as cheesy, even for the time.
The Final Verdict: The negative reviews about this film are all wrong; this is a great entry in Jason's saga that really got overlooked due to it's cheesy 3-D gimmick. It is highly recommended to all `Friday' fans, those looking for a little cheese in unusual places, all to 3-D fans, as the effects aren't all that bad.
Rated R: Graphic Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Language, tons of drug use, and a sex scene done under-covers
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Post by d3M0n on Jun 16, 2006 23:03:35 GMT -5
Friday the 13th Part 3-DThe Story Continues... Surviving Friday the 13th Part 2 Jason continues his rampage of murders. Only this time it's in 3-D! Well, it was for movie goers in 1982, sorry the DVD is like any other. Continuing immediately after Friday the 13th Part 2, Jason grabs himself a new wardrobe. He heads to Higgins Haven, an area not far from Crystal Lake. Unfortunately for a group of friends, not far enough from Crystal Lake. Instead of naive counselors, Jason sets his sites on a group of teens who are out to have a good time. While being harassed by a biker gang the teens have other things to worry about, as they soon find out in this spooktacular 3rd addition in the Friday the 13th Series! This movie marks the dawning of the trademark hockey mask! As seen here: Who will survive, who will die... who will give Jason his hockey mask? A movie any Jason fan will enjoy! 4 Stars out of 5! Not as great as the last Friday the 13th (Part 2) yet nothing to brush off either. Friday the 13th Part 3 was another great installment of the story of Jason Voorhees. I found this movie entertaining all the way threw with the sligtest amount of slow spots. Atmosphere was once again great. The characters were written very well as well. The hottest girl out of any Friday the 13th is in this movie as well, well in my opinion anyway. Vera Sanchez is great eye candy to view throughoutthe film! This movie will not disapoint, it's a fun time. And that's what's most important.
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Post by CK on Jun 17, 2006 15:04:42 GMT -5
I like this one not the greates, but hey come on, it was the birth of the most reconizable horror symbolsince Dracula. 4/5
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Post by Conan on Jun 18, 2006 21:37:53 GMT -5
Whoa I have never seen that poster before. I liked this movie better than part 2. It gets a 5.
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Post by wolfspirit on Jun 19, 2006 8:48:39 GMT -5
3/5 It was decent but I realy want Jason to be sympathetic, this movie just had him swinging the machete/axe/cleaver without and established motive.
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Post by GL on Jun 19, 2006 11:35:40 GMT -5
I think it has an established motive: they were hanging around his campground/home. If that's not a motive to kill someone, then I don't know what is lol.
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Post by Canetoad on Jun 20, 2006 23:05:10 GMT -5
Agreed. Four from me... and being the curmudgeonly old toad that I am I had the privelege of seeing this in full eye-popping 3-D glory at the cinema many moons ago.
Sigh... them was the days.
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Post by GL on Jun 21, 2006 11:31:32 GMT -5
Wow, you saw this in the theaters in 3-D? I would've killed to see that.
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Post by HNT on Jun 21, 2006 21:58:25 GMT -5
3. GL is right that the suspense level of this film is great. Overall, it just isn't a great movie at all, though. It is an adequate way to pass the time, nothing more
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Post by GL on Jun 22, 2006 11:51:57 GMT -5
Couldn't have said it better. Not the best, but not the worst.
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Post by undeadwillfeast on Jun 22, 2006 22:01:33 GMT -5
It's not one of my favorites, but it's still decent and definitely better then most of the bottom of the barrel slashers that came out in the eighties. The last half hour is pretty intense and Jason is pretty scary in this one. I just wish Paramount would put out a 3-D DVD of this. Some of the shots are so chessy without it.
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Post by CT on Jun 22, 2006 23:16:50 GMT -5
3/5. A solid Friday movie, but still just another typical slasher sequel. I like the part where the biker breaks their windshield with the chain.
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Post by GL on Jun 23, 2006 11:19:11 GMT -5
The exact same feeling, CT: decent but still just another in the series.
And Undead, unless you know Chinese, then the only one I know of that has a #-D release is China. However, it has burned in Chinese subtitles, so I don't know what you feel about that.
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Post by Gayzor on Jul 3, 2006 17:10:36 GMT -5
the problem is that there are 3d versions of it on ebay but you need special glasses that cost £50+.
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