sorry but this remake was Horrible!
Re: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
sorry but this remake was Horrible!
Re: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
No. Wrong.
Jackie Earle Haley = awesome. I found myself liking these kids better than the kids in Friday the 13th, probably because they're still in high school and really innocent compared to most slasher victim kids. It's hard to fail with Law & Order alumni.I shake my head when a critic says they're kids you'll never see before and never see again. Wrong on both counts! I really enjoyed this movie. It's not terrifying and it's not perfect, but it's really watchable. (The Orphanage actually did give me nightmares and I was never able to watch it again. Not really *fun*, y'know?) I've seen it three times and the scene where his head hits the computer still makes me jump! Plus, Jackie plays it so MEAN. love it.
"When you make something no one hates, no one loves it." - Tibor Kalman
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Also, they clearly had back stories and personal issues that the film didn't seem to have time to address. I wish the film had been longer.
"When you make something no one hates, no one loves it." - Tibor Kalman
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Oh! And I'm hoping someone will bring up the fact that they're all only children in the sequel, too.
"When you make something no one hates, no one loves it." - Tibor Kalman
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No, our theater is small so it can only play one movie at a time. And sometimes it takes forever for them to get certain films.Originally Posted by redqueenar
Are you sure it hasn't come and gone? It was playing at three theatres when it came out and now, 3 weeks later, only at one.
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I expect the same from them."
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None that I can find. As far as I Know, they have a phone number that gives you an automated message of what will be playing for the week and that's it.
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I expect the same from them."
-John Wayne (The Shootist)
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Finally seeing it tonight.
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I expect the same from them."
-John Wayne (The Shootist)
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O.o okay.... i've never heard of that before, oh well. I you'll enjoy the movie
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Saw the new Nightmare on Elmstreet film.
I went in there with an opened mind and not expecting it to be like the Nightmare movies I grew up with. For me It was well worth the wait. This movie, while paying homage to the original is a completely different film. It's not a frame for frame copy of the original which is what I was dredding it would be.
The characters are more fleshed out than in the original film and for me more believable. The film's score, by Steve Jablonsky was a treat to listen to as always and I'm glad he used Freddy's theme from the original in the opening credits. Was the film scary? Well, yes and no. I didn't find it scary because I've been sort of desensitized from watching countless horror films over the years but I did jump in my seat when a scary part happened when you didn't expect it, which hasn't happened in a Nightmare movie in a very long time.
Now for the monster of the film Freddy. This isn't your Dad's Freddy Krueger. Jackie Haley's performance as Freddy is definitely not a carbon copy of Robert Englund's performance in the original. This Freddy is pissed off, but when he kills a victim he's still very sadistic .While there is some wise cracking its toned down alot and the humor is very dark. Now some fans are upset about his new look, complaining that he didn't look like the Freddy they grew up with. For me the make up works. He looks like someone who had been burned, unlike the makeup in the sequels of the original film.
Freddy's Origin is also more believable, or as believable it can be for a nightmare film (Warning: for those who haven't seen it yet : SPOILER!). In the new version he's a child molester who was torched by an angry mob of parents instead of a child killer. The way he's portrayed though it seems to me that had he lived he would have eventually became a child killer (there's a scene where they find the place where Freddy live in life and find a partially made glove). Again some fans are complaining about the Freddy's new origin. Child Molesters are more common than child killing serial killers, so I can see why they (the writers) went in that direction. And as far as I'm concerned it doesn't make Freddy any less a monster. There are still no redeeming qualities about him what so ever.
The Kills in this movie are fresh (Although one is a homage to the original) and they have that all important "OOOO, That's gotta hurt" factor to them. There's gore but its not over the top.
Which film is better the Original or the Remake? I like both films and the new film takes nothing away from the original. You don't need to watch all the past Elmstreet films to understand whats going on in this one. And I hope they make more. The only thing that I'm disappointed with is that the Original Freddy, Robert Englund, doesn't have a cameo in this film. It would have been cool to see him as the school janitor or something like that.
If your a fan of horror films, this one is worth watching. And if your And if your a fan of the A Nightmare On Elmstreet series keep an opened mind when you watch it. Robert Englund will always be Freddy Krueger, but give the new guy a chance.
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I expect the same from them."
-John Wayne (The Shootist)
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Same here. I went a couple weeks ago and enjoyed it. The lines that Freddy says in the movie ("how's that for a wet dream") made me laugh. But, there was also a creep factor to it that I never really expected. And I appreciate a good jump factor. This movie put me on such a Freddy high afterward... but I'm also really glad they kept to their own.
Also, I'm not sure where, but I read something about Wes wanting Freddy's backstory to actually be the one that was in this movie (and not the murderer). But he couldn't do it because of issues happening in California at the time. I dunno, though. Not entirely sure about that.
It wasn't Wes... but it was neat.
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I don't why this film is disappearing from theatres so quickly and not kicking ass like its brethen. It is the most entertaining film of the summer so far! I want to see it for a fourth time this weekend and there's one theatre left (of EIGHT!) in this city where it's playing!
"When you make something no one hates, no one loves it." - Tibor Kalman
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Because another R-rated horror film took over the world.
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Seriously now, I think the reason is that the movie made its money ( budget was $35 million, worldwide gross, close to $100 million ) and they didn't want to milk it anymore.
"You know why the departures and the arrivals at LAX are on separate levels? So the 30,000 heartbreakers that come here each month don't notice the 30,000 that are leaving with their hearts broken."
Re: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
It's only made $62 milllion, according to box office mojo. Stupid law of diminishing returns...
"When you make something no one hates, no one loves it." - Tibor Kalman
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Worldwide, I'm talking "worldwide" - $96,907,323
It'll probably hit $100 million. And then you have DVD sales, Blu-ray sales, et cetera. This was definitely a profitable project.
"You know why the departures and the arrivals at LAX are on separate levels? So the 30,000 heartbreakers that come here each month don't notice the 30,000 that are leaving with their hearts broken."
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I guess... really mad it's not playing around here anymore, though. Even the 21 screen theatre with IMAX dropped it.
"When you make something no one hates, no one loves it." - Tibor Kalman
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Worldwide box office - $101,005,864 > http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=...lmstreet10.htm
Not bad, not bad at all.
"You know why the departures and the arrivals at LAX are on separate levels? So the 30,000 heartbreakers that come here each month don't notice the 30,000 that are leaving with their hearts broken."
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It's great! And it just cropped up at the second-run movie theatre walking distance from my house.
"When you make something no one hates, no one loves it." - Tibor Kalman
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Yeah, not bad at all for a movie most fans said was going to bomb months before the first trailer was even released. Hopefully they'll do a sequal.
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I expect the same from them."
-John Wayne (The Shootist)
Re: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
....Really? I was more entertained by the F13 remake.
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Same here.
Now, I liked both films and I got what I wanted from them, but I've always been a huge fan of Jason, who in my view is a lot scarier than Freddy, and I was pretty happy with the Platinum Dunes's reboot. As a matter of fact I loved it, and that's because they were able to capture the Camp Crystal Lake atmosphere beautifully. And that's what a good horror movie needs - the right atmosphere. Plus a badass villain of course.
"You know why the departures and the arrivals at LAX are on separate levels? So the 30,000 heartbreakers that come here each month don't notice the 30,000 that are leaving with their hearts broken."
Re: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Please!!! F13 was barely a remake, it was really more of a sequel than an actual remake disguised as one as it could have been called Friday The 13th part 12.
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I didn't like the kids nearly as much in F13, probably because they weren't really kids. The only one I really felt bad for was Chewie (who, not surprisingly, is in BOTH films!). Jason was absolutely perfect, though. F13 hit so many of the iconic moments of the series and it "reset" Jason back to his true self. I was hoping there'd be sequels because he is still my favorite.
That said, I'd be just as happy to see NoES sequels. I really liked what they did there. The line between reality and the dream world was far more blurry than people realized I think. Many of the characters had dreams within dreams and you were never quite sure if things were really happening. That was cool.
"When you make something no one hates, no one loves it." - Tibor Kalman
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Why? Because his mother wasn't the killer?
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Well it didn't quite remake all of the first movie with both Jason and his mother as the killer but it was basically a remix of the first four movies.
Who else thought the Wet-Dream sequence in this movie was a homage to part 4 of Elm Street?
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"Warner Home Video has announced that it will release "A Nightmare on Elm Street" on Blu-ray on October 5."
> http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4912
"You know why the departures and the arrivals at LAX are on separate levels? So the 30,000 heartbreakers that come here each month don't notice the 30,000 that are leaving with their hearts broken."
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