A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
 

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Re: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
 

Im so glad this is getting good reviews :yup: Im so hyped for this, great review Jrs :up:

Re: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
 

The new A Nightmare on Elm Street is complete and utter crap.

I am a big fan of the original film - it's one of my favorite movies of all time -- so of course, I'm biased -- however -- to call this movie a great redux in the tradition of Batman Begins is so f***ed up that I'm about to call 911 on jrs.

This movie is nothing but a very ugly, patchworked quilt that a stupid person put together. It's a bad kindergarten assignment -- "Look! It's my Nightmare on Elm Street!"

Everything in this movie has basically been done before, in other movies from the Nightmare on Elm Street series. The way they kill Freddy -- including the weapon AND what the killer of Freddy even says - is pretty much exactly the same way he died in Freddy vs. Jason. The obvious references bleed all the way through. A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010) would be a hemophiliac if it was a person.

The fact that Jackie Earle Haley took over the role of Freddy Krueger really doesn't mean anything -- I do think that Robert Englund would have saved this film, however, the whole movie is such a mess that Englund's departure isn't even noticeable.

But to me, the film was nothing but a big funeral for Freddy Krueger and A Nightmare On Elm Street. This is the real Freddy's Dead (the 1991 movie where Freddy, played by Robert Englund, dies, apparently, for good).

I went to see it out of curiosity and because I love this series -- I warn others that wanna go for the same reasons that it's really not worth the effort in going to see it right away. It's horrible as a remake and as a sequel, however you wanna see it.

But my point isn't to steer you away from the film -- my point is to tell you the filmmakers royally screwed up, in my opinion.

Nobody said that. I said "the best redux of a franchise I've seen since Batman Begins".

I'm with SC on this one, check out my review here.

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Great review by TheUsualSuspect. He was a lot nicer than I was regarding the movie.

Honestly, I see what he's saying by declaring the film better than most remakes out there. I, personally, have not seen all of the remakes (such as Prom Night) and I can find good spots within the new Nightmare movie, things that are enjoyable. However, overall, it's pathetic. It doesn't have much fun and the writing really is godawful. You don't give a damn about the new people who are filling in for characters like Tina and Rod (now named Kris and Jesse).

When compared to the original, I feel that it's deeply sad how phoney and dead-ended the remake is. The remake feels more like one of the sequels instead of the very first film from 1984 -- a bad sequel - a very, very bad sequel.

People cheered and applauded at my theatre when the movie was over. I actually felt deep shame -- I was hoping I wouldn't run into someone I knew. I was that embarrassed about being there. Usually, when I leave a Freddy film - this is the sixth one I've seen in a movie theatre - I feel proud to be there. I love these movies. I will stay until the credits are over.

That was not the case this time. Not at all. I was ready to get out of there once the screen turned black. I feel like an era has ended.

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I think the 80's was the perfect era for the original film. It just felt right to me, this one feels off. It's too 'updated' for my liking.

I agree about the characters, totally useless. So many iconic moments from the original are thrown in for 'fans', but other than the reverse Depp scene, I found them to be pretty pathetic.

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Three reviews and i'm pretty sure that I know which 2 i'll agree with.

i.e. those from people with real opinions

Horrendously pathetic. Deathly pale in comparison to how things were handled in the original.



My favorite thing in the whole remake...

As opposed to what??? I wouldn't call my opinion fabricated. :rolleyes:

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Not this old cookie. To re-iterate an observation i frequently make, you love near enough every film that gets a wide release. To the point where i can only fathom you're a plant to big up certain films that get negativity almost everywhere. And don't reply to this because i won't.

edit: Ok, i'm willing to hold back on this one not being awful after seeing those links you posted of other reviews but the principle remains.

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Personally I don't have hope for a critically bashed remake of a critically acclaimed piece of garbage.

:rotfl: Not really. Try re-iteraing your so called observation.

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I think that would be re-re-iterating.

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I'm gonna have to side with jrs on this one. I thought it was a pretty good remake.

I really wanted to like it and in some sense I did I just felt like the whole film was pointless. Much like the second half of Rob Zombie's Halloween I just felt like I had seen this whole movie before. It was filled with re-done scenes from the original just without any of the buildup. They killed the first few characters way to quickly as if they just did it because it was in the original and not because it helped moved this new story along. Also I keep reading how this isn't gonna be the Freddy we are used to but more dark and serious yet I heard more puns in this new version than I did in the original. Overall it wasn't terrible but it fell short because it tried to differentiate itself from the original but at the same time tried to copy the original in almost every way. I give it between a C+/B-

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Awful remake. Did not get on with Jackie, especially when he even delivered identical lines from Watchmen in an identical manner. Showed too much of him too soon. Jackie strained the voice too hard to deliver a sinister or mocking tone and most lines fell very flat for me. I did like how they made him more of a sexual deviant towards the end but sloppy contradictory writing undermined a lot. It wasn't hard to improve on the final twist so can't give much props to that. The film dragged, there wasn't sufficient drive or characters to give a toss about and when plot did develop it was so sloppy and rushed almost missed it- like the kids thinking he was innocent- huh?

For all the technology that could have improved on some of the admittedly ropey effects from the original, it didn't. The wallpaper scene was worse in CGI, for example. Freddy's appearance became routine and unimaginative by the end, he didn't really make much use of the dreamscape to intimidate.

Just below average remake.

Where did you see it??? Special previews?

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Yeah, i managed to blag a card for E4's Student Slacker Club back in September which gives you free tickets and free beer for a special screening every other month so at Picture House cinemas.

Ah right nice one. No longer a student, so i guess I wouldnt be eligible for this too?