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Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
Directed by Ronny Yu
Stars: Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Monica Keena, Jason Ritter
I saw Freddy vs. Jason on DVD twice this week: once alone and once with the wife. Frankly, I just wasn’t all that thrilled with it, but then, I’ve never been a big fan of either series. The script was pretty bad: rotten dialogue and poorly drawn characters (but then why should we bother with good characters when they’re just fodder for F and J?). One of my biggest gripes was that the character of Mark was killed off too quickly. I thought the guy who played him (Brendan Fletcher) was pretty good, and his character was one of the better ones in the movie.
Is it a prerequisite that all females in films like this have boob jobs?
After talking to some fans online, I realized that my disappointment at it not being scary was out of place (see? I told you I didn’t follow the series too much). Maybe I’m just an old fart, but the battle between the two didn’t enthrall me that much after the first couple of minutes. After Freddy's lost his arms and he sprouted a second set, I realized that neither one of them was going to get hurt and it became pretty boring after that.
On the other hand, there was some good stuff to be found:
-the flaming Jason in the corn field was pretty cool
-the pictures of the kids in the "missing" posters at the police station were very creepy
-although Mark’s death came too soon, his death itself was about the best one of the movie: "Freddy’s Back" on his…back.
-some of the little "in" jokes were pretty funny. For instance, on a TV newscast, the call letters of the station were KRGR. Heh. There were a couple of others, but I forget now what they were.
So what can I say? I’m just not a Freddy or Jason kind of guy I guess.
Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
Directed by Ronny Yu
Stars: Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Monica Keena, Jason Ritter
I saw Freddy vs. Jason on DVD twice this week: once alone and once with the wife. Frankly, I just wasn’t all that thrilled with it, but then, I’ve never been a big fan of either series. The script was pretty bad: rotten dialogue and poorly drawn characters (but then why should we bother with good characters when they’re just fodder for F and J?). One of my biggest gripes was that the character of Mark was killed off too quickly. I thought the guy who played him (Brendan Fletcher) was pretty good, and his character was one of the better ones in the movie.
Is it a prerequisite that all females in films like this have boob jobs?
After talking to some fans online, I realized that my disappointment at it not being scary was out of place (see? I told you I didn’t follow the series too much). Maybe I’m just an old fart, but the battle between the two didn’t enthrall me that much after the first couple of minutes. After Freddy's lost his arms and he sprouted a second set, I realized that neither one of them was going to get hurt and it became pretty boring after that.
On the other hand, there was some good stuff to be found:
-the flaming Jason in the corn field was pretty cool
-the pictures of the kids in the "missing" posters at the police station were very creepy
-although Mark’s death came too soon, his death itself was about the best one of the movie: "Freddy’s Back" on his…back.
-some of the little "in" jokes were pretty funny. For instance, on a TV newscast, the call letters of the station were KRGR. Heh. There were a couple of others, but I forget now what they were.
So what can I say? I’m just not a Freddy or Jason kind of guy I guess.