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Summary: hilariouse in a sick sort of way
Review: come on this trilogy of jason and freddy movies are starting to get rediculas. i dont understand why they keep making more i mean shure there interesting well some of them but this one was nothing compared to the first 5 of both series i mean the idea is genious how jason brings freddy back by playing his mother but
the effects were horrible and for a horror flick it wasnt very horrifying i found myself laughing in most parts and i was even at a lake that night and i didnt have that fear the usual movies leave you with and the acting wasnt so great this movie would be good if the effects and acting were better the only reason i gave it a 3 was because the idea was awesome.
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Summary: "A Fun Good Time"
Review: I saw this film in theaters back in August and it was one good time i'll never forget.Though the film in a way is "pointless" it is both entertaining and funny.This is a type of movie that you can just sit back and enjoy.Ok so the acting isn't very good but it sure had a lot of blood and I love that in a horror movie.I've said it before and i'll say it again "It's trash but entertaining trash" and I couldn't get enough of it.The plot was a bit cheesy though.I like how they gave freddy more of a sence of humor.I remember it being hilarious.I'm not sure if it will have the same effect on dvd then it did in theaters.Its one of those movies thats best enjoyed in theaters.If your a 'Nightmare on Elm Street" or a "Friday the 13th" fan than this is a movie you won't want to miss out on.If you haven't seen this entertaining fun ride yet,I suggest you buy or rent it when it comes out.I promise you won't reget it.
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Summary: A bit dumb
Review: first of all, i like both of these series. the one problem with this movie was the amount of swear words used throughout it. Nightmare on Elm Street never had excessive amounts of swearing. in some of them, there was alot, but never enough to make you not want to watch the movie. also, the acting in this movie (besides Robert Englund, of course) was awful. They were kind of like "oh my, there is a big man with a machette and he is coming towards me.
in short, if you like the series, buy this movie and cherish it. if you are getting started on the series, watch it from beggining to end
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Summary: A great film of fun
Review: Growing up, I loved the Nightmare on Elm St. series. I also really liked the Friday the 13ths, but Freddy, due to his nature of being in dreams, was always in the more visually and emotional of the films. Ever since the end of, Jason Goes to Hell, most of the fans of both series have been eagerly awaiting this film. Flash Forward 10 years later and most of us in our late 20's or 30's flocked back to not only see what New Line came up with, but also in some ways to feel like that teenager again who got thrilled when their favorite villian took out some annoying person. Well, the studio did not disappoint. I truly believe Bob Shaye wanted his studio to make the best film possible out of this material and with Ronny Yu at the helm, they succeeded. This film is fun, surrealistically bloody and over the top, but it has to be or it would just be ponderous and lame. I believe with the extras offered but mostly for the film itself, this dvd will sell very well. I know I already ordered my copy. For any of you who grew up with these francises and worried about the studio dumbing it down for kids, well I can tell you that they made it for us first.
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Summary: Where's Michael?
Review: Hollywood is fascinated with dueling monsters. They've been around since the 40s, when Universal used to release those Frankenstein vs. Dracula vs. The Wolf Man-type B-budget motion pictures, meant to attract audiences. It worked because instead of small amounts of Frankenstein fans, or Dracula fans, or Wolf Man fans, all the fans turned up to see how their favorite semi-villains made out on the big screen.And so it was inevitable that Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees would someday have their universes entwined together. The earliest hint was at the end of "Jason Goes to Hell," when Freddy Krueger's hand reached out of the depths of hell and clasped Jason's famed hockey mask (introduced in "Friday the 13th, Part III") and took it down with him. The concept has been around since 1987, in fact, but due to copyright infringement, the film was never made. Now, after an uncountable number of script drafts, they're finally here. And the result, I think, will please any die-hard horror fans -- but regular cinemagoers beware! At the start of "Freddy vs. Jason," we are informed by Krueger (Robert Englund) that his power has diminished -- no one fears him anymore. Unable to grow stronger, the only way of doing so is by enlisting someone to spark fear in the townspeople of his old killing ground -- Elm Street. So he searches "the bowels of hell" and finds a worthy killer: Jason Voorhees. He enters Jason's dreams, appearing as Jason's own dead mother, and commands him to start killing people on Elm Street. (Do people dream when they die? Apparently so.) Jason follows Freddy's commands (let's face it, he's a pretty shallow fellow), thinking it's his mother's bidding, and once people start turning up dead, the teenagers of Elm Street immediately suspect Freddy has returned -- leaving room for Freddy to grow strong once again and enter the real world. There is a problem, though. Jason won't stop killing people. Freddy isn't getting his chance to scare and kill people because Jason is doing it all for him -- so he tries to kill Jason in a dream. Jason is, needless to say, quite strong, and things don't quite go as planned. Soon the two are battling amidst the efforts of a band of teenagers trying to kill them both and send them back to where they belong: the bowels of hell. This is every fan boy's wet dream -- at least the last thirty minutes. The rest of the film is a dull attempt to setup a universe of Freddy, Jason, and sex-craved teenagers, without any real scares and NOT ENOUGH FREDDY OR JASON. Okay, I'm exaggerating. The film is pathetic in terms of actual film grading, yes, with extremely weak scriptwriting and an unbelievable premise. Will, played by Jason Ritter, escapes from a mental institute to warn an old flame of Freddy's return. No local authorities seem to care too much that they're on the run, and either does Will, who walks around town and goes to his old high school in broad daylight! But all horror films are like this, and unlike a lot of the other "Friday the 13th" and "Nightmare on Elm Street" sequels, this film actually held my interest, despite lack of Freddy and Jason until the last thirty minutes. Major kudos go to Ronny Yu, the Hong Kong director responsible for reviving three horror characters, including Chucky, Jason (not counting "Jason X") and Freddy. Here he brings back the fundamental elements lacking in recent horror films: lots of blood, lots of guts, lots of underage sex, lots of pointless nudity. I'm sad to say there was a 7-year-old in the theater with me when I saw this -- the nerve of some people. There are not only buckets of blood and limbs and dead bodies in this film, but truckloads -- the amount of blood and guts that restricted Paul Verhoeven from releasing "RoboCop" without major editing. Yu has not only revived the old silly horror stuff, but actually improved upon it -- I was surprised and extremely pleased with the amount of gore and blood in this film. Finally, I get to see people chopped in half from the waist without just seeing the expressions of witnesses. Don't get me wrong. "Freddy vs. Jason" is not a significant achievement, and it could have been much better. But after I left the theater, I asked myself, Did I enjoy that? You bet. It may have taken a while getting to the point, it might have been weak in storytelling, and it might have taken the IQ of horror teens back a generation or two; but I never checked my watch, I never felt pressured to do anything other than what I was doing: having a good time. Will fans enjoy this? I'm sure. Die hard fans may be disappointed in the lack of Freddy and Jason, but the climatic showdown between the two Kings of Horror is sure to tickle any fan boy's blood lust. There are severed limbs and decapitated heads and lots of sliced flesh in this movie, and Ronny Yu did the right thing by not trying to upstage the other entries. He's just made a good compilation of two of the most famous villains of all time, fun enough to keep one's interest, bloody enough to satisfy the most die hard horror fans (this is one of the bloodiest films I've ever seen, folks!), and dumb enough to let the audience know it's not trying to be anything it isn't. All in all, it's a fun summer treat, and while it may offend some geeky fans who expected it to be treated with some sort of "Godfather"-esque grandness, I think it'll please most stoned audiences for the most part. Oh, and there was one other thing I left the theater asking myself. Why'd they skip on Michael, the granddaddy of horror flicks, and choose his knockoff grandson, Jason, instead? Just wondering.
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Summary: A True Tribute to Both Series!
Review: I kept my expectations low for this film in case I was in for a big let-down, which only made it that much better when I saw how incredibly awesome it was! Having grown up on both series, I have to say that this movie did both Freddy and Jason justice. I won't get into details of the movie because that's been done over and over on here already, but I would like to add a few new comments. First, of course it's not scary. Most fans understand that it's not really supposed to be anymore, since Nightmare on Elm Street started to be more funny sometime during part 3, and the Friday the 13th began to be more of a fun thrill ride at part 6. This doesn't make them any less entertaining, of course. After all, you can only make so many sequels before the scene is all-too-familiar and it loses it's scare-factor anyway, so then it's time to have some fun! The movie played on all the key points for both characters, even some I didn't like. What I'm referring to is the bit where Jason gets washed over and turns into a blubbering deformed kid. This is playing off the ending of Friday 8: Jason takes Manhatten, where this happens to Jason in the sewer and thus the heroine is saved. That ending (I felt) was incredibly stupid and I never really liked that particular installment because of that, but since it was indeed part of the Jason series, that part was used in this movie. The thing is, they pulled it off so nicely that it worked perfectly for the movie. This moment of vulnerability gave the curious Freddy to look deeper into Jason's mind, and thus showing us the background story of Jason for those who were fresh to the franchise.
I've read comments about the "overuse of blood" making it look too "fake." Okay, this is Freddy Vs. Jason, nuff said but I'll say more anyway. Are these two guys supposed to be realistic? In the Jason movies, he's been able to manipulate the human body in so many unrealistic ways to make any nitpicker's head spin, but who cares? It's fun to watch him do it. Freddy can be excused more because in the dreamworld, anything can happen. However, this reviewer is forgetting the very first Nightmare on Elm Street where Johnny Depp is killed, and in the real world gallons of blood come pouring out of his bed straight up to the ceiling and stays up there for the parents and police to see. All in all, for those who didn't like this movie, that's fine. But if you gave this a bad review and didn't even bother watching the movie, then well, you suck. And for that one person who said how horrible this movie was and then said how you walked out of the theater after the first five minutes, I ask, "How the hell can you judge a movie when you barely watched through the opening credits?" Sure the opening dialogue by Freddy was a bit cheesy, but he was just laying out his background for the newcomers to the world of Freddy. Frankly, I can't think of anything about this movie worth complaining about because it all kicked ass. Yes, the teens in the movie were very typical and very hard to feel sorry for when they're slaughtered, and yes, when someone figured out everything going on with Freddy and Jason, they came up with it a little too easily and everyone else went along with the idea without ever questioning how ridiculous it sounded. So what? If we waited for them to debate on it logically, the viewers would just get bored because when all is said and done, we're mostly here for the fight. Well there's my two cents worth for you to take to heart or tear apart. I absolutely loved this movie and, scary or not, when I saw that Elm Street sign and heard "kill kill kill, how how how," I got chills. And whether you're rooting for Freddy or Jason, the ending is very satisfying, although I'm anxious to see the alternate endings. When you watch this movie, remember to watch it like you would Nightmare 4 or Jason 6, just have fun with it and try not to take any of it seriously. It's not meant for that.
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Summary: I can't wait
Review: this movie was so awesome...i'm like at a lost of words of how great this movie was. this is truely the best both series no question. and obviously, i can't wait for the dvd comes out..i gona probelly end watching it till my dvd player dies..(hopefully it won't thowe.) well ican't wait for the movie comes out. peace.
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Summary: DVD Bloodbath!
Review: OK I will review the DVD and not the movie to avoid spoilers and c'mon, people will go to movie sites for that. Anyway, I got an early copy of the DVD and it is way cool! The menu is great, it shows a moving collage of Jason's machete and mask, Freddy's claws, and a few shots from the movie itself. The commentary is funny and informative(especially to hardcore fans); but what I really like is there is this scene called "Jump to a Death", where you can choose a death scene throughout the movie, plus it states the name of the victim and how he/she died. You can even choose the option to kill them all, or do it randomly. The movie itself have lots of gross parts, and to those who seen it in the movies where it was cut(PG-13), you will see a lot of surprises here. The music video is cool, though the only sad part that I have is that some DVD features only works on DVD ROMS, and since mine is a player, it wont show, like the scripts and all... but even without that, the whole package is way cool! A great collection to all you fans of the original Friday the 13th/Nightmare on Elm Street, or simply fans of two monsters killing eachother, almost like an Austin/the Rock on WWE! Dont take my word for it, go check it out! and oh, Freddy RULES!
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Summary: Surprisingly not that bad
Review: When I first heard they were thinking about making a Freddy vs Jason movie years back in like 1994 I thought "that's going to be awful". Years later when it was finally done I admit that I actually like it. It was done right. It's not overly corny or silly "like some Freddy and Jason movies" . It's only problem is that it has the usual teenagers that can't act that you always get in slasher movies. The plot needs them in-order to work unfortunetely though. Although they are annoying it's clever that Freddy needs Jason to bring terror back into Elm Street in-order to be able to kill again. You see, the people in Elm Street don't fear Freddy anymore because he's not around. So Freddy needs Jason to kill there so people think it is Freddy and fear his name again. So the more people Jason kills the more power Freddy gets and he can kill in dreams once again. I liked all that. When Freddy finally does get to kill in dreams again it's just the usual stuff with him chasing girls around a scary factory. The Jason killings are the same as you would get in Friday the 13th movie as well. It's when we finally get Freddy vs Jason that the movie is at it's best. Freddy in Jason's dreams are very cool, makes you think "now that is really going to piss Jason off". Especially since Freddy makes himself look like Jason's mother and talks like her. That was very cool as well. Anyway their fight is well done even if it isn't that long. I hear they might make Freddy vs Jason vs Ash "Bruce Campbell's character of the Evil Dead movies". I'd rather see Freddy vs Jason vs Chucky so they could take turns hacking him to pieces lol. In that case though he'd only be in the first 10 minutes.
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Summary: Freddy Vs. Jason
Review: The horror film, "Freddy Vs. Jason," directed by Ronny Yu, continues the legacy of these classic horror characters. In the beginning of the film, Freddy comes back to life, but isn't strong enough to do what he wants most, which is kill teenagers. This dilemma prompts Freddy to resurrect Jason, instilling fear back into the minds of teenagers in the area. The plot of the film then revolves around the main teenagers, Lori (Monica Keena), Will (Jason Ritter), and Kia (Kelly Rowland), running from and trying to stop Freddy and Jason.
This film shows frequent use of common scenarios seen in horror films. For example, in the first scene of the film, a girl is running through a forest, being pursued by Jason. The girl seems to be sprinting as fast as she can, while Jason walks at a normal-looking pace, and yet, somehow, catches up when the girl falls to the ground. This is a classic example of how a horror film foot chase should be, helping to classify "Freddy Vs. Jason" as a prime example of horror.
Next, Jason is a perfect model of a relentless killer in this film. One scene of the film features a teenager shooting Jason with a barrage of bullets, which would obviously kill most human beings. Yet Jason continues in his attempts to kill the teens in this scene, seemingly unaffected by the bullets which, moments ago, penetrated his skin. This fits perfectly with the idea of an unyielding killer, categorizing "Freddy Vs. Jason," as a fine representation of a horror film.
In horror films, gore and blood are supposed to make an audience shudder or cringe, not laugh or smile. In "Freddy Vs. Jason," the overuse of blood tones down the shock value of the gore in the film. When gallons of blood shoot out form a still living body, as seen in one of the final fight scenes in the film, it just makes the film altogether too unreal. One thing that makes horrors more frightening is the thought of the viewer that, "This could really happen to me," but when the blood is overused in this manner, it is just too fake.
All in all, "Freddy Vs. Jason," is a good example of a horror film, although it isn't the most frightening of the genre. The use of dark camera angles and unexpected events help contribute to a few scary scenes, and moments of comic relief keep the movie light hearted and enjoyable. The final fight scene alone is to die for, almost making it worth $8.75 to see in a theater. Overall, this film is a good example of horror, and should be viewed by all who like seeing movies.
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