Friday the 13th review
Ok, I went into this movie with high expectations so when I am reviewing that, I have to remember that I built this movie up quite a bit. My brothers seemed to enjoy it more than I did but it was entertaining.
First off, if you think this will reinvent the Friday the 13th series, you will be disappointed. To me, it seemed just like another addition to the series and they should have called it Friday the 13th Part 12(or whatever they were on). While I enjoyed that they mixed the first three movies into one, I found it kind of slow. I really didn’t care for the young actors, even though they were all very pretty people. It had the typical Friday requirements: sex, booze, drugs, and death. It just didn’t stick out for me in any way.
If I were to rank the slasher reboots, it would be
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Friday the 13th
Halloween: Rob Zombie edition
While Halloween sucked big time, Friday just kinda floated along. Very dark and hard to watch at times. Some very original deaths. While Myers was a faceless monster, Jason seemed quite intelligent. One concern I had was that even though he was supposed to be slow, he sure did have intricate tunnels throughout Crystal Lake (and I won’t even get into the amazing lighting system he had around his place). With Leatherface, my only issue was that in the original TCM, Leatherface was mentally retarded and you felt bad for him (slightly). I wish they would have kept that for this one as well.
So my final analysis…rent this one. Seeing it on the big screen really doesn’t do much. The Transformer trailer, however, was amazing at the theater.
Date: February 17, 2009
Categories: Film and Television
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