Escape to the Movies: A Nightmare on Elm Street

[jaketheripper]

i actually really loved this movie, and all of the sequels, but i get where your coming from

 

[Swarmcrow]

If he does a Halo movie it would be the same as his Transformers movies extremely over rated and poorly directed crum buckets that will make an insane amount of money because the primary audience can't distinguish between abominations and art...

Even abominations can be art in their own way.

NO , no , no and just NO...........No

 

[Ceroxide]

i think bay plus any game baised around armys of any sort (gears of war, halo, call of duty) would be a good combo, 2 wrong's could make a right in that sence. terrible games like halo plus terrible directors like bay should go well together

 

[I am AFK]

I know how you hate mikle bay too but if he dose do the halo movie I will go in to a merereis rampage kill mikle bay, gorge bush & justen bever.

 

[Therumancer]

A Nightmare on Elm Street

This week MovieBob reviews A Nightmare on Elm Street...if he can stay awake long enough.

For more from MovieBob, check out Intermission [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/moviebob/7489-Old-Nightmares].

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You know, ironically you made this one a must see for me. The reason being is that I kind of thought nobody could play Freddy except for Robert Englund, who made that character his own for many, many years. Even through things like the "Freddy's Nightmares" TV show and some of the weakest sequels, when he showed up playing that character it was a sort of dark magic that made me a fan of the series for many, many years... and gave me an odd appreciation of some of his other non-Freddy work. I'm one of the nerds who sat there and was drooling when Fear.net did a unique production called "Fear Clinic" (nothing to do with Freddy) which had Robert Englund and Kane Hodder (who played Jason) together running an Asylum.

At any rate if the new guy is decent, I'm wondering if perhaps the movie should be supported to some extent. I figure even with a stumble (they made some bad Batman movies...) the franchise can live again, perhaps with differant people at the helm, but if this guy is decent and can do something I would have thought impossible, you don't want him to get blamed for it which is inevitable. If there isn't support all the "magic critic bubbles" aside aren't going to help.

At any rate, good review.

 

[Hotshots]

great review Bob, but seriously another Halo Jibe?

Se non ti piace Halo, abbastanza giusto ma vaffanculo e mi piacerà!

Tip: Swearing at contributors is a bad idea, just because you're writing in Italian doesn't mean nobody can understand it...

I should have know better in all honesty...

OK I'm sorry, you win, I concede, I give up, I surrender, no more, have mercy, leave me alone.

If you'll pardon my French.

 

[Hotshots]

Bob, i respect your perspective, and generally i agree with you. god knows i think this movie looks like pure garbage. but, could you please stfu about halo and stop finding excuses to slam it in your MOVIE reviews.

halo has a great story that deviates, in a lot of ways, from other scifi stories. i realize it's about aliens and the end of humanity and whatever, but the gem in the story is the spartan II program. not only that, but halo is a video game. and a damn fine one at that. the most balanced shooter on consoles and all the other things fans say about it. so once more, please STFU about it. and, moreover, don't EVER give the suggestion to Michael Bay to turn it into a movie. cuz god knows he'll do it. and i don't need him ruining something that I love. he can have transformers. a story about giant robots from another planet that want the cube that gave them life in the first place? now that is fucking stupid. ironically...that's the alien story you actually do like. go figure....

This...

Bob wants to be an "Original" by saying that Halo is bad. We get that you don't like Halo Bob, we got it the first three times! Its really getting old Bob, old and fucking predicable.

 

[miwonton]

im starting to have to take more salt with this guy than Yahtzee

 

[zombflux]

wait wait wait wait, am I to understand that you actually like Nicolas Cage?

 

[lukemdizzle]

Actually Bay and Halo would probably go together really well, and do quite nicely complimenting each others strengths. But uh, everything else? Ew.

not at all give us Guillermo del toro, or James Camrine (extremely wishful thinking) somebody who knows how to create a compelling world with cool characters. Also those who say theres no story to work with the covenant side of the story is brilliant. The arbiter was such a good character but some stupid halo fans hated him because he simply wasn't master chief

To be honest, I haven't played to much Halo. Like, the first level of the first game, spotted areas of Halo 2, and a fair bit of Halo 3. I got roped into Co-op at a friends place. The story that I observed was a lot of "hurry up and go," big explosions, shock and awe. Which is the very same school of thought as Bay. I'm not saying Bay should only do Halo. Heavens no. I wouldn't want him to destroy another beloved franchise like he did to Transformers. (Lord only knows what he'd do to Master Chiefs iconic look.)

Ideally, Bay would retire, living a meager retirement on mere millions made from summer blockbusters on the backs of CGI explosions. Then we could get a REAL film maker in here. You can have your Halo movie, I can have my... freedom from Bay. Or at least a real Optimus Prime... least the voice actor is badass (and THE Optimus).

I agree that halo 3s story sucked which was so disappointing to me because of how much I liked 1 and 2s stories

 

[Muco5681]

oh boy here comes the shit storm form all the halo fanboys

 

[BaronessB]

Ah, more proof that Michael Bay can do no right. Poor Jackie Earle Haley, though. Perfect Freddie replacement and here he is wading through crap.

Sadly, I might still go see it because of Earle Haley's performance. He was the reason I was interested by the idea of a remake in the first place.

 

[Always_Remain]

I think this is the first movie I'll try to sneak into for free. It just really sounds like I shouldn't spend any money trying to see this. Ever since I found out about this I've just wanted to see it because of Hayley and the fact I love Nightmare. Wish me luck.

 

[TraumaHound]

Yeah, I suspected this would happen. Hopefully, it'll do poorly enough to deter a sequel. Haley is a great actor, let's be sure to keep him employed but with better films to work in.

As for Bay directing Halo, I say DO IT! If it's one thing Michael Bay knows is military presence in films...then using that presence to blow the shit out of everything. I'd watch it.

 

[Mosstromo]

Right said Mr. Movie Bob: A bubble of "can't touch this" to whom deserves a bubble. And well loved Jackie Earle Haley is one of them.
With your warning in mind, and my own gut-feeling that this remake will suck simian testis, I'll go watch it just because of Mr. Haley. Thanks again for accurate, mostly reasoned (and frequently funny) advise. :-D

 

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[Booze Zombie]

Bay would probably make a Halo movie that "invokes" images of the game...

"Raaaaaaargh!"

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"

"Murder!"

"Aliens"!"

"DEATH!"

*Sterotype*

Jokes aside, I never planed on seeing an Elmstreet movie, but it's nice to know that my choice is not unfounded.

 

[Darksqueee]

I liked it. That is all.

 

[DaBozz]

Is there some clause in the Escapist contracts that require you critics to take potshots at Halo?

No, that's just because it sucks

And hear the fanboy's weep!