Escape to the Movies: A Nightmare on Elm Street

[Vrex360]

I saw another trailer for this movie while watching Hot Tub Time Machine in a movie theatre just today.
I have to admit, I can easily see most of Moviebob's points on the matter, especially the bits about the 'waking dreams' or whatever they were called. However while I am pretty sure this is going to be a bad movie I'm still tempted to give it a watch just to see Jackie Earle Haley being Freddy.
Admittedly I'm not the biggest fan of the movies in the first place but I'm probably still going to give this a look. I have no doubt that it's going to suck, but I at least want to see what Haley does or at least tries to do with the character.

That said, when I see it, I'm probably going to regret that decision but hey I have to live with my mistakes.

 

[QuickDEMOL1SHER]

I'm probably going to get suspended for this, but MovieBob needs to shut up about Halo. Don't curse something you don't understand.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

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

i would like to think so too, but who knows

 

[wastedcharlie]

Yet again Movie Bob shows his ignorance, those of us who were there called it a snez. Not Es En Ee Es. Jeez.

Oh, and micronaps aren't a "new gimmick" although they're usually referred to as microsleeps. It's just what happens when you haven't slept for days.
They're trippy, fun and scary at the same time.

 

[Revolutionary]

whipshh! owned. ,Micheal Bay - Halo movie there's a thought?

 

[Yennick]

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[Dfskelleton]

The only reason I might see this movie is to see Haley play Freddy. That sounds awesome. However, Since seeing the first Halloween remake, I know that the remakes of all the good old slashers will suck. All we need to complete the sucky remake spectrum is a crappy Hellraiser remake. Oh crap, I think I jinxed us now. At least I like Jason, Michael, and Freddy more than Pinhead Larry.

 

[absoul11]

So the Dunes guys are like LJN but for movies

 

[wolfenflautist]

Personally, I like the Nightmare on Elm Street remake. Maybe because I'm more open to it because I love the franchise and I'm willing to give a remake a chance, as well as not label it as bad just because one person is involved in it. Also, I thought that the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies were pretty dang creepy, and good. They were MUCH better than Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation.

I am a horror fan. I'll admit that straight up right now. The one question I have to say is, do you really look at the remakes before assuming they're bad? Do you really look at Michael Bay movies before assuming they're terrible? I'd have to admit, Transformers was mediocre at best, but that's not what we're discussing, now is it?

I found this Nightmare on Elm Street movie to have some interesting elements from the original, like the girl rising from the bed and getting slashed lengthwise. And how her boyfriend was accused solely because he had her blood on his shirt and the authorities believed him to be the killer. I do have to admit, though, that I don't like how they changed Freddy up in this, either. I prefer him to be a killer, not a molester. It's not as good as the original, but I still liked it.

 

[Da Joz]

I just saw this and it was not worth the envelope that netflix put it in to mail it to my house. This movie blew and the child molestation angle was just in bad taste.

 

[GrizzlerBorno]

I don't see what's wrong with Michael Bay directing a Halo movie? It would be an over-the-top action flick with a plot-hole ridden story and cliched, so bad they're funny characters doing cool action stuff........which is what Halo IS! Now if he were doing a Mass Effect movie? Well, time to book a ticket to LA or wherever the fuck that guy lives.

 

[bulldogftw]

Why michael bay? why?

 

[Mr_Jellyfish]

Great review, I'm 100% with you on Michael Bay, why won't he stop? He's destroying cinema with all the cold, methodical urgency of the fucking Terminator.

 

[Drunkenclam]

i liked it