Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

disappointing

Happy Monday meatie peeps ...
 

the first 15 - 20 mins were good the last 15-20 mins were terrible

I didn't expect it to be anything else but that...such is modern horror nowadays

Saw Iron Man 2 on Saturday, nowhere near as good as the original and as much as Ms Paltrow was good in the first one, they really wasted her in this one.

Mickey Rourke wasn't bad and Downey Jr kept it from turning into a complete borefest

The thing is, horror movies (especially slashers) are supposed to be about a) scares and b) fun. Most modern horror qualifies more as torture porn than a fun movie. Especially NOES used to be one of those you just enjoyed as they were fun. In this one, Freddy Krueger actually is depicted as a child molester. This is neither fun nor scary...it just leaves you with a sick feeling...

shock value then...

Avatar.. good film

The Banger Sisters - Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon

It was a great movie and I guess it helped that I love both these actresses too :cool:.

Wes Craven always said that Freddy was a child killer, not a molester. Actually makes a big difference as you have so many reports of molested children in the news, as I said it takes the fun/scare out of the whole thing.

Btw it's all about how it's depicted. In the original movie he may have been molesting the kids, but it was never a subject in the movie. In the new one this plays a big part. In one scene he's having the girl he used to molest pinned to a bed in a little girls dress and "plays" with her... would never have been possible in the original.

:twisted: That's a pretty big line to cross, and changes the nuture of the character considerablly and the likeabillity of the character.
The likeabillity of the character.
That's a bit of a joke as he's a child killer, but he's still a popular movie monster.
Weird huh :shrug:

Whereas I can't see the same character having the same popularity if he's a molestor as well as a killer.

Think there's a line of decency there (and again, it's really weird when you consider that child killers are on the plus side of that line) that the average person really doesn't want crossed in their fiction.

I haven't seen the film yet (and this is a good reason not to) but I can't see any artistic merit in the change in nature of the character.


Did Wes Craven have any input/contol over this movie?

Of course it is, you can't mess with originals !!!

I mean seriously how can you top Johnny Depp being swallowed by his bed because he fell asleep :shock: :lol: !!!

:twisted: Many many many would agree.

That's the nearest thing I can say without crossing Michael's sig :bleh:

Nope, he also stated he wasnt happy with the remake being made the way it was.

Robert Englund (the original Freddy) on the other hand approved the new movie...

:twisted: Amazing.
You'd think he would have at least some control over his creation.


Dissapointing. :sad:

:sherlock: steinman... bat 3... lawsuits

strange what the chance of making money does to some people

Happy Wednesday meatie peeps ...
 

Same here... Robert Downey Jr., tight t-shirt, huge tool.... what more can I say?

Oh, and I've got tickets for the new Robin Hood with Russell Crowe for Friday night...

Taken, the one with Liam Neeson

Robin Hood

Not bad, a bit of a twist on the usual story, and it has one of my favourite actors in - Scott Grimes - who has a wonderful singing voice!

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good one. Read a review that said it's this generations Shining. Dont know if it was THAT good, but it was certainly entertaining...

Terminator Salvation last night, I wasn't disappointed either. Hopefully off to see Ironman 2 Tomorrow

Saw old movie Dream Team. Used to love it and missed it...but I guess maybe it wasn't as good and as funny as I remembered...

Die Hard 2