J-MAN and Johnny Love Movie Review: Nightmare on Elm Street

vince vaughn or rufus from bumfight? how about their love-child??? eeeewwww. just kiddin' man. anyways, thanks for the heads up! i was really on the fence about this one; i will now wait 'til it comes out on dvd. indiana love bro!

I STILL THINK THE ORIGINAL LOOKS WAY BETTER..

THE LOOK OF A WITCH AND JUST THE MORE RAW BURN WOUNDED FACE JUST LOOKS MORE SCARIER TOO ME...YAKNOW?..

GOOD REVIEW GUYS, YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST...

myth@ i havnt seen it yet but i am with u on the fact that i always considered freddy a laugh out loud kinda character...if they hav put the fear and seriousness back in2 elm street...im so there!...ur review makes me wanna see it..thanx bud!
~X

cool revew guys! now what do you reckon to a 'Hellraiser' remake/reboot?

All remakes have been sucking so far so I'm not suprised

vince vaughn all day

Old Freddy was someone's creepy uncle try to laugh you to death...nothing scary about it....Will be seeing this movie...

Consider the possibility that not all remakes should be made. Some are just iconic classics that have a special place in our memory.

Hated the movie! Performances ranged from flat to horrible. Some homages to the original just seemed to be sloppily thrown in. There were a few cheap jolting scares but none of the unsettling to the bone feelings you got from the original. I like Jacky Earl Hayley as an actor but Robert Englund delivered a far more intense and creepy performance. The new Nancy might as well been on xanax her acting was so dull. Bottom line this movie is like listening to a high school rock band's version of PURPLE HAZE at a rock show...it comes no where near the quality of the original!

Cool stuff you guys!! Yeah at first I was excited about this movie but the more trailers and clips I watched I realized it was going to be a fail. I ended up backing out of going to the midnight showing with my friends because I figured I wouldn't like it. Anyways, gotta go get ready for FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!!!

airbeyonder @ Watch the originals dude!!! : p

Would you rather have sh1Te or Gold??? : /

INSTIGATOR @ Happy hunting!

o...i guess ill just go [frick] myself then.

Can't say I'm surprised. Good stuff boys, I'll download it..maybe!

OZY @ I'm joking by the way, left a comment in your review dude!

ROR @ LOL!

I saw this movie last night. It wasn't the best. I gave it a 6 and thats because of Katie Cassidy!

@ozy,U HATED BLADE 2 AND IRON MAN??BLASPHAMEY.

Good review guys. The only thing I'll add that I think was missed but should be touched on a bit relates to the altered origin. Now I have no issue with a remake/redo/reboot altering an origin... IF it's to make the story better, to make it make more sense, to fix a plot hole, etc. But in my opinion, as someone who has been a huge fan of the originals since they came out, I think the altered origin resulted in Freddy being less sadistic and intimidating. Granted, being a petafile is nothing to be dismissed, but the fact that in the originals he was killing innocent children made him pure evil. There's a difference between evil and mentally ill, and this version of Freddy is just mentally ill, let alone the epitome of evil.

Another issue I have with the altered origin is the fact that in the originals it was the children being punished for the sins of the father (and the fact that he got off in court on a technicality brought even more credibility that the parents would want to kill a man in such terrible manner which would otherwise be completely out of character), but in this version, the kids were being punished "for being tattle tails." I liked the fact that in the originals the kids were just caught in the crossfire and that Freddy's actions (prior to his death) resulted in the parents doing something that was also a blatant sin, which was killing a man who was deemed "not guilty" as a result of the court system that man chooses to live by. Another problem with this route is that once Freddy kills all the kids he molested, he's out of victims. In the originals he wanted to continually punish all the parents of Springwood generation after generation. In this version, the parents don't even play a significant role.

And I agree with the review-- I really did want to love this movie. I do think they did a good job with the cinematography and the characters, I just think they missed with Freddy's attitude and I think they could've altered the origin better than how they did. In the previews there's a scene that's not actually in the film where you see Freddy screaming "I'm innocent!" when the parents are killing him. THIS I thought might make an interesting and different twist-- if Freddy really DIDN'T kill/molest the children he was accused of, hence the revenge. But in my opinion, all this new origin did was take a huge part of Freddy's balls away. (Not to mention that I really couldn't be intimidated by the actor since I know he also plays protagonists, something Robert Englund never did.)

I have heard that this movie is very good so I don't know who to believe on this one.

I have the same shirt that Johnny was wearing.