Post by StevePulaski on Nov 18, 2009 6:49:41 GMT -5
Rating: ★½
Think back to the 1980s. Remember when Jason Voorhees was a killer who almost played like a victim. Well, get rid of past knowledge, because were bringing in new knowledge that is trying to rid your old knowledge and replace it with new knowledge. Thats knowledgeable right? If you remember in the classic Jason movies, he had to search for you. But once he found you, you were gone. In this one, he basically is peeping tom and tries to look over element to try and find you.
If you haven't noticed. This is a REBOOT of Friday the 13th. It cant be considered much of a remake. If that were the case Pamela (Jason's mom) would be the killer. Though, it doesn't avoid the aspect of taking from another movie in the series. This is basically the second and fourth film in one. So if you have seen both, you not watching the same movie, but bits and pieces of them.
Jason has always been and will hopefully remain my favorite slasher in the Horror genre. Michael Myers may have started the slasher formula, but Jason started "the camping in the woods style" nostalgia. Which is why he is my favorite slasher. Though after watching this clearly rushed reboot I respect Rob Zombie's "Halloween" a lot more.
The plot, like many other Horror movies, is slim and slender. After his sister goes missing when with her friends, her brother Clay Miller (Jared Padalecki) along with other brain dead teenagers go into the woods for a party held by another stuck up teen, Trent (Travis Van Winkle). The gang has various encounters with the hockey mask killer while trying to find Clay's sister, most of them seem cliche and rather boring.
The attacks are so recycled to the point where you think your watching something you have already seen. I like a couple of the death scenes, but most feel like a ten year old designed the sequences.
I wish they would make a Jason remake that for once had a group of teens that were semi-smart. They don't need to have walked off the set of "Revenge of the Nerds", but don't make them leave their "Detroit Rock City" shoot to do this. Of course nobody can out smart Jason, but at least let them have enough knowledge to know after a few people are missing, something is up.
To be completely honest, I sort of liked it, but it's hard to like a movie with no scare level, no actual effectiveness, a lackluster kill design, and mediocre jump scenes.
Starring: Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Aaron Yoo, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle, and Derek Mears as Jason. Directed by: Marcus Nispel.
Think back to the 1980s. Remember when Jason Voorhees was a killer who almost played like a victim. Well, get rid of past knowledge, because were bringing in new knowledge that is trying to rid your old knowledge and replace it with new knowledge. Thats knowledgeable right? If you remember in the classic Jason movies, he had to search for you. But once he found you, you were gone. In this one, he basically is peeping tom and tries to look over element to try and find you.
If you haven't noticed. This is a REBOOT of Friday the 13th. It cant be considered much of a remake. If that were the case Pamela (Jason's mom) would be the killer. Though, it doesn't avoid the aspect of taking from another movie in the series. This is basically the second and fourth film in one. So if you have seen both, you not watching the same movie, but bits and pieces of them.
Jason has always been and will hopefully remain my favorite slasher in the Horror genre. Michael Myers may have started the slasher formula, but Jason started "the camping in the woods style" nostalgia. Which is why he is my favorite slasher. Though after watching this clearly rushed reboot I respect Rob Zombie's "Halloween" a lot more.
The plot, like many other Horror movies, is slim and slender. After his sister goes missing when with her friends, her brother Clay Miller (Jared Padalecki) along with other brain dead teenagers go into the woods for a party held by another stuck up teen, Trent (Travis Van Winkle). The gang has various encounters with the hockey mask killer while trying to find Clay's sister, most of them seem cliche and rather boring.
The attacks are so recycled to the point where you think your watching something you have already seen. I like a couple of the death scenes, but most feel like a ten year old designed the sequences.
I wish they would make a Jason remake that for once had a group of teens that were semi-smart. They don't need to have walked off the set of "Revenge of the Nerds", but don't make them leave their "Detroit Rock City" shoot to do this. Of course nobody can out smart Jason, but at least let them have enough knowledge to know after a few people are missing, something is up.
To be completely honest, I sort of liked it, but it's hard to like a movie with no scare level, no actual effectiveness, a lackluster kill design, and mediocre jump scenes.
Starring: Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Aaron Yoo, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle, and Derek Mears as Jason. Directed by: Marcus Nispel.