Better than original
This movie is undoubtedly is shot more seriously than the original OR any of its sequels!
shareI agree that this movie was better better than the original in every way.
Most people put it down for two reasons.
1. Micheal Bay
2. No Robert Englund
And some of the people who put it down, haven't even seen it.
Here is what made it better if you ask me.
1. No Robert Englund (This time Freddy was creepy as hell instead of being the Joker with feces on his face).
2. The story made more sense. If it was the parents' fault he was burned alive, he would have have targeted the parents.
3. Better acting. Johnny Depp and the ones who played the adults were the only good actors in the original.
4. Freddy's face was just... Wow! So perfect. Just like a real burn victim.
Having watched all the Nightmares, I have to disagree.
1. Admittedly, they went down roads they could not have done in 1984 due to attitudes at the time but that's where they got it wrong. Giving Freddy this much backstory diminishes his mystique, especially to people who haven't seen the original. Paedophiles are sick no doubt but they make a sick sort of "sense". They're not really so "scary" unless you're the victim. Besides, I remember the opening scene of the first movie where Freddy walks in to a room and starts making his trademark glove. That's all you really need to know. It gets you thinking"who does he intend to use that thing on?" and you find the answer soon. It's this simplicity that defines movies like Black Christmas and Halloween.
2. Robert Englund did turn Freddy into a campy, wise-cracking shade of his original vision but that's from movie 3 on. Movie 1 was good. Movie 2, with the whole idea that Freddy wanted to take over the guy's body and be reborn, had its moments. Movie 3 on, he stopped being really scary and became more of a master of ceremonies. But I liked New Nightmare(movie 7) where Freddy is featured as an entity attacking the actors themselves.
3. I'll agree with acting and effects. But standards of acting change with the times and today, there seems to be a tendency to sentimentalize a bit too much. Also, "Nightmare" was a low-budget production that paid well when released(he made the movie with just under 2 million dollars so I doubt he could afford the best makeup and visual effects).
The original A Nightmare cost 1.2 million to make so not even close to 2 million. I agree with you in that they tried way to hard to explain things to much and take away that air of mystery. This new film is pretty much just a long winded explanation of the classic. They also did a terrible job of shooting the movie. The original had these moments between the dream world and the real world that felt seamless. This movie was trying real hard to be bigger and you always new the difference between the worlds. The scene where Kris starts flying in the air is so over done with her hitting all of the walls was ridiculous. This is a moment when technology of movie making is wasted, that scene in the original is just so much better with the character spinning as she being levitated looked real. The first two originals were Englunds best work as Fred Krueger. Jackie Earls turn as Krueger was to me just as good as any of Englunds performances. I do however feel that he talks too much, the "six more minutes to play" line was painfully bad. I really wanted the movie to be really good as I loved the first three movies but it fell short. I also hated the opening scene where the uses the scream formula by "Shockingly" killing Kellan Lutz and then BAMM!!! TITLE. Pardon the pun but it screamed Scream. Now the original had nods to other horror movies like showing Jasons hockey mask, showing evil dead on the television, and Myers mask in the final scene. It just didn't jack scenes from those movies like the Drew Barrymore opening scene which I will admit brought the horror genre back from the dead.
shareIf it was the parents fault he was burned alive, he would have targeted the parents.
He went after the kids to hurt the parents. It was even said in the movie. share