Oh god, early horror in the 200's (especially remakes) were just the worse. Filled with cliches, terrible acting and dialogue. Basically the 13th series but without the camp.
I'm not gonna act like the original was a masterpiece or anything, because it's not. I always thought it was kinda boring and copied a lot from John Carpenter's "Halloween". However, re-creating scenes from the 1980 film in the remake was so sloppy and embarrassing.
It was so unneeded to show how Jason mangers to get around and catch up with people by him going through tunnels. Like who build the tunnels in the first place? I know the film is trying to go for a different direction and not do the same repetitive stuff, but even when it does new things, it sucked.
Marcus Nispel is the director of the film. He's also the same guy who ruined "Conan the Barbarian", "Frankenstein" and "Texas Chainsaw". Every terrible remake that came out in the early 200's was from this dipshit. One of the worst directors alive who's still making movies, and yet Guillermo del Toro is struggling to get his next project out. Don't ever direct a movie again, killing everything you touch.
Michael Bay had some involvement in this and it shows. Honestly feels like Bay directed it.
This is where I fail as a movie reviewer. I am too easy on the horror genre. The Platinum Dunes remake of Friday The 13th is a surprisingly faithful re-adaptation of the series. It satisfies my lust I crave from the stereotypical trashy horror flick: Blood, tits, drugs, sex, and gore. What makes the remake worth at least one viewing is it's sleek and stylish upgrade. This is definitely an improvement over the many sequels, much as the same route A Nightmare On Elm Street took, where the remake is better than most of the originals. Note aside, beyond it's guilty pleasure attraction, the depth of Crystal Lake is shallow. Many of the side characters have but any growth, their purpose is just to be killed in gruesome fashion (which is satisfying as hell), and the story is just another brain-dead person out to kill those who comes into his home. Must say though, for a downer guy as big as Jason, he sure knows how to set up some elaborate traps. You've heard this song before, only now, you get a kick-ass cover to it. If only the original song had some depth to it. Yeah, I said that about the original movie. Hope you guys have a most excellent Friday the 13th.
It's a bit impressive that the Friday series managed to go so long without a reboot; one of Hollywood's favorite tricks to jump-start a struggling series. Having endured more than its share of such hardships, the Vorhees saga no doubt deserves a fresh look, but this relaunch has no sparkle, no magic. It's just another generic, run-of-the-mill, nothing-special stalker picture with an iconic mask riding aboard the killer's forehead. Throwbacks to the original trilogy abound for careful-eyed viewers, but they serve no purpose beyond a brief flash of memory.
Jason himself has evolved a bit, taking on more of a predatory, turf-protecting role rather than that of a mindless, knife-flinging abattoir. His presence is more tenacious and precise, too - less of the lumbering meathead we experienced in previous encounters - but he maintains an odd knack for the comically theatrical, with a special love for body-tossing and delicate corpse arrangement. Of course, his teen victims are as dumb and irritating as ever, though the SFX gore of their eventual demise has been largely withdrawn or relegated to off-camera insinuations.
The setting looks great, and it's easily the best-composed Friday ever, but the effort is ultimately rather pointless and empty without adding something new to the mythos. Dull and overly long (even at a mere ninety minutes), this particular jump-start is a clear case of style over substance.
Oh god, early horror in the 200's (especially remakes) were just the worse. Filled with cliches, terrible acting and dialogue. Basically the 13th series but without the camp.
I'm not gonna act like the original was a masterpiece or anything, because it's not. I always thought it was kinda boring and copied a lot from John Carpenter's "Halloween". However, re-creating scenes from the 1980 film in the remake was so sloppy and embarrassing.
It was so unneeded to show how Jason mangers to get around and catch up with people by him going through tunnels. Like who build the tunnels in the first place? I know the film is trying to go for a different direction and not do the same repetitive stuff, but even when it does new things, it sucked.
Marcus Nispel is the director of the film. He's also the same guy who ruined "Conan the Barbarian", "Frankenstein" and "Texas Chainsaw". Every terrible remake that came out in the early 200's was from this dipshit. One of the worst directors alive who's still making movies, and yet Guillermo del Toro is struggling to get his next project out. Don't ever direct a movie again, killing everything you touch.
Michael Bay had some involvement in this and it shows. Honestly feels like Bay directed it.
Review by ShubesBlockedParent2023-11-08T01:54:29Z
This was without a doubt the best of the Friday the 13th films, as far as violence and the kill scenes go. Overall, however, I can't give this one a very high rating simply because of the teen drama/stupidity stuff. I mean, it follows EVERY. SINGLE. FILM. in the franchise with the tired old trend of horny teenagers, a couple of drug-smoking dorks, and at least one alpha male dick strutting around. Due to lack of originality (come on, there was NOTHING original about the story itself) and the typical awful acting, dialogue, and sexual content, there's no way this deserves anything better than a "Fair" rating. It gets THAT based only on the violent kill shots and the fact that, in this reboot, the screenwriters gave Jason a bit more... personality?... He went from being just a mindless, stalking killer breathing heavy behind a hockey mask to an actual thinking, running, psychopath who was out to actually MAIM his victims. That was a nice twist on the tired old Jason. Apart from those two positive characteristics, however, there's nothing - absolutely NOTHING - to get excited about here. It's just the ages-old Friday the 13th with some makeup applied but still, ultimately, just another teen slasher film.
Thought it was kind of cool that at the 01:33:19 mark, I recognized an old tractor I'd photographed at Old Settler's Park in Round Rock, TX some years ago...and then, almost to prove I wasn't wrong, at 01:33:25, the lightning flash illuminated the antique old truck I had also photographed that same afternoon. I looked it up on IMDB to see if I was right and sure enough, those particular scenes were shot in Round Rock, TX...and that is definitely Old Settler's Park. Been there a time or two...