Just saw "Nightmare On Elm Street" 2010...

Hey everyone! Sorry for the delay on the posts, been quite busy around these times.  I've managed to see the new Nightmare On Elm Street flick with my date for the night, completely crowded theater. Mind you, this is in Washington, DC.  I avoided taking her to my usual spot in MD, which is the Magic Johnson Theater, because it's a pretty ghetto, loud atmosophere full of obnoxious teenagers running around.  But over where we were in the "nicer" area of the city, we've experienced some of the same obnoxious talking, "Ooooh Freddy gonna cut you up, bitch!"  But they, the scissor-handed child molester does bring out the worst in people.


My opinion about this flick? I'm a big fan of the original. I have the DVD in my possession, but I'm not a huge movie geek where it has to appeal to my standards in order for it to be a good film.  But not only was this 2010 version just "okay" to me, they really took all of the cool shit from the movie out! I mean c'mon, this is Nightmare On Elm Street.  You mean to tell me you're gonna cut out Johnny Depp's death scene? You're gonna half-cut the famous Bathtub scene? You're not gonna make the mother as an alcoholic, but a damn flight attendant?


That's some of the things you should know about this without spoiling it for you. They did added some pretty cool elements within this new one, but you can tell that this is the age of depressed teenagers that slice their wrists while watching Twilight Part 39 and needed to accommodate that crowd. *Sigh*  The scares and suspense was a good balance, but I wanted to see more action and less plot development.  They really explored the "child molestation" aspect of Freddy, which was lightly touched on in the original but went deeper into the second. The new actor who plays Freddy did an impressive job with the little resources he was given, so I applaud that.


Over all, I give this movie a solid 3/5.   Here's Complex Magazine's index of all of Freddy's exploits, including his famous one liners throughout the films.

Aren't you excited for this???

Best believe that when this movie comes out, I'll be one of the first people in line ready to laugh myself to sleep...and be awake to tell you what happened. Usually I'm interested in remakes of older films because it gives a new spin on an existing story. I understand some people's gripes that they would rather have an original film instead of butchering a classic, but no idea is that original. It has to stem from life or our personal imaginations. In order to form imaginations, it has to be based somewhat on life experiences. So how can it "really" be original if its based on something else?

I don't know if that makes sense, but it sounded really good as I'm typing this. Haha!



But anyway, not only are they going to remake "Nightmare On Elm Street" to be released in the next few months, they're also working on the remake to "Child's Play" to be more scarier and less comedic than those God awful sequels. The point of the remake is to focus more on Charles Lee Ray, as opposed to the infamous doll. That's gonna be fire. I would love to see Chucky shank a little kid than hide back in his box, but somehow I feel a human version of him doing the same thing while practicing voodoo would make it enjoyable.