Friday the 13 (2009)... Mother did it need to be so high?
Added 10/31/2009
Friday the 13 (2009): 8 out of 10: Jason is a bit off in this one. He moves to fast, he kidnaps people like he watched Rest Stop one too many times and he seems to lack a certain hulking presence of the original. Outside of the main character however, this is a pretty good Friday the 13th film.
Friday the 13th is billed as a relaunch (remake reboot ect) and as such it seems to confuse. It contains plot elements of the first four films (Mrs. Voorhees decapitation takes place in flashback) and Jason rightfully starts with his original sack and finds his hockey mask (as he did in part 3). In addition, while I am critical of Jason having his own lair I am reminded he had one in Part 2 (Where he kept his mothers severed head lovingly surrounded by candles). The main plot of a man trying to find his missing sister is straight from part 4.
Where the film succeeds is canon fodder and nudity. There are plenty of both and most of it is of high quality. The kills range from mundane (of these there are plenty) surprisingly intense (A burning sleeping bag may cause nightmares and the topless wakeboarding will cause nothing but smiles.) The sheer number and variety of kills however is quite impressive.
Camp Crystal Lake has apparently turned into a breast implant recovery retreat. While there is only one camp counselor to be found (in grainy flashback no less) there are plenty of woman with breast implants and an aversion to wearing shirts. Julianna Guill (who in fairness may be au-natural) in particular gets points for simply being one of the most attractive women I have seen on-screen in many a movie. (Willa Ford of the topless wakeboarding scene is not half bad either.)
Considering the number of times the Friday the 13th films have gone of the rails in the past, one should not raise the bar all that high. In addition, while I am an unabashed fanboy of the series, I do recognize it does have serious limitations. (What we now refer to as its charms.) This is a flashier, more competently lensed Friday the 13th, and all in all is that such a bad thing?
There are plenty of bad jokes, drugs, nudity and violence. If that is not what you were looking for you may want to check the title screen again. As Friday the 13th movies go this is one of the best.
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Guilty pleasure alert
Added 10/27/2009
The Bottom Line:
This remake/reboot of Friday the 13th isn't very good at all but I've seen every Friday film and if I can safely report that not one of them (except maybe the original IF I'm in a good mood) is legitimately praise-worthy film so that's hardly the issue--the only thing worth reporting is that this Friday delivers the gratuitous nudity (topless water skiing?) inventive deaths, and one-note characters central to the franchise about as well as could possibly be done with a (mostly) straight face.
2/4
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Whatever.....
Added 10/26/2009
I bought this movie because I never got to see it in the theaters. Good thing I only spent $6.00 on it because I would've never spent more on it. Its kind of boring mixed with a little scariness. I was disappointed but I think the original movies are better. I hope the next time the have better scenes. And I doubt back at Crystal Lake people were there camping for marijuana and worrying about selling it. That's a big part that was a big turn off. What, so some of America are junkies but the rest have to enjoy a movie about teens that are, then later get killed? No, I think not.
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Really Let Me Down
Added 10/25/2009
Nothing new. Nothing innovative. Nothing memorable. Nothing even gory. Some people claim certain things to be new but it's not true; it's simply a collections of scenes and stories from previous sequels all thrown together in this 'new' movie. Here's 4 of the biggest points made by others followed by my response:
1. This movie is a prequel. -NO, it tells nothing of how Jason died or survived or how he became the being that he is now.
2. It's a remake of part one. -NO, part one takes place at Camp Crystal Lake, this one take place at some kind of luxury lakeside home.
3. Jason is smarter and more cunning. -NO, he has always been intelligent with impeccable hand-eye coordination as can be seen in all his movies.
4. Jason is now more down to earth and more 'real' and more human; he is a survivalist who can run now and doesn't just pop out of nowhere. -WRONG, see part two and three of the sequels. You'll see the same basic Jason.
What we need is a sequel that will explain the origins of Jason and his mother and neatly tie together all the sequels and odd conflicting stories we have seen (like part 9; what the hell was that about?). Please, no more refilming of parts we have already seen. Oh, and get some REAL looking teens who look like real people up in the woods... and real boobs this time.
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A Great edition to the series
Added 10/25/2009
I was very pleased with this movie im gonna tell you the pros and cons
Pros
1.Jasons new look and persona,he is at least 6'6 and looks like a body builder,and his new clothing is good but not important,and the way he finds the hockey mask is cool.And the way he is a experinced outdoors man.
2.All of the actors are amazing in this movie
3.Bow and Arrow kill was awsome
4.More action
Cons
1.To much sex,i dont mind sex but it gets annoying after the fifityith time
2.The cliche ending,even though a sequal is coming out and there trying to take the endings of the 1st 3 movies,they could of at least of had Jason left for dead
3.Not a good shot of Jasons face,the scenes when they show Jasons face are short and not very good.
I did not put Jasons mother not in it much being a con because i prefer Jason as the killer.
As you can probably tell Horror movies arent intended on being serious,they are just for fun,so i say on a saturday night kick back and relax and enjoy the movie
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You can't go Home Again..............
Added 9/18/2009
Growing up in the 80's watching some of the Best Modern Day Horror Flicks
I was super excited and Hopeful about this Re-Make
I was dead wrong
There are so Many Problems with the Story That just P*sses all over The whole Frdiay the 13th Mythology and the fans for that matter.
Someone knew how bad this is since
The Now Famous Friday the 13th/Jason Score is now where to be found in this Film
The Friday Formula isn't that complex
Hey New Line next time let a Monkey or a Donkey write a Horror Script for your Studio
The guys who wrote the Screen Play "Claim" to be Huge Friday Fans You can't tell
This is NOT Jason
This is Rambo/Norman Bates/Robin Hood Dressed as Jason
Jason don't Kidnap Victims, He's Not a Expert with Cross Bows, He doesn't use Huge Spot Lights, use His Victims as Bait
The Real Jason is a Child trapped in a man's Body Full of Rage who reacts on Revenge and without thought
The Cast was A Bit off All the Victims look like they walked off a GAP Photo shoot (Way to Pretty look like Actors)
Jared Padalecki (who i like) What is This Supernatural goes to Camp Blood where's his Brother Dean Winchester?????
Just stick to the Original Films from Paramount
New Line seems 2 have forgotten That the Horror Genre put them on The Map as a Major Studio That could Draw Big Money
It wasn't Hobbits looking for Rings!
They Buried The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with a Unnecessary Re-Make
Now Friday The 13th What's next???????????
Stay Far away from this worthless Film!
Horror Fans Need 2 Scream Out Enough And Stop going to all These Re-Makes
Maybe then ALL the Studios will Stop Beating a Dead Horse and come up with Original Ideas and Story Lines
Without a Doubt the worst Entry so far 1/10
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Expect The Expected: Sex, killing, Sex, Sex & Sex *sigh*
Added 8/14/2009
Okay, There are a dozen Friday 13th movies out there, okay? So there's really nothing new, you got Jason and a couple of college-aged, horny kids who decide to camp or take a vacation at the wrong place and get sliced and diced. This is how its ALWAYS been. I'm not complaining, i'm just trying to make you aware of what you should expect by now if you've seen all the previous ones. There is really no difference.
Jason In my opinion was actually pretty brutal in this one. He's got some new moves. There was one gruesome murder that i couldnt watch becuase it just seem like such a BAD way to die. ugh!! Overall it was pretty good movie, i wouldnt buy it, but i would rent it, like maybe on netflix or something.
Parts That Annoyed Me:
Okay, i get it that alot of guys LOVE to see bouncing breasts, Vaginas, and other sex scenes, and i get that producers or directors add that kind of stuff into movies to get high ratings, but its like every five minutes you see a naked chick. I can NEVER watch a movie nowadays without a sex scene popping up anymore. What's up with this generation? All the sex doesnt bother me that much, however i was glad that i watched the movie alone to avoid feeling awkward in front of my parents and sister. I guess you can call me old fashion even though i'm 23, but all that crap was just uncalled for, really. if youre a guy reading this, i don't expect you to understand my view.
As for the Racist comments that people say about this movie, well it wasnt that bad, however i didnt think that all racial situations was really necessary either. Again, why can't I watch a movie with a black guy in it but at same time being withdrawn from ANY kind of racial parts? why couldnt the black guy be treated like the rest of the white fokes in it? i don't get it. They had an asian guy in there too, however they failed to do any racial parts for him, so i guess movies just arent nice to black fokes.
As for the asian kid, His character was a bit awkward, like he was desperately trying his hardest to fit in with the group. The character just seemed very weird and out of place. NOt that actual actor but the character he played.
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a completely waste of time and money
Added 8/5/2009
Don't missunderstand-me I am a huge fan of the Friday, the 13th franchise, accepting all the goodies and even the awful and funny aspects of any of the previous films. After all, they're only slashers, fun to watch if you're a huge Jason's fan. But this remake is by far the worst of them all. It's not a remake at all of the original film, more like a "wannabe" mix of the first three films, problably because the producers were totally aware that the disaster they were into would be their first and last (like The Omen remake, etc..)
The worst part it's that there's not one decent killing in the 105' full lenght film. Jason (even when he puts his famous mask on) doesn't scare at all. It's a complete joke of a boogey man. They had achieve to destroy one of the hugest modern myths of horror films. BTW, nowadays there's anyone capable of create some new monsters after Freddy, Michael Myers, Jason, Leatheface, The Tall Man from Phantasm or even Chucky...? Kind of pitty. The horny drug-addict stupid bunch of kids are by far the most ridiculous group I've seen on all the previous film. There isn't any kind of story or desenvelopement at all. The only interesting actor it's Supernatural's Jared Padalecki.
The movie it's shaky, excesevily dark, blurry and ugly to watch, and that seeing it in HD and on a 300 inches digital projection . Problably the only one thing remaining from the old films it's that the girls are breast naked practicly all the film. In the year 2009, I think that it would have been better and wittier have a little less male chauvisinsm and had a littl more equality in the nudity.
Please Hollywood, stop destroying great old horror films, making pointless and by far much worst remakes. I'm shaking about the new Elm St.
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