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Early word has it that Jason scared up 20 million on Friday!Dolly Parton posted:I just came home from seeing the reboot and a human-hillbilly/wildman Jason just doesn't scare me (I didn't even have to look under my bed or check my closets when I got home). And that Asian guy getting killed seemed like torture porn to me. Really? I don't think it was any worse then Kevin Bacons death in the first movie.
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I thought it was a pretty good Friday the 13th film, my only problem with it in general was that the look was a bit too "dark." As was mentioned earlier, it looked and felt a bit too much like the TCM remake, which doesn't fit the "mood" of Friday the 13th that much. The Friday the 13ths were always bright and clear and not really dark and moody - that was my only qualm. I always like how all this gory stuff was happening in the bright clear day or in full frame in the older movies, which is why I preferred it to the Halloween series in general (besides the first, of course).
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Slasherfan posted:Early word has it that Jason scared up 20 million on Friday! Are you kidding? Pinch me.
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marioinblack posted:My biggest disappointment: He didn't take out the black or asian guy with the bug zapper Im with ya on that one
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saw it this weekend and I have to say a few things bugged me The cons Jason having a secret lair seems too house of a 1000 corpses I know they were mixing in the 2nd movie but keeping the sister alive cause she looked like mom I felt dragged the script, though her shaking attempt to pick the lock was very believable the part where she thinks jason killed her brother and then just gets calm and hinds and kicks him...i didnt really buy it the brother fake out...come on jason aint sloppy The arrow, sorry didnt feel like jason finally the setting felt out of place in the other movies you get a sense of feeling of remoteness, isolation the fact that other people living near bye were never troubled by him threw me off, also if the first set were out looking for a pot field it would be in more isolated place. okay enough nit picking What I liked When the Asian guy was playing in the tool shed talking smack about trent The black guy, though I think they were talking into account a few stand up sets that go over how all the white people die cause they is stupid, his fighting back and the way he died really worked well Trent was a great rear end in a top hat lesser films would have an out of place scene or two where he is a dick or some other character calling him a dick, instead the writters at lest gave him a motive a rich stuck up boy who is all fagy and whiny about his daddies stuff. despite my complaints good movie over all
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I am a huge, HUGE horror fan, slashers, in particular. I even run a website devoted to the genre. I loved Friday the 13th. I don't get out to the movies much these days so for me to get out to see Friday was a special occasion. It did not dissapoint. I thought the whole thing, even though it was a remake, could have easily replced parts 2, 3 or 4 and been appropriate. It threw a new spin on Friday the 13th and managed to stay faithful to the source material while respecting the fans. Also, Derek Mears was great as Jason. I easily liked him as much Kane Hodder.
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Feb 14, 2009 18:09
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max4me posted:arrow death not being Jason-ish Ummmmmmm, 40 seconds in dude... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fas5vEINCbY
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Feb 14, 2009 18:24
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Slasherfan posted:Early word has it that Jason scared up 20 million on Friday! gently caress yes! I hope this does well enough for another one.
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Feb 14, 2009 19:01
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I hate to say it, but I can't believe all the praise this is getting. I found it to be the worst Friday, bar none. The worst part about it for me is that it wasn't just some minor objective part that bothered me, like the tunnels or the sister or anything. I don't even know if I can even put my finger on why I hated it so much, I just know that I felt completely bored throughout. I think it might just be that I find modern slang really jarring to listen to or read, because it's always overused. I almost didn't read "House of Leaves" for the same reason, as in the first couple of chapters of Johnny Truant's dialogue it's chock full of slang. I found the soundtrack a bit overbearing as well, modern music really doesn't suit horror imo. The whole thing just looked way over slick. Honestly, in my opinion, worst of the series. At least Jason Takes Manhatten had the kid getting his head punched off and the punker whose guitar apparently had the highest notes up at the first fret and the low notes down further. Just to give you an idea of where I'm coming from, my favorite Fridays/portrayals of Jason are Part 3, Part 4, and Freddy vs Jason It's infuriating because I really love slashers, but I can't think of a mainstream slasher that I've seen since Scream that really nailed it. Even Scream 2 and 3 hit the tone better than anything else since the original.
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Darko posted:Ummmmmmm, 40 seconds in dude... For the record, thats a speargun, not a bow and arrow there. That said, I loved the bow and arrow in this new one, I'm always down with Jason using creative weaponry. Freakin' loved this movie. I hope we get some sequels, it'd be like the 80s all over again.
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This movie appears to be raking in cash. There's no question there will be a sequel. The same team behind this one wants to make another, and it seemed it was a matter of whether this would be a hit. By now, there's no question this is number one at the box office. It's going to make money hand over fist. Goons all over the place were experiencing packed theaters and sold-out shows. Myself, I got my ticket for a 7:15 showing last night, about two minutes before the show sold out. I got out of the theater just in time to see a massive crowd and hear the announcement that the 9:30 show had just been sold out. If an announcement for a sequel doesn't come next week, I will be shocked. As for whether this will end up truly being a reboot of the series, as intended, will have to wait until #2 comes out. But like I said last night, I liked it a lot; and if series reboot can sustain what I saw last night, I will be happy. Also, just a reminder that-- counting Freddy vs. Jason-- the sequel will mark the 13th entry in the series. That hype alone will hopefully ensure something special. On the other hand, though, I loved the TCM remake and HATED the prequel. I loved the Hills Have Eyes remake and HATED the prequel. I haven't even bothered with the Halloween remake yet. Let's hope F13 remakes don't follow that pattern.
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Anyone know how this is doing in Cinemas tonight?
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Feb 14, 2009 23:23
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Slasherfan posted:Anyone know how this is doing in Cinemas tonight?
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Feb 14, 2009 23:40
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I think it will be busier tonight because it's Valentine's Day. Guys will buy their girls dinner, take them to a movie they pick, then the girls put out at the end of the night.
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Saw it yesterday and loving loved it. My favorite is part six. For all those complaining about certain things. Friday the 13th is not the pinnacle of cinema. Here are a lot of spoilers so.. For those saying Jason doesn't torture people , um... In Jason Takes Manhattan he uses a heated rock to burn a guy to death I believe. Let's see there are a lot of instances of jason torturing. I loved his just Menace. If anything this seemed more menacing. I liked that they someone explained teleportation, but by the way he doesn't have tunnels all over Crystal lake. Jason being semi intelligent. He flips the lights on at Crystal Lake ; thought that was great. Archery.. pretty sure Jason has used Archery before but can't remember which scene. Keeping the Jason Stays out of the water theme. Is speed and just physical presence. Whoever they got was perfect he really felt "alive" and showed annoyance etc.. with just body language very well. Speed, I always hated the lumbering. I liked that he can move pretty fast; not superfast but quick enough. The beginning; including the mother and the decapitation. Going with the Bag over the head then moving to the Hockey Mask. The fake out beginning. TITTTTTIES; titties are the most important part of the Jason Franchise. Titties, Beer, Dope. You need those three. Overall I thought it was pretty great. I wonder if they are going to keep him as a unstoppable menace or if he will become zombified eventually.
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I thought the movie was loving ace like most of the other goons, but somehow, my theater was not packed yesterday. But Jason... only made me feel  Personally I would like Jason to avoid the path taken from the sixth film onward. Having him disappear or spending time out of commission to lick up his wounds would be a good decision, I'd think. The killer just getting up and continuing his rampage has always bothered me in slashers. Especially since film two to four seem to happen over one week or so. Urgh! Sure let the false sense of safety, or a story about a dead serial killer lure the kids in.
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Hollis posted:I wonder if they are going to keep him as a unstoppable menace or if he will become zombified eventually. That's a good question, I think maybe they'll keep the lines blurred on that. It's a horror movie, and its not going for total realism. I loved the ending, partly because of how unrealistic it was. Jason got stabbed through with a machete, and thrown in the lake. But he's Jason, that doesn't phase him. He puts the mask on and bursts through the dock in record time, and it was glorious. I wouldn't mind if Jason continues to survive stuff that should kill him, and they just don't explain it. It's actually cooler if they don't explain it.
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UncleMonkey posted:I don't think the numbers are coming out yet, and probably won't for a while. But the U.S. Box Office totals for Friday were $19.3 million. It opened in 3,105 theaters. That's very impressive. I'm sure, what with it being opening night-- and opening night actually falling on a Friday the 13th-- those numbers might be a little lower tonight. Then again, given the number of people that probably came up against sold-out shows, maybe not. I was more asking if anyone can report sold out screenings at local cinemas?
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You know? It's funny. Seems like everyone up in here was pretty sweet on Frdiay the 13th, but other horror reviewers that I talk to almost uniformly hated it. I'm still trying to figure out what they didn't like about it.
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I'm enjoying this slasher thread, I wonder what's going to happen to it now that both movies are out? The Last House On The Left remake is out next month... looks pretty terrible, I'd say.
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PsychoGoatee posted:I'm enjoying this slasher thread, I wonder what's going to happen to it now that both movies are out? Hopfully it will last long enough until Sorority Row, Final Destination 4 and Halloween 2 come out, hell I'll probably bump it myself when the trailers are released. Don't know if you could call Last House On The Left a slasher, I started a thred on it awhile ago but it seems to have vanished. Might bump it closer to release date.
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The jam-packed theater I was in responded very well to the LHotL trailer. Like I said in Slasherfan's thread on that remake, I'm very, very skeptical about the remake and still think it looks like it lacks the balls to go as bleak and dark as the original. The fact that [spoiler]it appears Mari lives[/spoilers] suggests that very strongly. That's one remake that can't just have super-gory deaths to prove its merit. The Hills Have Eyes remake, I feel, did get the original. Whatever, we'll see. I'm definitely going to check out Friday the 13th again, but next weekend when it'll hopefully have died down just enough so that I can get a seat that doesn't end with me having a sore-as-hell neck the next morning.
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Kaiju posted:You know? It's funny. Seems like everyone up in here was pretty sweet on Frdiay the 13th, but other horror reviewers that I talk to almost uniformly hated it. I'm still trying to figure out what they didn't like about it. I wonder if this might just be the first really good remake/reboot, made more for young 18-25s who wanted to go see a scary movie with an iconic horror figure, and it paid off in spades for them, and maybe not so much for some of the hardcore series fans. Everyone who reviews for a living was so geared up to HATE HAYT HAET it for being different from what they love and remember, that maybe they didn't appreciate how it what was different about it was good, and what was the same about it was really good, too. Just my take, I don't know how horror reviewing works, but I do know that everyone who saw it for their own enjoyment loved it, everyone who was paid to review movies hated it. Maybe I'm not as good of a movie-goer as Ebert thinks I should be or something...
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Kaiju posted:You know? It's funny. Seems like everyone up in here was pretty sweet on Frdiay the 13th, but other horror reviewers that I talk to almost uniformly hated it. I'm still trying to figure out what they didn't like about it. The letters pages of Fangoria should be very interesting in a few months.
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I really don't see how they can hate on it; I mean its a reboot it does everything it is suppose to. I mena as a whole its just better ; better acting generally, better characters, the acting was absolutely horrible in any of the films at least this was half way decent.
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UncleMonkey posted:It's very divisive. Michael Gingold at Fangoria's website didn't really like it. At Dreadcentral, they put up two reviews: one from someone that hated it and one from someone that loved it. There seems to be very little middle ground with this one. I seem to remember the same being true of the TCM redux. But I definitely think it's a generation gap kinda thing. The old school guys seem to dissect it and compare the flaws to their favorite entries in the old series. Lots of Mears vs. Hodder debates, too. I'm the wild card, apparently. I love the old ones and I'm old enough to have seen a few of them theatrically, but I loved the new one, so... Don't know what that says about me.
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Kaiju posted:I'm starting to see the divide. Casey from Cinema Fromage loved it while Eric from Bloody Good Horror loving loathed it. Mark at Brutal As Hell also wasn't into it, but my own review was extremely positive, so I guess things at this point are starting to balance. Clearly it was the reference to your avatar biasing you  . Fun movie for what it was, and ultra-mega-pissed-off Jason was pretty great. A bit too reliant on moments where someone turns around and Jason's just chilling behind them. I'd rank it below 4 and 6, but it's much better than most of the sequels.
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I'm gonna go with "fantastic" as my vote for Friday the 13th. There were a plethora of unique kills, the acting was pretty solid for a slasher (certainly better than MBV3D), and hey, tits. As horribly racist as this sounds, my favorite part of the movie was the fact that I saw it in a theater that was predominantly black, so when Lawrence was fleeing from Jason the whole theater was screaming and cheering. It was hilarious. I'm stoked that this did well at the box office, because Friday the 13th is my favorite horror franchise and I'd love to see more.
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Kaiju posted:I'm starting to see the divide. Casey from Cinema Fromage loved it while Eric from Bloody Good Horror loving loathed it. Mark at Brutal As Hell also wasn't into it, but my own review was extremely positive, so I guess things at this point are starting to balance. I think there are just certain movies that are so precious to a person that you can't let go. I'm so attached to a movie like The Wicker Man, that I was determined to hate the remake. The fact that it was awful anyway is of no consequence. Similarly, I was positive there was no way I could stomach a remake of Near Dark, and so I was relieved when it was canceled (especially since it was apparently canceled because it was going to be too close to Twilight). I can come up with other examples as well. The people in our group can explain why they like it, just as those in our group who hate it or were even just "meh" about it can vocalize their objections. But with anyone who becomes a horror enthusiast at an early age, there are always going to be certain things that are just too precious, no matter what. There's always going to be some emotional connection that you make with the original that simply cannot be broken, even if the remake is loved by everyone else. It goes beyond saying "To each their own". It's why we collectively take such offense when studios pump out pure crap to please the PG-13 crowd. It was never about lack of gore. It was always about desecration of a genre we love. That's why this remake-- like any-- was going to be divisive from the start. High School kids now who never bothered to watch the originals, who never grew up on them, are less likely to care. But people like us who are old enough, and younger goons who love horror enough to engage in compassionate discussion, are always going to have different emotional queues associated with different movies. So when I read posts or reviews from my peers who didn't care for a flick like this that I did like, I still get it. And for the record, I'm definitely a Hodder fan. And I have to say, Mears was fantastic. He's a worthy heir to the mask. But Hodder is... well, it's fuckin' Hodder, man! I still can't help but feel a slight grudge that he wasn't in Freddy vs. Jason, let alone this. e: still no official updated totals, but I forgot this was a holiday weekend (I don't have off) and estimates are that this will go at least $60 million for the full opening weekend. Seems reasonable to me. UncleMonkey fucked around with this message at 06:16 on Feb 15, 2009 |
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Mourning Due posted:I found it to be the worst Friday, bar none. I can understand if people didn't like this film, due to its production, the stark difference from old-style slashers (old slashers feel... cold and sociopathic, newer ones seem more hot, rageish, it's hard to put it into words) But seriously, I have trouble believing you could possibly consider anything worse than Jason goes to Manhattan.
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Goreld posted:But seriously, I have trouble believing you could possibly consider anything worse than Jason goes to Manhattan. I loved Jason goes to Manhattan, honestly. One of the first Friday the 13th movies I saw when I was a little kid, and if I'm getting the movie right I was terrified for ever because of thedecapitated black guy's head in the cop car, then the cop getting ripped out and stabbed down an alley.[/spolier] I really liked the different types of gore in this movie as well,[spoiler]from the quick machete in the head deaths to the more drawn out tent-spike-into-the-skull. I was really pleased. Personally I really liked this remake of the original Friday the 13th, it had the right amount of comedy, gore and titties. My theater was packed as well; I was originally going to see it last night but when my friend and I arrived at the theater there were only four seats left, all separate from eachother so we just waited till today. Totally worth it. And with all this hype about new 3-D movies out: how awesome would a 3-D version of Friday the 13th be? That'd be the icing on my cake for horror movies at this point in time.
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Johnny Truant posted:And with all this hype about new 3-D movies out: how awesome would a 3-D version of Friday the 13th be? That'd be the icing on my cake for horror movies at this point in time. Thats true, I enjoy the current "realD" technology we have going on. That said, there's always the old red and blue 3D version of Friday the 13th 3 on DVD now. I've never watched the 3D version, has anyone checked it out? And I just watched the His Name Was Jason documentary, quite fun. One thing I found interesting is how most of the girls from those movies are still hot. Jensen Daggett from Manhattan is especially hot still. 
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The estimate on Box Office Mojo that just went up says $42m weekend, easily getting first and on of the top rated-R openings ever.
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BEARSLOOKOUT posted:so, just a quick question... I think it depends on how savvy the locals really are. The Crazy Ralph lady seemed to know what was going on, and the sheriff from the beginning was dropping hints that Clay should take off and forget about his sister. But if there is a coverup thing going on, they wouldn't have been raiding the grow-op in the woods, or sending a cop out BY HIMSELF to investigate.
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saw friday the 13th yesterday and thought it was pretty good. they could have done so much worse, but ended up with something that more or less belongs with the others. good gore, t&a, and jason was pretty scary. he didn't scare me much, but the little freakin' five year old behind me was petrified and his fear was actually a little sickening. made me feel like i was watching actual deaths. he was screaming and just scared the whole time. little dude had nightmares last night guaranteed. just not a movie for little kids.
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Muley posted:just not a movie for little kids. Well no. Generally movies about monster-like serial killers with a penchant for nasty bloody kills and lots of boobs and drug use isn't for kids of any age (14 and down I suppose). Parents piss me off sometimes. Why the HELL would you take a child to see something this nasty and gory is beyond me. How irresponsible can you get??
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cool kids inc. posted:Well no. Generally movies about monster-like serial killers with a penchant for nasty bloody kills and lots of boobs and drug use isn't for kids of any age (14 and down I suppose). Back when Event Horizon was in theaters, some parents brought their baby. The husband had to keep leaving because the baby wouldn't stop crying and screaming. I want to know what they're thought process was. Bringing an infant to a very loud R-rated horror movie: how did they expect things to go? Not to mention how inconsiderate it is.
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