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Friday the 13th (Extended Killer Cut)

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Oddly enough i found myself enjoying this movie quite a bit, sure there were a few parts towards the end where i wanted to fast forward, but nothing to make me wanna shut it off. This movie is far far superior to the absolutely horrid My Bloody Valentine, which is about the worst attempt at a horror flick i've ever seen. Anyways moving on here is a short review using pros and cons about the movie.

PROS
*The actors can actually act, some better than others.
*The comical parts are actually funny, (one is unintentional as a body flies from the window above and smashes a windshield mr TOUGH blonde guy screams like a girl)! I rewond it a few times!
*Its scary in a very realistic tense way.
*Jason looks bigger and badder than ever, the way he finds his mask in this film is very cool.
*All the characters have there own unique personality, and the girls arent just stupid bimbos who run.
*It actually HAS a plot, the guy who is looking for his sister gone missing.
*Bloody but not even nearly as bad as a movie like CRANK-HIGH VOLTAGE.
*The over all atmosphere and production(direction) is well executed.
*Great looking girls(much better than the 80's and 90's) with a few great sex scenes:)

CONS
*Every actor except maybe 3 look like they just stepped out of GQ or Vogue magazine(put at least one fatty in there).
*Some obvious cliche' parts of why didnt they just swim to the other side, or why didnt they just run(faster), or hide.
*Some of the killing scenes are a bit drawn out(die already).
*Jason has become an expert archer.(laughs)
*The people you do think will survive do survive,(well sorta)
*Some of the script seems a little off in places, or confused.
*A few parts don't make sense, plot wise.
*The usual, he kills everyone very very easily except one person who always seems to be the toughest.
*Also Friday the 13th, is NEVER mentioned in this movie.

Other than the for mentioned which can easily be overlooked, unlike a lot of horror films, it really is a worth while watch. I watched it the first time alone, but plan on watching it with a group, or just one girl, at some point. So though i'm not a big splatter horror fan(more of a psychological horror buff) this was not bad at all. Just a few usual cliche's and a few plot mistakes here and there. Also the people are just a little TO beautiful, but hey isnt that what a good horror film is all about. Good looking people must be easier to kill!!! HA.

PS-Jasons last name is not mentioned either, same dude? Who knows. Plus sometimes in this he's an emotional little big ole psychopath. Poor Jas.

I'm pretty well-established in my stance against remakes. I'm a purist, through-and-through, and although there are some surprising exceptions (and I'll gladly have my slice of humble pie in those cases), I'm pretty firm on my stance that remakes (or "re-imaginings", if you must) typically follow the "we don't have any new ideas, so let's cash in on old ones" formula.

This film is NOT one of the exceptions.

I'll be honest, I went into this film with a higher hope than I had for say, "The Amityville Horror" or "The Fog"...I figured that the story of Jason Voorhees had a lot of room for elaboration, and any writer worth his salt could conjure something new or at least moderately interesting out of the character and his beginnings...indeed, I expected this, as we got a meatier chunk of Leatherface and his family's psychosis in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" remake done by the same production company.

Sadly, I left with a greater sense of nostalgia for the original films, as hackneyed and trite as they had become.

First and foremost, I was disappointed with the overuse of near-pornographic sex; I expect it in a slasher film...it's pretty much one of the prime ingredients, but I feel the producers went entirely overboard with it in this film. I'm not a prude by ANY definition, but in this case it's obviously overdone, way too over-the-top to offer anything to the film other than the satisfaction of overly-hormonal males in the eighteen-to-twenty-five year old target audience.

Secondly, with only a couple of exceptions, the characters are far, far dumber than in most of the sequels to the original film...whereas it was always fun to yell at the screen in the past when victims ALWAYS ran up the stairs to a place they couldn't escape, or ALWAYS went alone (and typically half-dressed and unarmed) to investigate the strange noise even though they KNOW there's a homicidal maniac on the loose, in THIS film the fodder seem so ignorant that it amounts to mostly frustration, and I for one felt a sense of relief when they finally met ol' Jason face-to-hockey mask. This is not the fault of the actors, who in all but a few cases I thought performed well with the material they had to work with, but instead the blame lies on the scripting.

The incorporation of the first three films of the series (and references to several others) was a good idea, and could have worked if the writers had made the effort to breathe something new and interesting into the plot, but all you really have here is a Reader's Digest version of those first three films...a Cliff's Notes, if you will, hitting the high points but offering nothing new at all. The only thing I found redeeming is that they finally give somewhat of an explanation as to how Voorhees could seemingly be everywhere at once.

I suppose to "re-boot" the franchise to a new generation, it's not a godawful film, but for the money I would suggest simply renting "Friday the 13th", "Friday the 13th Part II", and "Friday the 13th Part III"...you'll get the same information, same story, same pretty much EVERYTHING, but as it was done originally, and in a more entertaining way.

I Dont get why everyone acts like this film is somehow inferior to the others...as if Friday the 13th was high art films or something.
It is what it is...a well made well acted horror movie with the most well known monster of my generation.
As long as your expectations are reasonable you should enjoy it.
its not new, its not innovative its not artsy, but it is fun...and is there anthing wrong with a movie just being simple fun?

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.

I have no problem with the actors or storyline. It's acceptable. My beef is with how dark the picture is. I know a lot of it takes place at night, but even the early Friday The 13th movies aren't that dark. Makes it difficult to see what's going on and it's hard to watch. Even tried adjusting my tv's brightness settings but that didn't help much...

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.

I found the Friday the 13th remake to be a solid, middle-of-the-road entry into the franchise. It's far from the best F13 movie I've ever seen, but far from the worse, either. If I had to rank it, I would say that it's better than part III, not quite as good as part IV. I do think Derek Mears might be my favourite Jason, though. He's incredible in the role, and I hope to see him in the sequel.

The "killer" cut is the superior cut, and adds a bit more characterization. It's also the only standard def DVD with any extras, though the Blu-Ray has more.

One thing that could definitely be improved upon is the creativity of the kills; I understand the filmmakers were going for a more realistic vibe but quite frankly many of these kills were rather boring. It seems like most of the great slasher kills are going direct to video these days (Hatchet, Laid to Rest, etc.).

Overall, though, worth owning if you're a fan of Friday the 13th.

We, Sid the Elf, chose the "reboot" of the classic Friday the 13th with much excitement. It greatly exceded our expectations. Reboot is the perfect word for this film. It reworked a series of classics from 1980-1984 and targeted them for an audience that almost certainly wasn't around for this period. Basically, this film took the first 3 and part of 4 Fridays, summarized the basic plot points, changed a few settings, timeline and other elements(showing Jason getting the hockey mask)and introduced the great series to more than a few people for the first time.

Friday the 13th(2009) keeps pretty close to the important plot points of the early films in the series. And it boasts an impressive cast including: Robert Downey Jr. Jr., Wooderson's brother, and Dom Cruise Jr. The main difference is in the star of our show, Jason. This film erases every previous criticism of Jason. The killer in this film was smart, fast, lean, and seemingly impervious to anything less than a fatal injury. To Sid, Michael Myers is still el presidente of scariness, but this version of Jason is tough to make a case against.

There was a TON going on in this movie. The action never stopped. In fact, Sid thinks this film had perfect pace to it, especially for current times. In 1980, the pace of the original was fantastic, but this is a different day, 29 years later, in which attention spans are much shorter due to the internet, ipods, iphones, blackberries and everything else. So, maybe the story had to move much quicker for the target audience. It doesn't matter really because Sid loved this flick. The "Nudity" and "Sexual Content" warnings at the begining of the flick would have definitely roped us in back in the day and we would have stayed roped in until the end because, really, this is an excellent film. It even gets Drive-In Totals:

1 "Motorin'" apperance

1 finding of an unattended weed plant

1 joke about being baked

1 bow and arrow

6 breasts(2 of which are soooo primo)

1 spearing

1 screwdriver through the throat

1 ax throwing

1 recap of Jason's murders a la the end of Halloween and, of course, 1 gratuitous sex scene.

This is more a review for those who aren't wholly dedicated or even really familiar with the original Friday the 13th film series. I have never seen any of the original movies apart from the terrible Jason X which I come to understand has nothing really to do with the Jason mythology. This rehashing of the series for me was a perfect way to try and understand the crazed attraction to the Jason character and the infamous hockey mask. I was hoping to go into this film and really enjoy it as a stand alone piece. Fans of the original series were going to be naturally critical of the film, because it's a restart of the original series, but telling it in a new way. Because I've not seen most of the original films, nor do I hold any loyalty to the original series, I can guess that I had a bit of an advantage as I had no pre-conceived ideas of what to expect. That aside, I supremely hated the film and found watching it a chore.

The first part of the film introduces Jason as the deformed child of a mother who has gone on a killing spree of all the counsellors of camp Crystal Lake for allowing the drowning of Jason. The opening credits show Jason's mother facing her final victim on her murderous revenge rampage, but is decapitated by the last counsellor with a machete. Jason approaches the headless body of his mother, takes the machete and silently vows to kill anyone who dare step foot near Crystal Lake. Fast forward a few years and we meet a few campers who stumble upon Crystal Lake and are all brutally murdered by Jason, except one girl by the name of Whitney who is taken captive by the killer. Fast forward again and we're introduced to a group of annoying college students who are staying in the log cabin of the parents of their friend Trent (Travis Van Winkle). Whilst on their journey to the cabin, they meet the brother of Whitney searching for her, Clay (Jared Padalecki) and soon discover that all is not well.

I honestly can't tell you everything I hated about this film, but I can honestly say the worst thing about it was the cast. They're the type of irritating people you see on shows such as Dawson's Creek and The Hills. Maybe it was deliberate as they became so insufferable I actually wanted them to die at the brutal hands of Jason Voorhees. There is not one character I found myself hoping would survive as they each caused me to hate them in individually vicious ways. By around the half way mark, I acquiesced to the notion that I wasn't going to like the characters, so just enjoyed the fact that the majority of them would die at some point. Once the rise of Jason story was told, the film simply comprised of 3 different things; murder, sex and swearing. They are all great when put together properly, but this film is made for an entirely unimaginative audience and I found myself resenting the film as the minutes dragged on by.

Possibly the only good thing about the film was Derek Mears as Jason. He had the character worked down to a tee including the posture, movements and frighteningly cool persona. Frankly this was not enough to save the film as everything bad about it just clouded Mears' performance. If you're a fan of the slasher movies, then you will probably like it as that's certainly all it was good for. Even the cheap nudity was dull and un-entertaining, so for movie go-ers who enjoy a good film, with good acting, good script and good setting, I would advise you to keep away from this one for as long as you can.

This movie is nothing original and as far as a remake.....Uggggh... I don't know why Hollywood will spend countless dollars to destroy movies that has nothing wrong with them. The original Friday the 13th is a classic slasher film. This film has little to offer except to maybe teens looking for alot of blood, nude shots, and poor acting.
And now we have to look forward to a Halloween 2. I think maybe the horror genre needs a face lift because these remakes are truly lame. My advice would be wait until it hits cable.