Tuesday, May 4, 2010

A Nightmare On Elm Street ( 2010 )

Starring: Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, Kellan Lutz, & Katie Cassidy

Directed By Samuel Bayer

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179056/fullcredits#cast


     Ah yes, another Horror movie remake.  Somebody thought it was cute to remake a Horror Icon and throw it into the modern "Thrill Me" culture.  As a solid fan of the first series With Robert E. I will say this, The New Nightmare does and doesn't disappoint.  I liked the new take on Freddy, but hated the cast and almost everything else.


     Jackie Earle Haley did a great job as freddy.  Yes, he looked and sounded Different than Robert E., but c'mon man it's a different Freddy.  How many versions of 007 have we had, yet time and time again we find ourselves hooked on the Story and the actor playing James Bond.  With A Nightmare On Elm Street It was to much story of the Kids and not enough screen time for Freddy.


     Maybe that was the full intention the whole time.  You can't have a movie without some sort of story involved, but the the story behind Nightmare was a flaccid combo of a Remake meets something new.  I didn't like the cast at all.  Everyone of them was either WAAAAAAY to model like, or totally cheesy.  Oh and since when did husbands and men as parents not exist?  There were like 2 implied single moms who lived in 200 K houses and drove 60 K cars.  what a joke.

     Is was stuff like that and terrible acting that almost ruined it for me. Rooney Mara was a terrible choice for Nancy.  Why did they even need to bring nancy into this mess?  Why couldn't the idiots at New Line just say " Fuck it, Lets start over fresh" but oh no, they decided to call it a remake and totally blow it.  Almost.  The violence and new twist on Freddy kept me in my seat, but like I said the screen time for Mr. Krueger wasn't long enough.

     Overall I felt that this was a disappointing remake excuse, but might have finally nailed a decent take on an old Fav. Villian from our dreams;)

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