Some people are a little butthurt about Friday the 13th Remake having Jason Voorhees running. Well so did the originals and after seeing the remake last night, no one should be complaining about him running or lack there of.
I think most people got upset when someone said, "Jason dead sprints." He dead sprints about as much as a big, clumsy, ogre can. His runnings are almost identical to the ones scene in this video. If anything, it seems like there is more running in Part 2 than the remake.
As for the remake itself, I guess it was okay but there was some issues. It didn't seem to flow well together. But I am anxious for the DVD release with the alternate cut which contains more gore, more sex, and supposedly additional storyline that makes it seem like a new movie. Hmm, what could they add? At least this movie wasn't overrun with CGI.
If you want to know more about the remake...SPOILERz!
The worst part about the movie is that it felt scrunched together. They tried to put too much in a 100 minute movie and there isn't enough time. It was 100% a remake...of the first three movies. I like to retitle this "movie" "Friday the 13th: Cliff Notes of Part 1-3". It contains the important parts of each film. In the first movie, all you needed was the last five minutes-check. The second one, the last thirty minutes were decent-check. And the rest is the third movie. So I am not sure if I would call it a movie but just cliff notes of the first three movies in visual format. would you call Spark Notes of Romeo and Juliet the book Romeo and Juliet?.
It didn't seem to create a character and was more so geared towards people who have seen the series. He was humanized and feelings of knowing him were there. There was no mystery of who he was like the originals had created. If it was for them, do you really need to "restart" it? As Cowzilla told me, they should've just done number 12 (13 if you could Freddy vs. Jason in the mix) and have a pre-setup like they had in this film but then done something new. And I agree.
But the true question to my problem with the been there, done that feeling with this Cliff Note is...can you really fault a remake for not being original? It feels like it is pretty much what you've already seen before but with fresher film? It isn't great, it isn't horrible. You just expect a bit more, but hey...there are some great pairS of bewbs in there and some fun parts as well as jump parts that will be sure to get a girl to jump in your arms. And isn't that the point of any scary movie?
Yeah, back before he "died" he visibly ran a whole lot... I'm for some reason really looking forward to this, "cliff notes" remake or not. Jason flicks are fun...
Does hie "die" at the end of this one? I always dug undead Jason, so I wonder if that's what we'll get in the sequel...
Ha ha!
Can't believe people are pissed because Jason will run in this flick... It's a horror movie, guys! And a remake, at that!
I expect it to be nothing more than a typical horror, popcorn flick... And that's alright with me!
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Who gives a shit if he runs, just as long as he's decapitating oversexed thirty year old actors portraying teens.
Don't forget about the gratuitous nudity of said 30-year-old teenagers.
They aren't teens, they are college aged!
Also, keep in mind, I didn't pay for this movie. :P
Yeah, back before he "died" he visibly ran a whole lot... I'm for some reason really looking forward to this, "cliff notes" remake or not. Jason flicks are fun...
Does hie "die" at the end of this one? I always dug undead Jason, so I wonder if that's what we'll get in the sequel...
I will support any fictional movie that has no CGI in it. No matter how shitty it is.
Seeing if this Friday because it's my friend's birthday, expecting it to suck, but I don't care.
Thanks for the review!
But isn't his Mom the killer in the original movie and not Jason?
I probably won't see this since its the same people who did the Texas Chainsaw Remake, which was terrible.
Sure he runs, but he's at his best when he doesn't run. He comes off more badass that way.
I'm really not interested in this remake. Not a huge fan of re-loading horror flicks.
I like the fact that he runs. It's kind of stupid when he teleports behind 2 teenagers mid-coitus.
Jason is a cold methodical killer, he is supposed to stalk his victims, not chase them.
I'm a huge Jason fan so I have to see it.
Jason ran in part two because that was before 30 year old portraying teenagers decapitated him at each movies end, thus making him slower.
he was alive then as we are today, thus he sprints, lets see how fast you run when corey haim stabs your ass 30 times
People are retarded, of course he ran. I seriously can't wait for the remake.
oh and by the way, my name is Jason. I'd be a retard to not want to see this, he was a childhood hero for me.
Ha ha!
Can't believe people are pissed because Jason will run in this flick... It's a horror movie, guys! And a remake, at that!
I expect it to be nothing more than a typical horror, popcorn flick... And that's alright with me!