TBH, I enjoyed the Platinum Dunes FT13 as well. The TCSM remake was very entertaining as well (although Beginning and TCS3D sucked ass). Amityville was good, but not excellent. The ANOES and Hitcher remakes were terrible though.
Quite honestly, I'd rather enjoy a sequel to the FT13 remake, rather than another reboot. I thought the remake was well done, and had a "classic" slasher film feel to it. If any two franchises need to be rebooted again, it would undoubtedly be Halloween (Rob Zombie has raped Michael Myers in ways that even Albert Fish would find despicable) and ANOES
Originally posted by Lestov16
TBH, I enjoyed the Platinum Dunes FT13 as well. The TCSM remake was very entertaining as well (although Beginning and TCS3D sucked ass). Amityville was good, but not excellent. The ANOES and Hitcher remakes were terrible though.Quite honestly, I'd rather enjoy a sequel to the FT13 remake, rather than another reboot. I thought the remake was well done, and had a "classic" slasher film feel to it. If any two franchises need to be rebooted again, it would undoubtedly be Halloween (Rob Zombie has raped Michael Myers in ways that even Albert Fish would find despicable) and ANOES
Also pick up where the first movie left off.
Originally posted by Lestov16
TBH, I enjoyed the Platinum Dunes FT13 as well. The TCSM remake was very entertaining as well (although Beginning and TCS3D sucked ass). Amityville was good, but not excellent. The ANOES and Hitcher remakes were terrible though.Quite honestly, I'd rather enjoy a sequel to the FT13 remake, rather than another reboot. I thought the remake was well done, and had a "classic" slasher film feel to it. If any two franchises need to be rebooted again, it would undoubtedly be Halloween (Rob Zombie has raped Michael Myers in ways that even Albert Fish would find despicable) and ANOES
You ever hear someone give their accounts of a really cool real life story? That first time you were engaged and it almost felt like you were there with them. Then after years of knowing this person you hear them tell that same story time and time again. Each time they tell that story it becomes less relevant and less interesting to you until one day it just becomes annoying. This is what rebooting a remake/reboot is like to me.
Platinum Dunes reboot of Friday the 13th was stale and unmemorable.
The only scene I remember was the girl getting her head stabbed through whilst hiding under the water dock.
It was a quick cash-in and nothing else.
Classic 80's horror icons don't need to be rebooted. Just make a fun sequel or make a new character up for a new generation.
Originally posted by the ninjakReally? I thought that had the best intro of most horror movies I've seen. Introducing that group you thought the entire movie would follow just to be treated to a 10 minute opening of them all getting slaughtered left me pretty hyped for the rest of the movie.
Platinum Dunes reboot of Friday the 13th was stale and unmemorable.
The only scene I remember was the girl getting her head stabbed through whilst hiding under the water dock.
It was a quick cash-in and nothing else.
All the scenes that followed Padalecki were pretty memorable too. Great actor
Originally posted by Arachnid1
Really? I thought that had the best intro of most horror movies I've seen. Introducing that group you thought the entire movie would follow just to be treated to a 10 minute opening of them all getting slaughtered left me pretty hyped for the rest of the movie.All the scenes that followed Padalecki were pretty memorable too. Great actor
I like Padalecki as well but cmon! nothing was memorable if you are a true fan of horror cinema.
I looked at your fav films in your page and they are all quite recent.
And lack consistency. I can't do this right now.
Originally posted by the ninjakIts an old list I made when I was 13-15, back when I was newer to the forums (movies I grew up with, and I wasn't really very experienced with most older movies). I'm 21 now, and I've branched out since then. I'd change a lot of those out if I was to edit it now.
I like Padalecki as well but cmon! nothing was memorable if you are a true fan of horror cinema.I looked at your fav films in your page and they are all quite recent.
And lack consistency. I can't do this right now.
I honestly thought it had an amazing intro. I remember being blown away by the time the title flashed up, and it was a great feeling. I didn't have the good fortune to grow up with the original series like 80s kids, so I saw them a bit late and they don't hold a special place in my heart like some of you. Great movies, and the reboot stacks up to them well IMO.
My top horror films at this point are:
1. Jacobs Ladder
2. Jeepers Creepers
3. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
4. Hills Have Eyes (new one, although the sequel kind of sucked)
5. 28 Days Later
I also liked how they made Jason more of a hunter. He sprinted around, set traps (bells, bear traps, flood lights, underground shortcuts), used his knowledge of the terrain to his advantage, and picked them off one by one like deer. He was a smart killer, which isn't something that can be used to describe the villain of most slasher films. The group of kids this one followed after the into weren't memorable, but Jason himself and Paladeki were enough for me to still like the movie.
The older films just depicted him as an unstoppable tank with a healing factor, which is great, but it always annoyed me how he always seemed to show up in the right place at the right time, walked after his kills and still got them, and was shown to be kind of mentally deficient. I liked the newer version a bit more, and I hoping they do more with him in the next one.
Originally posted by Arachnid1
Its an old list I made when I was 13-15, back when I was newer to the forums (movies I grew up with, and I wasn't really very experienced with most older movies). I'm 21 now, and I've branched out since then. I'd change a lot of those out if I was to edit it now.I honestly thought it had an amazing intro. I remember being blown away by the time the title flashed up, and it was a great feeling. I didn't have the good fortune to grow up with the original series like 80s kids, so I saw them a bit late and they don't hold a special place in my heart like some of you. Great movies, and the reboot stacks up to them well IMO.
My top horror films at this point are:
1. Jacobs Ladder
2. Jeepers Creepers
3. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
4. Hills Have Eyes (new one, although the sequel kind of sucked)
5. 28 Days LaterI also liked how they made Jason more of a hunter. He sprinted around, set traps (bells, bear traps, flood lights, underground shortcuts), used his knowledge of the terrain to his advantage, and picked them off one by one like deer. He was a smart killer, which isn't something that can be used to describe the villain of most slasher films. The group of kids this one followed after the into weren't memorable, but Jason himself and Paladeki were enough for me to still like the movie.
The older films just depicted him as an unstoppable tank with a healing factor, which is great, but it always annoyed me how he always seemed to show up in the right place at the right time, walked after his kills and still got them, and was shown to be kind of mentally deficient. I liked the newer version a bit more, and I hoping they do more with him in the next one.
Cool. I like the newer Hills have Eyes as well. And appreciate the reverence to the original Friday series.
But Jason being represented as a fast moving hunter was pointless personally. Especially as an origin film. He is a zombie.
It would be like focusing an Frankenstein as a fast moving killer. (check out his new film)
Modern day films turned zombies into fast running killers to amp the kill count and it worked to a degree, it made it more realistic to those audiences less patient in their viewing. And sometimes it works. I loved the Dawn of the Dead remake.
Faster doesn't mean better when it comes to rebooting characters all the time unless you create a reason for it.
Don't take a famous character and give him upgrades without a reason is what I'm saying.
Originally posted by the ninjakYou know what? You're right. Jason is supposed to be a zombie. I completely lost sight of that.
Cool. I like the newer Hills have Eyes as well. And appreciate the reverence to the original Friday series.But Jason being represented as a fast moving hunter was pointless personally. Especially as an origin film. He is a zombie.
It would be like focusing an Frankenstein as a fast moving killer. (check out his new film)
Modern day films turned zombies into fast running killers to amp the kill count and it worked to a degree, it made it more realistic to those audiences less patient in their viewing. And sometimes it works. I loved the Dawn of the Dead remake.Faster doesn't mean better when it comes to rebooting characters all the time unless you create a reason for it.
Don't take a famous character and give him upgrades without a reason is what I'm saying.
I liked the new version of him because I like smart and resourceful antagonists (and that's something rare in slasher films), but the slow moving unstoppable tank/mental retard thing mixed well with the whole undead thing he had going. Looking at it like that, I can see why fans of the original would be pissed that they turned him into a "normal" human.
The remake is Jason before he died though apparently. He was officially dead at the end of the movie before he came back to life, so maybe he'll be more similar to his undead self now that he's actually undead.
Sigh.
If they simply decide to reboot him. There is no history, he's just another generic masked monster killing teens. So you better create a good story.
The original Jason had an awesome story. Psycho mother killing teens, satanic rituals result in child returning from the dead. Jason starts killing teens and can't die. Jason kills every year. Can't beat it.
What did the Platinum Dunes version of Jason do to get the public interested in any way? Besides making him faster?