tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post1785872317368373452..comments2023-10-05T20:30:21.364-07:00Comments on Things That Don't Suck: Long Week On Elm St.: Part 9: Nightmare On Elm StreetBryce Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040954580033470664noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-74142469262687075932010-05-22T11:07:04.904-07:002010-05-22T11:07:04.904-07:00I'd say you nailed it Todge.
Hope you'll...I'd say you nailed it Todge. <br /><br />Hope you'll stick around.Bryce Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040954580033470664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-64749079212946488902010-05-22T10:07:58.158-07:002010-05-22T10:07:58.158-07:00You poor fellow.
I did my ELm Street Long Weekend...You poor fellow.<br /><br />I did my ELm Street Long Weekend the other way round. I watched the remake and it incensed me so much that I had to go back and watch all the others. This coincided with the arrival of that new documentary Never Sleep Again though, which is a Freddy geek's wet dream.<br /><br />Speaking of wet dreams, when you start cribbing lines from The Dream Master, your script is in fucking trouble.<br /><br />Haley's Freddy has zero personality. This is down to two things 1. He's just a paedo now, aww thats a shame cause he was much better as a "filthy child killer". It doesn;t need to be stated, ever hear of subtext P Dunes? Didn;t think so.<br /><br />2. The make up is fucking wretched. It's so taught across his face it doesnt allow for any expression, which is what Englund's Freddy was all about. Why in the hell would you try to model the make up on an actual burn victim? This Nightmare on Elm Street for fuck sakes.<br /><br />Of course the problems are inumerable, and this is just one of them.<br /><br />Nice to know I'm not the only one who had the nuts to sit through all nine films though! (I sat through all the extras as well).Todgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-16429889389146010922010-05-02T23:44:49.844-07:002010-05-02T23:44:49.844-07:00It was a good post Joe. And you're always more...It was a good post Joe. And you're always more then welcome to leave novels on my blog. <br /><br />As an aside did Haley's performance as Non burned Freddy remind anyone else of Simple Jack? I kept waiting for him to tell Nancy that "These Night Movies will make your eyes rain."Bryce Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040954580033470664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-19693143987968857022010-05-02T16:50:26.935-07:002010-05-02T16:50:26.935-07:00I gotta say, I didn't love it, but it was more...I gotta say, I didn't love it, but it was more competant that I expected. Maybe my expectations were so terribly lowered after the Friday the 13th remake/reboot, or maybe Haley's performance saved it all for me, but I thought it was a damn sight better than most of the sequels.<br /><br />Beyond that, though, yeah, there was a lot of bullshit, and it falls way short of the original. The fact that the characters are almost always shown falling asleep renders any suspense of something creepy/terrifying happening, and... oh, fuck it. I'm not going to leave a novel in your comments. I'm putting up a blog now. Check it, and I'm sure there'll be Talking Time discussion.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08023848612488028136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-74521053803805901072010-05-02T10:36:52.870-07:002010-05-02T10:36:52.870-07:00Thanks for saying so Demo.
But in all honesty I w...Thanks for saying so Demo.<br /><br />But in all honesty I was referring to the new movie rather then my own work. lolBryce Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040954580033470664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-42229349109869587752010-05-02T02:30:56.645-07:002010-05-02T02:30:56.645-07:00Your Elm Street Week wasn't a waste at all; I ...Your Elm Street Week wasn't a waste at all; I really enjoyed reading each one of your reviews!DemoWeaselnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-21935386683469282032010-05-01T15:40:07.197-07:002010-05-01T15:40:07.197-07:00Thanks for cheering me up Neil.
Its so frustratin...Thanks for cheering me up Neil.<br /><br />Its so frustrating like Mr. Burns, even when its good its bad.<br /><br />For example<br /><br />(SPOILERS)<br /><br />It comes to the semi clever idea that Freddy is trying to keep Nancy awake so that when she does fall asleep she'll go into a coma and thus basically be his play thing for ever. That's a strong creepy idea. <br /><br />But how the hell would Freddy know that? Was he as a mildly retarded gardner (as he's weirdly played in the flashbacks) going to Night School to study Neuroscience in between molesting children and keeping the grounds?<br /><br />Plus if there's one thing I can't abide, its missed oppurtunity, if the film had ended with the boyfriend getting slashed as he "safely" nods off on the gurney it could have been amazing. Instead we get an ending that manages to be even more nonsensical and inconclusive then the original Nightmare's. Which takes some doing.Bryce Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040954580033470664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-47787196291564544672010-05-01T14:55:22.245-07:002010-05-01T14:55:22.245-07:00Don't be too hard on yourself, Bryce. You had ...Don't be too hard on yourself, Bryce. You had every reason to hold out a dim glimmer of hope, despite all the reasons you list by which you <i>should</i> have known better. You obviously went into this thinking (a) Jackie Earle Haley's in it, therefore we have the possibility of an interesting and genuinely sociopathic characterisation; and (b) it's got to be better than frickin' 'Freddy vs. Jason'.<br /><br />Plus, sometimes it's only human to be insanely optimistic in the face of abject despair.<br /><br />And, hey, you've now saved <i>two</i> men from watching 'A Nightmare on Elm Street'. You took one for the team, my man.Neil Fulwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14686296295535235988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-42774898023596445682010-05-01T12:05:29.742-07:002010-05-01T12:05:29.742-07:00Its as the Talmud says, "He who saves one man...Its as the Talmud says, "He who saves one man from watching A Nightmare On Elm Street saves the entire world from watching A Nightmare On Elm Street"Bryce Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040954580033470664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-76851815433540730142010-05-01T12:03:05.782-07:002010-05-01T12:03:05.782-07:00I forgive you. You just saved me $11.50 that I can...I forgive you. You just saved me $11.50 that I can put towards Iron Man 2.The Dirty Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462962010760837570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-825647255347761102010-05-01T11:40:20.625-07:002010-05-01T11:40:20.625-07:00Thats about the jist of it yeah. lol.
Yeah I don...Thats about the jist of it yeah. lol. <br /><br />Yeah I don't begrudge anyone seeing this movie. It taught me my lesson, maybe it'll teach others.<br /><br />Doing Elm Street Week and ending it with this is like spending a week making a home made valentine at school for your alkie mother, then giving it to her and listening to her wheezy terrible laugh as she rips it up, slaps you across the face and then goes back to her gin.Bryce Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040954580033470664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-79691020147854911012010-05-01T06:13:59.219-07:002010-05-01T06:13:59.219-07:00So you're saying you didn't like it?
I...So you're saying you didn't like it?<br /><br />I'm going to watch, I mean get fleeced tomorrow. How shameful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com