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Jackie Earle Haley's Freddy Krueger Looks Like...Freddy Krueger!?
Merrick here...
BloodyDisgusting has a look at Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger in Platinum Dunes' revisitation of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET.
Kinda dark and silhouettey, but this suggests they may not be deviating much from Robert Englund's physical personification of the character - if at all.
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Tells us nothing, shows us nothing.
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Looks like Freddy should!
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picture looks good though
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Now that I give it a closer look
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Looking good. I have some faith in this remake. Seems like blasphemy to say so.
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Like in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare? The motherfucker used to scare the hell out of me as a kid, but now I can appreciate all his stupid puns.
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I think Jackie's made a mistake. I can't wait to see him in Shutter Island.
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who can hide behind a mask, Freddy was completely about the charisma of Englund. It's a lot like Frankenstein's monster. Can anyone name a memorable Frankenstein movie in which Karloff didn't play the monster? This is just a shitty attempt to rake in money, where the primary target audience are people who weren't even born when the original hit.
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...like Freddy Krueger, or Jason or Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, etc. can be remade over and over again. Each new generation can have their own version of the great villainous characters. And the '80's Nightmare movies aren't these untouchable master pieces; they were entertaining but junky, tongue in cheek, jump-scare affairs.
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I wonder if they'll reinvent the Freddy Vs. Jason movie.
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But that's mostly because Lon Chaney Jr. owned his character. Lugosi was terrible as Frankenstein's Monster.
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Bleh. Fuck this remake.
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Like fuck she did.
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It's all make-up. Holmes is still spry. Might as well recast the voices in Futurama. (Never seen the "new" Halloween nor Friday the 13th nor Chainsaw Massacre, nor Hills Have Eyes, etc.)
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Think about the numerous actors who've played Dracula, some were charismatic, others not so much. The character is highly interpretable, as is Freddy Krueger. A new actor can play him a bit differently, maybe add some clever characterization, and give the new movies a jolt of energy.
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Young Frankenstein.
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he does a brilliant performance in Little Children, then does a charactature in Watchmen, now Freddy... He's stuck in genre.
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Lugosi and Lee were the only memorable Draculas.
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If they're just going to do as before, then why even bother calling it a remake? It is a remake, isn't it?
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Sorry, but the Freddy Krueger character has been played out and milked for all it is worth. This is just a crass attempt to separate teenage boys from their parent's money. Worthless and pointless. Sick of this shit. The Hitcher (2007) raped my midlife crisis.
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The guy was the best thing about the Watchmen movie. His looks seem like a throwback to somebody like Bogart, and from my memory of Watchmen, Haley has screen charisma to spare.
I think if Haley plays his cards and picks the right scripts, he can be a great movie tough guy and a huge star, just like Bogey was. -
It would be difficult to express an opinion without sounding jaded, Must see more footage, pics, etc.
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...he doesn't look like a bearded tramp.
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How will this be better than Craven's version?
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Haley was brilliant in Watchmen. I sat up in my chair everytime he appeared onscreen.
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Period. He is really a good actor and was the best thing about Watchmen.
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Wow, JEH, has a very identifiable build/stance. Maybe it's the hat. I think if they were going to reboot this series then maybe a new Freddie design would be in order. I mean they redesigned Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolfman. Is it really so hard to come up with a different way of portraying a burnt to a crisp child molestor with knife-gloved hand?
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Jul 22, 2009 2:09:35 PM CDT
Never understood all the furore about wanting Englund back
by turdontherun
Granted, this re-make will be terrible and completely unnecessary, but why on earth would you want Robert Englund to reprise the role, and thus have some sort of half-way house connection with the original series? If you're going to re-make it, go all the way. Otherwise, you might as well make Nightmare Part 8 (or should that be 9, counting Freddy V Jason? Come to think of it, does the meta-textual New Nightmare even count as Part 7 to the original series?)Please, no Power Glove. That was the nadir of the franchise. Freddy's Dead was an awful, awful movie. I even prefer Part 2 to that faecal dump.
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Now that I look back on it what a fucking deal heh? And I only paid $2.50! How far we've fallen when I to pay 16 bucks for an IMAX ticket to watch forgettable shit like ROTF!
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The original is 5 years old now.
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I genuinely like Haley...but that statement isn't saying much.
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At the moment, I have the idiotic ROBOT CHICKEN skit on how Freddy got the sweater and hat from his daughter (which she bought a t a thrift sale). I really want a new take on this character to cleanse the palate.
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RE-MAKE it again, casting Pual Reubens as freddy krueger.
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the second to last freddy film-where wes craven basically made it as if FREDDY was real.Seriously,I dug that(mind you,i was 15? when it came out)-and at least in that version they TRIED to sort of update his look.I think they should've tried to update it-SORT of like what Rob Zombie did with Mike Myers.
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From my pants. With corn in it.
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Which is already on YouTube. AICN- get on the ball!
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Jul 22, 2009 2:20:18 PM CDT
CHRISTOPHE GANS SHOULD BE FUCKING DIRECTING THIS!!!FACT!!!
by carlthormark1978
Silent Hill looked and felt the way a Nightmare movie should be. The Elm Street franchise had turned Freddy into a clown and this remake should bring him back to the way he was portrayed in the first film.
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seriously. and to think, all those movies people watched the last few decades, inspired them, to make movies...the same movies they saw. i'm'a make some crazy stuff though just wait.
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Fuck all remakes, reboots, re-imaginings and re-inventions.
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I don't like it. The knives look like press-ons, and there's some rod system attached to them- sort of like new nightmares bone glove. The looks exactly the same except for the face. The nose is hardly there- the eyes are sunken in like some cheap zombie effect. Since it's appliance this sunken in eye socket look wont look real. Since it's build up over the original face. The ears are gone to. I get that they are going for real burn damage, but it on just this one image it doesn't feel right. I need to see better images, but of what I think I can make out so far- Im honestly not liking very much. I wish the sweater was yellow and red like Wes described it in the original screenplay. They didn't change much except for th eface and the glove. Benjamin Button got it right. If you are going to take things away from the face do it in the computer- Build up effects, look like build up effects. The first nightmare film had the best appliance work as well becuase ti was several layers on top of each other. -
Would have had a sleeveless Nascar shirt, a long haired mullet, dirty blue jeans and rusty claws. And he would have been evil because his redneck mommy molested him. How sad is it to be that completely predictable?
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Now they got a big faggot to go along with all those little faggots.!
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It's not like he's gonna get an oscar nod for playing Freddy.
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If he was a dozen years younger, he'd be perfect. Anyone know if either "Dreamscape" or "Nightmare on Elm Street" influenced the other?
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Jul 22, 2009 2:32:25 PM CDT
Hopefully this will be more "Jacobs Ladder" / "Silent Hill" in t
by cenobite
and not a campy cheesefest.
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it's really sad.
stop the remakes, do not support these atrocities. Texas Chainsaw, F13. etc...platinum dunes. who gives you the right to cherry pick whatever classic horror movie you want to ruin? they aren't your ideas. you are so fucking unoriginal. -
90 percent of the time I'm against remakes. I'll even say this isn't needed. However, after seeing Jackie Earle Haley own Watchmen, I can definitely get into this.
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Whats the point in the remake if they are just going to copy Freddys threads right down to his hat?!
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...when I say this has "Epic Fail" written all over it. If you truly love the Nightmare franchise, you'll join me in boycotting this nightmare.
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And the first should be a live action JERICHO.
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What are you, 12? Only a person who's only seen Lugosi's and Lee's movies would utter such laughable horseshit.
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It's Platinium Dunes, after all. It's what they do.
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Somebody here never saw Klaus Kinski as Dracula in Werner Herzog's Nosferatu, then.
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As opposed to... Freddy Got Fingered. DADDY WOULD YOU LIKE SOME SAUSAGE? You can thank me later for making you remember that cinematic masterpiece.
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Just come up with some new shit. I know they are making this for today's youth who think that the 80's versions look outdated, but it doesn't excuse pissing on the childhood of everyone over 30 who grew up watching the original Freddy.
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Jul 22, 2009 3:07:59 PM CDT
Jackie Earl as Freddy? Good casting but I would kick
by hollywoodhellraiser
the shit outta this guy in real life!
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Jul 22, 2009 3:09:32 PM CDT
turketron_2, FREDDY GOT FINGERED IS INDEED A MASTERPIECE!!!FACT!
by carlthormark1978
Tom Green's goal with that movie was to do the most fucked up shit he could possibly think of and in that regard he succeeded. I remember laughing hysterically while watching it at the theatre (DADDY WOULD YOU LIKE SOME SAUSAGE?) but the best thing about the experience was watching an old couple shuffle uncomfortably in their chairs during the whole thing especially when the crippled chick said that all she wanted was to suck Tom’s cock.
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I suppose horror fans will go see anything.
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In "Frankenstein", "Bride of Frankenstein", and "Son of Frankenstein." Lon Chaney Jr. did it, rather horribly, in "Ghost of Frankenstein". So did Bela Lugosi in "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man". Glenn Strange played the Monster in the last three movies: "House of Frankenstein", "House of Dracula", and "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein". I fucking loved these movies when I was a kid. AMC's monster marathon at Halloween was formidable, to say the least.
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Personally, I liked Freddy Vs. Jason more than the Friday the 13th reboot, although I pretty much think the whole slasher genre is just tired. FvJ was just more fun. They were both bad films but at least FvJ was creative, as much as this genre can be.
Hopefully, flashbacks showing a still human Freddy will play a part in this film. This will certainly justify why they didn't just cast Robert Englund, since his performance is such a staple to the series. For the Nightmare series to grow, they need to find a way to put a human face on the character, but use those features to augment the impact of his menace rather than deteriorate him. For example, Hannibal Lector lost a lot of his impact as a character when his 'motives' were revealed in Hannibal and its prequel.
The fact that Freddy was murdered in a vigilante hit and the guilt of his killers needs to be played up if this reboot is to have impact. Since Freddy kills people in their dreams, he's always been a much more frightening slasher than Jason or Michael. Hopefully, if the filmmakers can approach this subject with intelligence and psychological depth, the way Neil Marshall did with "The Descent", then this could be worthy reboot.
Horror directors need to start treating their subjects with the same intelligence that you'd see in any good indie drama. For example, Danny Boyle showed how this approach could up the stakes on the genre with "28 Days Later". I hope the makers of this film learn follow the examples of films like "28 Days", "Audition" and "Hostel" which were horror films that were made with substance and social commentary. -
Gary Oldman spits in your face.
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Jul 22, 2009 3:24:10 PM CDT
Henry Fool: Social Commentary? This is Platinum Dunes!!!!!!!!!!!
by crackerfarmboy
PD has never even heard of the term before. The closest thing they have come to social commentary is a commentary track on their DVDs! (High hat please) In all seriousness, F13 remake was mediocre but should have been so much more. Hopefully they accidentally stumble upon something here.
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The first one was/is a horror classic and except for the ending, gave me the creeps.
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This will be the same Dunes crap all over again. Unnecessary remake followed by one sequel and the franchise is dead once again. Damn you, Michael Bay!!!
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There, I said it!
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someone act hurt, betrayed, suprised, etc. Stat!... and don't forgeeeet...it's only a fucking movie :( (oops).
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For whatever reason, I associate all villains in Platinum Dunes films with 7-foot-tall former professional wrestlers.
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I pity yhe fools who can't understand the greatness of The Descent.Want to know what a over-rated shit looks like? Watch Jar Jar Abrams' Star Trek.
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But this is a little reassuring.
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They should have made this a sprequel (did I just invent that?) and had old Freddy get locked up and have flashbacks or something and then have Haley play the younger Freddy.
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played the younger freddy. well, before he was fuckin burnt.
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...of the demon who doesn't enjoy the living shit out of Oldman's Dracula. I understand why some people don't like that movie (they're wrong and have awful taste, but I understand their wrongness and awful taste), but even those people have enough sense to know a great actor and a great Dracula when they see one.
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In 10 or so years they're gonna have the two versions fight. as long as Johnny Depp makes a short appearance where he gets eaten by a bed or hit in the face with a frying pan while spoofing a drug psa I'd still see it.
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for someone to Blow Platinum Dunes to Hell?
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A courtroom drama where two estranged Freddies fight for custody of a child they each want to kill. It would be touching.
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Click on the link...the close-up of the face looks really bad. Could just be a bad shot, I dunno, but it looks real bad. I agree that Freddy, like all the movie monsters is open to interpretation and Haley has proven himself lately to be charismatic and energetic with good characters. Cheesy as the original movies were, Freddy was always a good character. This movie will live or die with the wirting and directing, of course, Haley won't be able to save a mess and this may end up being a big career speedbump in what has been an epic comeback. Oscar nom to highlight of Watchmen to Scorsese to cheesy Freddy reboot? my choice was Ben Foster but again, who gives a fuck if this is on par with all the other remakes? Man, if this really brings its game and Haley is good and it doesn;t rely on the cheese of the sequels, could work. But I doubt it.
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Who'd be the bitch and who'd be the butch? Haha I guess we have to wait until this comes out.
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in the remake/re imagining/new take they delve into the child molester/killer side of Freddy Kruger before he is BBQ'd. Outside of the first movie, the Freddy in the the original films was someone the audience cheered for. A child molester/rapist/killer is perhaps the most monstrous and evil thing in our world. I hope the writers can actually create a character we truly hate/fear, but I guess I am hoping for too much.
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It goes to show you that it may take some time, but actors if they work on it can become famous well into middle age. To me it sucks that best buy only has the Rorschach (spelling?) cover for the dvd and not the blu ray also. I love the color blue, but every time I think of opening dr. Manhattan's blu ray cover I think of his "swinging pendulum".
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hopefully this isn't his turn into the realm of Clint Howard-type roles. Not that I don't like Clint Howard, because I do like Clint Howard, but...
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Actually, the best thing about BNB was it's use of Bizet's Les toreadors. Sometimes I'll be listening to it at work and people walking by will stick their head in, say "Hey, Bad News Bears!", and carry on. I think that says a lot about the music AND the movie.
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"The children & parents will look up in their dreams and shout, 'Leave us alone!' And I'll whisper........no!"
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Boobies. The remake, I mean.
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According to the script review, the plot has elements where the audience doesn't know if Freddy is really a child molester or if he was set up by lying kids. If this theme is played up, this movie could be a worthy remake. I kind of like this idea of having a mystery running throughout. Plus, either way it gives Freddy a great reason to be going after both the kids and the adults (i.e. he's a sick f#ck or wants revenge for being wronged).
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THE DESCENT RULES!!! I hate how they cut the ending out of the theatrical version, though. The original cut had such an artfully tragic ending. That said, I've no desire to see the sequel. It sounds like shit, as was Neil Marshall's follow up, Doomsday.
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Shit, just as I expected. But did you think the scum responsible for the Remakessacre and Leatherface the 13th would do any better?
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...and can firmly state that this remake will kick lots of ass.
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To bad about the gay sub theme. Outside of that, it really was the best of all of them. Fraddy wasn;t trapped in dreams anymore. and the nightmares seemed very real. The pool scene at the end is wicked. If only Jesse was a chick. It would have more supporters. The gay shit kept it from being the best of the series, and Wes wasn't in the least bit involved.
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That's how it was described in the original films screenplay. I don't know why they changed it, but I bet it would work. It's not like it has to be a bright yellow. It could be a washed out yellow. I'm just tired of remakes playing safe and telling the same damn story everyones already seen with some mild enhancements and plot twists salted in. All they needed to reuse for this remake was a creepy burnt up fuck with knife fingers who kills people in their dreams. That's it. Everything else could have been original and nothing at all like the original films. But that takes talent and balls.
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I think your statement, "all those movies people watched the last few decades, inspired them, to make movies...the same movies they saw" is the best, most succinct summary of this insanity yet. Nicely done!
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grainier film
lotsa young hottie girls
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more CGI
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Englund is only 5'9". Freddy isn't exactly Michael Myers.
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It wasn't just three or for kids running around a house set?
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Lost interest after the third movie....Freddy should stay dead and buried.
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No reason why Englund couldn't play this role again!
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Robert Englund IS Freddy. Why try and fail to change that?
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I am a huge horror fan. However I wasn't born until 1989, so I didn't get to see the "classics" when they first came out. With that said, the Nightmare on Elm Street series was pretty good. However the special effects are very dated looking and not all that scary. Maybe in the 80's the effects looked state of the art, now it all looks dated to me. I am looking forward to this re-make.
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good luck with that whole boycott thing...sincerely.
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without making a remake or a sequel, could they do it? I think not.
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....but his involvement would have completely tied this film to the original series. If he was cast as Freddy for this remake, the audience would be waiting for him to start doing his corny shtick from the latter films. I don't see anything wrong with recasting the role.
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I'd almost prefer a movie about Freddy before he got all burnt up and became a super villain.
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Haley is inspired casting, but what's the fucking point? Remake for the sake of it is pathetic and whore-ish.
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Look closer.
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Absolutely nothing. Other than damn you Hollywood and your remakes.
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He gave a really good performance in that movie. He'll definitely do OK with this one.
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not classics but shit movies, how many more remakes are we going to get, fucksake i bet anymoney dark knight gets remade, give it 2 years min.
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the role at all! Otherwise Haley is no better than a scab. Throw him out of the union
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Like a guy in a Krueger outfit. You can't see the face, therefore you have NO proof that this looks like Krueger.
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Not that there's anything wrong with that. On one of the free watchmen downloads for the ps3 Haley appears and I was surprised at his voice. Made me appreciate his transformation into Rorschach all the more.
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What, in all seriousness, is the reason for this remake? Oh, I know money is the bottom line. Most decisions come down to that. But... no kidding, why? Why? Why?
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Regarding Oldman as Dracula, the key word was "memorable". Heh.
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Jul 22, 2009 10:02:32 PM CDT
Englund and Hodder are hanging out at the bar
by grammaton cleric binks
drinking beers, lamenting the roles they perfected, it not created going to others. Hodder tells Englund "See, it happens to us all. Now you know what I went through after Freddy vs. Jason."
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stupid no edit function.
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its gonna be watered down and forgettable garbage.
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whats it like to be completely gay??
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SIMPSON?
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Nolan decides not to make a third Batman film. Mainly because his only good idea for a third involved the Joker. So the studio goes for remaking another Batman film but makes the first one almost identical to Dark Knight so they can continue to use the Joker. Problem is everyone remembers Ledger's performance and does not want to see another and the film bombs. So never mind a Dark Knight remake won't happen for a while. BTW fuck this movie I want Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash. Now it can't happen. The Friday the 13th sequel/remake I don't exactly know what to call it since it wasn't a remake of the first film and that one acted like the first film existed didn't really changed anything. Jason still was a crazy zombie like invincible hot teen killing, hockey mask wearing bad ass. But a Freddy remake changes a lot. Unless they also make this one silly which I hope they do so my dream can survive.
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... is a perfect mashup/prelude to Freddy. I most likely won't watch this at theaters, but I'm positive Haley will make just as great a Freddy as Englund.
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Seriously this guy MADE Freddy. Jackie Earle Haley is a solid actor and probably can pull off this role but Haley is like Glenn Strange, the guy who replaced Karloff as Frankenstein. Englund and Karloff made those characters into horror icons.
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It'll be a battle of the claws!
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that shoulda been just as much as Englund Vs. Hodder movie, but he has nothing to lament regarding the series. he was the 5th guy to play the role, 6th if you count imposter Jason from Part 5 and even 7th if you count the kid in Part 1. he didnt create squat. Englund on the other hand played the role in 8 movies, 2 seasons of a television series and countless appearances on tv. but even he said he didnt mind being replaced and has often said he was getting too old. though i disagree but hey, he isnt being a whiny bitch so good for him. :p
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Too bad its for A FUCKING REMAKE.
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I, like many others here, are tired of remakes and you pretty much know what you're going to get with this movie (shitty characters, boring CGI, horrible pacing, lack of suspense, style, or mood, etc) but Haley as Krueger is DAMN good casting... Expect everybody to be asking after, "Who's the guy that played Freddy???"
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about Bram Stoker's Dracula was Keanu Reeves' shitty British accent... Oldman is probably my second favorite Dracula after Lee and BSD is the last REAL good vampire epic...
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I haven't seen the film yet, but I understand its very good and he's very good in it.
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Oh yes, Oldman's granny bonnet hairdo is something to behold. He does have a few classic moments in that film though.Apparently, he once said that he was drinking so much during the filming of BRAM STOKERS'S DRACULA that he barely remembers the experience. If that's true, I think it makes his performance even more "memorable".
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Actually, BECAUSE OF it, which ain't so bad seeing as how its his masterpiece (SO much better than Godfather it hardly bears mentioning). But after that? More or less everything he did ranged from 'meh' to abysmal. I'd rank his attempt at Dracula somewhere within the middle of that spectrum. I liked the boobies, though. And Oldman, as always, was brilliant.
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He's loaded, and had a successful career. He was never a huge star, but he always had work.
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Winona Ryder's performance = A truly laughable bit of acting; worse than Keanu. I find her to be the unintentional comic relief of the film. And as cute as she is, I don't think she's gorgeous enough for ol' Vlad to cross "oceans of time" for.The candles ripped off of an old music video by The Police = was that "Wrapped Around Your Finger"?Sir Anthony stabbing meat = Hopkins' hammy (pun intended) take on Van Helsing is hilarious. It's so indulgent that I'm pretty sure he was drinking on the set as well.
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and they mention the smallest most insignificant things like CANDLES AND MEAT!!!And I thought Ryder was decent in BSD. Not great but not awful... VampWinona in the end was pretty hot as well...
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I kept waiting for him to say, "Dude... Why are you biting me???"
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new talent rather than if you want to be a screenwriter you need to know somebody or suck somebody's dick. Maybe, they could take one original screenplay from each graduating film student and then pick from the best. I can't believe that there is a lack of talent or original ideas out there. I just think that mediocre talent gets work because of who they know.
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Jul 23, 2009 10:39:06 AM CDT
Robert Englund's rolling in his grave right now...
by jackknifed_juggernaut
oh, what's that? you say he's still alive!? hmmm... i had no idea.
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they need to end the trend of music video directors directing films. Directing a 4 minute music video and a 2 hour feature are two different animals. And Subs, to answer your question: Megan Fox.
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Winona Ryder's performance isn't bad at all, a bunch of candles in a room was an idea that came far before the Police ever existed, and... Anthony stabbing meat? Really? That's all you have to criticize this movie with? Just give up, man. It's getting embarrassing.
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Not only was he good, but he was nominated for an Oscar for best supporting which I believe he lost. That was the beginning of his acting comeback. Child molester plus Rorschach equals Freddy Krueger.
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And I disagree that a fantasy movie has to ground itself in reality first before introducing the surreal. Actually, that might be the reason I like BSD so much. The film almost plays out like a dream from the opening scene with Vlad impaling soldiers in front of what (I THINK) is clearly a visable matte painting of a skyline. It looks unreal but its not supposed to be real. Coppola created an extremely surreal world that I really found interesting and entertaining (even when nothing is happening)... Also, does a horror movie have to be frightening to be good??? I guess the argument could be made that BSM isnt even a horror movie but that doesnt really mean its a bad film... Sorry guy, but I f'n love BSD. Loved it when I saw it in the theater and still do to this day. I wish there were more like it today... (What is Coppola doing now???)
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As his performance overshadowed the entire cast and those scenes with the child killer,moloch,the prison and of course his "sacrifice" puts him up there with ledger's Joker IMO.The guy has come a long way from Bad news bears.
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I agree totally with you. Just like Heath totally transformed into the Joker (when you compare how Heath is in real life in regards to voice, movement, etc) I liken Haley's transformation to Rorschach. If I hadn't seen that free ps3 download I would've thought he had a husky voice or at least a more masculine one, not the effeminate one I saw him speaking with. But the Joker is a pop culture icon whereas Rorschach isn't so that may hamper Haley, but we can all hope right?
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Man, his performance was just hypnotic in its intensity. He nailed it.
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Frank Langella played an excellent Dracula in a rather bastardized but still excellent version of the story. And as much as it did away with the traditional Stoker elements, I still feel it stands tall right next to the Lugosi Dracula flicks (nowhere near as good but in the same league).Oldman was amazing but overall, I too was lost on some of the more corny aspects of Dracula not the least of which was Hopkins going batshit playing a sincerely fucked version of Van Helsing. Laurence Olivier was probably the best Van Helsing I've seen on the screen and Lugosi the best Drac thus far.I'm actually psyched for Haley and his triumphant return. I still dearly love BNB (and yes, the Bizet is trademark but then so is every word 'Tanner' and Walter Maltheau utter in the entire movie!). But I've always liked Haley..in the crappy BNB sequels, in the various tv-action-series he was in (he was many a goon and bad guy in shows like 'The A-team' back in the day) and he simply made Watchman so much better than it would have been without him. I don't know if Haley's a g-novel fan or if he's just a great actor or both but he brought his A game and it shows each and every second he's on the screen. To convey emotions like that through a mask is usually a large task (looking at you Tobey, Willem, etc) and actors like Haley and Hugo Weaving (V for Vendetta) make it look easy.As for a remake of NoES? I think 'bad idea' would be an understatement but for Haley's casting alone, I'm highly interested in checking it out, especially seeing his take on Rorschach and his turn in 'Little Children'...true he might not be able to save a pure shite film but it's gonna have to be quite shitty for him NOT to be able to save it.Oh and if you mix 'Little Children' and 'Rorschach' you do not get Freddy Krueger...you get anti-matter and matter meeting and exploding all over the place. You guys saw Watchmen and read the GN...saw what he did to the child molester/murderer. Freddy and Rorschach are polar opposites even though they're both brutal characters. I think if you mixed the two you'd get the masochist guy from Hellraiser.
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Better or at least equal to Olivier now that I think of it...and holy shit! Cushing was Tarkin! Since Lucas pussyized Vader in the prequels, Tarkin is now the greatest villain in the SW universe!"Evacutate?! In our moment of triumph? I think you overestiamte their chances..."
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Better or at least equal to Olivier now that I think of it...and holy shit! Cushing was Tarkin! Since Lucas pussyized Vader in the prequels, Tarkin is now the greatest villain in the SW universe!"Evacutate?! In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances..."
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Are generally pointless. If you can't do a new take on a theme, or maybe even improve on it, why bother? At least the casting of Haley as a horror icon sparks some interest. But I have a difficult time seeing how they're going to sell this to anybody other than teens.
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She's just supposed to look good. The few times she's actually turned out good performances were just pleasant surprises.
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What else she does is coo' but as far as I'm concerned her turn in Beetlejuice is quintessential Winona.
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...but I used to be quite smitten with Winona Ryder, especially after Beetlejuice.
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reasons. One: it's a "comic book movie." Would Ledger have gotten the nod if he was alive? I hope so, but you never know. Two: and more importantly his face was covered with a CGI mask most of the movie. Doesn't everyone remember how well that worked out for Andy Serkis?
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Someone at New Line really missed the mark, and I think his name is Bayer. Who is this loser and why was he handed the Freddy franchise? I just watched the new trailer and I'm literally sick to my stomach. I've wasted so many months anticipating this remake for it to end up being a regurgitated pile of shit, obviously thrown together by a bunch of douchebags with dollar signs in their eyes. HEY BAYER, Freddy is NOT multi-dimensional!!!! He's the bastard spawn of satan himself and THAT's the essence of his terror. He is not some sniveling coward, begging for his life. I'm so angry that I really want to drive to Michael Bay's house, ring the bell, and when he answers, bitch slap him, much like Stewie Griffin. Suck my balls.
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