Fun to watch as a slasher film, but fails as a Nightmare and Friday film
Added 11/3/2009
I really have no idea what the point of this movie was, exactly, but I certainly did not enjoy the premise of the ordeal. It's kind of fun to watch Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees duke it out, but overall it won't leave you feeling very entertained; or that your time had been well spent.
The plot opens with the best scene in the entire film, which is the prologue of Robert Englund as the pre-supernatural Freddy and his origin. From here, the film quickly declines. Freddy , trapped in Hell because of the fact that the people of Springwood have erased every trace of his existence (thus children don't know him, and as such can't fear him, so thus Freddy can't enter their dreams....I don't recall Nancy knowing who Freddy was until her mother explained in the first Nightmare film, but OK). He cons Jason to rise from the dead and kill the (as usual, overly horny teens) kids of Elm Street, thus causing his name to spread once more.
This results in Freddy losing it when he realizes Jason's gone on a murderous rage (duh) and is preventing Freddy from savoring the time and elaboration he likes to take when killing teens. Annnnd, this is where the "plot" of Freddy and Jason actually fighting comes in. The fight in Freddy's boiler room dreamscape is very nice, and the Crystal Lake fight at the end is also entertaining up until the construction site portion onwards. Problem is that between these fights, there really is zero substance.
A usual problem with slashers is horribly present here: horrible, ditzy, female actresses. They're good on the eyes, but make the brain cringe. The blonde girl who's the lead is "a virgin" (PAH! I bet...) and there is a scene in dreamland where Freddy creeps his claws up her leg in what would have been horrifying...if her character was at all believable, or something the audience could relate to. As far as the audience is concerned, Freddy may as well be threatening to defile a trash can.
The problem is mainly that Jason kills the most people yet he is presented as some sort of anti-hero while Freddy is the pure villain. What is with these crossover monster features and making one of the antagonists winding up as some sort of hero figure? Plus, Freddy Krueger is a far more interesting character than Jason Vorhees who is a boring zombie who stumbles through everything like Frankenstein on steroids while Freddy has menace in the fact that...he just really likes killing! Robert Englund (As usual) portrays Freddy Krueger as someone who savors each and every life he takes while Jason is mindlessly hacking his way through each scene.
I'm no blood fiend, but the fact that Freddy only kills ONE TEEN in this entire film through dreamland (and it isn't even good by Freddy standards) while Jason not only kills the most "good guys" but is also portrayed as the hero of this clash. Anyone else see some messed up logic here? Oh well, Robert Englund, as expected, delivers entertaining quotes and sequences as Freddy, but aside from this the movie has no merit.
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Even more awesome in hi definition
Added 10/14/2009
This was an awesome movie that put together elements from both of these popular movie franchise. If you are a fan of either franchise I strongly represent purchasing this movie. Oh yeah did I mention how great this movie look and sound in hi definition lol
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Better than I thought
Added 10/12/2009
I thought this was just a ploy to make money off both these popular properties (Nightmare on Elm street & Friday the 13th), but I watched it and was unexpectedly surprised. I was able to watch the movie in its entirety atleast 3 times. The story was not the best, but the movie did its job by keeping me entertained. There are other flix in this genre that I've watched only once and never decided to watch again. That's one reason why I gave it 4 stars.
Nichol from Holywood, Fl
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Finally! Now is a Death Match!
Added 9/28/2009
If you're a fan of either of this guys, you should defenetly want to see this. The bluray transfer is similar to the dvd quality and the audio was alright. But this is must have in your bluray-scary-collection.
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Upscale DVD Pic./Poor sound upgrade/No 5.1 EX either
Added 9/12/2009
This review is to inform those that want to upgrade there standard DVD to HD verson. Buyer beware..
1st off the back of the box says 5.1 EX audio (Not on there)only TruHD and I must say for a suppose upgrade loseless audio it seemed weaker the the standard DVD, which does have 5.1EX and 5.1 DTS,unlike the bluray edtion. The picture is not bad,but is not a 1080P HD quality transfer. There is noticeable grain and scartches and imperfections across the screen. Since this movie was shot 2000 it looks good, but I was expecting a sharper image on Bluray. Newline usually spares no expense when it comes to issuing content on DVD/Bluray, but this time interms of audio and video, I guess the price represents the amount that went into the transfer.
I know the bonus features are very good, very extensive, but do not buy this edition. Just keep your DVD and play it in your Bluray player for the 10% upgrade and you will just fine.
I do not know about you, but I am tired of buying older movies 1970',80's and some 1990's on bluray, for the most part there is no difference in quality,alot of the old transfers are used and no expense goes into the remastering of the picutre or sound. It seems like (Besides a small amount of tittles that get a A++ trans/remaster)Bluray is meant for newer movies from 2000 and above to enjoy real HD piture and loseless audio. For a better expierance than the theater on your home theater. Maybe in the futre some upcoming tittles Jaws,Back To The Future, ET, Star wars 4,5and 6 ETC will get a good HD transfer worth buying again??? Mike
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Fun to watch as a slasher film, but fails as a Nightmare and Friday film
Added 11/3/2009
I really have no idea what the point of this movie was, exactly, but I certainly did not enjoy the premise of the ordeal. It's kind of fun to watch Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees duke it out, but overall it won't leave you feeling very entertained; or that your time had been well spent.
The plot opens with the best scene in the entire film, which is the prologue of Robert Englund as the pre-supernatural Freddy and his origin. From here, the film quickly declines. Freddy , trapped in Hell because of the fact that the people of Springwood have erased every trace of his existence (thus children don't know him, and as such can't fear him, so thus Freddy can't enter their dreams....I don't recall Nancy knowing who Freddy was until her mother explained in the first Nightmare film, but OK). He cons Jason to rise from the dead and kill the (as usual, overly horny teens) kids of Elm Street, thus causing his name to spread once more.
This results in Freddy losing it when he realizes Jason's gone on a murderous rage (duh) and is preventing Freddy from savoring the time and elaboration he likes to take when killing teens. Annnnd, this is where the "plot" of Freddy and Jason actually fighting comes in. The fight in Freddy's boiler room dreamscape is very nice, and the Crystal Lake fight at the end is also entertaining up until the construction site portion onwards. Problem is that between these fights, there really is zero substance.
A usual problem with slashers is horribly present here: horrible, ditzy, female actresses. They're good on the eyes, but make the brain cringe. The blonde girl who's the lead is "a virgin" (PAH! I bet...) and there is a scene in dreamland where Freddy creeps his claws up her leg in what would have been horrifying...if her character was at all believable, or something the audience could relate to. As far as the audience is concerned, Freddy may as well be threatening to defile a trash can.
The problem is mainly that Jason kills the most people yet he is presented as some sort of anti-hero while Freddy is the pure villain. What is with these crossover monster features and making one of the antagonists winding up as some sort of hero figure? Plus, Freddy Krueger is a far more interesting character than Jason Vorhees who is a boring zombie who stumbles through everything like Frankenstein on steroids while Freddy has menace in the fact that...he just really likes killing! Robert Englund (As usual) portrays Freddy Krueger as someone who savors each and every life he takes while Jason is mindlessly hacking his way through each scene.
I'm no blood fiend, but the fact that Freddy only kills ONE TEEN in this entire film through dreamland (and it isn't even good by Freddy standards) while Jason not only kills the most "good guys" but is also portrayed as the hero of this clash. Anyone else see some messed up logic here? Oh well, Robert Englund, as expected, delivers entertaining quotes and sequences as Freddy, but aside from this the movie has no merit.
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Even more awesome in hi definition
Added 10/14/2009
This was an awesome movie that put together elements from both of these popular movie franchise. If you are a fan of either franchise I strongly represent purchasing this movie. Oh yeah did I mention how great this movie look and sound in hi definition lol
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Better than I thought
Added 10/12/2009
I thought this was just a ploy to make money off both these popular properties (Nightmare on Elm street & Friday the 13th), but I watched it and was unexpectedly surprised. I was able to watch the movie in its entirety atleast 3 times. The story was not the best, but the movie did its job by keeping me entertained. There are other flix in this genre that I've watched only once and never decided to watch again. That's one reason why I gave it 4 stars.
Nichol from Holywood, Fl
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