Movie Review: Friday The 13th

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Ahhhh…summer camp…hanging out…making friends…long talks…long walks…swimming by the lake…drinking…fooling around…hockey masks…arrows through the head…tons of killing…what were we saying?

It isn’t Friday the 13th without going to the theater and checking out…you guessed it…the latest installment of Friday The 13th. But, wait…don’t go…it’s different now, see. These are all new kids…it’s hipper…cooler…these teens are so funny…they still love to get chased around screaming…”I didn’t do anything!”

Well, any way you slice it, (sorry) the kids at Crystal Lake are back for another go round of running, screaming and bleeding through the entire super fun camp experience. We just don’t remember summer camp being like this…we’re pretty sure the girls back then weren’t even half this hot…but what do we know…we were too busy catching fireflies.

So, you’re probably wondering what cinematic reboot experience you’re going to have watching this puppy. Was the filmmaker influenced by Federico Fellini or Werner Herzog? Not exactly…it’s more like the director studied a few episodes of the new 90210 and then watched some Ed Wood movies. Genius, baby.

One of the highlights of this sequel, is that you have a guy singing Night Ranger’s “Sister Christian.” Anyone singing “…You’re motorin’…what’s your price for flight…” as he wanders around the forest…away from his friends with a glow stick…you know he’s a goner. Not to mention, this is just the first 5 minutes of this thing and his death seems so right. For goodness sakes, no one should be allowed to sing that song and live…everyone knows that.

The upside of all of this…if you drink too much NyQuil…this movie is going to seem pretty awesome…ummm, not that we did that…but just using it as an example. On the positive side, Jason is back and the writer threw out all the stuff that gets in the way of horror movies…including the plot. Who needs plot? This thing has so much character development, you won’t miss it. Just kidding. We’re not really that negative…it was shot nice…there are tons of spectacular lens flares in the forest.

We say check this thing out and don’t sneak any NyQuil in the theater…because supposedly if they catch you with it…the guy with the flash light gets all pissed off. Not that we did that…we’re just saying that could happen.

Comments

  1. Katie February 19, 2009

    Ellipsis alert!

    Ellipsis alert!

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