Friday The 13th (2009)

[King Douche]

Did anybody like or not like this film? I thought it was an average movie at best, with a long introduction that was uncaleld for, too many kills, bad acting, uncalled for racists jokes, bad dialouge, and crappy kills minus a few. So thats my opinon of the film? Others?

 

[X]

While I do agree with your assessment of the film for the most part, as it isn't really a "good" film by any critical measure, what you see as the films flaws are actually what I thought made the film so enjoyable. I'm a HUGE Friday the 13th fan and have been since I was a child so obviously I was anticipating the remake a hell of a lot, and when I saw it I wasn't disappointed personally. Because while others may have been looking for a frightening film with high values, all I was looking for was a good slasher film that you could stack up next to earlier entries in the franchise, and in that respect I thought the film was a big success.

I mean, you go back and you watch any of the Friday the 13th films...none of them are particularly "good" films technically, but that doesn't subtract from their enjoyment. That's kind of the calling card of the entire slasher genre, they're by-the-numbers films with interchangeable characters who's sole purpose in the film is to fuck, get high, and then get killed. I REALLY enjoyed Friday the 13th, but that may have been because I was quite drunk and me and a few friends were having the times of our lives going to see it in a jam packed theater on opening night. I saw it again when it came out on DVD though and my opinion was the same---I really liked it. It's probably the best of the Michael Bay-spawned remakes so far I'd say.

So yeah, I do agree with you that it isn't a good film. But I will argue that it's a highly entertaining and enjoyable one. The cast is good enough, the locations in the film are AWESOME (you have NO IDEA how long us Friday fans have been begging for Jason in the woods again, it's been DECADES!) and the gore wasn't half bad either. So yeah, not a good film, but a really entertaining one I thought. I'm definitely happy I can put it on my DVD shelf along side every other F13 film.

 

[INDYjon22]

I agree with X, to an extent. I thought from the pure slasher movie perspective it was great. The death scenes were done very well and were unique. In fact, they were some of the best kill scenes I have seen in a long time and the opening scene with the first five campers was just plain awesome and gross, in a good way. My hat goes off to Mr. Michael Bay for that.

That being said, I thought the characters were horendous. Now, I realize that it is a horror movie and we are not supposed to get connected to the characters since their only point is to be killed but these people actors were just so bad that it did actually bother me. I am all up for watching some people get mirked by Jason but a good horror movie builds the main character up so that you do not want them to die. This remake simple did not do this for me. I wanted them all to be gutted by Jason by the end and was actually disappointed when they were not.

Hopefully, Michael Bay learns from some of his mistakes in this film and makes the sequal better. He did a great job on the kill scenes and hope to see more inventive ways in the next film, though I hope to god Bay refrains from using a bear trap again, its getting old. Also, I hope the characters are more likable in the next film, I doubt it though.

 

[King Douche]

You see guys thisi s a horror film suppsoe to be scared, and root for the survivors not the killer. And slasher films I do not think is a genre just some crap people made up and went along with. Its a horror film, which means its in a horror genre. We need to go back to the old skool ways of horror. Less kills in films, make the film actually scary and characters likeable and killer not. I mean is that too much to ask for people? Is it really? Also were does FT13 take place in? I mean what state? NY or NJ?

 

[INDYjon22]

Thats a pretty tough thing to ask for since most people are so numb to violence on screen now a days that the only way to get a good reaction is through blood and guts. I agree that hollywood horror movies are lacking in suspense, which they are, but a big contributing factor to that is because people now a days don't want to see that. That is the reason Paranormal Activity was such a cultural phenomenon, it proved that there is still a market for it, though not a very big one.

Films like The Shinning and Psycho have been lost throughout the years. People may love those movies that focused on the drama and suspense but they just don't draw nearly as much as movies with bucket loads of blood. People go to be scared, yes, but not because of suspense because they scare the shit out of themselves by watching torture porn now a days.

It is a shame because I miss the suspense that movies like Jaws had. Thats what put the genre on the map but it is a lost art form and Michael Bay is not the man to bring it back.

 

[IrishCanadian25]

King Douche, I am proud to inform you that Friday the 13th is a NJ film.

The original camp ground is part of Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, which is in Blairstown, NJ. If you watch the original film, the burly truck driver who gives hitchhiker Annie a ride has "Hope, N.J." on the side of his truck. Real truck driver. His real truck.

That's one of the issue I had about Freddy vs Jason. One of MANY issues. The protagonists drive a comatose Jason from Blairstown, NJ to Springwood, OH? Not f'ing likely.

Anyway, I am a devotee of ALL things Friday the 13th and I did enjoy the remake. The nods to the originals were pretty significant. I sat in a theatre with mainly obnoxious 14-year old boys who had no right to even be in the movie, but whatever. I got past that. It was a classic, shlocky 80's style horror flick.

I disagree that the characters weren't likeable. I mean, you could pick out who was going to die from the get-go, and in true slasher movie form, they didn't disappoint. The druggies, the promiscuous, the jerk-offs.

I HATED Willa Ford. Her breasts are god awfully fake lookie.

The asian guy and the black guy were hilarious. I'd go see those two in another film because of the on-screen chemistry they had. Very Harold and Kumar.

Anyway, I completely enjoyed the film, from the epic opening sequence to the last gasp.

 

[INDYjon22]

King Douche, I am proud to inform you that Friday the 13th is a NJ film.

The original camp ground is part of Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, which is in Blairstown, NJ. If you watch the original film, the burly truck driver who gives hitchhiker Annie a ride has "Hope, N.J." on the side of his truck. Real truck driver. His real truck.

That's one of the issue I had about Freddy vs Jason. One of MANY issues. The protagonists drive a comatose Jason from Blairstown, NJ to Springwood, OH? Not f'ing likely.

Anyway, I am a devotee of ALL things Friday the 13th and I did enjoy the remake. The nods to the originals were pretty significant. I sat in a theatre with mainly obnoxious 14-year old boys who had no right to even be in the movie, but whatever. I got past that. It was a classic, shlocky 80's style horror flick.

I disagree that the characters weren't likeable. I mean, you could pick out who was going to die from the get-go, and in true slasher movie form, they didn't disappoint. The druggies, the promiscuous, the jerk-offs.

I HATED Willa Ford. Her breasts are god awfully fake lookie.

The asian guy and the black guy were hilarious. I'd go see those two in another film because of the on-screen chemistry they had. Very Harold and Kumar.

Anyway, I completely enjoyed the film, from the epic opening sequence to the last gasp.

See IC, that is the exact reason I did not like the characters. It was much to predictable for me. I mean that as the movie as a whole. That could be chalked up to all the horror movies I have seen in my life.

I am not trying to say I did not like the movie. The kills alone were golden and I own a copy of it just because of them, plus I got it new for 5 dollars but I digress.

I to enjoyed the black and asian guys and was actually upset with them dying thought I knew they would. They were the only characters that I could relate with and liked. Shame they had to die but Friday the 13th played up to the stereotypes of all 80's and 90's horror films, which is not a bad thing.

It did make great references to the originals which was good but the overall lack of acting ability really hurt the film in my eyes. Top that off with my immense hatred for Michael Bay films and I hope you can see my plight with this film.

Classic slasher film, especially for 2009 but the acting and characters were atrocious in my eyes.

 

[Scotty]

I enjoyed it mainly bcause I went in the theater with the mentality of "Hey, I'm gonna see some tits, blood, guts, death, drugs, and tits." Although I do find it annoying that Jared Padelecki is always the good guy, and Jensen Ackles always turns out to be evil in the end. Sure, some of the deaths were completely fake and unrealistic looking *Like when Jason shot someone in the dead center of their head while they were driving a boat at 50 MPH*, but is you were expecting a horror masterpiece then you wasted your money. And who didn't like Jason going all Dark Knight by moving from the woods to the top of a house in like 3 seconds flat?

 

[King Douche]

Look I did not expect a horror master piece I expected a good horror movie, but got an average one. But hey since people love blood and guts over actual horror these days, then fine continue with it. I understand its a fad and a new era thing. This is how the 2000s of horror is, okay I accept that. One day we might get back to actual horror in horror films, but in the mean time fine lets keep up the fad. What would a FT13th film look directed by Micheal Bay? He have alot of action, blood and guts, not to mention hot ass women.

 

[X]

You see guys thisi s a horror film suppsoe to be scared, and root for the survivors not the killer.

You went into this movie with the completely wrong expectations than. If you were expecting an expertly crafted story with lots of character development for our protagonists to get us emotionally invested in the story, you went to the wrong movie bud. Every single Friday the 13th film (including the original) was made for one purpose and one purpose only: gore, nudity, and drug use. Those are the three calling cards of the slasher genre, and trust me, that's all these films have ever tried to be. They aren't looking for any Oscars.

And slasher films I do not think is a genre just some crap people made up and went along with. Its a horror film, which means its in a horror genre.

Umm...no, the slasher genre IS a genre of film. That's not up for debate, the slasher genre has certain distinct aspects that make it fit into the category.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slasher_film

It's a subgenre of horror, and I'm sorry man, but that is not up for debate. Haven't you ever heard of subgenres before? The Beatles and Metallica are both "rock" bands but obviously they play different styles of rock, right? Same concept here.

We need to go back to the old skool ways of horror. Less kills in films, make the film actually scary and characters likeable and killer not. I mean is that too much to ask for people? Is it really? Also were does FT13 take place in? I mean what state? NY or NJ?

If you want good horror films look to Europe, because American horror is in the toilet and has been for a decade. The best horror films in the world are being made in France right now, if you want a great horror film I'd suggest Inside or Martyrs.

 

[X]

Look I did not expect a horror master piece I expected a good horror movie, but got an average one. But hey since people love blood and guts over actual horror these days, then fine continue with it. I understand its a fad and a new era thing. This is how the 2000s of horror is, okay I accept that. One day we might get back to actual horror in horror films, but in the mean time fine lets keep up the fad. What would a FT13th film look directed by Micheal Bay? He have alot of action, blood and guts, not to mention hot ass women.

Again, you're wrong here man. The slasher genre is not new, not even slightly. After the original Halloween was released the slasher genre kicked into high gear and literally hundreds of these low budget, gorey and poorly cast films were made and released, the 1980s was the golden day of these films. The slasher film was pretty much dead for most of the 90s until Scream came along and brought back the genre, and later Saw helped reinvigorate the genre as well. I'd say if anything has dominated this decade in the horror genre though it's terrible American remakes of Japanese horror films, or just remakes in general. This is the decade of the remake.

Let me ask you this: Are you a fan of any of the earlier Friday the 13th films?

 

[Monkey_Mania]

How anyone can say this is a bad film is beyond me. The cast was AMAZING. First it had Jared Padalecki, who is a godsend to all horror movies. It's a shame hes typecasted as a horror guy so early in his career.

Whoever said this wasnt a slasher obviously knows jack all about movies in general. This movie was done superbly. Jason was back, and not some space creation, he was terrifying again. The set was amazing, the acting incredible for a horror movie. There's really nothing wrong with it. Good to see that they had a good remake for a classic series. I have to use a different scale when rating horror movies, because of the fact that they all suck in general.

Friday the 13th (2009) gets a 8.5/10 on the Monkey horror scale.

 

[King Douche]

You went into this movie with the completely wrong expectations than. If you were expecting an expertly crafted story with lots of character development for our protagonists to get us emotionally invested in the story, you went to the wrong movie bud. Every single Friday the 13th film (including the original) was made for one purpose and one purpose only: gore, nudity, and drug use. Those are the three calling cards of the slasher genre, and trust me, that's all these films have ever tried to be. They aren't looking for any Oscars.



Umm...no, the slasher genre IS a genre of film. That's not up for debate, the slasher genre has certain distinct aspects that make it fit into the category.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slasher_film

It's a subgenre of horror, and I'm sorry man, but that is not up for debate. Haven't you ever heard of subgenres before? The Beatles and Metallica are both "rock" bands but obviously they play different styles of rock, right? Same concept here.



If you want good horror films look to Europe, because American horror is in the toilet and has been for a decade. The best horror films in the world are being made in France right now, if you want a great horror film I'd suggest Inside or Martyrs.

Again I did not come in the film expecting an oscar worthy film but a good horror film. I see now that slasher is a genre, so I will accept the facts of what this movie franchise and horror in the US is all about now. I guess their is no problem in having Micheal Bay direct a FT13 film then. Shits load of action, bloods and gore, not to mention got ass women.

 

[King Douche]

Monkey Shepherd I did not say FT13 was a bad movie but an average one at best. The acting was bad outside Jared Padalecki, and you cannot even lie about that. Bad dialogue and everything dude. I rather Jensen Ackles played Jared's character since he is a cocky, arrogant badass good guy. be awesome to see somebody like hom face off against Jason. Also their was nothing scary about Jason, just the same person from the original films, fast, strong, mentally challenged and everything. I give the movie a 6/10. Average, very average movie at best.

 

[King Douche]

Mr. Eko yes I'm a fan of the earlier FT13 films, Parts 1-4 are my favorites and good horror films. 5-8 are average movies at best, and 9-10 are just crap. I mean why the hell they even make a PArt 9 and 10, should of stopped at Part 8 which was an average movie at best. God was parts 9-10 horrible, so bad I could barely sit through them. Only good thing about Part 9 was the ending when Freddy pulled Jason's mask into hell. Other then that the films were just crap. I mean you had big ass hands pulling Jason into hell, would of been coller to have actual demons do that.

 

[X]

Mr. Eko yes I'm a fan of the earlier FT13 films, Parts 1-4 are my favorites and good horror films. 5-8 are average movies at best, and 9-10 are just crap. I mean why the hell they even make a PArt 9 and 10, should of stopped at Part 8 which was an average movie at best. God was parts 9-10 horrible, so bad I could barely sit through them. Only good thing about Part 9 was the ending when Freddy pulled Jason's mask into hell. Other then that the films were just crap. I mean you had big ass hands pulling Jason into hell, would of been coller to have actual demons do that.

Okay then I'm going to make a little challenge to you: go watch Parts 1-4 and compare them to the modern remake. They're exactly alike. Parts 1-4 were NOT quality horror films, they weren't frightening in the least bit, the acting was terrible, the writing was terrible, and their sole purpose was tits, blood, and gore. That's exactly what the new film was as well.

If you really sit down and compare the the old films to the new one, they really aren't different at all man, and that's coming from a lifelong Friday fan. Part 4 is my favorite in the entire franchise, but it's still not a "good" film. That's what I'm trying to get at with these movies man, they're all slasher films, and as long as they follow the slasher formula and entertain the audience, it doesn't matter how bad the acting or writing or directing is man. Just sit back, munch on some popcorn and enjoy Jason's brutality. If you open up your mind a bit you'll see the new film really is no different from any other entry into the franchise.

 

[King Douche]

I know the new film is not different but parts 1-4 has better acting and dialouge. Them actors actually acted like teenagers, these people nowadays act like their not teenagers. I mean they get crap actors to potray these teenagers and its laughable cause they do a bad job. Atleast actors back then did a decent job, now they just terrible. Look I accepted thats how the slasher genre is Ecko, I accept it. So now lets just have a Micheal Bay 100% FT13 film, since Bay one of my fav diretors. Bay will make a pile of greatness with the FT13 films. I did like the opening of the film, my favorite scene in the whole movie, so Bay can make an awesome FT13 film if he has a chance to direct it.

 

[King Douche]

I had a cool idea but not sure if its really a good idea. How about a Rambo vs. Jason crossover film. Rambo gets hired to take down Jason since he is highly skilled and trained for the job. If written and directed right, the movie could actually be good. Be a mix of action/horror films. Be cool to see Rambo tacke Jason one-on-one.

By the way how awesome would it be if both Dwayne Johnson and Steve Austin were in a FT13th film as bounty hunters getting paid to kill Jason so he can stop killing others at camp crystal lake? They awesomeness of both them guys in a film would be greatness and through the roof.