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It's taken a long time, but I now like this movie

posted 11 years ago by ddddeeee-2
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When I first saw it I thought it was awful, boring and corny. However, now I appreciate it a lot more. It suffers every time Freddy comes up, I guess after the inexplicable success of Dream Master they were forced to maintain that comedic angle.

Apart from that there are plenty of good points, the themes it deals with are mature and unexpected for a film of this type, the atmosphere is brilliantly gothic with some great set design and set pieces, Hopkins was at the very least trying to make a proper movie, which is more than can be said of 4 or 6.

It's not a great film by any means but it's better than it gets credit for. It should get props for at least taking a unique approach even if it was boggled down by New Line to be more in line with it's prequel.

[–] ElectricWarlock 11 years ago

Yes, this is actually one of my favorite films in the franchise and I think it's very underrated. It's the one that I think gets the least attention out of the entire series. It has a creepy, dark atmosphere about it that is very different from the rest of the films. I don't mind the comedic angle as much as other fans. For me, it's creepier that someone can look at murder as a giant game and have as much fun committing acts of violence as a kid at an amusement park. But I don't think this film has as much comedy as 4 or 6. It is a very dark film, but good and has a spooky atmosphere that I like very much. I also think using the dreams of an unborn child to get to Alice was a clever and inventive idea.

I've been waiting for you, Ben.

[–] brandonhelee 9 years ago

I'm the same as you I used to be really down on this film but I say it gets better with age I hate to sound corny but like a fine wine lol,.
I agree with every point you made besides 4 & 6 not being proper movies they have their own merits.
I love both 3 & 5 but over the years 5 has grown on me but 3 gets lesser in my books.

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