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That kid SUCKED

posted 13 years ago by KesagakeBoy
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I came back to this movie after having not seen it in two years, and I remembered it fondly, but I blocked out the kid. The things he does range from what the *beep* is wrong with that kid all the way to . For example, when Freddy is killing his baby sitter, he never looked genuinely scared. Half the time he looked like he was about to crack a smile, and the other half he looked constipated. Plus, the way he screams " REEEX!" after that was just ridiculous. It's almost like he's Jake Lloyd's long lost brother.

You can't fight in here, this is the War Room!!!

[–] fatpie42 13 years ago

Definitely the worst acting in the entire series. I know child actors can often be a problem, but they're not normally THAT bad.

[–] Darwinskid 13 years ago

I'd have to agree, at least partially agree. There were at least a few scenes where Hughes was good but other times he was pretty wooden in his delivery.

...SPOON!

[–] markbell1982 11 years ago

The scenes where the kid was good at crying was when they told him:
"You're mother's dead".
That's not a joke. It's on the documentary Never Sleep Again.

[–] Soodinum 10 years ago

*Your, ffs.

[–] MonkeyBoy683 10 years ago

It's the one thing the Internet never fails to entertain me, people confused with "You're" and "Your".

[–] Soodinum 10 years ago

Dude: watch the people that get this screwed up (it's my usual sig here) ...

'Then' and 'than' are different words - stop confusing them.

[–] digitalboy72 12 years ago

His incessant screaming annoys the ever loving sht out of me!

I really like the film, IMO it's originality was way ahead of it's time, but I always mute the audio when I know he's about to scream.

He's fine the rest of the time, though.

"Mr. Treehorn treats objects like women, man."

[–] SpecialAgentScully 12 years ago

I'm a huge Heather fan, but I thought she should have done more realistic crying. No water came out of her eyes. It's like when you see an interview of a killer on TV (like Scott Peterson), they pretend to cry but they don't make any tears.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Edison

[–] theater_dreamer 12 years ago

I wanted Freddy to kill the kid. He was annoying as f$ck.

[–] CharmedLuvr086 12 years ago

Your entitled to your WRONG opinion :)

[–] VidaBoheme 11 years ago

CharmedLuvr086 - it's actually "You're" entitled...

Anyway, I totally agree with the OP. The kid sucked hard and was the worst thing about this movie!

[–] ElectricWarlock 11 years ago

Wow, I may be the only one who says this but I actually liked his performance a lot. When I first saw Pet Sematary, I was excited to see he played Gage because I recognized him from New Nightmare. I think he is a pretty good actor and he wasn't bad in this movie at all.

I've been waiting for you, Ben.

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[–] jacknthebox2012 11 years ago

I agree he was bad and annoying any time he tried to sound demented or evil like Freddy I rolled my eyes. He got way way way too much time in the movie