A Nightmare on Elm Street

Jessie's thoughts:
2 1/2 pops

This was definitely a re-make that I was super excited about but in all honestly, it just wasn't that great. The original Nightmare on Elm Street is one of my favorite slasher movies and this one just didn't add up. It definitely had the same cheesy, 80's horror movie feel to it which was nice but it was lacking in a major way. Even if you hadn't seen the original so you didn't have that to compare it to, it just wasn't that good. It really wasn't very scary and the "twists" that they added will really just piss off any true Nightmare/Kreuger fans.
The one good point to this movie was Jackie Earle Haley. Although I would have preferred the original Freddy Kreuger, Robert Englund, Haley did do a very good job at portraying Kreuger. He was creepy and just disturbing enough to really make it work. However, he was the only good thing about this movie. As A Nightmare on Elm Street fan I really, really wanted to like this movie but it just didn't measure up and they just completely ruined a classic slasher flick. The only reason that this is getting 2 1/2 pops from me is because Jackie Earle Haley did an awesome job and the imagery was really cool. But whether you are a fan or not of the original, just skip this one and save your money for Iron Man 2 coming out May 7. I'm sure it'll be a lot more entertaining!

Adam's thoughts:
1 1/2 pops

I agree with Jess; about the only thing going for this movie was Jackie Early Harley or whatever his name is. The guy brought The Watchmen voice which was needed for this film and he made an alright Freddy.
Now, I only saw the original once back in the day and I remember that it was decently scary and held its own but I DON'T remember it being THIS cheesy. The acting was 80’s acting but even then it was flavored for the time. This film had some cheesy acting which made you wonder if they did it on purpose to match the original but mostly it just made it comical. If there is ONE thing I remember from the original film, it was not all laughs.
There is a twist in this movie that separates it from the original film but I’m not going to be a tattle tale and tell you here. Just know that it painted Freddy in a different light and I’m not entirely sure they should have done that. I like Freddy to be an evil son of a hoot, but there are just some lines that I don’t even think Freddy would have crossed… well, maybe. My idea of what Freddy was is probably different than others. As a kid, creatures like Freddy and Jason were on my list of favorite characters right along with Spiderman and Superman. So seeing him painted in certain ways definitely put a damper on this film.
I would have given this movie a one even with Harley in it if it wasn’t for one more thing. What boosted it halfway to two was the way the first scene played out. It was ruined later and never followed up on but there is a part where the character in a diner transcends from being awake to being in a dream. The way the diner itself shifted from being what it looked like when he was ‘awake’ to what it looked like in a nightmare was very interesting. The kitchen became a place of hell with roasting pigs and dark pipes. I wish they would have touched on that more throughout the rest of the film but it was the only time I really felt like this might be a good movie... then I watched the rest of it.

Save your cash, go see Iron Man.