Let’s celebrate Friday the 13th not with bad luck, but with fist fights and apes. EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE. (sequel review soon)
By the way, I don’t know if anybody’s waiting for my take on the new FRIDAY THE 13TH but if you are I wanted to let you know I’ll probaly wait until the DVD unless I can get a free pass somehow. I don’t usually feel that bad about supporting this whole wave of remakes, but this particular company and director already made a mockery of my favorite horror movie, and they’ve been very open about their whole strategy: 1. Buy rights to famous movie title 2. Make list of everything that is good about original movie 3. Be absolutely sure not to include any of those things in dumb and joyless but shiny remake 4. Make tons of cash in opening weekend because teens recognize words used in title 5. Use profits to further ruin the world.
I’m not passing judgment on anybody who goes to see it or who likes those movies but I know if I buy a ticket I’ll feel like a mouse consciously stepping onto a trap for a long shot at the cheese. Or a guy buying back his own stereo from the dudes who broke into his apartment. But feel free to email me your (light on spoilers) thoughts if you saw it and think it’s worth discussing.
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