This movie has some good moments in it and one or two moments that were just over done. The atmosphere in it was decent enough for a modern day horror movie. And in saying that though it wasn't as creepy as the earlier movies in the series (the first seven). Mind you no Hollywood movie nowadays can come close to the eighties horror movie atmosphere. And no amount of money or movie making talent will change that fact.
Amanda Righetti (Whitney Miller) is a honey so she is. She's great And I wont hear a negative word towards her. When I saw her character get killed by Jason at the start I was shocked. I was sitting there thinking to myself "You bastards. You have gone and killed my beloved Amanda!". That was a drop in morale for me that moment. What shocked me most of all was that I remember her getting the locket with JV's mothers picture in it while in the house. And Whitney was supposed to resemble Jason's mother. So you'd think he'd hesitate in killing her if she looked like her right?. So I sat there sulking while watch the movie as I thought Amanda (Whitney) was brown bread (dead). Then during a scene where her brother trips on an alarm Jason had set up to let him know of intruders in the area, the camera then dives into JV's underground base. And what do we see down there? Whitney chained up. So I was like "YAY!" and my morale rose. I guess Jason saw the resemblance at the last moment before he inserted the machete into Whitney's face.
And from that moment on I was wondering if Amanda (Whitney) would actually get to see the end of the movie without a machete rammed somewhere the sun doesn't shine. And with Jason involved it's anyones guess if she was to survive. Watch the movie people to see if Whitney does make it. I am not telling you. I am just glad she wasn't killed at the start after all. I was excited with what was going on after I found out Whitney survived the initial attack. I started wishing I was there to keep her safe. Sounds daft that doesn't it. Mind you in saying that and at the sight of Jason coming through the trees with a machete and your in his line of sight. The best thing to do is quote Bender from Futurama "Cheese it!" and just don't stop running until you reach Alaska.
I think the sex scenes were over done in this movie. I don't have a problem with boobs being on show. The showing of boobs is a good thing he he. There are some lovely boobs on show. But the second sex scene in the movie (the one in the bedroom) was long and drawn out. It lasted about twenty or thirty seconds more than it should have. It doesn't matter how fine the woman is in the scene. The scene could have been shortened in length. Next time I watch the movie that scene will be skipped and the same goes for every time after that as well. Fast Forward is the way. Too many sex scenes and long scenes like that spoil this kind of movie. I might be more of a gore hound than a porn hound in saying that though. And if anyone disagree's with my comment about the over use of sex in this movie then go watch some porn, not a slasher movie.
The songs used in the movie are not my kind of music. They could have used some Brainstorm songs like (Inside The Monster), (Painside), etc. Songs to rock to (and in Jason's case... songs to kill to).
All in all with the negative points and plus points I'd say it was a decent enough movie. I just treated it as another JV (Jason) movie and didn't think of it as a remake too much. It worked. I just hope they don't make any more following this series. And go back and finish off the other Jason movies. The old series needs closure before a re-start is given to the franchise.
And by the way Hollywood, do me a favour, cast Amanda Righetti in more movies. She is a good movie star (and a beautiful one at that).
Amanda Righetti (Whitney Miller) is a honey so she is. She's great And I wont hear a negative word towards her. When I saw her character get killed by Jason at the start I was shocked. I was sitting there thinking to myself "You bastards. You have gone and killed my beloved Amanda!". That was a drop in morale for me that moment. What shocked me most of all was that I remember her getting the locket with JV's mothers picture in it while in the house. And Whitney was supposed to resemble Jason's mother. So you'd think he'd hesitate in killing her if she looked like her right?. So I sat there sulking while watch the movie as I thought Amanda (Whitney) was brown bread (dead). Then during a scene where her brother trips on an alarm Jason had set up to let him know of intruders in the area, the camera then dives into JV's underground base. And what do we see down there? Whitney chained up. So I was like "YAY!" and my morale rose. I guess Jason saw the resemblance at the last moment before he inserted the machete into Whitney's face.
And from that moment on I was wondering if Amanda (Whitney) would actually get to see the end of the movie without a machete rammed somewhere the sun doesn't shine. And with Jason involved it's anyones guess if she was to survive. Watch the movie people to see if Whitney does make it. I am not telling you. I am just glad she wasn't killed at the start after all. I was excited with what was going on after I found out Whitney survived the initial attack. I started wishing I was there to keep her safe. Sounds daft that doesn't it. Mind you in saying that and at the sight of Jason coming through the trees with a machete and your in his line of sight. The best thing to do is quote Bender from Futurama "Cheese it!" and just don't stop running until you reach Alaska.
I think the sex scenes were over done in this movie. I don't have a problem with boobs being on show. The showing of boobs is a good thing he he. There are some lovely boobs on show. But the second sex scene in the movie (the one in the bedroom) was long and drawn out. It lasted about twenty or thirty seconds more than it should have. It doesn't matter how fine the woman is in the scene. The scene could have been shortened in length. Next time I watch the movie that scene will be skipped and the same goes for every time after that as well. Fast Forward is the way. Too many sex scenes and long scenes like that spoil this kind of movie. I might be more of a gore hound than a porn hound in saying that though. And if anyone disagree's with my comment about the over use of sex in this movie then go watch some porn, not a slasher movie.
The songs used in the movie are not my kind of music. They could have used some Brainstorm songs like (Inside The Monster), (Painside), etc. Songs to rock to (and in Jason's case... songs to kill to).
All in all with the negative points and plus points I'd say it was a decent enough movie. I just treated it as another JV (Jason) movie and didn't think of it as a remake too much. It worked. I just hope they don't make any more following this series. And go back and finish off the other Jason movies. The old series needs closure before a re-start is given to the franchise.
And by the way Hollywood, do me a favour, cast Amanda Righetti in more movies. She is a good movie star (and a beautiful one at that).