Most people are enchanted by the brilliant ideas in it, how it rejuvenates n' stuff... but my feelings are very mixed over this.
You see, by going the "the actors of the movie series are being haunted by AN entity that took the look of Freddy" route, the movie does two, horrible things besides being original: declaring how Freddy has never existed and all the previous movies were just that, movies. And second, the Freddy in here is just a random impostor demon using a Freddy theme for its actions. So essentially according to the movie, Freddy is 100% non-existent even in his own universe and never was.
Technically well done, maybe a bit too much kid... decent "Freddy" scenes... underutilized Englund (as himself) appearances, that abruptly stop around 2/3 of the movie never to return... i was very open for like a confrontation of actor and the monster he helped to create or something... ah yes, and the previously mentioned big sins.
I'm not happy with the movie at all.
You see, by going the "the actors of the movie series are being haunted by AN entity that took the look of Freddy" route, the movie does two, horrible things besides being original: declaring how Freddy has never existed and all the previous movies were just that, movies. And second, the Freddy in here is just a random impostor demon using a Freddy theme for its actions. So essentially according to the movie, Freddy is 100% non-existent even in his own universe and never was.
Technically well done, maybe a bit too much kid... decent "Freddy" scenes... underutilized Englund (as himself) appearances, that abruptly stop around 2/3 of the movie never to return... i was very open for like a confrontation of actor and the monster he helped to create or something... ah yes, and the previously mentioned big sins.
I'm not happy with the movie at all.