Dont let that scene fool you. Its not a comedy and is pretty fucked.
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Everyone is moving/bouncing so much when delivering their dialogue. And Gordon-Levitt sure made a choice, didnāt he.
I havenāt seen Havoc but I knew Anne Hathaway and Bijou Phillips were in it. No idea the other two guys were there as well.
Unrelated except itās another āwtf is this shitā excerpt, highly recommend pressing play on it. (And if someone here actually saw this movie, highly curious on their impressionsā¦)
https://x.com/nobodysmith75/status/1841397384422568114?t=IUytrDCRLcim_OMAEmwefw&s=19
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Say what you will about Ed Wood, his sexual politics were rad as hell.
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Not an intentional comedy
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Back when I was a young pup, I remember my many visits to the local mom and pop video store in town. I rented all sorts of videotapes from there, but it will surprise nobody that one of my regular stops in the store was the back corner that had a couple of rows of WWF wrestling tapes. Right next to that was the horror section, and while I was too young to get permission to rent any of those tapes, I definitely stopped off to look at the boxes, and I remember this being the most iconic tape on offer in that section. I was intrigued, but by the time I got into high school and was allowed to watch R-rated stuff, I had pretty much forgotten that intrigue; accordingly, this movie fell by the wayside in my mind as a relic of the time. Still, I did periodically think that I should get around to it.
I liked the way this one set up, I liked some of the dynamics among the young characters that I recognized the Wes Craven signature on through the original Scream trilogy, and the initial kill in the movie is a really good scene. And shortly after that, I really felt like this movie lost its way.
Heather Langenkamp was not very good in the lead. The story builds up a sci-fi/supernatural mystery of sorts, and I sort of trusted that it was headed for a decent payoff, but that trust was misplaced. The final act was mostly rough, and the ultimate āsolutionā for the movieās plot was quite stupid.
There are scattered good moments throughout - basically each of the first three kills are highlights - but overall Iām surprised this thing landed as well as it did for general audiences back in the mid-80s.
2.5/5
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Fair.
I will say though that this has some of the best sequels (okay and some of the worst). Parts 3 and 4 should be seen on their own regardless of how part 1 landed for you. Iād also highly suggest New Nightmare, which can be seen on its own but will benefit from you having seen the original.
These guys convinced me I do not want to see Joker 2. It sounds terrible. They really got me by explaining that the musical numbers grind the movie to a halt where youāre like lol okay I guess Iām waiting five minutes again for the movie to continue. And that Lady Gagaās direction was to mute her talent and sing terribly.
Yeahā¦maybe next October.
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Agree with you on Part 3. Part 2 however is surprisingly dark and my favorite ANOES sequel. The lead is a gay man playing it straight. I feel like he was in a documentary about his experience. Thereās also an abusive gym teacher who is discovered by the protagonist in a gay night club and then inexplicably takes him back to the school and makes him shower?? Idk, I feel like the movie was trying to say something or deal with issues that were taboo. Anyway, it took some chances and Iāve grown to appreciate it alot.
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Iām not trying to be antagonistic, but can you list some horror movies from the 70s or 80s that you would conisder very good?
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Fair enough. Iām with you itās a great sequel. Just thinking of what is most likely to please LKJ.
That aspect of part 2 got some great discussion in the documentary Never Asleep Again.
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Man, I never would have taken it that way unless you specifically opened up the post with this. Anyway:
The Shining is a perfect five-star gem. Ditto for Jaws. Ditto for Alien. Ditto for The Thing. Halloween is excellent. So is Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Posted a few days ago about Poltergeist, thought it was great. Same for The Fly. Aliens is great also.
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Adam Scott was in Madame Web?? And not the golfer?
Fair, canāt argue with that list.
Oh boy, take a guess at which character he plays.
Isnt part 2 considered one of the best queer movies ever?
Wasnāt aware but Iād buy it
Iām going to go with a very, very bad rip off of his role on The Good Place