I'll start off by saying that Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, cinematically, is a bad movie, but that doesn't matter. Friday the 13th movies have never been good in that category, Friday the 13th however, does shine in another category, and that category being slasher flicks. So in that light, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning is pretty good despite being hated by fans because of a very understandable reason.
Review:
Bad: Roy. Aka, fake Jason Voorhees: Roy (the killer) isn't bad because he is not Jason Voorhees, Roy is bad because he is supposed to be the main antagonist of this movie, the decision to make a very uninteresting character with very little screen time the killer is pretty lazy. Of course, the movie did hint at him being the killer, but when a character like that is so small and forgettable, the only hint at him being the killer in the entire movie, you kinda just forget about. When you don't even recognize his face after he is revealed to be the killer, yeah maybe there could be a problem with that. They were so lazy with the character Roy, that the movie literally just tells you who Roy was near the end of the movie instead of spending more time with him so that the viewers will eventually recognize his face after his reveal. Also the gore effects can sometimes look kinda bad even tho we don't see that much of it because the MPAA cut it.
Mixed: The whodunnit aspect, Tommy Jarvis: Like i said, Roy was pretty uninteresting. But there was another potential killer alongside Roy, Tommy Jarvis. Tommy Jarvis was interesting in this one. I thought he was played very well by his actor, and he is a beliveable character, maybe there was room for some charisma but eh.. whatever. I just wished we saw more of Tommy as he kind of just disappears at halfway into the movie.
Good: The rest of the characters, Reggie the Reckless, Pam, the Sheriff, Demon, Anita, Ethel, Junior and every other little small character, i enjoyed every single one of them when they were on screen, even if they have zero to do with the plot. Appearently the actors who portrayed the characters improvised most of their lines and you can tell. Obviously, the characters in this are one of the best parts of the film.
The soundtrack fits the mood of Friday the 13th: A New Beginning as well.
Favorite characters: Reggie, Demon, Ethel and Junior.
Favorite scene: When Ethel spits into Junior's Stew that she is making for him, while he is is riding his motorbike yelling and screaming like a little 6 year old kid as a fully grown adult right before his death.
Favorite kill: Eddie's head crushed by a tightened leather belt.
(Story: 3/10) (Characters: 9/10) (Entertainment: 8/10) (Acting: 7.5/10) (Soundtrack: 8.5/10)
(Final rating: 8/10)
Review:
Bad: Roy. Aka, fake Jason Voorhees: Roy (the killer) isn't bad because he is not Jason Voorhees, Roy is bad because he is supposed to be the main antagonist of this movie, the decision to make a very uninteresting character with very little screen time the killer is pretty lazy. Of course, the movie did hint at him being the killer, but when a character like that is so small and forgettable, the only hint at him being the killer in the entire movie, you kinda just forget about. When you don't even recognize his face after he is revealed to be the killer, yeah maybe there could be a problem with that. They were so lazy with the character Roy, that the movie literally just tells you who Roy was near the end of the movie instead of spending more time with him so that the viewers will eventually recognize his face after his reveal. Also the gore effects can sometimes look kinda bad even tho we don't see that much of it because the MPAA cut it.
Mixed: The whodunnit aspect, Tommy Jarvis: Like i said, Roy was pretty uninteresting. But there was another potential killer alongside Roy, Tommy Jarvis. Tommy Jarvis was interesting in this one. I thought he was played very well by his actor, and he is a beliveable character, maybe there was room for some charisma but eh.. whatever. I just wished we saw more of Tommy as he kind of just disappears at halfway into the movie.
Good: The rest of the characters, Reggie the Reckless, Pam, the Sheriff, Demon, Anita, Ethel, Junior and every other little small character, i enjoyed every single one of them when they were on screen, even if they have zero to do with the plot. Appearently the actors who portrayed the characters improvised most of their lines and you can tell. Obviously, the characters in this are one of the best parts of the film.
The soundtrack fits the mood of Friday the 13th: A New Beginning as well.
Favorite characters: Reggie, Demon, Ethel and Junior.
Favorite scene: When Ethel spits into Junior's Stew that she is making for him, while he is is riding his motorbike yelling and screaming like a little 6 year old kid as a fully grown adult right before his death.
Favorite kill: Eddie's head crushed by a tightened leather belt.
(Story: 3/10) (Characters: 9/10) (Entertainment: 8/10) (Acting: 7.5/10) (Soundtrack: 8.5/10)
(Final rating: 8/10)