Official Freddy Vs. Jason thread

[Dolemite]

So, Willard is the latest movie rumored to have the FvJ trailer attached to it? Well, I'll see it if it does, but otherwise the thought of George McFly and his killer rats really doesn't do it for me...

[Despair]

More info on Jason VS Freddy:

Freddy vs. Jason: Rue Morgue magazine talked with Director Ronny Yu who not only confirmed that three different endings will be filmed, it seems he's upbeat about a possible sequel: "Oh yeah. See, I think of this as the first film in a series, not the 20th. We're kind of forgetting everything that's happened before and starting from scratch while at the same time showing flash backs... like a refresher. everyone knows who Freddy and Jason are so we wanna make a film for the masses, not really the hardcore fans who might remember some detail from a sequel 10 years ago. There's no mention of Jason X that's for sure". Thanks to 'Brad'.

[Dolemite]

Cool, Despair.


Also, at New Line Cinema's site, they're selling a Freddy Vs. Jason plastic tombstone that measures 22 inches tall by 16 inches wide, all for the low, low price of $139.95. Click here to see it. Looks like a way-overpriced piece of shit, in my opinion.

[Korian]

You guys like the "He's back, the man behind the mask "song from Friday the 13th part 6 by Alice Cooper?, that song was pretty cool, and I even have the video on one of my tapes.

[Rumpy]

I watched a few Friday flicks (4,5,6) on TNN last week, and even though they were edited (a lot) you get a real appreciation for quality direction. I like 4 (go Crispin!), but looking at 5 as a movie product (I'm avoiding any kind of story/plot critic) it's really bad. The direction is just plain awful. It looks like a student film compaired to 6. Bad shot composition (with one exception that I can think of) and some terrible use of zoom. Zooming in has to be one of the most jarring, abusive, and down right wrong "techniques". It only works well if you zoom in while moving back (which is a pretty famous effect). In 5 Jason would appear and then for the reaction of the person, they cut to another set up and then zoom in on the persons face. It looked terrible. 6 is worlds better. There are a lot of really well framed and blocked shots, my favorite being when we can see Jason through the window of one of the cabins. The camp councelor is walking out of the cabin, and just behind her we can see Jason following her to the front of the cabin. They timed the camera dolly and the distance of the actors perfectly. Looks awesome.

[Dolemite]

Actually, one of my favorite Friday the 13th shots is in part 7. This pothead kid just finishes banging this chick and afterwards goes downstairs to get something to eat. As he walks into the kitchen (it's night), there's a flash of lightning and, if you're quick, you can spot Jason standing in the corner of the room as the kid heads for the 'fridge. I'm suprised by how many people miss that. It's really well done.

Naturally, a minute later, the kid has a butcher knife shoved into his stomach. Gotta love that Jason.

[Rumpy]

Yeah, I know what your talking about. He's in the upper left hand corner, really well done. Very stalker/psycho move right there. I like when they give him moments of personality and style.

[Tommy Tallarico]

7 wasn't bad, but I actually like 6 and X the best. X did a great job of not taking itself too seriously.

[Despair]

As I said before my favorite Friday is 6 - Jason Lives. 7 is not bad, but was badly edited

I just couldnt get into X, I hated almost everything about it

[Dolemite]

Part 6 is one of my favorites as well.

As for the bad editing in Part 7, there's a reason for it. Originally, Part 7 was the goriest Friday the 13th movie made, and tons of gore had to be trimmed to make an R rating (it seems the ratings board is harsher on the Friday movies than other horror movies). I've heard that bootlegs of the original version of 7 are floating around with all the gore inserted back in...I'd love to find a copy.

Here's a link that lists everything that was cut (I could have sworn I've posted this info before...if so, sorry for repeating myself, I'm just too lazy to look back through this thread): http://us.imdb.com/AlternateVersions?0095179