So, I used my free movie pass (from the 'His Name Was Jason' documentary DVD) and saw "
Friday the 13th" in theaters one more time. And I have to say I still agree with my original post -
http://wings1295.blogspot.com/2009/02/friday-13th-jason-is-back.htmlIn fact, I liked it even more. Maybe the "anticipation" of it all was too much for the film to live up to the first time. I dunno. I liked it and had fun watching it.
The end still annoyed me. WHY would they do that??? Oh well.
Good Jason flick, glad I saw it on the big screen one last time.
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The great
Final Girl posted a list of what she calls "
the sads", which are horror movie characters you felt sad for when they died or that you wish you could have saved. Here are the ones I pick (that I can think of right now):
Brenda (Laurie Bartram),
Friday the 13th [1980] - She was a sweetie.
Alice (Adrienne King),
Friday the 13th Part 2 - She could have been Jason's 'Laurie Strode'.
Rob (Erich Anderson),
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter - Alas, brave Rob came before the 'final girls' could keep their dudes alive, too.
Cort (Tom Fridley),
Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI - So freaking funny, one of my all-time favorites.
Miss Van Deusen (Barbara Bingham),
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan - She was so nice and deserved SO much better.
Janessa (Melyssa Ade),
Jason X - Janessa was a hoot!
Rachel (Ellie Cornell),
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers - Such a waste. She was a great character, and Cornell was (still is) so damn cute.
Jamie Lloyd (previously Danielle Harris, here J.C. Brandy),
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers - Another "what the hell?" move.
Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis),
Halloween: Resurrection - HUGE MISTAKE.
Darry Jenner (Justin Long),
Jeepers Creepers Poor Darry.
Sean Brody (Mitchell Anderson),
Jaws: The Revenge - Would have saved us ALL the rest of the movie.
I am sure there are tons more, but this list got big fast. And my brain seems stuck in the 80s slasher flicks tonight.
Anyway --- who would you choose?