I apologize for the awkward title. I was just in a mood. Just a little over a week ago, we were asked, in class, to make a couple of changes to something on Wikipedia.com. I chose to visit the page for "Friday the 13th (franchise)," you know, with all the hooplah from the new film from New Line Cinema? So anyway, being a big Friday fan, I decided to visit the page and make two tiny changes to it. Only a week later, as I visited the page again, all was well, as if I had never touched it. Oh those Friday fans. You have to give them credit.
So I'm really stoked over this new film. It's been years since I've seen a decent sequel in the franchise. I think the last movie that really thrilled me was Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI. Just the opening sequence itself was flawless ( a spoof of the 007 movies)! Before that it was Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (so people thought). The first few sequels were slightly amusing, and yes, still a hoot to watch now and then. But the latter films were just a hot mess! Come on now, Jason walking the streets of Manhattan? Really?? What about Jason menacing everyone aboard a space ship in the year 2455? What were they thinking???
With this new film, theres a chance for redemtion from the last 5 mistakes. Sounds a bit harsh, but true. I don't mean to start ranting about something totally off the subject, but It just started raining and there's hail outside as I type. I hope my car is ok. Anyway, from what I can tell with the new film, as far as movie teasers and spoilers, this reinvention takes place some years after Mrs. Voorhees is killed by a camp counselor whom she blamed for the death of her son, Jason. Blah, blah, blah, Jason comes back to avenge his mother. Marcus Nispel, the director of the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, is taking the reins for this one. I enjoyed Chainsaw, so I'll just have to see how this one goes.
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Jason will live forever!
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