in all honest freddy's revenge is better than what people give credit for. it's really unique but it seems like people want the same thing over and over again...
in alot of ways it surpasses the orignal film. better acting, better writing and good directing. the only aspect "a nightmare on elm street" had over "part 2" is the death scenes.
freddy's revenge is the 2nd best installment right behind dream warriors, of course.
in all honest freddy's revenge is better than what people give credit for.
Subjective.
it's really unique but it seems like people want the same thing over and over again...
No, people want story logic, consistency and continuity - particularly if the film is part of a series.
in alot of ways it surpasses the orignal film.
Dubious. But let's see where you're going with this...
better acting
True. Despite its fatal salad of flaws, I'll give FR credit for having the best actors of all the movies in the rest of the series. Score one for Nightmare 2, I guess.
better writing and good directing.
Now you're not telling the truth. The writing here is inept, the direction was amateurish and the production was inferior. Mark Patton and Kim Myers were better actors than Heather Langenkamp and Johnny Depp, but the material the former were handed was complete dreck compared to the latter.
the only aspect "a nightmare on elm street" had over "part 2" is the death scenes.
...and better writing, better directing, better story, better premise, better fluidity, and better production value.
freddy's revenge is the 2nd best installment right behind dream warriors, of course.
Revenge is the 2nd worst installment, right before New Nightmare. That's something, though. Right? At least it's not at the bottom.
i cannot disagree with you more...
sharealot of the ANOES movies have nonsensical moments regarding what freddy can and can't do. some more extreme than others (2,4,5 and freddy's dead)
(side note, side note: a new nightmare is worst than freddy's dead? you already lost major credibility riight there.)
but that didn't make or break part 2 for me. it still was effective at the type of story (a insecure young man dealing with finding his identity.) is it perfect? far from it but it at least surpasses the most installment in the series (including the first :)).
No, I disagree. FR is IMO the best in the series.
FR is scarier than dream warriors.
It has great atmosphere.
The acting is by far the best.
People dont give a F about consistency when this is just part 2 of a serie. What are you complaining about really? Freddy turning up in the real world? Thats the best scene. Nothing in the first movie really sets the rules on how this works. He's a supernatural being ffs..
100% agree
shareSeconded. Especially on the last point... the first one was made in '84 and this in '85. You can't complain about them bending the "rules" after ONE movie. Nothing was really set in stone and there wasn't a rabid fanbase to whine about what Freddy should and shouldn't be able to do. Better that they went in a different direction than doing a complete rehash.
shareUh, no. New Nightmare is the 2nd best in the series by far and just a hair away from being equal to the Original.
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No, Freddy's Revenge and New Nightmare are the best of the sequels. The other sequels are campy pieces of trash including dream warriors.
shareYeah, Adrian lost all credibility by saying that New Nightmare is the worst sequel. Are you kidding? Not even debatable.
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It does not surpass the original in any way. However it is extremely underrated because people say it broke the rules when the first movie has Freddy doing things in the real world, just like part 3 does. Its in the top 4. New Nightmare is easily the 2nd best.
Haters gonna hate
I think this movie is a pretty good installment. I need to watch the series over again to rank them, but I wouldn't put this any lower than the top 4 in the series. It has plenty of flaws, but Freddy is really good in this one.
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I agree. Though a prefer it over Dream Warriors, which felt way too cheesy.
share2nd best at least.
The original movie's concept was pretty original, and the sequels are very memorable in their own ways, but aside from aesthetics, none of them are really very good movies.
I think Freddy's Revenge is as good as the original. People generally give Part 3 a ton of praise along with the original. I can understand it with part 1, but I see parts 3-5 etc. just as rehashes of roughly the same idea over and over getting progressively more cheesy and schlocky.
At least Part 2 tried to do something somewhat different.
The fact that mostly new, unrelated people worked on it didn't really hurt things if you ask me. It was only made a year after the first one, after all.