Don't understand the hate

The reason I don't understand why people hate it is because it's the same damn movie. Other than a few changes, it's pretty the original but with modern special effects. So if you love the original, there's no real reason to hate this one.

It was okay, I didn't like how they made freddy look in the remake. Maybe I'm just used to Robert eungland. Also thought it was dragging on a bit in the middle.

The biggest reason is...wait for it...Robert Englund IS Freddy Krueger. End of story. Also, they changed a lot of things...his tone of voice by using that horrible voice distortion, they focused too much on making him a child molester rather than a child murderer (which was Wes Craven's original idea anyway) just way too much story centered around p edophilia, instead of make-up they went with the horrible looking CG face, too many more flaws to mention. Horrible remake and the fact that Wes Craven wasn't even consulted while writing/filming, made it even worse. I think most people who have been watching from the start would agree. All of you kiddos should just stick with the horrible horror movies of your generation and quit trying to critique/justify a terrible remake of a horror classic. t(-.-t)

The remake is OK, watchable, but it's not as good as the original - it's nowhere near as good as the original. I think it lacked the charm that the original lacked, and I don't think Jackie Earle Haley was very good as Freddy, and I won't even start about Rooney Mara

Bottom line: Its an empty movie with no real attempt to draw in the audience. It's message was: We think you want Freddy. We will give you Freddy. Thats all you want right? HERE'S FREDDY! WE HOPE YOU LIKE ALL THIS FREDDY.

In a lot of ways it does exactly what most later franchise installments do: Overuses the main gimmick.

The movie. does absolutely nothing else to stand on it's own. Even the worst additions to the series at least made some attempt to have its own identity, building up the characters and the unique stakes.

Here we as the audience really know nothing about the cast. We have no idea of what their life is actually like, as if the moment Freddy came into their lives everything else was put on hold. Kris's plot arc is extremely muted. Have you noticed how utterly isolated she is for someone who should, by all rights, be very much an actively social young girl. She has no friends, her romance with Dekker's character is only SPOKEN of and barely physically acknowledge in two three brief scenes.

Likewise for most of the rest of the cast. The only one who gets any real development is ironically Nancy, who is such a forcibly muted character that she's difficult to identify with. When she finally gets her crowning moment, its in the version that was cut in favor of a by-the-numbers version that did no justice to the arc they were building for her.

The script is just abysmal, the writers knowing full well that they were relying on Jackie to chew the scenery, and hoping nobody would notice the vacuum left by the lack of anything else required to make a solid film.

Add in the fact that the producer, director, and event he entire cast knew that they really didn't want to do this film, and its not surprising that this became a blase entree. There was so much potential here, but the production side wanted to play it safe. They deserve the backlash.

I thought it was good. Not fantastic or anything, but good.

I thought it was a pretty decent remake. I liked all of the actors, except Haley. Freddy looked ridiculous. He was way too short, and his freakin head was huge!! I was really into the movie, up until Freddie's appearances.

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