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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, a review by addicted2dvd



Title: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
Year: 1985
Director: Jack Sholder
Rating: R
Length: 85 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, English: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Mark Patton
Kim Myers
Robert Rusler
Clu Gulager
Hope Lange
Marshall Bell

Plot:
Five years have passed since Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) was sent howling back to hell. But now, a new kid on Elm Street is being haunted every night by gruesome visions of the deadly dream stalker. And if his twisted soul takes possession of the boy's body, Freddy will return from the dead to wreak bloody murder and mayhem upon the entire town.

When A Nightmare on Elm Street made a killing, horror fans shrieked for more. Soon the diabolic Freddy was resurrected with a vengeance - along with some of the most terrifying special effects ever to splatter the screen. Look for Robert Englund minus his Freddy face in the opening sequence. He's a real scream!

Extras:
Scene Access
Production Notes
Interactive Games
DVD-ROM Content
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
Even though I do still feel this is a decent movie... it is my least favorite of the Elm Street movies. I can't even place my finger on what it is that I don't care for... just something about this one that didn't sit well with me. Freddy Krueger is still played pretty straight in this one. Hmmmm... makes me wonder if they didn't add the comedy to him because of the ratings/reviews that this one got.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5


(From Movies of the '80s Marathon on April 24th, 2010)

Member's Reviews

Cars, a review by Dragonfire


Cars

My Thoughts

After getting the Blu-ray on Monday, I decided it was time to watch this one again. 

I don't like any type of racing, though I have seen some at times.  I just don't care to watch cars driving around in a huge circle for hours, but I loved this movie.

When I first saw the movie, I thought the animation was gorgeous, especially the landscapes.  Well, it looks even better on Blu.  The level of detail visible is freaking awesome, and I uttered more than one holy shit while watching this one.  The landscapes are so beautiful and detailed, showing the dust and rocks and the cracks in the road.  Dust, smoke, and mist looks amazing throughout the movie.  The cars, while clearing being cartoon characters since they have the giant eyes for windshields and mouths on the front bumpers, look wonderful.  The colors on them are gorgeous, especially in scenes when light hits them.  Reflections are visible in many scenes, especially on the chrome of many cars.  During the scene when the neon signs are on, the way those lights is reflected on the different cars is stunning.  I noticed all sorts of details that I didn't notice before, like some of the logos and stickers on the race cars.  The lighting in various scenes looks so realistic, like when Sally and Lightning go on their drive and the sun is filtered through the leaves of the trees along the side of the road.  Everything just looks so awesome..there are not enough words to describe how good everything looks.  The sounds of the cars, especially during the races is so realistic.

The base story isn't the most original since it is a bit like Doc Hollywood ..and probably some other movies that I can't remember at the moment as well - but it ends up working so well.  Having all the living things be cars or some form of vehicle is really cool and I really liked it.  It could be too different for some people, but I think it makes for a fun movie.  The humor works really well.  There are silly moments - like just about everything with Mater...the tractor tipping - but it all works.  The movie also touches on more serious things as well in a way that works perfectly for the movie. 

I do like the characters.  Every car has their own personality.  Mater is goofy and a bit of a hick, and sometimes he does act a bit like a puppy...he bounces around at times like a playing puppy and wags his tow cable like a tail.  Lightning has problems, but he ends up being likable overall.  There isn't exactly a villain in the movie...though Chick comes really close.  He is a huge jerk of character and Michael Keaton did a great job with the voice.

During the credits, they do little scenes from some of the other movies with cars as characters..and they even got the original cast back to do the voices.  I loved those.  There is a nice dedication to Joe Ranft as well, showing the different characters he did voices for.

The extras on the Blu-ray are wonderful.  There is footage from when Lasseter, Ranft, and some of the other animators working on the movie took a trip along Route 66 for research.  They found a truck that looks like Mater.  The different little short segments on the making of the movie show all the care and dedication that went into the making of the movie.  They made researched different car styles and made sure that the colors for the cars fit for the paint available for those models - like the color of Doc.   I think all the research helps to make the movie stronger overall.

I love this movie and am very glad that I picked up the Blu-ray.



I did post a review on Epinions after I first saw the movie.

Cars



(From Cars on June 24th, 2010)

Member's TV Reviews

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom


Star Trek: Voyager
1.06 Eye of the Needle
Writer: Bill Dial (Screenwriter), Jeri Taylor (Screenwriter), Hilary J. Bader (Original Material By)
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Cast: Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway), Robert Beltran (Commander Chakotay), Roxann Biggs-Dawson (Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres), Jennifer Lien (Kes), Robert Duncan McNeill (Lieutenant Tom Paris), Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Tim Russ (Lieutenant Tuvok), Garrett Wang (Ensign Harry Kim), Vaughn Armstrong (Telek R'Mor), Tom Virtue (Lt. Walter Baxter)

I always enjoyed this episode. Although because it came early in the series, the ending is no surprise. There is no doubt that the wormhole they have found will have catch and that the crew will not have found a way home just yet.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on November 27th, 2011)