#cinematic immortality or a revamped new franchise but it makes for a fine time when watching a movie while eating crisps in your home
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Friday the 13th (2009)
"Jason. My special, special boy. They must be punished, Jason. For what they did to you. For what they did to me."
#friday the 13th#jasoniad#2009#marcus nispel#damian shannon#mark swift#jared padalecki#danielle panabaker#amanda righetti#travis van winkle#aaron yoo#derek mears#jonathan sadowski#julianna guill#ben feldman#arlen escarpeta#ryan hansen#willa ford#america olivo#nana visitor#nick mennell#surprisingly fun retread of a hoary old franchise. was inspired to look this up after watching the 2013 Evil Dead‚ a whip smart reimagining#of a pre existing concept; this isn't that film‚ and it isn't interested in doing anything really that's new or unexpected#instead it blasts through a rapid recap of the og film and then delivers cherry picked highlights from the sequels (with particular#emphasis on films 2 and 3). and that's actually fine! bc this is kind of a fun best bits compilation and that may not make for#cinematic immortality or a revamped new franchise but it makes for a fine time when watching a movie while eating crisps in your home#the supporting cast are a fun assembly of exaggerated personalities (which is also quite faithful to the original films) but it must be#said that the leads (particularly the rather.. subtle.. personality of Mr Padalecki) don't offer quite the same good value#still im glad to have officially finished the Jasoniad some 18 months after I started it!#oh also a minor complaint: absolutely does not use the iconic original theme enough‚ only really teasing it briefly in one scene
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