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I loved the first one and from there the movies went downhill...I started getting bored of the whole series until Freddy Vs. Jason.
The remake was weird for me...I hated the idea of it and hated the idea of Englund getting replaced.
That said, I really liked Jackie Earle Hailey's performance as Freddy. He took Freddy back to his more sinister roots. My biggest bitch with the original series was that Freddy went from the boogeyman in the shadows to this stupid bullshit gameshow host of death....it became all about the one liners and comedy bits and stopped being about the scares. yaaawwwnnnn
The remake turned Freddy back to the sadistic, fucked up child murderer that he was supposed to be.
It was admittedly very difficult to get used to to Hailey's voice as Freddy after so many years of Englund doing it. I still have my talking Freddy Kreuger doll with his voice even. I think it was the same for most movie audiences as well...this new take on Freddy.
Like most, I grow tired of the remakes, etc. but the reason Hollywood keeps churning them out: they make money. Look at the Friday the 13th and Texas Chainsaw Massacre remakes. Both made more than their original counterparts. Saw keeps turning out sequels at a rate one per year. The cash register keeps on ringing.
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