Cop-Out :The reason I was tempted to see this movie was because Kevin Smith was the Director, something that I didn't even realize at the time of the movie's release... It wasn't written by Kevin Smith, however, so I had to keep that in mind.
The movie is OK... not horrible, but definitely not great. It seems to me that the movie is paying homage (pronounced 'omage' lol) to 1980's cop flicks, and it would have fit perfectly next to Beverly Hills Cop or 48 Hours. It is chock full of goofiness, corniness, and plain old stupidity, but there is just enough laughs to keep me watching through to the end. The movie doesn't feel much like Kevin Smith was involved at all, but like I said, he didn't write it, so that may be why.
If I had to start using a grading scale... I would say this movie ranks 2 1/2 out of 5.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010):
This is a remake I was very anxious to see because I'm a big fan of The Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. I have every movie from Nightmare 1 to Freddy vs. Jason on DVD and I even watched most of that dreadful Nightmare on Elm Street TV series when it was on. My curiosity piqued when I first heard of this remake, so I'm glad I finally got a chance to see it.
This movie was good and will start off a new generation of this franchise nicely. I enjoyed how it didn't try too hard to be something new and different, it stuck to the same formula of Freddy's origin and I also enjoyed how they remade some of the same moments from the original. The characters could have been more fleshed out, but other than that it was a good horror movie to reboot a franchise and I'm excited for the sequel.
My Rating for this movie is 3 1/2 out of 5.
I have about a hundred more movies sitting in my Netflix que that I hope to watch sometime soon, plus 20-something more that haven't come out yet and a handful of TV shows that are on my bucket list... so I better get back to it. See Ya!
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