What did you guys think of the Nightmare on Elm Street remake?

What did you guys think of it?
 
i for one can say as a fan of the original film that i had a blast with this movie. I'm glad that they went in the direction that they did with it. it felt like something fresh rather than a straight remake. I loved Jackie Earl Haley as freddy krueger. I also lovee Rooney Mara as Nancy and i especially loved Kyle Gallner as Quentin, he reminded me a lot of myself and what i would do in those situations. but besides that he did a great job. overal i felt like i cared more about these characters than i have in any of the previous sequels.

I haven't seen it, but I don't really like the darker look. I personally prefered a more comical Freddy.

" @Shadow Swordsman:  i gotcha. i personally love the darker freddy, i mean thats the way he originally was anyway. but he does have a couple of quips in the movie just to let you know and they are pretty sickly funny. "

" @Hellos:  yeah it came out this weekend :). see it. i want to discuss it with some peoples :) "

good point lol. theres a certain part of the movie that im dying to talk about lol

i agree. he did an amazing job as freddy and i will give credit where credit is due. i really liked the story and how they made it different than the original especially with the micronaps concept.

" @King Saturn:  i agree. he did an amazing job as freddy and i will give credit where credit is due. i really liked the story and how they made it different then the original especially with the micronaps concept. "

" @King Saturn: He didn't have that smile all the time though.
 
@moviegeek17 said:

" @Edamame:  i see what you mean. realistically i agree with you. but on the other hand if they approach it from the more of characters of nancy and quentin's perspectives and less of freddy's and if they really try to craft a good story out of it and out it in an interesting direction then i think it could definitely be good. it all depends on the writers but i think it had potential to be good "

I hope it would be that good.  : ) "

" @King Saturn:  yeah, those micronaps were pretty much like a complete game changer to me. i thought all they had ot do was keep awake then they pulled that on me and i was thinking crap, now they're screwed lol "

I hated how they tried to make people feel sorry for Freddy. 
 
The dude's a sick child rapist/killer you aren't supposed to feel sorry for him.

" I hated how they tried to make people feel sorry for Freddy.   The dude's a sick child rapist/killer you aren't supposed to feel sorry for him. "

" @Undergroundgod:  same here. i liekd how he completely messed with them too, i could never believe that he was innocent so i was glad that they pulled that little twist at the last second. that really messed up both of them. do you think they should make a sequel? if so where do you think they should go with it? "

Didnt think is was that good the makeup work for Freddy looked like crap imo

" @Undergroundgod:  i dont think she's dead actually. i think that she was still suffering the effects of the micronaps and he did that just to screw with her some more and show that he was still alive "

my take ont hie movie is very simple it was a great remake i love the old freddy look but both freddies did there job greatly now do i enjoy the comedy of old yes but do i like the darker approach of course now i see this like the old joker vs the new joker (in the movies of course) now old freddy had some great scares i think many will agree that new freddy chose to scare people more than make comedy that said i think old freddy had the potential to be just as scary but the take on freddy on the old movie gave a more rounded movie good comedy with some good scares which i loved but new freddy focused more on the horror that is a nightmare and he had more of a darker sinister humor  which was enjoyable but if they were tying to go for a well rounded freddy like they did in the old one then i would have to say they didnt do as good of a job now if i had to chose between the two well ... i dont think i can i mean the period between the 2 is to long imo so things like like cj need to be taken into account another thing is the differnce in actor/ directors and so on which actoro did  like more well i cant say hey were both very good but if it came down to it i think i would choose old freddy based on the look of the 2 i really think old freddys look makes him better than new :D

I never saw it, I don't know.