My Review of Nightmare on Elm Street

I'm back from seeing the remake of Nightmare on Elm Street and I have to say... The original is better, however this version wasn't bad.

I know, I know, I should be used to this by now, but I had to give this a try. But I'll say it again, the original is better.

Here's why (bullet point time)

• Freddy's face almost seems nicer in the updated version. In the original, he looked scarier.
  
• The opening credits sucked, a waste of time for 4 minutes.
• Kellan Lutz's scene could have been left out.
• All the names were changed, but Nancy's.
• I didn't care for the updated version of Nancy. Her role didn't come to life until the last 35 minutes of the movie. Plus, they made her kind of goth-ish and nonchalant, not the feisty 'Nancy' Heather Langenkamp gave us.
• Freddy was not a child murderer, he was a molester in this version. I felt like this change took the 'horror' factor away from Freddy.
• Jackie Earle Haley did a great job as Freddy. Love Jackie.
• The famous 'Freddy coming through the wall' scene SUX in the new version.
• The dreams were not fun or scary, but creative.
• There were no 'long arms' sceneno pulling Glenn down into the bed and blood flood the ceiling... No, just a bunch of 'jump' scenes.
• The characters were boring, noone stood out. But Jackie/Freddy.
• We learned more about the parents of the Elm Street kids.
• Nancy didn't have a Cop dad, in fact, she had no dad.
• They didn't seem like High School students, more like college kids.
• I enjoyed Rooney Mara, I just wished we got more 'Nancy' out of her.
• I was bored from this version.
• Honestly, there was no reason to remake this. It didn't increase the value of the story or Freddy's or Nancy's characters.
• The 'mother ending' scene was slightly better in the updated version.

In all, this wasn't a bad movie. Far better than the Friday the 13th remake. This was a decent take, but nowhere close to the original.