Friday, November 13, 2009
Friday the 13th Part 2 Trailer
If I had been born about ten or fifteen years earlier, I'd probably hate the entire Friday the 13th series as much as I hate the Saw series - a bunch of pointlessly identical misanthropic cash cows. But since I've only seen them all on home video with a respectable distance, they're basically all '80s kitsch, which means that I kind of like some of them - and I like Part 2 the best of all. Happy Friday.
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"If I had been born about ten or fifteen years earlier, I'd probably hate the entire Friday the 13th series as much as I hate the Saw series - a bunch of pointlessly identical misanthropic cash cows."
Indeed Jeff. i fall into that category and then some, so yes, I have always found them as "pointlessly identical misanthropic cash cows" but they do have their fans, including a few of my kids. But i also have some much older friends who buy into that kitsch sensibility. Still, I always thought Betsy Palmer was hoot as Jason Voorhees's mother. The first film remains the best for me.
Time heals all wounds. In fifteen years, I look forward to enjoying a Saw movie or two as stupid kitsch, without the burden of needing to take them seriously as the face of contemporary horror. Turistas and Captivity will always suck, though.
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