http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/friday-the-13th-part-iii/ movie review and news blog Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:02:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/friday-the-13th-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-1116 Friday the 13th - Movie Reviews Blog Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:03:03 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/friday-the-13th-part-iii/#comment-1116 [...] The major problem I have with the original Friday the 13th is that it’s hard to consider it the “quintessential” installment in the franchise. It got the ball rolling, certainly, but it lacks the one element Joe Average recognizes the Friday the 13th franchise for: Jason. And that, basically, is the major fault of the entire Friday the 13th franchise (though I love it so); there really isn’t a “quintessential” installment. Halloween, a Nightmare on Elm Street, Hellraiser, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre…the first films in those franchises are considered the best by most and have all the elements instantly recognizable of the series. Jason, at least the hockey mask-clad version we remember best, didn’t show up on screens until the third film in the franchise (he wore a burlap sack in Part 2), and by then he wasn’t stalking camp counselors anymore, just stupid teenagers in vacation houses. [...] [...] The major problem I have with the original Friday the 13th is that it’s hard to consider it the “quintessential” installment in the franchise. It got the ball rolling, certainly, but it lacks the one element Joe Average recognizes the Friday the 13th franchise for: Jason. And that, basically, is the major fault of the entire Friday the 13th franchise (though I love it so); there really isn’t a “quintessential” installment. Halloween, a Nightmare on Elm Street, Hellraiser, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre…the first films in those franchises are considered the best by most and have all the elements instantly recognizable of the series. Jason, at least the hockey mask-clad version we remember best, didn’t show up on screens until the third film in the franchise (he wore a burlap sack in Part 2), and by then he wasn’t stalking camp counselors anymore, just stupid teenagers in vacation houses. [...]

]]> http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/friday-the-13th-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-657 Friday the 13th part II - Movie Reviews Blog Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:40:56 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/friday-the-13th-part-iii/#comment-657 [...] While the kills in the original Friday the 13th were legendary, the ones offered in this installment are an overall improvement. That’s one typical constant about the Friday the 13th franchise, the kills get better and better with each sequel. This time around, we have a VERY angry Jason. There’s usual stuff, like snaring people from trees and slicing their throats, eating little froo-froo dogs, stabbing two people at once while they’re getting it on and so forth. But, I have to say, this movie captures one of Jason’s most ridiculously pissed-off kills ever: he buries a machete in the face of a dude in a wheelchair then wheels him over to a flight of stairs and pushes him down the staircase. Holy crap! Director Steve Miner, who would also go on to direct the third film, really got the ball rolling with this installment and, if it weren’t for him, the Jason we recognize today probably would not even exist. [...] [...] While the kills in the original Friday the 13th were legendary, the ones offered in this installment are an overall improvement. That’s one typical constant about the Friday the 13th franchise, the kills get better and better with each sequel. This time around, we have a VERY angry Jason. There’s usual stuff, like snaring people from trees and slicing their throats, eating little froo-froo dogs, stabbing two people at once while they’re getting it on and so forth. But, I have to say, this movie captures one of Jason’s most ridiculously pissed-off kills ever: he buries a machete in the face of a dude in a wheelchair then wheels him over to a flight of stairs and pushes him down the staircase. Holy crap! Director Steve Miner, who would also go on to direct the third film, really got the ball rolling with this installment and, if it weren’t for him, the Jason we recognize today probably would not even exist. [...]

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