I'm totally on the opposite end of the spectrum here guys. I enjoyed this movie greatly, more so probably than any of the others. I've seen every part in the series, and this was the best just by a technical standpoint. The camera work was beautiful. The parts with Jason were darkly shot, and added a real creepy feel to the parts where he was stalking someone. Jason was portrayed as a total badass, and I don't understand how anyone could think that there weren't great kill scenes:
Spoiler: Click here to viewNOBODY saw that fucking arrow coming, that was awesome. The way the Asian dude died was just fucking gruesome and I liked the added touch that Jason seemed to be enjoying the way he was killing him as he slowly drove that barb through his throat. Oh, and not only did the bear trap nearly sever the guy's leg, but Jason fucking roasted his girlfriend! Short of ripping out everyone's assholes and forcing a guy to eat them, I don't think the movie needed much more gore.
For a horror movie, they did a great job building sympathetic characters in this movie. Too many of these movies are just dumb horny teens hanging out in the woods and you could care less if any lived. I wanted the brother, sister and the rich prick's girlfriend all to live because they seemed like genuinely caring people. They actually had character and something to relate to.
I'm sure some people are going to complain that Jason was made out to be more human than in previous films. He wasn't portrayed as a inhuman super uber zombie like past movies, and I like that. In a way, Jason was almost built up as a sympathetic figure... a lost undead being killing for the revenge of his mother. He was still portrayed as a total bad ass, so there's really nothing to complain about. Though I must say he looked a lot scarier with the potato sack on his head.
I'm glad they didn't go with a total remake. Halloween, while I enjoyed it, was too similar to the first in the series. This one isn't like that. There's enough of the old stuff that you can relate to, but the movie felt like I hadn't seen it before. It certainly did the series justice in my opinion, and in no way was offensive to the character.
Spoiler: Click here to viewOh, and I liked the ending. thought it was a good homage to the original