Martinito_08183

Seeing Freddy and Jason fight is definitely entertaining to watch. The movie gave exactly what was promised and it delivered. It's sad that the viewer has to get through the bad stuff first, so that they can get to those good moments. I'll say that the movie is insane and over the top and it shows, when the fights start.

The only positives that i can give are the cinematography (70% of it was very good, but the rest was too OK for me and sometimes they were some blurry slow motion that looked very bad), Robert Englund's performance, sound (i didn't like the blood spraying sound effects. They sounded too goofy), Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees being the only interesting characters and some of the practical effects looked good, but everything else feels out of place or just poorly done, especially the uninspired story that makes only as much sense as you wanted to.

The characters are very unlikable and i felt absolutely nothing, when someone dies, which is not a good thing to begin with, but it's also a huge disappointment, since not all of the slasher movies have characters that we've grown to like throughout the whole movie and most of them don't have any moments of shock, when a character gets killed. "Freddy vs. Jason" takes example from the bad ones by having characters that are badly written and the writers knew that they can't write any interesting characters or give some character development for all of them (aside from Freddy and Jason, who are already established in the previous movies, so you could say that they don't count), so that's why the put sex and nudity most of the time, so that they can distract you from the bad writing. Most of them are here just to get killed. That's it. From the first glance you can easily tell who the characters are and what role they will play. There was a moment in the beginning of the movie (the introduction of the characters) that reveals who the character Lori is and how her friend tells her to hook up with some guy and immediately i was like "OK. That's the virgin character". There was even a scene later in the movie (the surviving group talk about Freddy's plan that are gathered around a round table) where Lori has a dream and the writers had to remind us that she is a virgin.

The acting was really bad. Kelly Rowland, who played Kia (Lori's friend) gave the worst performance in the entire movie. No one was convincing at all, while playing their roles and already it has become a tradition for almost all of the slasher movies to have terrible acting. I'll just say this: terrible casting. The dialogue was also very bad, even when the actors deliver the lines - they sounds laughable and cringeworthy and it feels like the writers spend probably 30 minutes writing the screenplay.

The music was very bad. You can tell by that aspect the movie was made in the early 2000s, because it does feature some rock music, so that it can be very edgy. It felt out of place, because the previous movies didn't had that type of music at all. The rest of the music was just Friday the 13th / A Nightmare on Elm Street music and everything else was forgettable.

The CGI is horrendous and very noticeable. There is a scene where the stoner character Bill Freeburg smokes marijuana and then Freddy shows up like a caterpillar (it may be implied that Bill Freeburg passed out for smoking too much) and minutes later Freddy, while still in the form of a caterpillar jumps to his mouth and possesses him. There are also moments that they use CGI in the Freddy / Jason fight and it looks terrible.

As a whole: "Freddy vs. Jason" may not be the worst entry in the Friday the 13th / A Nightmare on Elm Street series, but it is one of the weakest. I wished that it could have been more horror than action, but i still somehow find enjoyment, while watching it and when Freddy and Jason are onscreen - it really does get entertaining, but personally i don't recommend it, because of negatives like the story, characters, dialogue, acting, music and the CGI. It's better if you watch the fight sequences between Freddy and Jason on YouTube, because the bad definitely outweighs the good here. I'm giving "Freddy vs. Jason" a 3.2/10.

"Playing with Fire" has to be one of the worst comedy movies out there. You can tell by watching the trailer that the movie will be a piece of garbage and of course the movie was a piece of garbage. I don't think everyone is surprised that the movie is a failure, since it's directed by Andy Fickman. The man, who directed "The Game Plan", "Race to Witch Mountain", "Who's Your Daddy?" and "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2" and that should be a warning sign, when you see this guy's filmography. It's just a slapstick family comedy, where people get thrown into walls and has poop jokes. They used to make movies like this, but not anymore and thank god for that, because all of those types of movies are just absurd and they are very dumb not only for adults, but children as well.

Just like Dwayne Johnson - Hollywood is very desperate to help John Cena to reach a wider demographic as possible and to appeal to everyone, including children and that's why he's in this movie, since this is how you can bring many people in the movie theater and make huge amount of money. It worked for Dwayne Johnson, who played in movies like "The Game Plan" and "Tooth Fairy" and how he kept setting the bar lower and lower (in my opinion) and how he plays the same role again and again (except for "Moana") and he will keep doing that, since he is not a good actor and John Cena is unfortunately following his steps and will have the same faith.

Do yourself a favor and watch something else, because this movie is not worth your time. I'm giving "Playing with Fire" a 2/10.