Don't get me wrong. Even the creators of the first movie admitted Friday the 13th was a knockoff of Halloween.
That said. Probably the biggest detractors to this movie are those who correctly point out that Jason Voorhees was supposed to be long dead even in the original movie. But I'm fine with it. It's a movie that knows what it is, and delivers. Personally, my own fan-fiction envisioned maybe Jason somehow making it to the shore, and nobody, not even his mother noticing that. Unfortunately, he becomes brain damaged due to lack of oxygen, and so is even more unreasonable and ashamed of his condition. So he watches his mother from a distance, until with horror watches as his mother's head is cut off. After Alice leaves, he takes his mother's head and heads back to his shack - already planning his vengeance. At least that's how I see it.
Anyway, the plot itself is almost identical to the first, except with different camp counselors, and Jason Voorhees doing the kills instead of his mother. It's still great for what it is. It knows what it is. It's a very well made slasher B movie with some good special effects and good cinematography and a good ending. It's not the best one. That would be part four. It's not the funnest. That would be part six. But it's still pretty darn good.
And did I mention it has by far the most gorgeous lady of the entire series in Kirsten Baker?
That said. Probably the biggest detractors to this movie are those who correctly point out that Jason Voorhees was supposed to be long dead even in the original movie. But I'm fine with it. It's a movie that knows what it is, and delivers. Personally, my own fan-fiction envisioned maybe Jason somehow making it to the shore, and nobody, not even his mother noticing that. Unfortunately, he becomes brain damaged due to lack of oxygen, and so is even more unreasonable and ashamed of his condition. So he watches his mother from a distance, until with horror watches as his mother's head is cut off. After Alice leaves, he takes his mother's head and heads back to his shack - already planning his vengeance. At least that's how I see it.
Anyway, the plot itself is almost identical to the first, except with different camp counselors, and Jason Voorhees doing the kills instead of his mother. It's still great for what it is. It knows what it is. It's a very well made slasher B movie with some good special effects and good cinematography and a good ending. It's not the best one. That would be part four. It's not the funnest. That would be part six. But it's still pretty darn good.
And did I mention it has by far the most gorgeous lady of the entire series in Kirsten Baker?