August 21, 2011 1:42:09 PM PDT
It's not even that for me, I got the same feeling that in the beginning maybe we were supposed to be wondering if Freddy was wrongly accused or not. Personally, it bothered me more that they came right out and stated that he was a child molestor in this one, whereas in the originals he was always referred to as just a child murderer. It's a minor detail, sure, but for whatever reason it bothers me more this way.
My main issues with the new film were that it was so unoriginal, and honestly just flat out boring. When the writers hit a wall, they just randomly chose a scene from Wes Craven's movie and plugged it in. Also, if you really think about it, that Freddy is supposed to appear in DREAMS, just try and watch this remake and not laugh out loud at some of the stupidity. For instance, the emo kid, who is attacked by Freddy during a swim meet. We are supposed to believe that this kid FELL ASLEEP while competitively SWIMMING. Like he was IN THE POOL racing against other people. And fell asleep.
Other little things, like Nancy not even being a main character, etc. got under my skin as well. I wanted to love it, I've liked all the other big reboots to some degree, but I just couldn't find anything to like here.